Highlander: The Search for Vengeance (2007)

Absolutely the worst movie.

Entertaining from beginning to end, it maintains the spirit of the franchise while establishing it's own seal with a fun cast

It is an exhilarating, distressing, funny and profound film, with one of the more memorable film scores in years,

It is a whirlwind of delight --- attractive actors, stunning couture, spectacular sets and outrageous parties. It's a feast for the eyes. But what really makes this dramedy work is the acting.

I Can't Be 100% Sure About That, I Only Saw Highlander 2(As Far As Sequels Go) And That Was One Of The Worst Sequels I Have Ever Seen. I Saw "Vampire Hunter D Bloodlust" And Saw This Next To Yoshiaki Kawajiri's Name And That Was An Immediate Selling Point. This Isn't As Good As No.1 But I Think Most Highlander Fans Can Agree That This Is A Descent Sequel(For Those Who Haven't Completely Given Up On This Series).Colin MacLeod Is An Immortal Who Has Arrived In New York 2187 AD To Find Marcus, A Former Roman Who Wiped Out His Army In The Times Of The Romans And Crucified His Wife.Yes, This Does Put Flaws In The Original Highlander Movie's Logic (eg How Was Marcus And Colin Unable To Be Drawn To The Prize In The Original Movie?) But It Doesn't Say "Immortals Are From Another Planet, Ramirez And Connor Knew Each other Before They Met In The Original And Were Friends." I Do Think That This Tries Its Best To Bring Some New Cards To The Highlander Series However Keeping Something Old In It.Overall I Suggest A Viewing For Anyone Who Wants A Descent Sequel For Highlander.

I think you will enjoy this film. I only ever enjoyed the first Highlander film. So much so that I would consider myself to be a huge fan of it (I'd owned the laser disc way back and have owned several different versions of the DVD) The TV series didn't really do much for me and I thought the sequels were all terrible.I'm not usually a fan of anime but I think this is probably the best anime I've seen since watching Akira long ago (and I would probably say that I enjoyed this movie more than Akira. I'm also a huge fan of Hayao Miyazaki but I would never compare Akira or Highlander to his films since he's on a different level all together.) I wouldn't really compare Highlander to other anime films though since the story is much different and probably much easier for western audiences to grasp. Not going off on strange esoteric philosophical tangents etc. Less convoluted rather and a bit more focused than most anime I've seen anyways.I have to admit I don't really like fantasy oriented anime much at all (aside from Hayao Miyazaki). I mainly don't like fantasy anime because it's a series of "what ifs" as though anything were possible and I find that rather boring. I guess I'm somewhat into realism. Fantasy anime is what 99% of the anime that is so popular these day is really (that I've noticed anyways) but I enjoyed this film much more that I'd expected too since it retains the highlander story in historical past as well as a post apocalyptic setting (love post apocalyptic movies). It has much more depth to it than you could imagine really.There's a few bits towards the end that kind of turned me off from it (some references to religion and stuff and Colin finding love and a home in the setting from the original movie even though he's lived close to 1400 years already... Seemed a bit forced to me because I would think as that much time has passed, all the battles he's waged through etc he wouldn't really feel that intimate with becoming a MacLeod all of a sudden) but these are minor things that I don't think the vast majority of people would even bother to notice. I think fans of the first movie will really enjoy this and I think of it as being better than the TV series or and of the sequels that followed the original movie.

