Over the weekend, I watched one of the most pointless, painful movies I think I've ever seen - Highlander: The Source. I should have known it was a piece of dreck when it went direct-to-SciFi (hyped as a "Sci Fi Original!") instead of being a theater release. At least it was on Sci Fi, so we didn't pay for movie tickets to watch this thing.
Seriously, I was a big fan of the series (at least until Richie's death), and watched all of the movies except #2 (The Quickening), which I was told to avoid and pretend it never happened. But this was a horrendous mishmash of amazing proportions, that may make Quickening look good by comparison. The impossible planetary alignment, the depressing chaos, the blond Immortal who looks like the German/Nazi villain in every B-movie. Yet another mortal "love of his life" for Duncan - how many is that now? And this one he actually married, but she left him, because he didn't mention the no-kids part until after the wedding.
In short, the writing, if you can call it that, was abysmal. The plot wandered off and got lost, and never made sense in the first place. The ending was confusing, to say the least. Plus, killing off a main character, and implying another death? Never a good idea.
So unless you're the type of fan who must watch everything related to your focus, I'm warning you now, avoid this one and save some brain cells. And if you have to watch it, record it so you can skip the commercials (and the cheezy ripoffs of Queen songs that saved some royalty money). You'll thank me later.
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