Highlander: The Source (2007)

Director:

Brett Leonard

Writers (WGA):

Stephen Kelvin Watkins (screenplay) and
Mark Bradley (screenplay) ...

Release Date:

19 August 2007 (UK)

Genre:

Action | Adventure | Fantasy | Sci-Fi

Plot:

Duncan MacLeod and his fellow Immortals quest to locate the Grail of their world.

Plot Keywords:

Beheading | Near Future | Beheaded | Fight Scene | Katana Sword

Cast

Adrian Paul	...	Duncan MacLeod
Thekla Reuten	...	Anna Teshemka
Cristian Solimeno	...	The Guardian
Peter Wingfield	...	Methos
Jim Byrnes	...	Joe Dawson
Stephen Rahman Hughes	...	Zai Jie
Stephen Wight	...	Reggie Weller
Thom Fell	...	Cardinal Giovanni
Patrice Naiambana	...	The Elder
Sakalas Uzdavinys	...	Security Guard
Geoffrey T. Bersey	...	Brother Radu (as Geofrey Bersey)
Rolandas Boravskis	...	Jurgis
Saulis Siparis	...	Man in Tyres
Buckley Norris	...	Captain

Also Known As:

Highlander 5 (USA) (working title)
Untitled Highlander 5 Film (USA) (working title)

MPAA:

Rated R for violence and some language.

Runtime:

86 min | Russia:94 min (DVD version) | Brazil:99 min (DVD version)

Country:

UK | USA | Lithuania

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Certification:

UK:15 | Finland:K-15 | Canada:14A | Portugal:M/12 | Singapore:NC-16 (cut) | USA:R | Australia:MA

Filming Locations:

Kaunas, Lithuania

Company:

Davis-Panzer Productions

Trivia:

An early cut of Highlander: The Source was released in Russia on DVD in February 2007.

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: When the Guardian takes Zai's head, watch closely as he receives the Quickening; there is a shot from behind the Guardian, facing the windows as they explode, where he passes right through a CGI chair.

Quotes:

The Guardian: There can be only *me.*

Movie Connections:

Follows Highlander (1986)

The movie is so bad, you can't stop watching it!

I thought that Highlander II and the animated Highlander series were the most horrible incarnations ever created, but Highlander: The Source proved to be truly horrible and might win the award for "Worst Highlander Film Ever." The dialogue reads like unedited fanfic, continuity gaps and non-sequiturs are frequent, the special effects are laughable (as in, so bad that they induce involuntary laughter), and the sword fighting sequences -- which make Highlander what it is -- are too painful to watch.

The sad thing is that there was a lot of potential for this story. The overall effect was a movie worthy of a showing on Mystery Science Theater 3000.

I watched this on the Sci-Fi channel, which means that I didn't have to shell out money for a movie rental or a theater viewing, but it still cost me dearly: two hours of my life have been spent. I could have spent that time at the pub, but oh no. I didn't even have the foresight to bring home some beer to dull my senses and make the movie seem to be enjoyable. Highlander had been that much redeemed since Highlander II that I didn't even consider the possibility that it would be a bomb. That reminds me: this movie demands the development of a drinking game.