Highlander: The Source (2007)

User Rating:

3.3/10   

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

Tagline:

In a world without end, their will is eternal. But a quest for the source of immortality will awaken the Guardian.

Plot:

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

Plot Keywords:

Immortal | Immortality | Watcher | Highlander | Beheading

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

Country:

UK | USA | Lithuania

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Certification:

USA:R | Canada:14A | UK:15 | Australia:MA | Portugal:M/12 | Singapore:NC-16 (cut) | Finland:K-15 | New Zealand:R16

Filming Locations:

Kaunas, Lithuania

Company:

Davis-Panzer Productions

Trivia:

Joel Soisson's version of the script featured Duncan MacLeod living in a gas station in the middle of the desert, next to a run-down airplane. Also in the script, MacLeod smoked, wore cowboy boots and a hat, and had a pet monkey named Connor.

Goofs:

Continuity: When Duncan fights the Guardian near the end of the film, his wife Anna is standing in the "Source," at the top of a set of stairs at one end of the pit. After the Guardian stabs Duncan, he is standing between the two of them, with Duncan and Anna at opposite ends of the pit. Watch the closeup of Duncan just before the Guardian begins to spin a tornado by waving his sword; you can clearly see Anna standing at the top of the stairs behind him, even though she's supposed to be behind the Guardian.

Quotes:

Methos: Leave him.
Duncan MacLeod: I can't.

Movie Connections:

Follows Highlander III: The Sorcerer (1994)

Ouch

I loved the Highlander series. I loved the first Highlander movie. But holy crap, this movie was terrible.

It has the acting, effects and plot of a made-for-TV Sci Fi channel movie (oh wait...). Everything about the film stunk of terrible quality. It was actually kind of sad to see Paul and the Highlander franchise in general in so bad of a continuation. Nearly every character mailed it in and sleepwalked through their characters. The rest played so over-the-top that you want to hold your head in your hands and groan. And, once again, the Highlander writers find another half-assed reason to make another movie (the prize in the last movie? no no no, that wasn't the REAL prize, THIS is the real prize.).

If you're a Highlander fan, don't even watch this. It butchers that which you love.