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Great choice for a reaction! One of my favorite 80s flicks. Also glad you noticed Christopher Lambert's underrated performance as Connor MacLeod. You hit on it, MacLeod was a man who went through a LOT of physical and emotional pain over hundreds of years and it was all embodied in Lambert's eternally stoic facial expressions and calm, confident demeanor. He felt like someone who didn't quite belong in the 20th century and was more than just a mere mortal. Sean Connery's mentor role as Ramirez was a perfect fit that anchored the middle part of the film and Clancy Brown was a scene-stealer as the larger-than-life Kurgan. The Queen soundtrack is just icing on the cake.
@@petertrudelljr As far as anyone knows, the minute or so of New York, New York in this film is the only fragment that was even recorded. It's rumored that Brian May has a recording of the full song, but because Freddie hated covering other artists' work (and New York, New York is best known for Sinatra's version) it's dubious it will ever be released even if it DOES exist.
If you two like watching movies with young actors who were just starting out, you should watch 1981's 'Excalibur'. So many actors who were just starting their career. It's also one of the best adaptions of the King Author legend. Also, watching this movie will explain a major point in the movie 'Ready Player One'. In the 80's (sword and sorcery (D&D) / post apocalyptic dystopian) movies were very big. It was a great time to be a kid/teen. Loving the chemistry of the channel and your reviews so far.
"There can be only one!" Fun Fact: Clancy Brown originally wanted the Kurgan to be dressed in a suit and bowler hat. Automobile Enthusiast Fact: Connor (Christopher Lambert) drives a Porsche 356 A Speedster. The cars that the Kurgan (Clancy Brown) drive are a: 1971 Chevrolet Chevelle Malibu, 1973 Plymouth Duster, and a 1975 Cadillac Coupe DeVille. Music Enthusiast Fact: Queen originally intended to record only one song for this movie, but after viewing footage from the movie, they were inspired to write more. The band members each had a favorite scene and composed songs specifically for them. Preeminence Privilege Fact: All of Sir Sean Connery's scenes had to be filmed in a week, due to Connery's schedule. He had a bet with director Russell Mulcahy that they would not finish in seven days, but Mulcahy won the bet. Connery earned $1 million for his week's work. Movie Magic Fact: The swords sparking while clashing was accomplished by attaching a wire to each sword that led down the arms of the actors to a car battery. One was connected to the positive terminal and the other to the negative terminal, so when the swords touched, there was an arc. Location Location Fact: The scene in the alley where the Kurgan (Clancy Brown) beheads Kastagir (Hugh Quarshie) and then stabs the vigilante (Christopher Malcolm), followed by the explosion, was filmed in an alley in England, even though it was set in New York City. Director Russell Mulcahy was reluctant to set off the explosion in the alley, because the windows were full of Victorian glass, but he was given permission to do so, because that particular site was going to be destroyed in a few months anyway.
Now Hollywood is super lazy. CGI has become a crutch. I miss the days when we used Science™ for special effects and real hand drawn animation, if you know what I mean. Speaking of animation, I suggested a few animated movies. Any time frame for when you might get to them? Go with God and Be Safe from Evil. 😎 👍
Another fun fact, is the Scots fighting at the start was actually real. They hired a bunch of Scots as extras and stuntmen... and as the filming days went on, they got more and more drunk... eventually the footage that was used in the movie was the best footage they had... because it was all the Scotsmen actually kicking the shizznit out of each other.
Clancy Brown (the voice of Mr. Krabb on Sponge Bob) plays an iconic villain here and he's just fun to watch how horrible he can be. He also played a great villain in the Shawshank Redemption
Sean Connery is finally in a film about Scots and he plays an Egyptian with a Scottish accent, Spanish name and a Japanese katana. Yup. It's like Hollywood just kicked us in the left shin.
Yes! Lets hear it for the most diverse, inclusive actor of all time! He can play ANY role... ...From ancient Pre-Egyptian Immortal, to Russian SubCommander, and everything in between! ALL WITHOUT EVEN TRYING TO CHANGE HIS AWESOME ACCENT!