Being a fan of the Highlander franchise I was interested in seeing what this anime movie of Highlander was going to be like so I bought and I was impressed with it, it was a great movie. Highlander: The Search for Vengeance captures the element of the movie and series perfectly, the rules about the Immortals, The Quickening, the changing between the past and present. The animation is beautifully done and amazing to watch and it feels like Highlander.The film sees a young man Collin MacLeod of the Clan MacLeod in the future searching for a Immortal named Marcus who killed his wife and attacked his village years ago and since then he's been travelling from place to place down through the centuries trying to kill him but every time they encounter he beats him, now in a post-apocalyptic world Collin is still searching for him to get his revenge, he reaches New Jersey and encounters a group of creatures feeding on people and after defeating some of them a Immortal shows up but not the one he wants, the huge Immortal takes out a massive Chainsaw and attacks Collin and a battle begins. Collin chops off his head and absorbs the power of the Quickening while in New York the Immortal Marcus and his Immortal partner see it from a distance. Collin then goes to New York where he's confronted by Robot Guards and a human, he gives them the head and gets paid he then let into the city. While in the car he uses the guards gun to kill the Robot guards in the other car then breaks out. He meets a young boy tells him where the nearest bar is, Collin goes there and sits down drinking but soon he meets a young women named Dahlia who reminds him of his wife in the past, he follows her into the sewers and finds a underground civilisation where the people are safe from Marcus, some of the people are being killed from a virus in New York and they need the vaccine but the only ones are in the huge tower, at first Collin has no interest in helping them until he discovers that Marcus is in the tower and his search for vengeance would be completed so he offers to help.Going down through the sewer they're attacked by a huge Alligator but Collin just chops it's head off without any fear, continuing through the sewers they reach the tower and then Collin smashes in and kills the Robot guards then the other two jump in, she takes the guard's weapon and they continue going inside, they discover the lab and find the vaccine but they also discover that Marcus has been creating the virus that been infecting people in New York, suddenly the alarm goes off and while Dahlia and the kid are being attacked by the guards Collin senses Marcus's Quickening and goes into the lift, while going to the main floor the Spirt tells him that he shouldn't do this since every time he tries to kill Marcus he fails but Collin doesn't want to hear it since he wants his revenge. Reaching the top floor he meets Marcus and they fight, Collin gets smashes outside and they fight down the roof but Collin gets knocked down and falls from great hight failing again to kill Marcus. Collin smashes into the base where Dahlia and the kid see him there, he runs off while Dahlia checks him out and suddenly she sees that he's alive again and carries him out of the base. While unconscious he meets the Spirt again in his mind and he tells him that Dahlia is his wife are the same person, her spirit is inside her. Waking up he sees Dahlia and then he goes to see all the people cheering at him, then they decide to attack the guards and reclaim the city while Collin goes with them to confront Marcus for the final time and get his vengeance.I won't give out anymore of the film's plot, Highlander: The Search for Vengeance is a great new entry in the Highlander franchise and should be seen. 10/10

This film is a bit of a disappointment. I was primed to see another chapter of the Highlander story, and that is what I got. But, it wasn't a very interesting chapter.I give this film an A for Visual Production. Wow! The colors, the line quality and rendering, the smooth tracking, the foreground - background separations and tracking, all of it was just enrapturing. I rarely was pulled out of the visuals to question or second guess what was done.I give it a B for Sound Production. The vocals and soundtrack were good, but not stunning. It was clear, and the emotions came through at the right times. I was left wanting a bit more in sweep and depth though. I guess I was looking for THX and got stereo. Considering the great visuals, the sound suffered in comparison.I give it a C for Story. Just very lackluster. It started well. The potential for interesting characters was there at every turn. But they didn't integrate into the Highlander mythology well at all. And they had every opportunity. Colin as the Protagonist, and Marcus as the Antagonist, are both just cardboard cutouts. Worse, Marcus is cut from better cardboard than Colin. He at least has a Darth Vader imperial feel that doesn't need much explaining. Colin is a young goof at the beginning, and has grown into an old, angry, and bitter goof by the time the action of the film picks up. Even his guardian angel points this out. I just was not impressed by his story, or the general arc of this film.The side characters and their stories were actually more interesting to me. Colin meets a few women along the way, and they have some substance behind their facades. Two exhibit some real leadership qualities. This is hinted at, but left completely unexplored. The "gun moll" even seems to have an interesting back-story (a woman(!) fighting(!!) in a medieval Japanese army?) but she too is just wallpaper in the end. Very pretty wallpaper, but nothing more. You find this out then can immediately forget it. Just wasted writing. I think with a few tweaks this could have been a smörgåsbord. Instead it was like window-shopping. Frustrating! Overall, if you want a flashy movie, this is it. The visuals are top notch in all respects. But Just * Don't * Think * About * It. Especially if you would like to see a story that runs somewhat in parallel with the first Highlander film or the television series. Colin just does not belong in the clan.