HIGHLANDER (1986) TWIN BROTHERS FIRST TIME WATCHING MOVIE REACTION!
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- Highlander, the winner of the academy award for greatest movie of all-time lives up to it's name; from the amazing story, characters and one of the coolest soundtracks ever with Queen!
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You have probably the worlds most famous Scot, playing an Egyptian who's pretending to be a Spaniard. And he's mentoring a Frenchman who's playing a Scot. And *he's* being chased by a guy from Ohio, who's playing an ancient Russian barbarian. Then you set the whole thing to Queen.
And it is unarguably *AWESOME*!!!
and the "Barbarian" was more well spoken than any modern person in the movie. 😎
Casting a watch vote for "Ladyhawke", fantasy adventure with Rutger Hauer, Michelle Pfeiffer, and Matthew Broderick.
That's a great chic-flick. Because guys can enjoy it as well.
One of my favorite all-time movies
The sequel to this film is so universally considered bad that fans say it doesn't exist. "There can be only one" Highlander film.
Our beloved Freddie Mercury singing "Who Wants to Live Forever" in THAT scene is utterly heartbreaking. Great reaction boys to one of my all time favourite films since I was 16 in 1986. x
Ok, you've passed the first test and so you're ready to hear the most important thing about being a fan of Highlander. ......come over here...."never...and I mean NEVER WATCH HIGHLANDER 2"
I was one of the accursed fans who went to Highlander 2 thinking "How far are they gonna kick it up for this one...What will they even do???" and so me and my friends went to a bar across the street from the theater on premiere day and got drunk and played pool and talked about how great Highlander was/is! And then after 4 hours of getting worked up we go to the theater....and....I can't even...just PLEASE!!! DON"T WATCH HIGHLANDER 2!!!
You have been warned, friends!
This movie absolutely exists!
It's debatable whether anyone shares the same universe as the rest of the franchise.
There can be only one.
I liked "Highlander 3: The final Dimension (The sorcerer)," Endgame, & the anime Search for Vengeance. Didn't care for the 2nd.
There was only one Highlander. There can only be one.
@@HalfCracker4life Agreed. I can see an argument for the third movie.
There should had been only one.
@@willcool713 while the third one is a bit of a retcon it's so great hehe, I liked how it hdnled it, the show was great. The last two sucked hehe :>
Not only greatest movie of all time it's a documentary filmed in real time!
It's Legendary
You're thinking of This is Spinal Tap.
@@ninjabluefyre3815 spinal tap was a rockumentary filmed in real time but did not win the award for greatest movie of all time, at least spinal can have a sequel, there's no such thing as highlander 2
Gotta luv aqua teen hunger force!!
So greatly it spawned a half dozen sequels that were total crap plus 3 fairly decent TV series.
Queen was originally supposed to only write the opening song, "Princes of the Universe", but after a screening of an early cut, Brian May apparently wrote "Who Wants to Live Forever" during the taxi drive back to their hotel. And then there are also the other songs as well :)
A great album
My second favorite Queen rock opera. Flash Gordon should be on everyone's watch list.
This guy's got it!! ^^^
Indeed!
Oh definitely
Yo! Right?
Early 80’s junior high Christmas break I went to see Flash Gordon. They were having a raffle drawing for prizes. I saw Flash every day for almost two weeks for free
Okay, dudes quick synopsis:
When an immortal loses their head, the victor receives all of their knowledge and power. It is called the Quickening.
Their can be only one.
If I remember correctly, this was Clancy Brown’s first film. The movie was actually in danger of running out of funding at one point and he gave up his paycheck to save the project, because the loved the story so much.
Cool fact!
RIP Sean Connery, the only person who can play a Russian and a Spaniard with a Scottish accent and get away with it 😍
Don't forget a British secret agent. 007
"It's better to burn out than to fade away." Loved Clancy Brown quoted "Rock of Ages" by Def Leppard. That was awesome!
Also, Clancy Brown told a wonderful story recently on a podcast in which he disclosed that he didn't get paid a dime for this film, he did it for free because the budget was spent, he was a young actor out of work and he was just really wanting to work with Sean Connery. Plus, the premise is a wild and wonderful one.
That's what another bald guy said.
Sure I guess, but Def Leppard took it from Neil Young.