It's best to skip the sequels, the TV series with Adrian Paul was pretty cool though. More exciting is the prospect of the Highlander remake which is in the works with (rumored) Henry Cavill in the title role. It's being directed by Chad Stahelski; he is the guy behind the John Wick series.
Holy ground is a rule that even the villains obey. The TV series mentioned that the last time immortals ignored the rule and fought on holy ground was 79 AD, in Pompeii.
@@Crumpton23 I think the tv show ignored some/most of the movies as canon (obviously we all ignore the second movie, lol). I never watched it though, so I couldn't say for sure.
Another movie that came out when I was a teenager(15) and it is one of my all-time favorites. I love that all the songs in the movie are Queen songs(the Queen album A Kind Of Magic is the soundtrack to this movie). I also loved the score composed by the late Michael Kamen; it was beautiful music. And I love this story and Connor's journey. And Sean Connery. Ramirez is my favorite of all the characters I have seen him play.
Great reaction! I love Highlander! Highly recommend the tv series over the sequel movies if you want more of this universe. The reason Connor MacLeod has the stare is very simple. The actor, Christopher Lambert, is nearsighted. This is what happened because he couldn't wear his glasses and he was trying to focus on something far away. Yes, I'm sure some of it is just good acting too. But other nearsighted actors can give off a similar stare such as Sylvestor McCoy from Doctor Who.
My favorite love story. A love for Queen. A love for swords. A love for Sean Connery. And of course a love for Clancy Brown. I've seen this so many times since my first viewing nearly 40 years ago as a kid. Gets better every time.
I saw them filming the highland battle, we drove past it, never saw anyone famous, but did see the crew, lights and smoke machines etc.... Yes I am old..
I have always thought that Christopher Lambert's 1000 yard stare was due to the fact that he was almost blind without his glasses and couldn't wear contacts.
2:12 there’s a lot of immortals but only a couple Highlanders which is someone from the highlands of Scotland. 6:25 at this point Connor wasn’t an immortal. He had the power in him but since he hadn’t died yet the power wasn’t activated in him. 13:41 this part I’ve always had a problem with. He should’ve drowned then came back to life when he was pulled out of the water. 23:43 the winner of the battle gets all the knowledge and power of their opponent. Which is why you don’t want a bad immortal to be the final one. Yes she cried out for daddy. A lot of older couples call each other mother or father or some versions of that. 25:39 he’s reminding Connor that they’re on holy ground and they can’t fight. 30:35 so this scene is supposed to show that Connor is the final one. I really like this movie. Actually all the highlander movies have great music. The second one not so good cause they tried to change how they came to be. The 3rd one (The Final Dimension) was a nice try to bring the movies back to the correct line. The tv series with Adrian Paul was really good. They had another tv series called “Highlander: The Raven” it was ok. The fourth movie they made called “Endgame” combines the Adrian Paul tv series with the movies. Then the 5th one called “The Source” was entertaining and a way to end the series.
@@maplenutsreact yeah it can get pretty confusing. When I first watched it I thought to be immortal you had to be a Highlander until I realized that the name Highlander was in reference to someone from the highlands of Scotland.
Easy mistake if you are not familiar with the term. As my grandma was half Macloud, half Maclean, both highland clans, she used to speak of being highlander a lot, apparently they are better than the lowlanders ... lol.
A brilliant movie that did not build itself to have sequels so they didn't work out so well. The series is more of an alternate timeline and was quite good. Fun Fact: Christopher Lambert is very near sighted, so that stare was mainly him trying to focus on things he couldn't see.
Excellent reaction! There are 4 sequels, an animated film, 2 Live Action TV shows and an animated TV show. If you want more stories in this universe I suggest watching Highlander: The Series. It's a solid show and really explores what it's like to be an Immortal. If you want more Clancy Brown movies I suggest The Shawshank Redemption and Starship Troopers!
