FREE ON CINEGEEK.DE Jim Henson - Labyrinth 

Jim Henson's production began with a real inspiration: a fantasy fairy tale based on the pictures of M. C. Escher: In one of his works you can see a room from which stairs branch off in all directions. A labyrinth. Combined with David Bowie's soundtrack and impressive images, Labyrinth is missing something: real life. Sarah (the young Jennifer Connelly) is supposed to take care of her little brother. She lives in her own magical world and curses the fact that she once again has to look after the child. She wishes Goblin would take the child away. Her wish should be heard: Jareth (David Bowie), the ruler of the dark world, pays her a visit. The world of mysticism remains closed to normal eyes, but not to Sarah. To get her brother back, Sarah has to make her way through the labyrinth of the underworld. Our first look at the labyrinth is impressive. Jim Henson at the height of his form! His dolls look more real and scary than ever before. The world full of nightmares seems almost arbitrary. Everything can happen at any time, the underworld of the labyrinth follows no logic. In contrast to his Muppets productions, Henson's puppets enter a human world in Labyrinth (and are not human guests of the Muppets). David Bowie convinces as Jareth, although he himself almost mutates into a comic character. But basically he plays a real Bowie character: A being from another world. Unfortunately, Labyrinth is too long. The red thread is missing, a coherent plot. The journey into the labyrinth, like a marathon run through different dangers. But the adventures lack structure, they follow each other like a chain of accidents. Sarah is sometimes almost killed, then caught, she does this, then that happens... Henson put all his energy into the pictures, the story can't keep up.