Absolutely horrible.  I must have misread the front label, but isn't this film supposed to be THX-certified?  It is beyond any doubt the worst looking film in my DVD collection at this moment.  I even have a Madacy DVD  which looks better than this!  Where to begin....the picture quality is  extremely blocky, I see compression artifacts left and right and up and  down.  The grain of the film is too prominent.  On and on...bottom line: I  think the VHS version of a non-director's cut of Highlander looks better  than this DVD.  And the sound!  Groan.  Sometimes I could barely hear the  dialogue which sounds thin and reedy, and in the next scene the sound  effects come blaring out the speakers.  The sound quality is very uneven;  it almost seems like the producers of this DVD took a monophonic soundtrack  and attempted to make it into 5.1.  Who knows?  As for the extras...HAH!  It is totally disorganized, almost as if someone took a stack of  papers/photos off the desk, scanned them randomly into a computer and  transfered them onto the DVD.  Furthermore, the photo gallery repeats a lot  of the photos (duh) and zips right by at 24 photos a second (duh).  By the  time you realize it, probably 200 pages have gone by before you can hit the  pause button.
So, is there anything to like about this DVD?  Well, it  does show the uncut widescreen version of Highlander as seen in Europe, so  Americans may see a few extra enlightening scenes.  There is a commentary  by the makers of the film, which is of some interest (and which I found to  be more listenable than the actual "THX-certifed" soundtrack).  And the price is quite affordable.  Fans of the film will probably want to  buy the DVD, even though it looks and sounds pretty bad (you've been  warned!).
But for the picky DVD collector, for goodness sakes, stay away  from this DVD!
Absolutely horrible. I must have misread the front label, but isn't this film supposed to be THX-certified? It is beyond any doubt the worst looking film in my DVD collection at this moment. I even have a Madacy DVD  which looks better than this! Where to begin.... the picture quality is  extremely blocky, I see compression artifacts left and right and up and  down. The grain of the film is too prominent. On and on... bottom line: I  think the VHS version of a non-director's cut of Highlander looks better  than this DVD. And the sound! Groan. Sometimes I could barely hear the  dialogue which sounds thin and reedy, and in the next scene the sound  effects come blaring out the speakers. The sound quality is very uneven;  it almost seems like the producers of this DVD took a monophonic soundtrack  and attempted to make it into 5. 1.  Who knows? As for the extras... HAH! It is totally disorganized, almost as if someone took a stack of  papers/photos off the desk, scanned them randomly into a computer and  transfered them onto the DVD. Furthermore, the photo gallery repeats a lot  of the photos (duh) and zips right by at 24 photos a second (duh). By the  time you realize it, probably 200 pages have gone by before you can hit the  pause button. So, is there anything to like about this DVD? Well, it  does show the uncut widescreen version of Highlander as seen in Europe, so  Americans may see a few extra enlightening scenes. There is a commentary  by the makers of the film, which is of some interest (and which I found to  be more listenable than the actual "THX-certifed" soundtrack). And the price is quite affordable. Fans of the film will probably want to  buy the DVD, even though it looks and sounds pretty bad (you've been  warned! ). But for the picky DVD collector, for goodness sakes, stay away  from this DVD!