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<p>Having honed his flair for eye-candy visuals and breakneck editing with the likes of <b>Duran Duran</b>, <b>Elton John</b>, and <b>David Bowie</b>, <b>Russell Mulcahy</b> has had far from a seamless graduation from MTV to feature films. Sustaining interest and coherence for a minimum of 90 minutes seems to be a lingering problem for the pioneering Australian clip-whiz-turned-filmmaker (even his long-form music videos have usually clocked out at an hour), who certainly has a knack for latching onto winning concepts and accomplished actors. It's just too bad he's always forgotten to bring along a decent screenplay to the set. <i>Razorback</i>, <i>Highlander</i>, <i>Ricochet</i>, <i>The Shadow</i>, and, give me strength, <i>Highlander 2: The Quickening</i> ("Renegade" version or not)--what does anyone really remember from these uneven yarns other than the indisputable fact that they all looked really cool? The endurance of the original <i>Highlander</i> as cult "classic" utterly mystifies me; beyond its audacious ideas, what's left between the two or three decent swordfights other than clunky dialogue, marble-mouthed delivery from <b>Christopher Lambert</b>, and that damned Queen song over and over again?</p>
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