Sumptuous, grandly-scaled, and often ludicrous Jungian fairy tale from director Ridley Scott (BLADE RUNNER), a remarkable visual stylist with an exceptionally erratic track record. Against a Tolkienesque backdrop, Tim Curry camps it up as the Lord of Darkness--a horned, goat-footed bad
guy who once ruled the earth, but was banished to the lower depths by Sunlight. The power of Sunlight, it seems, resides in the innocent unicorn, so Darkness orders a crew of trolls, goblins, and assorted uglies to pull a Lorena Bobbit on the horse's magical horn. Topside, nature-boy Jack (Tom
Cruise) and his beloved Princess Lili (Mia Sara) take time out from a heavy schedule of who...
Released:
1985
Rated:
PG
Length:
89 mins