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Director:
Writers (WGA):
Stephen Kelvin Watkins (screenplay) and
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Release Date:
19 August 2007 (UK) more
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. full summary | full synopsis
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(2 articles)
There Won’t Be Only One ‘Highlander’
 (From FilmSchoolRejects. 22 September 2009, 2:20 PM, PDT)

Highlander Remake Spoilers
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Cast

  (Credited 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
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Highlander 5 (USA) (working title)
Untitled Highlander 5 Film (USA) (working title)
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MPAA:
Rated R for violence and some language.
Runtime:
86 min | Brazil:99 min (DVD version) | Russia:94 min (DVD version)
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Peter Briggs wrote a version of the script while the project was still at Miramax. Before writing the script, Briggs re-watched all the "Highlander" movies as well as the TV series, then joined the official Highlander message boards (www.highlander-community.com) and researched what fans wanted in a sequel. He kept his identity secret, but was known to be an insider on the project. He soon became one of the most popular and respected members of the board, and remained so even after he was kicked off the project. He revealed his identity well after he was kicked off the project. It was the death of a close friend on the forum, named Eric, that sparked Briggs to finally reveal himself. more
Goofs:
Revealing mistakes: When the Guardian takes Zai's head, watch closely as he receives the Quickening; there is a shot from behind the Guardian, facing the windows as they explode, where he passes right through a CGI chair. more
Quotes:
Cardinal Giovanni: Why didn't he take his head?
Methos: WHY didn't he know he was here?
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Movie Connections:
Follows "Highlander: The Raven" (1998) more

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Is "Highlander: The Source" a sequel to the previous four Highlander movies?
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65 out of 85 people found the following review useful.
Sad, just sad..., 27 July 2007
3/10
Author: idoru2099 from Greece

What went right with the Highlander TV series starring Adrian Paul? First it was the main protagonist that really got into the role of the highlander, second it was the fact it it had very good swordplay and martial arts action and third it was those well done flashbacks into history, that showed many different time-lines and presented conflicts that lasted for centuries...

So, what is wrong with this movie? All the things stated above are missing...Yes we have Duncan , Mythos and Dawson but the script is really poor, the main villain is ridiculous , there are no flashbacks no swordplay whatsoever. All we get is a clown jumping around talking gibberish (the so-called guardian) and a crappy story about the "legendary" source.

The direction tries to seem cool but it ends up rather boring, and the acting is poor. Of course I wasn't expecting any great acting or imaginative direction but at least I was expecting some believable special effects...I didn't get those either the SFX are bad and uninventive. Obviously the movie hasn't got a big budget but it would have been adequate if it was used properly and with a story that didn't involve guardians with superpowers and other cosmic forces.

In the end it just feels sad that the Highlander franchise probably ends with such a bad movie. It's even worse than "Endgame" and that is really an achievement. Adrian Paul isn't much of an actor but give him a Katana and let him do his martial stuff and he'll work some magic. Unfortunately in this movie he does nothing of the above so in the and we get nothing , not even a good action scene...

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