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Adrian Paul, Peter Wingfield, Jim Byrnes, Thekla Reuten, Cristian Solimeno

On the twentieth anniversary of the cult sci-fi hit Highlander, the legend is reborn in a new trilogy that follows Immortal Highlander Duncan MacLeod (Adrian Paul) on his journey to discover the origi... read more read more...n of the first Immortal and unlock the secret source of eternal life. As the world crumbles to chaos and the city falls down all around him, MacLeod's memories drift back to the time he spent with his one true love. Later, when MacLeod comes into contact with a close-knit band of Immortals that include the mysterious Methos and mortal Watcher Joe Dawson, the group sets out on a mission to uncover the secret that has eluded his people for centuries. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi

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R, 1 hr. 26 min.

Directed by: Brett Leonard

Release Date: August 19, 2007

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DVD Release Date: February 26, 2008

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  • jmanard52
    January 23, 2009
    jmanard52
    This movie was more like a bad music video than something special in the hIghlander lore. The Highlander legend takes another hit.
  • allan913
    June 12, 2011
    allan913
    A ultra-stylish and frequently cool action-packed thriller. A bold, fun and new take on the classic adventure series, even thow not the best film in the series but still pretty good. A non-stop adventure filled with suspense and dazzling action. Adrian Paul, Jim Byrnes and Peter ... read moreWingfield are back at it in their great roles. Paul once again wins us over with his great portrayel from the series and its great to see him wield swords and show off his star power.
  • cancercapricorn2002
    October 23, 2008
    cancercapricorn2002
    Well to start off here I watched this movie not because I had a huge desire to see it but just because I seen the other films in the series so I thought I would at least take a look and believe me when I say that Highlander: The Source is pure crap on every level. It's not even ... read morebad on a campy or kitsch level of enjoyment. It is actually grating and painful to watch.

    Set in a dystopian future, the planets are about to allign, and the last remaining immortals believe this will lead them to the Source of their immortality. Problem is, the Source's "Guardian" a superfast immortal, has awoken and hunts them down.

    Put that way, the plot sounds decent enough. The problem comes with how it is executed. The movie looks and sounds dirt cheap, with bargain-basement special effects. Even the opening narration sounds like someone recorded it on youtube. The director wraps the whole thing up in a painfully amateur-looking MTV music video style, complete with choppy and incoherent fight scenes.

    The story is utterly incoherent, inconsistent, and virtually non-existent. Perhaps ( so I've heard anyway) it is because the producers butchered the original script by Peter Briggs, apparently throwing out every decent idea they could find. One of the worst affected elements is the Source itself, which is literally reduced to a magical sandpit.

    The movie is also peppered with "action" sequences that honestly would not look out of place in a "naked gun" movie. They are (unintentially) comical, yet boring and irritating at the same time. The worst offender of all is the fast-motion fight at the end.

    The characters are also awful. The "Guardian" himself apparently has the mentality of a five year old. The guy is a complete idiot, and poorly acted. Our merry band of immortals include a stereotypical "Cockney Geezer", a priest who looks like "Max Headroom", and the rest seem embarrassed and bored to be in the movie. I'm not a fan of Adrian Paul and I even felt sorry for him having to be in this piece of trash

    They also managed to butcher Queen's "Princes of the Universe" with a emo cover version. And I believe the Guardian actually sang it at one point.