@@tooluserYes, they did, but since "Highlander" came out in the '80s and Def Leppard was one of the biggest rock bands from that era, it just feels more right. 😎🤘
he got paid a fee for the film (not much though, something like 8k), but had no options on percentages on the profits, he got played on the contract, as the film made a ton over the years
The song was Rock of Ages by Def Leppard not pyromania
OMG Highlander is one of my favorites. Christopher Lambert is absolutely amazing in this. Sean Connery is just hysterical. The sword fighting is incredible. Enjoy
Incredible that Christopher Lambert had to memorise every sword manoeuvre precisely, as could hardly see a thing. Lambert has severe myopia, and his eyes can't handle contact lenses. Because his character doesn't wear glasses, Lambert was required to perform the role practically blind.
@@PhantomFilmAustralia Lambert also did not speak English before this movie. I don't think he understood all of his dialogue.
@@nightthornkvala94132 This is mostly true. His English was very broken, and had only starred in one English-speaking movie prior called "Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes." By "Highlander" he had an understanding but couldn't speak fluent. His dialect coach taught him to phonetically say each line in a specific way as to hide his French accent. This was written in the script when the beat cop Garfield said that Nash talked funny and where he was from. Lambert's Nash replied with the line, "Lots of different places."
@@PhantomFilmAustralia Yeah, I forgot about Greystoke. That line "Lots of different places" was so appropriate. One of the best.
Another great movie with Christopher Lambert is Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan (1984), adventure, romance, drama.
They hired Adrian Paul for the tv version, and it was good, too.
Met him.
It was good when they brought in Connor McLeod for an episode or 2
@@tjhorne82 I liked the Roger Daltrey episodes, too.
And there was a spin off "Immortal" with 2 season if i remember well.
@@pabloesco2007 More than that.
There can be only one
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There can be only one 🗡️
Until they find some more.
There can be only one.....or two...or like a smattering of a few dozen-ish or so...
Gentlemen, as a Scots man who was born in the Highlands and lives in the Highlands, I can't wait to catch up watching this episode. Thanks for all your uploads. love them. 🏴🇨🇦🏴
If you guys liked Highlander. I highly suggest The Last Dragon another 80's action cult classic movie.
The Quickening vs The Glow. My money's on Bruce Leroy.
Sho'nuff!
@@suicyconaut Met Taimak some years ago. Guy seems to have aged at half speed.
YES!!
THERE CAN BE ONLY ONE!!
Gregory Widen got the idea of writing the script after visiting a museum of sorts and saw a beautifully restored suit of armor in a glass case and thought, "What if the guy who wore this suit was alive right now, what if you owned all of this and you're telling your story?"
The script was titled Shadow Clan then The Dark Knight and finally HIGHLANDER.
The script was a lot darker and violent than the movie itself:
Connor McLeod was born in 1408, rather than 1518.
Rather than being banished, he decides to leave never to return after finding out he's an immortal.
Ramirez was in fact a Spaniard rather than an Egyptian and trains McLeod 3 years rather than 3 months as seen in the movie.
Immortals do have children and in one scene, McLeod attends the funeral of one of his sons while his other sons, all in their late 40's, early 50's see him as an immortal.
McLeod goes under the name Richard Turpin and is art dealer rather than an antiques dealer.
The Kurgan goes under the name Carl William Smith, and rather than a savage warrior, he's a cold blooded killer
In the climax of the film, McLeod beheads the Kurgan but nothing happens as it's left ambiguous as the audience doesn't know if he's still immortal or not, as the Prize is not mentioned. The fight scene was going to take place on top of the Statue Of Liberty, the Empire State Building, an amusement park, and finally Slivercup Studios.
Where did you find the story of the original script ? I was never able to find it.
@@danielaferrari1380 You clearly haven't actually ever tried, then-one Google search, and I found it right away...
Just so you guys know, this movie won an academy award for GREATEST MOVIE EVER MADE!!!!
The Kurgan is one of the greatest villains to ever grace the silver screen. Clancy Brown's performance is iconic. Highlander is an amazing example of the 80s. It's one hell of a ride! Great reaction!
eh, i disagree... one note, fairly one dimensional, evil for the sake of being evil... clancy brown did a great job but the way the role was written, it's the cardboard cutout of a villain
And he didn't receive any payment at all.
@@stefanforrer2573 You've got him misunderstood. He's not evil for the sake of being evil. He's having the time of his life. Where other immortals grows tired of living or sad about their eventual fate he revels in it. And he plays it by the rules.
