Rating: R
Genre:
Fantasy
Theatrical Release: 03/07/1986(USA)
Release Date: 04/16/2002
SubTitles: English
Dubbed: English/French
Sound: DD-EX/DTS-ESD/DDS
Run Time: 116 Minutes
Flags: Violence, Graphic Violence, Nudity, Adult Situations, Not For Children, Adult Language
Distributor/Studio: Anchor Bay
With the ultimate throw-down, "There can be only one,"
Highlander captured the imaginations of
fantasy fans seeking a well-executed swordplay
epic, becoming a cult classic in the process.
Connor MacLeod (
Christopher Lambert) is one of a waning few survivors of a clan of immortals. The breed have been dueling each other for centuries in the quest to be the last one remaining, and hence achieve a supreme enlightenment that would be dangerous in the wrong hands. The immortals can only die by decapitation, so they hunt each other through time and across continents to meet for each decisive duel, which will bring one of them a step closer to ultimate power. In present-day America, the troubled hero
MacLeod lives a brooding and lonely existence, having lost his true love centuries ago. The evil
Kurgan (
Clancy Brown), an immortal who plans to use his power toward unspeakable ends, has fought
MacLeod before but is still trying to finish him off. After emerging victorious from a parking garage skirmish with the third-to-last immortal,
MacLeod knows that only
Kurgan is left, and the two are on a collision path toward the inevitable. In the film's numerous flashbacks to the past,
Sean Connery plays
Ramirez, the immortal who first tutors
MacLeod after the hero survives a mortal battle wound, prompting his fearful village to banish him.
Roxanne Hart plays
MacLeod's modern-day love interest, who tries to help him while struggling to believe his incredible story.
~ Derek Armstrong, All Movie Guide
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