Another 80's cult movie is being remade, Highlander which has to be one of the most successful science fiction fantasy franchises. I loved the first two movies and the first television series, but it has been overdone in the last couple of years. I finally gave up on the franchise when an impressive story that ended up being used in a direct to DVD anime film. The story was great and it should have been used for a real film. It might be interesting to see a reboot to this series, but I hope they don't go and remake the original. Sean Connery and Christopher Lambert cannot be replaced neither can the villain Kruger played by Clancy Brown.
"Connor Macleod was born in 1518 in the Highlands of Scotland. In 1536, after facing a mysterious, evil opponent, he survives a fatal stab wound and is banished from his village, for they believe his survival is the work of the Devil. Five years later, Macleod is met by Juan Sanchez Villa-Lobos Ramirez, a swordsman who teaches Macleod the awful truth; he is immortal, one of a race of many who can only die when the head is cut from the body. When one immortal takes the head of another, the loser's power is absorbed into the winner. Ramirez teaches Macleod the ways of the sword, until Ramirez is tragically killed by Connor's ultimate opponent, the evil Kurgan, a murderous immortal brute who lusts for the ultimate power of the immortals, "The Prize"; enough power to rule the earth forever. Connor fights his way through the centuries, until the time of the Gathering, when the few immortals who have survived the endless battles come together to fight until only one remains, and that winner will receive The Prize. The time: 1985. The place: New York City. The final fight is about to begin, and in the end, there can be only one."
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