@@stefanforrer2573 I disagree. Kurgan is the embodiment of how a psychotic person would become if he was immortal and had lived for thousands of years among mortals. He would absolutely consider mankind to be akin to sappy rodents just made for his amusement.
@@stefanforrer2573 The Kurgan is far more disciplined than McLeod when it comes to "The Immortal Code". In the church, McLeod grabs the Kurgan by the coat, and then by the face. The Kurgan is the one who prevented a fight in the church by pushing McLeod away and reminding him that they are on holy ground, and the the respected rule of "no conflict on holy ground" is honored. There is also a reason the Kurgan let the veteran live.
There are far more layers to the character of the Kurgan when you look a little deeper.
17:27 Just so you know that's what Queen also named the album that they made for this movie. It's a kind of magic. Songs like who wants to live forever, princes of the universe, So my personal favorite songs they've ever written
Gimme the Prize is pretty awesome too!!
Don't loose your head
Clancy F'n Brown. Man I love this film. As a kid in the 80's it blew my freaking mind.
Blew my mind that "The Kurgan" played Mr. Crabs in Spongebob Squarepants. 😂
@@PhantomFilmAustralia Lol. Blew my mind when she showed up in Lost.
A sergeant named Zim
Lambert and Connery became such good friends they started calling each other by their charcter names!
I just found this on Peacock the other night and rewatched it for maybe the 40th time in my life. This movie never gets old, and the soundtrack is amazing!
so the title "Highlander" refers to the Scottish Highlands. The casting department had SEAN FUCKING CONNERY, the MOST SCOTTISH PERSON TO EVER SET FOOT IN HOLLYWOOD and they said "You know what; let's have him play an Egyptian pretending to be Spanish."
A bit long in the tooth when trying to get females to buy tickets. But yeah. the entire casting thing was hilarious.
The film is directed by Russel Mulcahy, best known prior to this for his music video direction. So the transitions and camera shots are extremely stylish. The sweeping down shot at Madison Square Garden required a custom-made computer-controlled camera rig, while the sweeping side shot during the final battle was the result of strapping the camera to an office chair and shoving it across the floor.
Sir Sean Connery recorded his opening monologue in his bathroom. And it made it sound epic as hell! He also only had a few days to film his scenes and he bet the director that it couldn't be done. Mulcahy won that bet.
Welcome to the Highlander rabbit hole. Avoid the second movie. The third is pretty good, even though it's basically a lesser repeat of the first. After that it just gets worse and worse. The TV series isn't bad, but it has its ups and downs, and trying to fit it into canon isn't worth the headache. The spin-off series, Highlander: The Raven isn't very good.
Wow, I completely forgot about The Raven!
^^^everything this guy said
Agreed, my friend used to call them "Highlander, Highlander 2: the Quickening, and Highlander 3: the Apology" LOL
I guess what your saying about the Highlander movies is that "There can be only one!"
Fully agree, maybe you can answer my question, the wrestling match, includes the Fabulous Freebirds, yet I remember seeing one of the wrestlers losing his head in the wrestling match, anyone else or was I too high ?
I loved the Highlander TV series, it's how I got introduced to the whole series. It's always fun to go back and watch some of the old episodes despite that they haven't aged the best.
Same. But I LOVED seeing Christopher and Adrian interacting like kinsman who are only a few years apart in age instead of a whole century.
@@jamilagulley8504 Connor was only 80 years older than Duncan.
@nightthornkvala94132 My bad, I forgot they were born in 1518 and 1592, respectively.
When this came out in the cinema, much like Terminator, Robocop, Event Horizon and all their kind, it was one of those fabulous movies which appeared out of nowhere. Props to Queen for picking up the call to co-create the soundtrack.
Connor's ability to know about the handgun and the tape recorder is an aspect of the quickening, the power that each immortal possesses, an innate hyper-sensitivity to their surroundings, including sensing the presence of another immortal
This movie is so underrated. I remember seeing this in the theater and not having seen a preview beforehand. I was so pumped up after the movie and so were all of my friends.
The point of Ramirez training McCloud is that there were a group that wanted to make sure that unlimited power would end up in the right kind of person’s hands
There is a Highlander TV series that kinda ignores the ending of this movie and it does a lot to build the mythology of the immortals… it’s pretty good
Great reaction! One of my favorite movies. Whatever you do, don't watch the sequels!
