Can there be only one? The Highlander franchise name is sullied once more with another non-canon film, screwing with already established ideas and rules.
Duncan McCloud? A clan ends up with more than 1 immortal. This is truly unlikely when you refer back to the 1st Highlander film where the various immortals came from for The Gathering.
Then Kell? Who comes from the same village as Conner McCloud? 3 immortals in 1 village? How likely are the odds of that then? So we see Racheal from Highlander get killed in a trap by Kell designed to kill Conner. Conner willing gives his life to allow Duncan to face Kell. The "No Fighting On Hallowed Ground" rule is blatantly ignored.
This film, I have no idea where it's supposed to fit into the Highlander Universe. Is it even supposed to fit? Our villain Kell is a classic Hollywood bad Englishman. Stereo typing working to form there. Loved the little joke by Duncan at WWE Edge's expense. Nice little touch there.
Couldn't tell if the fighting in the chains was a reference to Hellraiser, Alien or Predator 2.
Also not really sure if the Grey haired watcher with the beard was supposed to look a little like Sean Connery as Ramirez or if that was a coincidence. The fact that these immortals could create other immortals was totally going to a new place that Highlander had never tried. If this had been the case then Conner could have allowed Racheal or Heather to live as an immortal.
Was Duncan speaking in Conners voice at the final battle? I assume this film was designed to allow the Highlander franchise to cross over to TV but Conner frequently appears in the TV show (no, I don't know if they are flashbacks. I can't remember) Hopefully this will be the last throw of the dice for the Highlander franchise. The best was the first, there truly could be only one. Oh, and how did Duncan get the prize if his wife was alive? She was an immortal as well. The fight was still there.
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