
Philippe Gaston (Matthew Broderick), a thief, escapes from the dungeon at Aquila, sparking a manhunt. He is nearly captured when Captain Etienne Navarre (Rutger Hauer) befriends him. Navarre has been hunted by the Bishop's men for two years, ever since he escaped with the Lady Isabeau (Michelle Pfeiffer), after whom the Bishop (John Wood) has lusted. Navarre and Isabeau have a curse that the Bishop has placed on them that causes Navarre to be a wolf during the night and Isabe... (Full plot summary below)
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Philippe Gaston (Matthew Broderick), a thief, escapes from the dungeon at Aquila, sparking a manhunt. He is nearly captured when Captain Etienne Navarre (Rutger Hauer) befriends him. Navarre has been hunted by the Bishop's men for two years, ever since he escaped with the Lady Isabeau (Michelle Pfeiffer), after whom the Bishop (John Wood) has lusted. Navarre and Isabeau have a curse that the Bishop has placed on them that causes Navarre to be a wolf during the night and Isabeau to be a hawk during the day. Navarre insists that Philippe help him re-enter the city to help him kill the heavily guarded Bishop.
Leave your thoughts about Ladyhawke.
| Los Angeles TimesSheila BensonLaced with medieval magic, it has stalwart knights and tremulously fine ladies, heavy-hoofed horses who might have clattered straight out of German fairy tales and broadswords so heavy you or I could never heft them. Most of all, it is a bold, beautiful, marvelous vision. |
| Chicago TribuneGene SiskelIt's a tribute to the quality of writing, direction and photography in this film that we willingly go along with the story. |
| EmpireIan NathanThis is a criminally neglected piece of good gothic fairy tale fun. |
| Washington PostRita KempleyAll rather facile sword-and-sorcery stuff, of course, but at times very funny (special mention to McKern as a bumbling priest) and always beautifully photographed in the Italian Dolomites. |
| The DissolveKeith PhippsDonner moves the film at an unhurried pace. The action scenes, for which Broderick and Hauer seem to have done quite a few of their own stunts, are fun, if not especially ambitious, and spaced out between long stretches of Mouse and Etienne traveling the countryside. But, oh, what countryside! |
| The New York TimesVincent CanbyMr. Donner has obvious difficulty coordinating the various elements of the overall vision. |
| PatheosEve TushnetThe film is gorgeous to watch, especially since the quality of light is so central to the plot: Is it afternoon or sunset? |
| Common Sense MediaBarbara ShulgasserMessy, dated romantic fantasy is dull and violent. |
| Washington PostPaul AttanasioUnfortunately, director Richard Donner never quite gets the tone right, and the pace is positively stuporous. The horses gallop, but the film barely canters. |
| User ReviewWolfgang KDer Deutsche Titel war " DER TAG DES FALKEN " ! Dieser Film hat meiner Meinung nach schon Kultstatus erreicht ! Den Film könnte ich mir immer wieder ansehen einfacht genial ! |