Yes - the curse of Hollywood. If it makes money - let's make MORE money. Few directors avoid this situation with good sequels.
I grew up watching the Highlander Series, it was one of my fav. Can't wait to see the reactions to the others.
Queen went in on that soundtrack. this was my movie as a kid. and I remember watching the show and enjoying the hell out of the intro. but the emotional blow of him living with his girl and you hear who wants to live forever. if love must die.
What was really cool and kick ass was that the actress that played his wife was brought back in part 3.
12:50 -- You aren't immortal until the first time you die.. -- That's why there are immortals of different ages.
In answer to your question, yes when you kill an immortal, you gain their power. That is the Quickening. That is why there has to be only one left.
Epic fantasy goodness with an awesome soundtrack
Legend 1985 with Tom Cruise and Tim Curry is one of my favorite fantasy movies that no one ever talks about
Blix is my favorite part.
Tim Curry was in the zone in that flick. I have both sdtks but Tangerine Dream's is my favorite.
I was working in an office in a university. I was introduced to a new student-aide named....Candy. The first word she said were, "Hi, I'm Candy." The first words that came to my mind were, "Of course you are."
Clancy brown was like the red-headed stepchild of the cast. Didn't get paid a cent, no one was there to pick him up from the airport. Didn't get a trailer . . . . . he just wanted to work on the project and Sean Connery.
Who wants to live forever?
Who dares to love forever?
Forever, is our today.
Who waits forever anyway?
Clancy Brown was amazing in this role.
Only his 7th appearance and he was establishing himself as a character actor film can use.
Another genre defining movie from my teenage years. God I loved the eighties! Queen's album release which contained songs from the movie is called,"It's A Kind Of Magic".
The Kurgan, played by Clancy Brown in Highlander, takes the head of the third living immortal, and says to McLeod, "Kastagir is gone. Only you and I remain." This line is echoed in John Wick, Chapter 4, when Harbinger (Clancy Brown) is conveying the rules of the duel to John Wick and Marquis, he says, "In the event that both parties survive, each will approach the other at increments of ten paces until only one remains."
This was the second movie soundtrack written primarily by Brian May and performed by Queen. The first was Flash Gordon. Though not an official soundtrack the album A Kind of Magic has all the songs from the film. One of my favorite albums.
OMG Love you for not only knowing who Clancy Brown is but recognizing his voice
Everybody knows Mr Krabs! lol
Fun fact about the guy having the Uzi, Highlander was filmed in 1986 and is set in 1984. Before the Hughes amendment May 19, 1986 fully automatic weapons were easily available. It required additional screening, a few months wait period, and a $200 tax stamp, but there was nothing prohibiting the manufacturer and sale to civilians.
The reason automatics are so absurdly expensive now is because after the ban, no new machine gun could be manufactured for sale to civilians, so their value has skyrocketed. What used to cost $600 forty years ago is now at the Cheapest around 15K, and on average 30-60K
Hey guys.. Greetings from NYC.. Yes, the Silvercup bakery was a real place.. Which later became Silvercup Studios.. The sign is still out there even today.. Far as I'm aware, they don't do movies anymore, but a shit-ton of smaller productions as well as TV shows..
The 90s TV show Highlander is great too, it goes even further into the lore. It stars another dude from Connor's Macleod clan 50 years later who dies in battle, gets found by Connor and trained up.
This movie franchise was so popular when I was a kid. And my most favorite Queen album still is "A kind of magic"
The title was lifted from the film's dialogue by Brian May. I thought that was a pretty cool touch.
15:50 The theory is for each immortal you kill you absorb more power so in reality it is a game of dodging fights and getting the most kills so you have the advantage in power over the other guy.
The immortals aren't *all* called highlanders, guys. XD MacLeod is "the Highlander" because he's originally from the highlands of Scotland.
Clancey Brown
So underated. Unreal how they stuffed so much mythology and character development in such a short time.
I enjoyed the Highlander TV series.
The soundtrack of this movie, is basically the Queen album "A Kind of Magic" which kind of marks it as a soundtrack to Highlander.
Fasil, the guy that Connor fought in the parking garage, was played by the late Peter Diamond, an actor, stuntman and fight choreographer. It's funny that you guys mentioned Star Wars because he appeared in all three movies of the Original Trilogy.
