Loved Highlander. I dont know whether it was the music (by Queen), the cool character (Sean Connery as Ramirez!? Gold!; Clancy Brown as The Kurgan!? Double Gold!), or the proficient (not usually words associated with the guy) direction by Russell Mulcahy, but it was such a slick for its time. Heck, any time.
The sequels left a lot to be desired especially the first one. I remember seeing it as a sports stadium, on the coast, that had been transformed into a movie theatre for the Summer holidays. Not that the small-ass screen or lacklustre projector helped any more, but the thing bored me to tears. It was incredible how much they ****ed it up.
And though the last two sequels were more endurable, more accomplished films they still didnt deliver anything other than a couple of good sword fights and some mildly amusing one-liners. And quite frankly, once Sean Connery left the series (after 2, and not surprisingly), there was no way for the series but down anyway.
While any other troupe wouldve cut their losses and sold the remake rights (still bound to happen sometime), the Highlander crowd is moving forward with sequel number four, Highlander: The Source. Judging by the C-list cast Adrian Pauls the headline act this time its more than likely this thing will go straight to DVD.
Though theres no official trailer for the film yet, theres a fan-made trailer up at YouTube that shows some of the new footage thats slowly being discovered across the web. See what you think.
