Highlander: The Search for Vengeance

Directed by Yoshiaki Kawajiri, Takuji Endo & Hiroshi Hamazaki
Staring Alistair Abell, Debi Mae West and Zachary Samuels
Rated M
Score 6/6

The lone warrior Colin travels with the wise-cracking ghost Amergan through the ages searching for the immortal despot Marcus Octavius, who killed his lover on the Celtic plains tens of centuries ago. On his quest, he discovers New York is submerged, and one dominant monolith fortress towers over the seas. Colin can save the survivors, but his sword only hungers for the blood of one man. Despite many lifetimes of training, Colin has failed to vanquish Marcus on the great battlefields of history. Can he finish what he started and stop Marcus? Will Colin lead the people to freedom or become consumed by hate? There can be only one.

Everybody who is familiar with the Highlander franchise would be aware of the fact that it has been dumped on a lot of the filmmakers involved with all of the subsequent sequels released from 1991 onwards.
In the grand scheme of things The Search for Vengeance could be considered redeeming title for the majority of the sequels, especially considering that the previous two movies where released by the Sci-Fi Channel. Which as we are all well aware have a consistent track record releasing movies that would be considered to be sub B-Grade at best. Considering the rumours that Highlander: The Source is regarded to be the realisation of what was wanted of the sixth series of The Highlander Television series. I believe that if the film makers involved with the making of ‘The Source’ where after a grand post-apocalyptic tale then they should have looked more closely at ‘The Search for Vengeance’.

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