17:54 I love how she tries to sneak tape the conversation with a recorder
that probably had no microphone because it was designed to load/store computer data 😆
And the "flipping escape move" in the car park was back then the "standard ninja-style escape"
(ok, along with the smoke grenade)
Pure 80's baby!! Clancy Brown's Kurgan is one my favorite antagonist characters.
Christopher Lambert (Connor MacLeod) appeared in the first episode of the TV series and introduced his relative, Duncan MacLeod (played by Adrian Paul) Lambert then appeared as Connor MacLeod in the movie, 'Highlander: Endgame" which starred Andrian Paul as Duncan MacLeod.
A Scotsman, playing an ancient Egyptian, patriated to the Court of Spain, training a Frenchman, playing a Scotsman. Hollywood casting...
This is one of my all-time favorite movies. Thanks for reaching to it...
"My name is Juan Carlosh, from Shpain" - Sean Connery's iconic Scottish accent.
Clancy's Kurgan voice would later become his Mr. Krabs voice.
Yeah man the highlander 😎🥹 1986 classic movie 🍿
He was born in 1518 and had his 1st death in 1536. Met his teacher in 1541 and lost his wife in 1590. He has to travel the world and fight other immortals in the combat to the death. The winner takes his enemy's head and with it his power or life essence. Aka the Quickening. You can be shot, hung, hit by a car or any other death you can come back. Head gets cut off and you did for real. The reason he was banished is the time was very believing that witchcraft was really and very superstitious.
The Kurgen, kindergarten teacher and preschool operator. That evil demon voice; "Good morning, childrennnnn you will learn your times table's today. Yahhhhhh ha ha ha ha ha!"
“They’re watching wrestling and he’s thinking about Braveheart” 😂
Meanwhile Connor uncle-the blond one who freed him, was in Braveheart.
I don't if anybody mentioned this, but this is the only movie to ever win a Grammy award for Greatest Movie Ever Made (Grammys are strictly for music). Clancy Brown was inducted into the Guinness Book of Records for Greatest Villian Ever. The writer intended to make a movie of only one-liners, hence the phrase "There can be only one!".
I think you guys are right. I’ve always believed if kurgan had won the prize he would have stayed immortal and lived as a god among men leading with tyranny. Hence ramerez says if kurgan wins the world will basically suffer
Recommendation for you to react: DARKMAN (1990), this movie is great and funny.
That was the first 'Comic Book' movie I saw that looked like the comic book.
When I saw this movie as a teenager, my head nearly exploded over the irony of Scottish actor Sean Connery appearing in a movie that is about as Scotland-ish as they come... and he plays a character who wasn't Scottish.
This movie was the basis for every Video Game, boss fight and leveling up.
the funniest thing is that Christopher Lamberts eyesight even in this movie is terrible, so anytime he is without eyewear, he is practically blind. So if you imagine Conner Macleod is a blind immortal samurai makes this movie 10 times better.
The soundtrack makes this film outstanding. The funny thing about this film is you have a Scottish actor playing a Spaniard and a French actor playing a Scot.
I love the use of Queen music in this movie. One of the rules of immortals is they can’t kill on holy ground
This movie made my family real popular back in the day
"She likes them imortal... she REALLY likes them imortal i guess!"
That made me laugh so much. also this is oen of my favorate villians in all film, he's just so over the top but it's so well done.
Clancy Brown ✓
Sean Connery ✓
Swords and Sorcery✓
Soundtrack by Queen✓
True Cult Classic
I respect that this movie exists and laid the foundation for the franchise. This one obviously ended with no expectation of being anything more than a one and done but ended up having 6 movies, 4 comic book series, 2 television series, an animated series, two published video games and one unpublished, a card game, and more...
I never cared much for the movies, but the 1992-1998 television series was a must watch for me during most of its original run. The series followed Duncan MacLeod, not Conner. Although Christopher Lambert (Conner) did return for the pilot.
Season 4-7 of the series started with the following narration (along with Queen's "Princes of the Universe" song that started this movie off) prior seasons had slightly less descriptive variations of this script:
"He is Duncan MacLeod, the Highlander. Born in 1592 in the Highlands of Scotland, and he is still alive. He is immortal. For four hundred years, he's been a warrior ... a lover ... a wanderer, constantly facing other Immortals in combat to the death. The winner takes his enemy's head, and with it, his power. I am a Watcher, part of a secret society of men and women who observe and record, but never interfere. We know the truth about Immortals. In the end, there can be only one. May it be Duncan MacLeod, the Highlander."
