Andy Morahan directs Christopher Lambert, Mario Van Peebles and Deborah Kara Unger in this threequel where it turns out some bonus immortals were buried in a cave in Japan and now that they are free they want Connor MacLeod’s head.

Might be the first Highlander film I ever watched. In the cinema no less. Sleazy sex and violence. A rerun of the original with less flair, budget and a weaker cast. It is a patchwork of half realised ideas, exposition and montage with average sword fight moments. The one big sex scene is really strong though, albeit in a cheesy rock video kinda way. But that won’t save a movie. I completely understand the need to try and keep the story going… but when hidden immortals emerge surely “the prize” should leave in Lambert in some painful, and cinematic, way. Terminator 2 inspired finale aside, this ain’t a kinda magic but it is acceptable trash.

5

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