Review(s): DVD Highlander - The Final Dimension (Special Director's Cut)
Highlander: The Final Dimension
I love this movie. It should have been number 2 instead of number 3 becaue 2 had nothing to do with the actual story.
They are the Same
I saw Highlander, The Final Dimension for sale and I bought it. Thank goodness I didn't open the package as I noticed that one of the scenes shown on the back of the package looked just like one of the scenes on the back of Highlander III, The Sorcerer. Gee, it would have been nice if they had either kept the same title (I thought it was a whole new movie)or made some reference that it is a reediting of Highlander III, The Sorcerer. You can't even find the initial release date anywhere on the package for The Final Dimension. I give it a 1 rating, not because I don't enjoy the Highlander films, but they should make it clearer that this is not a "new" Highlander movie.
What should have been Highlander 2.
"Highlander - The Final Dimension" (aka Highlander 3) for all practical purposes should have been the direct follow-up to the original 1986 movie. It practically followed right after the first left off with a relentless New York cop in pursuit of "Russel Nash" (aka Connor MacLeod). In Highlander 3, Connor is also being pursued by a group of ancient [immortal] Mongal warriors led by Mario van Peebles. His band of merry warriors is taken down one by one by our hero Connor, well except one in which Mario dispatches himself for failure. But of course, the van Peebles character kidnaps Connor's son to use as bait for the final showdown.
For 1994, the special effects in this movie were pretty good. However, there's never really been a good DVD release of this movie. The OOP version was non-anamorphic with just 2.0 sound. There's another version coming out on 4.5.05 with no specs listed, let's hope that this is a brand new disc.
Now this leads me to the eye-rolling, hilarious review by ty7777 below. When ty7777 gives the disc a 1-star review because it's in widescreen instead of FOOLSCREEN. But then I guess some people are just too ignorant and ill-informed to enjoy film as an art form.
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In the opening credits, read by the character of Joe Dawson(Jim Byrnes):
"He is Duncan MacLeod. . . the Highlander. Born in 1592 in the highlands of Scotland, and he is still alive; he is Immortal.
For 400 years, he's been a warrior. . . a lover. . . a wanderer. . . constantly facing other Immortals in combat to the death. The winner takes his enemy's head-- and with it, his power.
"I am a Watcher, part of a secret society of men and women who observe and record, but never interfere. We know the truth about Immortals -in the end, there can be only one. May it be Duncan MacLeod. . . the Highlander."
