Highlander: The Source (2007)

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

Director:

Brett Leonard

Writers:

Stephen Kelvin Watkins (screenplay), Mark Bradley (screenplay)

Stars:

Adrian Paul, Thekla Reuten, Cristian Solimeno

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Adrian Paul	...	Duncan MacLeod
Thekla Reuten	...	Anna Teshemka
Cristian Solimeno	...	The Guardian
Peter Wingfield	...	Methos
Jim Byrnes	...	Joe Dawson
Stephen Rahman Hughes	...	Zai Jie
Stephen Wight	...	Reggie Weller
Thom Fell	...	Cardinal Giovanni
Patrice Naiambana	...	The Elder
Sakalas Uzdavinys	...	Security Guard
Laurynas Jurgelis	...	Boy in Stadium
Geoffrey T. Bersey	...	Brother Radu (as Geofry Bersey)
Antanas Surgailis	...	Monk 1
Leonas Ciunis	...	Monk 2
Rolandas Boravskis	...	Jurgis

Storyline

The world is falling into chaos. As he roams a crumbling city, Duncan MacLeod, the Highlander, remembers happier times before the love of his life left... Hopeless and alone, MacLeod finds his way to a band of immortal companions, including his mysterious friend Methos, and a mortal, Watcher Joe Dawson. Together this small group sets out on a quest to find the origin of the first Immortal and The Source of their immortality.

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Plot Keywords:

highlander character | psychotronic film | aerial camera shot | immortal | quest | 

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Taglines:

The Guardian of Immortality

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Genres:

Action | Adventure | Drama | Fantasy | Mystery | Sci-Fi

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for violence and some language

Did You Know?

Trivia

Adrian Paul had originally turned down reprising his role of Duncan in this film as he was extremely disappointed on the performance of Highlander: Endgame (2000). He also believed that the series was not worth continuing with. The producers then contacted Christopher Lambert about reprising his role of Connor MacLeod in the movie. But Lambert demanded a lot of money and he was dropped. Eventually, the producers were able to convince Paul to reprise his role.

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Goofs

In the scene at the monastery, Duncan and Joe breaks through the monastery door with Joe's jeep. A few minutes later, as the Guardian arrives, Reggie goes out to fight him, and the monastery door is unharmed.

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Quotes

Cardinal Giovanni: Why didn't he take his head?
Methos: WHY didn't he know he was here?

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Alternate Versions

Several cuts of the film existed prior to the US DVD release. The earliest version released officially in Russia (the "Moscow Cut") is the longest (in English with Russian subtitles), including many many scenes that were trimmed or re-scored for the US DVD release. A second cut released on Dutch DVD is much closer to the US cut. A third version exists that was shown on the Sci Fi Channel before the US DVD release, which had the profanity censored.

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Connections

Referenced in FanboyFlicks, Bad Movies!: Highlander 2 (2018)

User Reviews

Highlander: The Down Payment

OK, I've watched & loved, Highlander the series.... I enjoyed it more than the movies themselves. Adrian Paul is a really talented actor & though I feel their acting was dead on... the script for this movie was HORRIBLE.

It was as awful as Highlander II... it just left me feeling like someone... wanted to revive the movie to make a few dollars. It was as if they threw this script together on a weekend & convinced some great actors this was a good idea.

Highlander creators... we'll act like this didn't happen if you promise not to produce another movie to finance a new house.

2 thumbs, way down.

Such a cool series, such a bad movie.

Details

Official Sites:

Davis.Panzer Productions Official site

Country:

UK Lithuania

Language:

English

Release Date:

19 August 2007 (UK)

Also Known As:

Highlander 5

Filming Locations:

Kaunas, Lithuania

Box Office

Budget:

$13,000,000 (estimated)

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$213,205

Company Credits

Production Co:

Davis-Panzer Productions, HandMade Films, IAC Films

Technical Specs

Runtime:

86 min 99 min (DVD) 94 min (DVD)

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1