Adrian Paul, Cristian Solimeno, Jim Byrnes

Duncan MacLeod and his fellow Immortals quest to locate the Grail of their world.

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Directed by: Brett Leonard

Release Date: August 19, 2007

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DVD Release Date: February 26, 2008

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  • April 2, 2009
    so bad - felt like actors were all in separate movies, and no logical consistency with the series or other movies.
  • January 23, 2009
    Ugh. It's not as bad as Highlander II simply because I like Duncan better than Connor, but this movie is a slap in the face of Highlander fans. While Highlander II brought an alien aspect to the Highlander universe, this movie tries to amp up the religious aspect that only skirte...( read more)d on the edge of the plot of the series and Endgame. The villain was beyond stupid, they killed off someone they shouldn't have, and the redefinition of who the "one" is in "There can be only one" goes beyond words...
  • January 23, 2009
    This movie was more like a bad music video than something special in the hIghlander lore. The Highlander legend takes another hit.
  • March 8, 2008
    Duncan McLeod and fellow immortals begin a quest for a secret and mythological source that is the Holy Grail for the world of immortals. With the world falling apart and quickly into Chaos, Macleod teams up with his friends, watcher Joe Dawson and mysterious immortal Methos. Doub...( read more)t sets in that the source is real and the group is hunted by an evil, cynical immortal called The Guardian. The Guardian has his own plans for The Source, wanting to manipulate the power to rule the world.
    Highlander: The Source fails on so many levels. Highlander fans will be extremely disappointed in this movie as this movie, easily places ahead of the second on the worst of the franchise. Where to start with this movie of what went wrong in making this film, there are so many spots. First off this movie is a Sci-fi productions movie that was planned as a trilogy. After viewing this one, hopefully that idea was scrapped. Also why can?t Sci-Fi productions make a good movie? Next the script was horrid. Stale lines and the acting of the film told that story as you can see everyone just walking through the movie with no motivation or care in the world. The overall look of the film was garbage. The movie looked so cheesy and fake, the film mirrored the script. This movie is an absolute slap in the face to any Highlander fan of the movies, TV series, and books. Highlander 5: The Source receives only one quickening out of five for being so utterly bad, that the movie should have been advertised as a comedy.
  • February 20, 2009
    Not a bad film it may of been confusing to start but I soon got into it.

    After the first 25 minutes or so I started to really enjoy this the acting was pretty good as I have said the plot could of been a bit more interesting at the begining but the film wasn't to bad it wasn't...( read more) impressive but it wasn't bad either.
  • October 27, 2009
    Awful just really really bad, dont know why I bothered after highlanders 2 through 4 were shit but this one was just extremley bad. Didnt feel like a highlander movie at all the story was weak the action sucked just a really shit movie thank god it didnt go to long.
  • October 2, 2009
    As a long-time fan of the Highlander movies and TV series I have this to say of The Source. What an unmitigated clusterfuck of an abortion!!!!! How in the name of Hades can you produce a Highlander film with NO fucking immortal sword fights!!!!!! This being released straight to ...( read more)the Sci-Fi Channel and DVD should have warned me this was going to be substandard, but JESUS, this was fucking awful with a capital ASSHOLE! Notice my cursewords????? Think I am angry????!!!! How could Adrian Paul, Peter Wingfield and Joseph Panzer betray and rape the series like this??? It made me very, very sad the original Highlander storyline, dating all the way back to the original movie, had to end this way. I've heard they may remake Highlander. They can't possibly make it worse than this. Can they?
  • September 24, 2009
    No one like the original's and of course with Christopher Lambert
  • September 7, 2009
    Although I was slightly intoxicated at the viewing, saw only half of the movie and was not paying attention most of that time, I can safely say that I did not miss much. It is a crap film. Pointless slow-motion sequences, lame special effects, lack of plot, not a hint of original...( read more)ity, at least one unnecessary love scene, occasional one-liners that were neither witty nor intelligible - the list goes on. It does however apparently feature Thekla Reuten, but since I did not even recognize her I failed to root for my fellow-contrywoman.
  • July 21, 2009
    As a fan of the other Highlander films and the television show I enjoy this. The story is about a group of Highlanders who are looking for something called the source. Thhis source will explain why they are immortal and give great power. But this source is protected by a very pow...( read more)erful immortal who is hunting them down. The story is decent and the acting as well. Some of the action sequences could have been much better. The F/X was also okay. Great to have Adrian Paul, Jim Byrnes and Peter Wingfield bak to make a Highlander film. I always liked the Duncan Macleod character. Now if your not a fan of the Highlander series then this film may confuse you with the story. But if your a fan of the Highlander films then give this a chance.

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  • wraithtdk
    March 27, 2008
    "Highlander two is the worst sequel of all time. It will never be eclipsed."

    -Wraith, up till September 14th, 2007.

    "Poor, poor deluded Wraith"

    -Highlander: The Source, September 15th, 2007

    "So, the doctors say I might just be the first documented case of having a pathological fear of television"

    -Wraith, September 16th, 2007
  • starlimitz2
    March 27, 2008
    Are you kidding me? Highlander TWO was better than this garbage! At least it had a more reasonable explanation for the Immortals' existence!!!!
  • rebelhighlander
    December 31, 2007
    I thought it was a good attempt to showe where immortals came from...
  • sk8erteen
    October 19, 2007
    sucks hard

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