Highlander, Connor MacLeod (Christopher Lambert) decapitates Iman Fasil in a sword fight in the underground parking of Madison Square Garden. A flood of energy leaves Iman and enters Connor. He is taken in by the police who knows him as antique shop owner Russell Edwin Nash. They don’t have the evidence and he is released. Forensics expert Brenda J. Wyatt (Roxanne Hart) investigates the case. She is drawn into a romance with him and the secret world of immortals battling to be the last survivor. In flashbacks, Connor’s origin is revealed. It’s 1536 Scotland. Connor is mortally wounded by the Kurgan (Clancy Brown) in a battle against the clan Fraser. He miraculously survives and is banished for being in league with the devil. He finds his love Heather. They are joined by Juan Sánchez Villa-Lobos Ramírez (Sean Connery) who teaches him sword fighting. Eventually, the Kurgan catches up to them.
This was critically panned in its day. The music video editing and big camera moves probably threw off the critics. It might be too much to take in on the big screen. I saw it on home video and it rocked. The music video editing works for me. The rocking Queen music is awesome. It’s a great idea and I love the execution. For a while, Lambert seems to be an interesting actor but he never expanded his acting range. This is one of my favorites of his movies.
