Highlander: The Source
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Movie Reviews of Highlander: The Source
Movie Review: Laughably BAD
Summary: 1 Stars
I love the concept of Highlander, and I've watched the series and the movies. I will admit, though, that I didn't know that this movie had come out (or even that it was in production) until I saw it at the video store.
I was excited, if a little worried. But it has Duncan and Methos so I thought, why worry? I should have, that's for sure.
I want my 86 minutes back. As much as I wanted to like this movie, I just can't. It may have been the 10 minute unexplained travel montage, or maybe the inexplicable apocalyptic setting, the strangley well-fed and groomed cannibals (on horseback!), or the astronomically!Impossible realignment of the solar system. Or the whack-job priest with the excessively gelled hair.
And there are are the inexplicable scenes! Things that don't make any sense, but are there for some reason. And I swear to you each scene seems like it's been taken from some other movie.
And, you know, since I'm a chick, I think to myself, at least I have Duncan and Methos eye-candy to look at...but NOPE. Duncan only sheds his shirt at the end, and only with his "wife"--which seems so wrong to me.
It was entertaining, but only because we spent the incredibly painful and interminable 86 minutes skewering the movie in revenge. I wouldn't buy it unless I was an obsessive completist. Rent it if you have to, but don't make a special trip to the store, and don't get your hopes up.
And to think I gave up 86 minutes of my life for that. Instead of this drivel, I should have just bought the first few seasons of the series.
Movie Review: Please.... live without it.
Summary: 1 Stars
I must say that it is my opinion that all previous reviewers have given this production to much credit.
I am embarrassed for Adrian Paul, Peter Wingfield, and Jim Byrnes. They must be living in truly hard times to stoop to this lowest of levels.
If someone out there is debating between watching this "show" and having multiple root canals done I would suggest the root canals to be the more pleasant option. There is just not enough disappointment in the would for me to find something to compare to this so that I may have a viable description for prospective viewers to prepare them for this looser. I truly would have been happier to see James Horton kill Duncan McLeod so that he would have been spared the indignation of being associated with this story.
Now just so there is not a chance of misunderstanding.
I do not like this show. I think it is crap. I feel as if I need, after watching this dung fest, to wash my eyes out with a mixture Clorox Bleach and 91% Isopropyl alcohol using a wire brush no less. As it is I am thinking of filing a class action lawsuit against the makers of this movie to try and reimburse at least a wee bit for the countless hours of nightmarish agony, pain and suffering caused by the abortion. But I most likely will not because the negative effects of this pig are most likely eternal and the makers I know do not have the means to cover even the wee tiniest degree of what it is truly worth.
Did I mention that this show is really bad?
Please live without it.
David C. Maughan
Movie Review: From a Highlander Fan: THIS SUCKS
Summary: 1 Stars
First some background on myself:
I am a Highlander fan.
Not only am I a Highlander fan I have a 10th Anniversary Highlander jacket, I thought Duncan was the better McLeod because I liked the series so much (not that I had a problem with Conner), and I have more forgiveness for Highlander 2 (especially the Renegade version) than most people do and I found Highlander 3 genuinely enjoyable.
On to this movie.
This is one of the worst pieces of tripe I've ever watched in my entire life. This is Troll 2, Megashark, and creature feature of the week BAD without the redeeming value of being so bad it's hilarious. This is before being insulted at the fact it crapped all over the Highlander franchise. Even without being a fan of the franchise it wasn't even good as a stand alone.
If I looked up in the sky and I saw the other planets as big as they were in this movie, first of all I would assume some how or another we were orbiting Jupiter, then I would worry about how long we had left to live because obviously either the outer planets were falling into the sun or we were getting hurled away from it. What the hell were those communications devices? Never was it explained just what the source was. NOTHING WAS EXPLAINED.
Bad direction, no flow, bad acting from actors I generally respect, and a severe WTF? value without redeeming qualities. I really hope Adrian Paul and the rest of the cast can find work after this.
Movie Review: Absolutely Horrible! Do not buy!
Summary: 1 Stars
You will never see a worse movie, especially Highlander, than this steaming pile of fresh horse manure.
You are hearing this from someone who was an intense fan of the original movie, the television series, the third film and even gave Endgame (the fourth film) a chance. I hated that as well, but -NOTHING- and I mean NOTHING compares to how bad this is. This awful, wretched, steaming pile of waste makes even Endgame look like a viable film.
I cannot believe, for a second, that the actors agreed to this and let themselves be humiliated in this farce of a film. The director and producers should be strung up for this, if not worse. I cannot believe they are thinking of doing this as a trilogy and I hope, sincerely hope, that it doesn't ever go further. Highlander needs to be allowed to die off, because it seems the movies are getting worse and worse.
Please, please please do not buy this. Do not encourage them to produce more of this garbage and destroy the Highlander mythology and characters even further. What else can I say? If you like Highlander, do NOT buy this movie, because it will ruin it for you. It is beyond bad, it is beyond awful, it is something altogether wretched and vile. You will cry at how bad this movie is, so spare yourself the misery.
Shame on you Adrian Paul and everyone else involved, especially the producers, for making this awful, awful movie.
Movie Review: Better to just watch it on Television
Summary: 1 Stars
This movie is just plain awful. There isn't a single redeeming thing in it. The characters and ideas behind Highlander and Highlander: The Series just aren't there. They take the shells and leave out the substance.
Many people have written about the poor special effects, the poor soundtrack, canned acting and such so I will not redouble their efforts. I will just say that this movie is a WASTE of your money. Watch it on television. If you have to, rent it. But if you've got an extra $15 to spend, give it to the Salvation Army or Good Will. This movie just is so wretched that you will kick yourself for wasting the money that could otherwise help someone out, especially during the Christmas season.
So in closing, there's nothing about this movie that is worth $15 (plus shipping unless you are an Amazon Prime member like me) so rent it or watch it on TV (if you absolutely have to see it for some sense of closure that you won't really get...Believe Me! I know!) or better yet, don't watch it at all as you will be much happier for NOT having seen it. It was a waste of all the characters we came to love and the actors who played them and we shouldn't have to remember them this way. I wish I hadn't seen it because it degraded Duncan, Mythos and the rest and made them "less than." There are much better things to spend $15 on.
Thank you for your time. Merry Christmas!