The world is in apocalyptic-ish chaos. Planets are aligning. Duncan MacLeod along with Methos, Joe, Duncan's wife, Anna, and a couple of other immortals try to track down The Source that they think will decide who The One will be and save the world from itself.
The movie is all over the place. It's about immortals. It's about "the one". Wait, it's about the planets aligning and the world coming to an end. It's about existentialism. It's about a new Jesus or something or whatever. It's about too many things. You know what it ain't about? Highlander, that's what.
Ever hear any of these words in the series or movie: "the source," "the guardian," "the elder," "planets aligning." No. Nothing from this even exists in the series or movie. They just kinda made it up here.
No flashbacks of Duncan MacLeod except for a brief go over of his relationship with Anna. Flashbacks are one of the hallmarks of the Highlander universe. And they had next to nothing. None of the historical flashbacks with costumes and at key points in history. Nothing. Are you kidding me? And Anna is special? We don't know why. She just kinda just is. She has visions etc. No mention of a special woman in the of the Highlander mythos from the series or movie.
The camera cinematography was weird with weird filters and odd movements. The amazing fights we saw in the series and movie which always took on a realistic approach are ruined here by Mr. Speedy, The Guardian.
Peter Wingfield, Methos, looked the most handsome I'd ever seen him. Despite wearing that stupid leather jacket with the fringes. Let's face it, Methos would be nowhere near this. He would very nicely go underground and wait for everything to smooth over. Bad take on him in this movie.
Joe got killed. I guess he lived up to what I always said in my series reviews which was that he had a man-crush on Duncan.
No mention of Amanda. I don't why, or why Elizabeth Gracen wasn't in the movie. But a mention would have been nice. This movie was targeting the series fans and this was Duncan-led. She should have been in it or got a mention.
The movie seems like it's really some other story, and they slapped in Highlander characters to accommodate the story. It looked cheap with cheap fx. The quickening looked awful. We're not given an explanation as to what happened with humankind.
The explanation for the immortals just seemed stupid. So the universe only wants goodness, so they threw out this stupid thing about there can be only one. Only one immortal can have a kid. That's what they really meant? Huh. If they only wanted only goodness a lot fewer people would have died from their stupid rules. Isn't that evil in it, itself? I always felt if they were gonna continue the franchise the answer should never be reached. It should always be a mystery. It leaves endless room for more stories and adventures.
This movie was as if though it was written by a 10-year-old. I hated the exposition and narration. If you're a fan of the series and the first movie(or even Endgame), I don't recommend this. Skip it. Even if you love Adrian Paul in the series. Skip it. I gave it a 1/10
The movie is all over the place. It's about immortals. It's about "the one". Wait, it's about the planets aligning and the world coming to an end. It's about existentialism. It's about a new Jesus or something or whatever. It's about too many things. You know what it ain't about? Highlander, that's what.
Ever hear any of these words in the series or movie: "the source," "the guardian," "the elder," "planets aligning." No. Nothing from this even exists in the series or movie. They just kinda made it up here.
No flashbacks of Duncan MacLeod except for a brief go over of his relationship with Anna. Flashbacks are one of the hallmarks of the Highlander universe. And they had next to nothing. None of the historical flashbacks with costumes and at key points in history. Nothing. Are you kidding me? And Anna is special? We don't know why. She just kinda just is. She has visions etc. No mention of a special woman in the of the Highlander mythos from the series or movie.
The camera cinematography was weird with weird filters and odd movements. The amazing fights we saw in the series and movie which always took on a realistic approach are ruined here by Mr. Speedy, The Guardian.
Peter Wingfield, Methos, looked the most handsome I'd ever seen him. Despite wearing that stupid leather jacket with the fringes. Let's face it, Methos would be nowhere near this. He would very nicely go underground and wait for everything to smooth over. Bad take on him in this movie.
Joe got killed. I guess he lived up to what I always said in my series reviews which was that he had a man-crush on Duncan.
No mention of Amanda. I don't why, or why Elizabeth Gracen wasn't in the movie. But a mention would have been nice. This movie was targeting the series fans and this was Duncan-led. She should have been in it or got a mention.
The movie seems like it's really some other story, and they slapped in Highlander characters to accommodate the story. It looked cheap with cheap fx. The quickening looked awful. We're not given an explanation as to what happened with humankind.
The explanation for the immortals just seemed stupid. So the universe only wants goodness, so they threw out this stupid thing about there can be only one. Only one immortal can have a kid. That's what they really meant? Huh. If they only wanted only goodness a lot fewer people would have died from their stupid rules. Isn't that evil in it, itself? I always felt if they were gonna continue the franchise the answer should never be reached. It should always be a mystery. It leaves endless room for more stories and adventures.
This movie was as if though it was written by a 10-year-old. I hated the exposition and narration. If you're a fan of the series and the first movie(or even Endgame), I don't recommend this. Skip it. Even if you love Adrian Paul in the series. Skip it. I gave it a 1/10