    Let's put it this way. Watch if your a diehard and I mean diehard Highlander fan otherwise avoid.
  • superclerk25
    December 17, 2007
    superclerk25
    What a hunk of junk. This movie was poorly made and that is the bottom line. It takes place a long while after the last movie and has a few of the tv show characters in it but that is where the connections end.
    Adrian Paul is a dark and jerky version of his character and that r... read moreeally killed it for me right off the bat. The character I had grown to enjoy over the years had completely changed.
    The story was silly and so rushed that you were wondering what the point was. They were charged to go on this quest for the immortal version of the holy grail and they spent a good twenty minutes talking about how difficult it would be to find it and how some had been looking for it for thousands of years. So they head off on the quest and manage to find it pretty fast without much trouble at all. That was pretty stupid.
    There is also a rock video type sequence that takes place after a sub par action sequence that really raises the cheese meter quite a bit.
    In the end Duncan takes out the bad guy in a fight that lasts a minute or two and then we get a really dumb five minute long recap of the whole movie and then it's over.
    The whole movie was a waste of my time and left me wondering no more why the movie was supposed to go to the theater at first and then was reduced to a direct to DVD flick only to make its premier on tv instead.
    Even if you are a fan of the franchise you should stay away from this one.
  • fb100000659631664
    October 30, 2011
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    This movie is so bad it's hilarious, please, if you're gonna make a bad movie, make it like this one. Funny overacting, plot holes you could drive a truck through, and most of all, a parallel to a Resident Evil film (Stalking Guardian = Nemesis, Cannibals = Zombies), but it's eve... read moren better than one. :p
  • kman1759
    May 24, 2011
    kman1759
    The series is so good but for some reason they can't put out a good movie other than the first (Highlander). The plot was really cheesy as was the script, and the effects they had at the last sword fight were truthfully just stupid. As big as the twist was on the "There can only ... read morebe one" line part of me was left thinking, "You know...that's quite a disapointment." If i was not aware of the Highlander franchise, I would have believed this was one of those low budget films on ScyFy.
  • MovieGuruDude72
    May 23, 2010
    MovieGuruDude72
    As a long-time fan of the Highlander movies and TV series I have this to say of The Source. What an unmitigated clusterfuck of an abortion!!!!! How in the name of Hades can you produce a Highlander film with NO fucking immortal sword fights!!!!!! NONE. Zero. What's worse is that... read more they strip all the immortal powers from the Immortals because they are getting close to "The Source" so we see regular humans slaughtering Immortals left and right. What a bunch of crap!!!! They also introduce us to the oldest suriving Immortal, a being who has been alive for perhaps 10,000 years and they show us a morbidy obese, 2,000-pound black man who lives in the basement of a Monestery???? You have GOT to be freaking kidding me!!!! This being released straight to the Sci-Fi Channel and DVD should have warned me this was going to be substandard, but JESUS, this was fucking awful with a capital A as in ASSHOLE PRODUCERS! Notice my cursewords????? Think I am angry????!!!! How could Adrian Paul, Peter Wingfield and Joseph Panzer betray and rape the series like this??? How could they end it this way???? It made me very, very sad to see the original Highlander storyline, dating all the way back to the original 1985 movie with Christopher Lambert and Sean Connery and then the 1990s TV show, end this way. Who the HELL was this "Guardian?" supposed to be??? He looked like a retard. And to add insult to injury this retard kills Joe Dawsom (Byrnes) and smashes McCleod's Japanese Katana that was given to him by Connor (Lambert) into a million pieces. THEN on top of it we don't see McCleod and Methos (Wingfield) fight even though most Highlander fans have been waiting for a final confrontation between the two characters since 1993!!!!! THEN to add insult to a bloody mess of a movie they show us "The Source" is...THE ABILITY FOR AN IMMORTAL TO HAVE A CHILD. WTF????? Why is this worth guarding???? Why is this the end-all be all of all Immortals??? This is how they end it???? I've heard they may remake Highlander. They can't possibly make it worse than this. Can they? I pray for the dumbass who tries.
  • smiley011999
    June 20, 2009
    smiley011999
    It is in this sequel that one learns the true meaning of the saying "in the end, there can only be one".
  • evillincoln
    April 2, 2009
    evillincoln
    so bad - felt like actors were all in separate movies, and no logical consistency with the series or other movies.
  • krzykatlxxi
    February 13, 2009
    krzykatlxxi
    if you know highlander and seen them all... this one makes you wonder as well as the others after the first 2... the first highlander was and is still the best... but man stop screwing with it people.

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Kevin Carr
August 17, 2008
Kevin Carr, 7M Pictures

It does seem to wrap up the story of Duncan MacLeod a bit, but then again, the original film did that. Full Review

Keith Breese
March 5, 2008
Keith Breese, Filmcritic.com

Surely this is the final nail in the coffin lid for this film series. If it isn't, then something is truly wrong with the universe. Full Review

James O'Ehley
February 25, 2008
James O'Ehley, Sci-Fi Movie Page

Just when you think that this is a franchise that can't sink any lower . . . Full Review

Brian Orndorf
April 1, 2007
Brian Orndorf, DVDTalk.com

Stripped of all sense of sword-wielding regality and epic posturing of emotions, The Source is nothing less than a parody of what has come before. Full Review

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