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O filme retrata a histria de Connor MacLeod, um imortal guerreiro escocs do sculo XVI, que doutrinado pelo tambm imortal Juan Sanchez Villa-Lobos Ramirez (Sean Connery) em como combater (e se defender de) outros imortais, para no perder, literalmente, a sua cabea, pois ao ltimo imortal um prmio estaria reservado. O filme fez grande sucesso e deu origem a vrias continuaes e sries de TV.
O filme se passa em duas pocas: a atual, no ano de 1986, e a do tempo em que o guerreiro escocs Connor MacLeod se tornou imortal, a partir de 1536. Ele ferido mortalmente por Kurgan em uma batalha e misteriosamente ressuscita. Seus amigos e parentes (do cl MacLeod) passam a v-lo como um demnio e o expulsam da vila onde ele nasceu.
Anos mais tarde, casado com Heather e vivendo em um dos castelos tpicos da regio das Highlands, ele encontrado por Juan Sanchez Villa-Lobos Ramirez, um imortal de dois mil anos de idade. Ramirez o ensina a viver e a lutar como um imortal. O jogo em que eles esto envolvidos exige que os imortais lutem at a morte em busca de um prmio que ser dado ao ltimo que restar. A nica maneira de matar um imortal cortar sua cabea, portanto eles precisam se aperfeioar no combate com espadas.
Ainda segundo as regras, quando restarem poucos, os ltimos imortais sero atrados a uma terra distante para lutarem pelo prmio de natureza desconhecida. Ramirez acha que se trata do controle sobre toda a Humanidade, por isso confia em Connor como um aliado para que o prmio no caia nas mos do diablico Kurgan, um antigo e poderoso imortal. Este reaparece em um momento em que Connor estava fora e Ramirez estava sozinho com Heather. Em luta titnica, Kurgan vence Ramirez e corta sua cabea.
Muitos anos passam e Connor vive com Heather at que ela sucumbe idade e morre. Desolado, ele a enterra e parte para sua jornada solitria atravs dos sculos. J no sculo XX, ele se encontra em Nova Iorque, a terra distante para a qual os ltimos foram atrados. Apenas quatro sobreviveram, Connor mata um deles e Kurgan mata o outro. Agora s restam esses dois.
Alheio situao, Connor se envolve romanticamente com Brenda, uma legista da polcia que descobriu sua identidade a partir da investigao sobre o imortal que Connor matou em Nova Iorque. Nesse momento, percebe-se com clareza a natureza solitria de Connor: ele no pode ter filhos e a morte no o atinge, mas sempre leva seus entes queridos, por isso ele reluta em se envolver com Brenda.
Para atrair Connor luta definitiva, Kurgan sequestra Brenda. Segue-se um fantstico combate entre os dois imortais que restaram. Quando Kurgan est em vantagem e a ponto de cortar a cabea de Connor, Brenda intervm e d a Connor a chance de recuperar sua espada, que foi perdida aps eles carem em um salo. Em campo aberto e sem truques, Connor se mostra superior e vence a batalha final. O prmio lhe concedido pelas entidades que controlam o jogo: a capacidade de ler os pensamentos dos outros mesmo distncia e com isso influenciar os lderes mundiais. Connor tambm perde sua imortalidade e se torna capaz de gerar filhos.
O conceito do filme se originou de uma visita de Greg Winden Esccia. Ao ver uma armadura, Winden imaginou como seria se o guerreiro desta ainda estivesse vivo. Assim surgiram os Imortais, que lutam entre si.[6]
A banda Queen foi chamada para colaborar na trilha sonora, com seis canes originais, mais tarde elas foram includas no lbum A Kind of Magic, alm de ser includa no filme, "Hammer to Fall" do lbum anterior. As msicas mais notveis so "Who Wants to Live Forever", escrita pelo guitarrista Brian May que a comps ao voltar para casa aps assistir uma verso inacabada do filme. "A Kind of Magic", foi composta por Roger Taylor a partir de um dilogo, e "Princes Of The Universe", escrita por Freddie Mercury foi usada nos crditos iniciais do filme e da srie de TV.[carece de fontes?]
Highlander: The Source depicts Duncan MacLeod as the final combatant in the Game. A group of Immortals on a quest to locate the mysterious "Source" in the near future. One member of the group, Zai Jie, breaks into a data tower in Eastern Europe and contacts his associates to give them the location of the Source.
A group of Immortals quest to locate the mysterious "Source" in the near future. One member of the group, Zai Jie, breaks into a communications tower in Eastern Europe and contacts his associates to give them the location of the Source. The Guardian of the Source, who has supernatural speed, confronts and decapitates him. Reggie, another group member, discovers that the planets are moving from their orbits into a cosmic alignment.
Former Immortal Watcher Joe Dawson is called by group member Methos to find their mutual friend Duncan MacLeod. Joe finds MacLeod in a fight with the Guardian, shoots Duncan, hauls him into a truck, and drives off. They rendezvous with the others at a monastery in order to meet with an ancient being known as the Elder so they can locate the Source.