You're welcome! I'm a Highlander fan and have watched nearly everything but one Live Action show and the animated one. Those films show how amazing Clancy Brown is!
Great reaction you two to this sci-fi/fantasy 80s classic with a killer soundtrack....the only other Highlander related materials within the franchise that I would definitely recommend is Highlander: The TV Series (which ran for 6 seasons and had one short lived spin-off series that lasted only 1 season, Highlander: The Raven). The TV series does add much to the lore of the Immortals and Connor McLeod (Christopher Lambert) does make a 'passing of the torch' cameo appearance within the series. 🗡️ Although they did make several Highlander movie sequels (the 2nd one, Highlander 2: The Quickening, being not only one of the worst sequels ever made but does rank as one of the worst films of the entire decade of 1990s - due to heavy studio interference and awful editing by the studio.... however it too has its own cult following & dedicated fans) Recently, Highlander 2 underwent a drastic remaster by the original cinematographer & complete re-edit by the original director and original film's producers with added scenes (that were originally removed by the studio), re-scoring by the original composer and upgrades in visual special effects by the original VFX artists (all of which is a vast improvement over the original awful US theatrical version - which is rare to find these days). It still isn't a great movie BUT it is way better than the original released film & might be good for a watch just to see it for yourselves. (Highlander 2 is one of my favorite guilty pleasure movies - as a stand alone separate film, it is ok now but as a sequel, yeah everyone dropped the ball there). 🫤 The 3rd film, Highlander: The Final Dimension (also sometimes called Highlander 3: The Sorcerer in some markets), largely ignores the events of 2 (but is more or less a rehash of the 1st film, in my opinion) it is ok but it has a feeling of 'already seen it before'. 🤦 The 4th film Highlander: Endgame (also ignores 2) is a continuation of the TV series and largely serves as a finale wrapping up all storylines and characters (there is also an alternate producers cut of that film as well because the Dimension Films company did edit the film prior to release, without the original producers consent or knowledge at the time of release. However Dimension Films did allow the producers to re-cut the film as originally intended for DVD & Blu-Ray releases afterwards). For a finale to the TV series, it's pretty good & (the producers cut version) is a worthy sequel in my own opinion. 😁 And lastly there was a made-for-cable film (produced by the Sci-fi/SYFY Channel) called Highlander: The Source (it ignores 2 and is a sequel to the previous film, Highlander: Endgame). That too also has a reputation for being awful and a cash-grab (honestly I wouldn't know because I never actually saw it myself...to be honest & in my opinion, a 5th film/2nd sequel really wasn't necessary because I felt Highlander: Endgame wrapped up everything nicely IMO). 😖 There was also a short-lived Saturday morning animated cartoon series called Highlander: The Animated Series and that too had its own spin-off animated movie called Highlander: The Search For Vengeance (I've never seen any of these so I cannot give my opinion of his good or bad that they are 🤷. That would be something you'd have to check out for yourself if you want). 😯 There have been several books/novels, comic books, a web flash series, several sword replicas from the various films & TV series, a collectable card game and even several video games for various computers and consoles within the Highlander franchise. It's up to you both if you want to do any deep dives into any of that (although I would be interested in knowing your thoughts about any of those materials if you both ever do because I never read, saw or played any of those)... 🧐
A very comprehensive run down. The animated series had nothing to do with the anime Search for Vengeance though. They are two separate things. The animated series fits in with the Highlander 2 movie continuity while Search for Vengeance tells the story of yet another Immortal MacLeod named Colin born in the Roman era.
I would say of the sequels that the source wasn’t as bad as the others. We get Sean Connery back again, some real fun moments and another great villain.
To go from The Kurgan to Mr. Krabbs. How the mighty have fallen. :) I saw this opening night with my best friend, and it was so much fun! We went because of the Queen, we stayed for the cheesy fun. Clancy Brown was definitely enjoying being the Kurgan, you can just tell.
