Highlander: The Source

2007 • 86 minutu

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The world is falling into chaos. As he roams a crumbling city, Duncan MacLeod - the Highlander, remembers happier times before the love of his life left. Hopeless and alone, MacLeod finds his way to a band of immortal companions, including his mysterious friend Methos, and a mortal, Watcher Joe Dawson. Together this small group sets out on a quest to find the origin of the first Immortal and The Source of their immortality.

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The sad thing about this movie is that somewhere in there was a great story. This could have been the best Highlander movie since the original. The twist on the "there can be only one" slogan was new and refreshing. It just seems they got a bigger budget than they were used to and went nuts throwing in everything from the apocalypse, to the planets aligning (completely defying physics,) to unnecessary explosions, to Duncan starting out on a rooftop acting like Batman. Had they used the money to focus on a cohesive plot, strong character development and a good sword fight or two, it would have been a great movie.

There are some elements that are great. I love Anna as a character and their love scene paired with the song Hold On by Fortystore is one of my fav of all the Highlander love scenes. I give those elements a 5. But plot, believability, risk and stakes, the ending - oh my word - brings it all down with 1's across the board. Hasn't stopped me from watching it quite a few times.

At least the story makes sense and follows the other movies AND tv series. Anything associated with Highlander and Adrian Paul can't be all bad. Also, wraps up the storyline. Maybe the end of this could spawn a new highlander story arc? Highlander: the Next Generation?