Welcome to the 80s. Where it doesn't have to make sense, as long as you have people looking badass doing it. This and Top Gun were really the start of MTV directors crossing over from music videos to full length movies, with mixed results. With a story like this, they really had to go all out and avoid conventions. A Scottish Highlander with a French accent played by a New York born French actor being trained by an Egyptian by way of Spain played by Scottish James Bond? Sure. Why not? And the villain's a Russian guy played by an American actor. Like I said, it doesn't have to make sense. Every time someone disses a chick flick (unless it's Twilight or 50 Shades), I refer them to this. We have plenty of movies that are so stupid but so awesome. So bad they're good. This movie fits into that category. They don't even try to hide some of the bad effects, but I think it gives the movie atmosphere. You're not supposed to take any of this seriously. It's just a ride. Speaking of rides, how about that car ride from hell with "mom"? Must have blown 80s audiences away.
I still wanna see this in a theater.
Nice reaction boys... my advice here, consider reactions to the highlander tv show. Very much worth a watch through and am sure you guys would enjoy.
Yes I was gonna say the same thing the Highlander TV show was so much fun to watch!!
Yep. I always recommend skipping the other movies and just going straight to the TV series.
Now that Highlander is in the bag, it might be time for The Beastmaster.
“Nuns…no sense of humor.” Clancy Brown is perfect in this 😂
The quickening....is the power and knowledge passed on from one immortal to the other after a fight.
Clancy Brown was also a great villain in Shoot to kill
Except this comment is a plot spoiler....
So good memories about the movies of Highlander and the the TV show and the spin off "immortal".
It's so strange for me to see americans who never saw highlander. I'm from Brazil and i watched highlander over and over and over as a kid. Maybe i'm just getting old
4:22 *Behold the QUICKENING!!!*
The flashback scene in WWII wasn't in the theatrical release & as I recall was filmed years later. It was in the original script but was cut for time. So for years of me watching the film that scene wasn't in the film.
Loved the Highlander TV Series growing up....got an autographed photo from Adrian Paul a few years back....he chopped the pony tail off but he's still fine AF
Couple years ago in my case. His actual accent threw me off.
The Highlander TV Series explains a lot more about what happens when they fight and 'cut off each other's' heads.....basically you are gaining the fallen person's power and adding it to your own....
And a mortal can kill them by beheading. You just don't gain their power. It just jumps to the nearest one of their kind. They aren't "immortal", just stubborn.
In the Middle Ages, if you were declared dead and you got up again they did not think "Oh the doctor was wrong, they thought, some demon must be inhabiting his body. It would lead to burnings or banishment. This is how the real-life Dracula was renowned for being undead. He was in a battle and was knocked off his horse and put into a coma. They had him laying in state when he woke up and walked out of his funeral tent. Scared the Hell out of everyone.
Fun fact: the film was based on a script written by some art student, as a fantasy "what if" based on Ridley Scott's The Duelists, but the duelists are immortal, and their duel drags on for hundreds of years. A studio known for making b-movies picked it up, and did what they always did - offered the guy some money for his script (1% of the budget iirc), but then, because they REALLY didn't care, they shamelessly pitched it to Sean Connery, who was the best-known Scottish actor at the time. Connery turned down the role of McLeod, but said he'd be intersted in playing Ramirez. So with Connery on board, they pitched it to Lambert, who was the other hot european actor at the time, and when he heard Connery is in, he agreed as well. And on, and on, and the budget grew to 1 mil, the author of the story got some 200k for it.
There's an interview with Clancy Brown about this. Incidentally - Brown really got shafted on this movie, and basically didn't get any money for it.
A little bit of trivia.
Lambert didn't speak a word of english when he got this role so he actually learnt all his lines phonetically.
It blew my mind all those years ago. Loved it and loved the series. I’ve heard rumors of a reboot. Just hope it’s done right to introduce a new age of fans.
I would love a good treatment of this script, or maybe even the original one, which actually sounds like an interesting, and possibly better, movie..
🐢 The infamous Turtle Club scene in the film The Master Of Disguise was filmed during 911 ✈️
Love this movie, and will never tire of it. Clancy delivers the second best villian to ever grace the screen, we have Sean Connery and then it gets topped by music from the best band ever. What's not to love.
Amen bro