At the monastery, they meet Anna Teshemka, Duncan's mortal wife, who is having visions. The Elder meets them all as a group and tells of how, in ancient history, another group of Immortals sought the Source. Upon slaying the Guardian, the two survivors were cursed with decay, with one of them becoming the new Guardian, and the other being the Elder. The Elder tells them all to follow Anna who knows the way. She, in turn, receives a vision from the Elder. Meanwhile, the Guardian arrives and attacks Reggie and Joe Dawson on holy ground. In an effort to save Dawson, Duncan throws his katana at the Guardian, temporarily wounding him. The Guardian removes the sword from his neck and breaks it before killing Joe with the broken blade and escaping. After burying Joe, they leave to find the Source, which they have determined to be on an island in a lake in Eastern Europe.
After burying Reggie, they continue on their way. They find the road blocked, and are captured by cannibals. While the cannibals are distracted by their drunken carousing, the Guardian frees Anna and forces her to accompany him to the Source. Later, Giovanni escapes and takes a sword, hoping to be "The One". Duncan frees himself and Methos, and sets off to rescue Anna. Giovanni gets recaptured, and Duncan goes in to save him. Methos arrives to assist Duncan at the last moment, and tells him he believes Duncan is "The One" due to his incorruptible nature. He rides off on a horse to distract the cannibals, allowing Duncan to chase after Anna. Giovanni, who had run off when Duncan came to his rescue, is decapitated by the Guardian.
Duncan finds Anna in a clearing by a sandy pit illuminated by starlight. The cosmic convergence is happening directly over them. The Guardian appears and challenges Duncan. Macleod finds that he now has the same speed and power as the Guardian, and manages to get past the foe to reach Anna. However, an energy barrier appears to bar his way. After continued fighting, the Guardian ends up buried chest deep in the dirt. Bound and defeated, the Guardian demands that Macleod behead him. Duncan refuses, and the Guardian vanishes in a blast of light. Before he goes, the Guardian screams that he is "cursed forever". Duncan enters the Source, qualified to do so by his pure heart. In the Source, Anna reveals that she is pregnant with their child. Duncan declares that "he is the one", meaning the child.
Once the Guardian vanishes, in the Russian cut Duncan takes off into the sky following Anna, before we see the two in the Source, and Anna announcing that she is pregnant, after which the movie ends. In the US cut, after the Guardian is vanquished there is a montage and another narration from Anna, who explains that the rationale for the Immortals' Game was in fact a misconception all along, and that "there can be only one" really means that only the most pure-hearted of all Immortals could claim the Source. By comparison, the Russian cut has Duncan and Methos (who, of course, survived in the end) expressing their doubts about the Game, but never explicitly invalidates it in the same way the US cut does.
As early as 2001, producers of the previous film in the franchise, Highlander: Endgame, were discussing plans for a fifth film with fans at conventions.[1]Russell Mulcahy was attached to direct the film early in development. Mulcahy disagreed with Peter S. Davis and William N. Panzer on the direction of the story, as he wanted it to be a prequel focusing around the first-ever generation of immortals, thousands of years before the original Highlander, with Adrian Paul only appearing as Duncan MacLeod in a framing story. On the other hand, Panzer and Davis wanted to follow up Highlander: Endgame and have Duncan appear throughout the whole film. Eventually, Mulcahy left the production, feeling that a repeat of the events that resulted in the critical and commercial failure of Highlander II: The Quickening was about to happen.Highlander: The Source began at Dimension Films under a number of different screenwriters, including Joel Soisson and Peter Briggs, with production scheduled to begin in Lithuania in late 2005. Joel Soisson's version of the script featured Duncan MacLeod living in a gas station in the middle of the desert, next to a run-down airplane. Also in the script, MacLeod smoked, wore cowboy boots and a hat, and had a pet monkey named Connor. Peter Briggs wrote a version of the script while the project was still at Miramax. Before writing the script, Briggs re-watched all the "Highlander" movies as well as the TV series, then joined the official Highlander message boards (www.highlander-community.com) and researched what fans wanted in a sequel. He kept his identity secret, but was known to be an insider on the project. He soon became one of the most popular and respected members of the board, and remained so even after he was kicked off the project. He revealed his identity well after he was kicked off the project. It was the death of a close friend on the forum, named Eric, that sparked Briggs to finally reveal himself. Dimension Pictures originally intended to film this movie in Africa. Several early drafts are explicitly set in Africa. It was finally filmed in Lithuania around Vilnius. In July 2005, Lionsgate Films acquired the rights to the film under the title Highlander: The Journey Continues, with director Brett Leonard at the helm as director, and actor Adrian Paul in the lead role as Duncan MacLeod. Leonard described the franchise: "Highlander is an amazing ongoing story that I can bring my visual style to. Everything I have done has led me to this kind of mythical fantasy."[2] Filming began in October 2005,[3] and concluded the following December. In June 2006, Adrian Paul revealed that Highlander: The Source had been undergoing editing and visual effects work. The actor said that composer George Kallis had been brought on board to create a film score that was recorded by an 80-piece orchestra.[4]
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