WOW you guys are putting out some bangers. Highlander is one of my all time favorite movies. It actually ended up spilling a TV series Anna ran for six seasons in the 1990s there are also four other movies. It was made on a very very low budget but sprung a cult fandom. The TV series stars a different actor he plays a different McLeod name Duncan and Connor was his trainer. Christopher lambare guess stared in the piolet. The ending was kind of retconed when the series came to be. Obviously Connor did not win the prize. In the series The gathering is currently taking place but the final battle and had yet to happen. I don't know if y'all do TV shows I don't know if y'all react to television shows but if you like this it may be something you're interested in
This is a good choice. I’m going to recommend Heat by Michael Mann. One of the most influential cops and robbers movies. It’s extremely realistic. Has one of the most legendary shootouts of all time. It influenced grand theft auto a lot. Huge influence on The Dark Knight.
I much prefer the tv series, but it’s a much bigger time commitment. My mom had a huge crush on Adrian Paul from the tv series and she was so disappointed when she saw the movie(s) and wasn’t part of the cast. Great reaction, as always!
Like others have said the sequels are disappointing so you’ve been warned! The film is highly stylized with great visuals and fight scenes because director Russell Mulcahy was a music video director (he made a lot of music videos for Duran Duran as well as others). This film looks at times like a strung together series of music video sequences. Check out the TV series which is a lot of fun and was mostly shot in Vancouver (Cancon alert!🇨🇦😁) If you guys are in BC you’ll probably get a big kick out of it…😊
Just fyi. The tv series is on youtube. It's in the free shows section. Though I don't know if you need to have Premium or not. I do have it, so I can't say for those that don't. @@maplenutsreact
The series was an international co-production so they would shoot a big chunk of episodes in Vancouver and then shoot another chunk of episodes in France.
@@maplenutsreact There are 2 versions of the second one the public release and the patched together version that`s on-line... Highlander III: The Sorcerer -- Highlander: Endgame (part 4)
In the original American release, in the parking garage fight, Fasil does ONE back flip off the car, which is useless, but a still cool boss move. But in later video releases, they added in the European version with all the back flips going down the length of the garage, and a lot of us were going WTF in between our giggles.
The Kurgan is played by the great Clancy Brown. He's been in an amazing amount of movies, TV shows, and video games. Hell, He's even the voice if Mr. Crabs in SpongeBob.
The original film is the best, no doubt about it. Highlander 2, sucks badly, the only redeeming thing about it is Michael Ironside's performance as General Katana. Otherwise, it's almost unwatchable. The third film is a continuation of the first, introducing an Immortal named Kane, played by Mario Van Peebles. It's okay, but still lacks gravity. Highlander Endgame is a sequel which links the movies to the TV series, with Adrian Paul's character, Duncan MacLeod taking over as the titular protagonist. It's about the best of the sequels. Highlander: The Source, isn't enjoyed by any of the fans, it sucks worse than having a migraine, a toothache and hemorrhoids, while being kicked in the balls repeatedly. Fans try not to talk about it, because it makes you no longer a fan of the original concept. The movie spawned two TV series, the main one lasted six seasons, a good show even if somewhat uneven. The second did only one season. There was also an animated series. I've never watched it, really don't care to. I still enjoy the original film and TV series, and the two decent sequels. One more note, the Immortals aren't all Highlanders, as you've probably realized.
Don't watch Highlander 2. It's considered the one of the worst sequel movies ever made. The Highlander movie was supposed to be a one-off film. But they made a total of five movies, one animated series, two tv series, and one anime movie.
