Legend (Wide Screen) > Reviews > Fantastic

Author's product rating:   

Did you enjoy it?	Loved it
Story	Outstanding
Characters / Performances	Outstanding
Special Effects	Good
How does it compare to similar films?	Outstanding

Advantages:	Dreamy  -  one to watch with your girlfriend
Disadvantages:	Last scene is a bit cheesy

Recommend to potential buyers:

yes

Full review

Legend starring Tom Cruise, Mia Sara and, allegedly, Gates Mcfadden of Star Trek TNG fame is a fairy tale of the purest type. Mia stars as a Princess (called Lily if I remember rightly), although we learn nothing more of her Royal life, in love with a simple forest dweller called Jack (Tom Cruise) in an enchanted forest that looks like heaven itself. What Mr Cruise doesn't realise is that in addition to his attentions the delightful Princess is also being pursued...although unknowingly...by the Prince of Darkness himself. This underlying darkness runs throughtout the film although you are sometimes only aware of it in retrospect. Jack takes the Princess to see a pair of Unicorns and all is going swimmingly until she decides to touch one...this apparently being very bad news. Now Jack could have shouted at her not to do it or reached out and grabbed her but no, he decided he'd deal with the consequences, which proves to be a bad move! The P of D captures one of the Unicorns and pursures the second capturing Lily along the way. The rest of the film is Jack, accompanied by various forest folk, attempting to both save Lily and rescue the Unicorn. This is made slightly more precarious by the fact that a pretty dress seems to have wooed Lily over to the devil's side...or has it? What the film lacks in depth it more than makes up for in atmosphere, which is fantastic from beginning to end. The forest is truly enchanted and the devils home is truly evil, in fact everything you would imagine and more. Yes, the final scene is very cheesy but by then you're ready for it and don't even get me started on the sound track....