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Highlander: The Source

2007 · 86 min

A gloomy, disjointed quest through a ruined world, mixing cheap action with half-hearted mysticism and little of the original's charm.

Directed by
Brett Leonard
Genres
Action, Fantasy, Adventure
Tagline
The quest for mortality begins.
Overview
The world is falling into chaos. As he roams a crumbling city, Duncan MacLeod, the Highlander, remembers happier times before the love of his life left... Hopeless and alone, MacLeod finds his way to a band of immortal companions, including his mysterious friend Methos, and a mortal, Watcher Joe Dawson. Together this small group sets out on a quest to find the origin of the first Immortal.

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Directed by
Brett Leonard
Genres
Action, Fantasy, Adventure
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Tone
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • bleakstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 1 of 3
  • tensestrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • survival
  • faith
  • love
  • isolation
  • redemption
Places
  • countryside
  • big city
  • wilderness
Era
near-future
Audience
teen
Form
  • serialised
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence strong
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action7
Horror3
Humour2
Realism3
Romance3
Tension5
Darkness7
Complexity4
Emotional weight5

In this series

Highlander Collection

  1. HighlanderMovie · 1986
  2. Highlander II: The QuickeningMovie · 1991
  3. Highlander III: The SorcererMovie · 1994
  4. Highlander: EndgameMovie · 2000
  5. Highlander: The SourceMovie · 2007 This title

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Genres
action, fantasy, adventure, tv movie
Directed by
Brett Leonard
Written by
Mark Bradley, Stephen Kelvin Watkins
Starring
Adrian Paul, Thekla Reuten, Cristian Solimeno, Peter Wingfield, Jim Byrnes, Stephen Rahman Hughes, Stephen Wight, Thom Fell
Music
George Kallis
Cinematography
Steve Arnold
Runtime
86 min
Country
Lithuania, United Kingdom, United States of America
Languages
English

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