Christopher Lambert didn't speak a word of English when making this movie, and learned all his dialogue phonetically. And he absolutely has the most intense stare. Kurgan's IKEA sword would never work in real life. Especially because you have a joint right about at the center of percussion (the part of the blade you want to strike your opponent with). Sean Connery was such a great casting choice for Ramirez: A Scot playing an Egyptian who adopted a Spanish persona. Looks like you're watching the director's cut, which adds a number of scenes, such as Connor rescuing Rachel from the Nazis, and the Boston Commons duel. The brief snippet of New York New York in the film is the only part known to exist of Queen's cover of the song, because Freddie hated covering other people's work. It's been rumored that Brian May has a copy of the full song, but even if true it's unlikely to ever be released. Connor says at the end he can hear the thoughts of everyone the world over, and can use that to help the world come together and understand one another. Now, imagine what could have happened if a monster like Kurgan got the Prize. There are no Highlander sequels. Don't let anyone tell you otherwise. Now, the Highlander SERIES from the 90s with Adrian Paul is pretty cool if you look at it as its own continuity (but its movies are terrible, so best stop with the series finale).
The castle is Eilean Donan, near the village of Dornie, Scotland. You may have seen it in other movies, like Braveheart. Loving watching your reaction to this gem of a film.
I love this movie, the other movies in this franchise are not as good, but i liked them. There is a spin-off TV series that is pretty good also! Great reaction as always!! 🙂❤
Lol when I was a kid I really thought swords would spark if you fought with them after watching this. Turns out you need a couple car batteries and some wires 😅
The funny thing about Highlander is that they got a Frenchman (Lambert) to play a Scotsman (MacLeod), a Scotsman (Connery) to play a Spaniard (Ramirez) and an American (Brown) to play a Slavic (Kurgan). lol
The castle is quite real. It is one of the most famous in Scotland and one of the most visited tourist attractions in the country. I visited it last in summer last uear and it is gorgeaus, both the castle and the entire surrounding area.
I loved this movie growing up and nothing has changed it's still an amazing movie a WORD OF WARNING though don't watch the other Highlander movies they are really bad
What's funny is Queen was hired to write one song for Highlander and got so into it they came back with an entire album. When Queen writes an album for your movie, you use it. This one was always on TV when I was a kid and it's always a good time. As far as the movies go, there can be only one. The sequels are pretty bad. There was a series that has a fanbase. The first 3 seasons were good then it kind of spirals.
I read that Queen was asked to write two songs. They thought two songs by each member. 😁 Then they added a few more songs and the album was complete. 😉
Another great pick and video. Really enjoying your channel so far. You two come across as so genuine and appreciative of the artistry from decades past. Which unfortunately isn’t always the case with some younger viewers who are more on the shallow side. I left a comment on your video for The Crow with a list of great comic book cult classic movies. All of them would be right up your two’s alley and make for great videos. Another cult classic I’m going to recommend out of left field. “The Warriors” (1979)
Oh my gosh, you're so kind!! ❤❤❤ You've put a huge smile on my face! And thank you so much for all of the movie recommendations, I can't wait to check out the list you left on The Crow!
I'm a big fan of the "Highlander" franchise, but it gets kind of messy after the original film. If you decide to watch more, do yourself a HUGE favor and SKIP part 2. It's an abomination. LOL! Even the filmmakers don't count it. Jump right to "Highlander 3: The Final Dimension". From there, if you're feeling really adventurous, watch the "Highlander" TV series starring Adrian Paul. First season gets really cheesy, but the series gets better and better as it goes. Then from there, the final film to watch is "Highlander: Endgame". There was another film after that, but it might actually be worse than part 2. LOL. All that said, the other choice is to leave it at just the original film. It's a great one and done film with a beginning, a middle and an ending. Love your channel and how much fun you have seeing all these great movies!
Top reaction, fun fact Clancy Brown ( The Kurgan ) was paid $0 for this role whilst Sean Connery was paid 1 million for his 1 week of work, Also the director Russell Mulcahy asked Queen for 1 song for the movie and ended up doing most of the soundtrack, The sequels are not to the original's standard so as they say There Can Be Only One
Probably has more to be with a Queen song than the Highlands, there is romance, my bonnie Heather. Got that blind guy playing the Highlander, and Connery, who is not Scottish, he's a Spanish peacock.
