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Highlander Movie Review Summary

Actors: Christopher Lambert, Roxanne Hart, Clancy Brown, Sean Connery, Beatie Edney, Alan North, Jon Polito, Sheila Gish, Hugh Quarshie

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An immortal named Connor MacLeod meets another immortal who trains him and teaches him about his gift. An evil immortal comes along and kills Connor's friend. Now 400 years later Connor is an antiques dealer. His enemy is back and killing the other immortals. Now Connor must defeat the immortal if he is to survive.
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The review of this Movie prepared by Jack Bauer




Immortals battle through the ages until there is only one. The last one standing gets the prize which itself is nevery really discussed but the dazzling changes between centuries as the immortals sword fight themselves into extinction makes up for this oversight. Connor MacLeod (Lambert) is the Scottish Highlander who is befriended by another immortal Ramirez (Connery) who teaches him sword fighting and how not to lose his head - the only way an immortal is slain. Clancy Brown is Kurgan, a ruthless and hateful Russian immortal whose CV includes feeding children to ravenous dogs as sport, raping MacLeods wife and killing Ramirez. The film follows the good and evil MacLeod and Kurgan to present day New York for the final confrontation where There Can Be Only One. A slick rock soundtrack from Queen and some great swordplay make this a dazzling and enjoyable romp... shame about the editing though, some poor continuity errors are distracting. This film had 4 sequels, a long running tv series and trading card game as spinoffs.
The review of this Movie prepared by Lady Alexandre




This is a story of a man (Connor McLeod) who is killed but comes to life as an immortal. The immortals can only be killed by one way and that is by beheading. He learns everything from his so called teacher Ramirez. Connor is in a fight for his life when an old villian shows up to take his head but in the end there can only be one.
The review of this Movie prepared by Robin Smith




So there's these sword-fighting immortals, see, and they can only be killed by chopping off their head, and they've been around for thousands of years, see, and now, in the 1980's, theres only two left, and the big guy's been hunting our hero for years, and they're in New York, see...
The review of this Movie prepared by Zorikh Lequidre



Script Analysis of Highlander

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Plot & Themes

Composition of Book Actual chase scenes or violence 37.5%Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzle 47.5%Feelings, relationships, character bio/development 15% **Fantasy or Science Fiction?**    -   fantasy story on another world/distant past Romance    -   Yes War and Invasion    -   Yes Major kinds of combat:    -   sword fights Human/Magical couple?    -   Yes

Main Character

Identity:    -   Male Profession/status:    -   trader Age:    -   long lived adults Has special powers?    -   Yes Ethnicity/Nationality    -   English/British

Setting

Earth setting:    -   20th century (1970's to Present)    -   middle ages Takes place on Earth?    -   Yes Mountains?    -   Yes Big cities?    -   Yes Misc settings    -   fort/castle Kind of city    -   Dirty, crime-ridden (like NY)

Writing Style

Accounts of torture and death?    -   explicit references to deaths Sex/nudity in movie?    -   Yes What kind of sex:    -   kissing    -   seeing breasts    -   seeing nude male butt Kinds of F/X    -   exploding vehicles

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