The 1980s were not a great time for the fantasy genre, at least in terms of commercial success. The decade has produced multiple times Bombs of Boxing Fantasy Cancer that, in retrospect, deserve a second chanceIncluding the desired classic fantasy "Labyrinth", which may surprise you, was an authorized flop after the initial release. Even legendary director Richard Donner fought when he liberated Leidihauke's world and was at best indifference at best.

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The director was cemented The concept of the contemporary blockbuster with Superman from 1978 in 1978 Before it was frivolously removed from the sequel and replaced with director Richard Leicester, even though Donner had already shot most of the film. After that, Donner fell into something dry magic. "Inner moves" in 1980 was good enough, but the comedy "The Toy" led by Richard Preor, led since 1982, was missed despite making a decent profit.

In 1985 No matter how romance is, as much as a medieval fantastic story, "Leidihauke" seemed ready for success, but ended up another flop for Donner, even while critics were much more impressed than they were with "The Toy". Now, the film is becoming something for a revival with the courtesy of the free streamer Tubi.

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Only in the case, the absolute media offering in 2025 was not enough to overcome our collective prefrontal cortex, the tubes and its expansive catalog has become a popular streaming platform in recent years. While the service is a surprising home of a huge amount of pigeons, Tubs also boast a surprisingly solid string of horror movies and made /list of film on 10 The best streaming services. Now, the forgotten fantastic flop of Richard Donner and the spectators of the tubes are clearly resurrected, they are looking forward to seeing him again.

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"Ladyhawke" has been on tubes for some time, but viewers seem to have recently been able to dig it out of the "content" piles. According to FlixpatrolA page that follows the streaming viewing numbers, the film hit the Tubs tables on 11.05.2025 when it ranked number five. The next day he jumped on place three before taking number one on 13.05.2025.

It is an impressive little running for "Ladyhawke", which quickly climbed to the top of the Tubi rankings, overtaking multiple "fast and furious" films and two Friday franchise films on Ice Cube to take number one. How long it will remain, it remains unclear, but there is nothing in the graphs during writing that will suggest that his days at the top are numbered.

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"Ladyhawke" begins with focusing on thief Philippe Gaston, aka "Mouse" (Matthew Broderick), who escaped from the dungeon before hanging out with the Etienne Warrior from Navara (Rutger Hower) and his Love, Lady. Navarra and Isabe were cursed by the wicked bishop aquila (Johnon Wood) to spend their lives as animals, but they can spend a moment with each other at the twilight, during which their human forms live before being broken down by the curse. Gaston then joins the couple in search of the bishop's overthrow and save Navarre and Isabee from their curse, turning the film into an epic Love Baby Story.

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Kurt Russell was once attached to Leidihauke, but droppedthat was probably for the best given the fact that the film did only $ 18.4 million on a $ 20 million budget. He said: "Leidihauke" made /film list of Best movies for swords and spellsand 67% of Rotten tomatoes It's not the worst number we've ever seen. Shila Benson from Los Angeles Times He thought the stars were "extravagantly good", boasting the Hower of possessing "a sense of intelligence behind his physical exploitation", "Feaffer" for the rest of the "strong and exceptional", and Broderick because he was "irresistible, comic and spiritual with spins". Paul Atanacio by Washington PostOn the other hand, he wrote: "Unfortunately, director Richard Doner never gets the tone properly, and the pace is positive stupid. Horses gallop, but the movie barely country." None of this kept the film on the tubes, however, providing a slight return for Donner's insufficient fantasy.

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