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| Review Summary |
The year is 2025 and we find the aged Conner Macloud drifting in and out of consciousness in an opera house. He's dreaming of his days on the planet Ziest were he is battling general Katana. It is revealed here that the mystical immortals of the first movie are in fact exiled aliens from another planet banished to earth as immortals who must battle for the right to return to Ziest.
The plot thickens when Conner is sought out by activist Louise Marcus who believes the ozone layer above the shield created by Conner and his friend Allen Neyman has restored itself. The shield, put in place to protect people from the sun is controled by a corpOration that is headed by David Blake who insists Marcus is a terrorist.
Katana sends two stupid goons to earth to kill Conner. After killing one goon Conner becomes young looking and immortal once again. After Conner and Louise get intimate against a nearby wall they are later joined by the dead and newly revived Ramirez who joins the fight to bring down the shield. After seeing the failure of the two idiotic goons, Katana comes to earth to do the job himself.
This orginal version of the movie clearly defies the events of the first installment and the subsequent versions minus the planet Ziest still does not give this movie a rightful place in the Highlander series. The first logical problem is that a person who belongs to a clan cannot be simply zapped into a clan. It is a birth right. How can a man named Macloud be placed into a clan of Maclouds. It is not logical and clearly shows that the makers of the movie have insulted the intelligence of Highlander fans. Secondly, Conner already said he was born in Scotland. This movie was obviously a lame attempt to make a quick buck on the success of the first movie.
Allen Fox, Resident Scholar
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It turns out that the sworighting immortals from the first "Highlander" are all from another planet, sent to earth as a form of punishment. It also seems that Our Hero, Connor Mac Leod, helped invent a "shield" to protect people from UV radition. Now a dictator has come to earth to kill MacLeod and take over the Shield Corpoation. Ramirez returns to help.
Zorikh Lequidre, Resident Scholar
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Plot
Composition of Movie
Actual chase scenes or violence - 40%
Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzle - 60%
**Fantasy or Science Fiction?**
- fantasy story on another world/distant past
War and Invasion
Yes
Major kinds of combat:
- sword fights
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- not employed but independently wealthy
- champion of justice
Age:
- long lived adults
Has special powers?
Yes
Magical/mental powers of main character:
- healing
Hair color?
- brunette (Brown)
Hair type
- (woman) long, straight
Body type
- average (man)
- muscular (man)
Events of movie makes character more...
- sensitive
- caring
- happy
- tougher
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor?
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- Very athletic
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Male
- Female
Hair color
- brunette (Brown)
- blonde
Hair style
- (woman) long curly
Body type
- average build (man)
- average (female)
How much in movie?
- 20%
- 90%-100%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
- British
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Male
Age:
- 40's-50's
Profession/status:
- dictator
Has special powers?
Yes
Magical/mental powers of main antagonist:
- super strength
Eccentric:
Yes
- emotionally unstable
- obsessed
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 40%
- 80%
Hair color
- brunette (Brown)
- brunette (Black)
Hair style
- (man) short/standard wavy
- (woman) long straight
Body type
- average (man)
- muscular (man)
Ethnicity
- White
Sense of humor?
- Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence
- Average Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physical condition
- very athletic
- average physique
How sensitive is this character?
- mean, arrogant
Setting
Earth setting:
- medium future 22-24th century
- Polluted
- Over controlled society
- Post-disaster
Takes place on Earth?
Yes
Planet outside our solar system?
Yes
Mountains?
Yes
Big cities?
Yes
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- generic/vague references to death/punishment
- explicit references to deaths
Sex/nudity in movie?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- kissing
- seeing breasts
- sex under blankets
Any profanity?
- Occasional swearing
Kinds of F/X
- exploding bombs
- nasty human transformations
If Soundtrack VERY NOTICEABLE...
- Orchestra/classical
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