The movies fly off sci-fi the rails right away with at least 3 sequels. The real Highlander experience that I enjoyed was the television show. Taking place along side the events of the first film, with a different character, the weekly television show did what the first movie did, telling a story about the past that is relevant to the present, with a mild crime drama theme. Separate from the movies and eventually more popular then the movies at the time, the finale brought the two actors together in an epic showdown ⚔️
The Wrestlers in the match at the opening were the Good Old Boys and The Mad Samoans winch included the Tanga Kid early New York Franchise at the inception of the WWF decades before it became the WWE.
I've watched all of the sequels, a few of them are entertaining and fun but none compare to this one. This is the best Highlander experience. While they may be unnecessary to watch some of them can be quite fun. :)
Heh. The Kurgan's (modern) sword is really designed for looks.all of those connection points and spring-loaded bits are going to suffer wear and tear from combat, until they wont hold, or won't mesh together anymore. Hollywood magic
That is Eilean Donan Castle in Scotland. This film is insane. It has a Frenchman acting as a Scotsman next to a Scotsman acting as an Egyptian from Spain. And the Kurgan is Clancey Brown who plays Mr Krabs in Spongebob.
Some say One day it will all be over. And everyone will forget that this was the moment. This was when it turned. It wasn't the mighty fleet, it wasn't some fancy new weapon. It was a drill instructor named Zim, who captured a brain.
This is a guilty pleasure for me. Clancy delivers my second movie villain ever, Sean Connery is doing his thing and music delivered by the best band ever. Love it. And it doesn't feed you with exposition, so you have to figure out the lore bit by bit. Fun fact: Clancy Brown did his work for free. The movie didn't have anymore money and he was a young actor who had the chance to work with Sean Connery. So no pay.
@@maplenutsreact He REALLY wanted to work with Sean Connery. Also a fun bit. The extras for the Scottish battle scenes weren't paid much, but there was plenty of alcohol at lunch, so they tended to be pretty knackered on set with weapons and told to go out and make it look good...
@maplenutsreact He was paid for the role itself but he didn't get any money later from it when the film became a cult. He said that in an interview sometime.
This was one of those movies I watched over and over as a kid. Happy this made it onto your guys' watch list. Will comment anything else relevant as the review goes on.
Amazing classic Highlander starring Christopher Lambert and Sean Connery. The music videos of the film is the songs Who Wants to Live Forever and Princes of the Universe performed by the rock band Queen. Thank you guys great reaction excellent👍👍👍👍
Lambert is in Tarzan, The Legend of Greystoke, and he goes ape in the movie. The movie is worth watching. I got it backwards: Greystoke The Legend of Tarzan. He still goes ape in the movie.
Always love the Scottish Sean Connery playing an Egyption/Spanish dude with a Scottish accent :D And Clancy Brown set the bar for over-the-top villains! There are NO OTHER highlander movies, regardless of the titles. DO NOT bother :D. There is a Highlander series that is actually much better than the movies (after it gets its legs under it) which I'd recommend as a good watch. But Like the non-existent 4/5 Indiana Jones movies, or the 3rd+ aliens movies, there really is no reason to watch the others in this series, they just are bad... and well just bad :D Great reaction, love it when people find this classic!
The second film completely changes everything, is hated and is not considered canon. Because Connor won the prize in this film, the third film is considered by the creators to be in another universe (where The Gathering never happened in the 80s) and leads into the 90s TV series of which there were 6 seasons. Christophe Lambert is in the pilot episode, but it's about a younger immortal MacCleod called Duncan. With the series, they really flesh out the characters and mythology in a big way and expand the universe greatly. The fourth film, Highlander Endgame from 2003 is my personal favourite and features both MacCleods. The bad guy in that is at least ten times more powerful than the Kurgan was in this film too. The fifth film Highlander: The Source from 2008 supposedly explains the origins of the immortals, but I believe like the second film, it's also revered by the fanbase. There have been rumours recently that Highlander could be rebooted with Henry Cavill playing Connor MacCleod.
I like to pretend the rest of the movies dont exist. It was made pretty clear at the end of this movie that Connor was the last and had the prize. I love this movie, never cared for the rest.
