DIRECTOR: Richard Donner

CAST: Matthew Broderick, Rutger Hauer, Michelle Pfeiffer, Leo McKern, John Wood, Ken Hutchison, Alfred Molina

REVIEW:

Action director Richard Donner (best-known for Superman and the Lethal Weapon franchise) tried to switch gears with a medieval fantasy adventure, but the result was a box office disappointment, grossing only $18.4 million against a $20 million budget (although it has since become something of a cult classic regarding it as an overlooked gem). Ladyhawke is picturesque, handsomely-filmed, and fitfully entertaining, but overall a rather campy period fantasy flick that offers some fairly facile sword-and-sorcery stuff alongside scenes veering between high adventure and slapsticky action-comedy.