Christopher Lambert had had his breakthrough a couple of years earlier with "Greystoke" the 1st Tarzan film to follow the original story (also notorious for having leading lady,Andie McDowell's lines dubbed by Glenn Close)🎩
Oh and an interesting fact... well I understood it to be a fact, that Queen was invited to some sort of rough edit screening and allegedly they jumped in their van afterwards in the carpark and started writing the score for the film there and then.
A super underrated sci-fi/fantasy type movie. Soundtrack maybe the best ever, all by queen. The producers and record company didn't want queen to do the entire soundtrack. So the film has a soundtrack, but Queen did their own called, It's a Kind of Magic! This caused them to split with their record company, and go out on their own. U can find the queen version, but it's tough! Called, It's a Kind of Magic! They did the soundtrack as a Opera. Also the scenery and camera work, is amazing! Henry Cavill is supposed to be doing the remake!😮😮😮. U can skip part 2 or the TV shows. . Also the bad guy here, is maybe the best, pure psychopath , evil protagonist, ever! He was about broke and homeless, but he said he really wanted this gig, so he could work with Sean Connery! The opening, drag in camera cut around the ring and then close up, to the actor, is amazing! The guy that lets Connor out of his village? Old guy in Braveheart!😮😮😮 Neil Young, listen to his somg, Rust Never Sleeps...u will get the line! He was in Shawshank, the Sean Penn movie, Bad Boys, and a character in SpongeBob!
a fine quote for you "Highlander II was panned by critics and fans, and is considered to be one of the worst films ever made." love that first one though!
DO NOT WATCH PART 2 REGULAR CUT!!!! Watch the DIRECTORS CUT. The franchise took a left turn on part 2, and they somewhat redeemed it with a DIRECORS CUT. There is a 3 and 4, and a TV series. All of them are ok...but please ONLY watch DIRECTORS CUT of part 2- or the rest wont make sense.
Skip "Highlander 2: The Quickening." It's not even really considered canon, anymore, because it deviated so badly and then screwed itself so badly. It might have worked as its own science fiction movie, but NOT as "Highlander." They should have changed the characters' names and just made it a stand-alone movie in its own little franchise. It should never have been given the title of "Highlander 2." In interviews, after it was made; even Christopher Lambert was saying, "If you're looking for a sequel to 'Highlander,' this isn't it."
Good reaction. Glad you enjoyed one of my fave movies of all time. As for the sequels ... In short: Highlander 2 - Most call it one of the worst sequels of all times ... and they're not that wrong, even though I enjoy parts of it. It just makes no sense at all. Highlander 3 - A quasi remake of part 1 with more magic. Solid. Highlander: Endgame - A flawed movie that's still worth your time if you care about Connor MacLeod and if you've seen at least a couple episode of Highlander: The Series. And yes, there's a series. Six seasons with the first two being a bit hit and miss and season 3 to 5 being some of the best TV from the 90's. It aknowledges the movie, has Connor in the first episode and goes it's own ways afterwards. (And there's also a solid animated movie, the direct-to-dvd 5th Highlander that's just the WORST, a one-season-only spin-off to the TV show, a short lived animated web series and a 90's cartoon series for kids that's set in the far future.)
I love this movie. (though I prefer the OG theatrical release version) And yeah, you can really see how much the actor must have had a BALL playing the Kurgan! Such a wonderfully over the top bad guy! You can't help but enjoy him! You REALLY don't want to see Highlander 2! It is perhaps the WORST sequel in the HISTORY of movies IMO! There WAS a remake of it, which (slightly) improved it. But it is still not good. But my advice? Treat the Highlander movies with that saying, "There can be ONLY one"! It's just better to STOP here.
At the 9:10 mark While I agree that the visual of him assembling the sword looks cool; This sword would be so integrally unsound that any of us mere mortals CRINGE! As a man that has not only combat training; I have made several axes, swords, knives, and daggers. I AM A METAL-SMITH! This "blade" would be shattered the moment you entered combat!
