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Highlander: The Search For Vengeance DVD

by Jason

Colin MacLeod from Highlander: The Search For Vengeance

Story

As a Highlander fan, it hurts to write about this story. Check out what Anime News Network says it’s about.

My Opinion

I’m of two minds about this movie. On one hand it’s a pretty good fantasy-action anime. On the other hand it’s a half-assed Highlander story.

The easiest review for Highlander fans is this… It’s like an animated version of Highlander 2.

Here’s a more detailed version.

    Good Points

  • The art is perfectly suited to Highlander.

  • Great action sequences.

  • Good use of flashbacks. You can almost feel the weight of all the years gone by while Colin was hunting Marcus.

  • A couple of great, albeit short, appearances by Jim Byrnes.

    Bad Points

  • Some fairly bad voice acting. This is made even worse because this is English audio only.

  • Colin isn’t a MacLeod, I’m not even sure he’s a highlander at all. Colin might even predate the clan MacLeod for all I know. He’s old. Not Methos old, but definitely Darius old.

  • No characters that we know. No characters from the TV show or the movies make an appearance or are even mentioned.

  • No music by Queen. None. Not so much as a remix of “Princes of the Universe“.

  • Very little to do with the Highlander universe. Other than decapitation and a couple of references to holy ground, this could be about any fantasy “Immortals”.

Is it worth it?

I hate to say it, but this is a rental at best. It’s a decent action anime, but it’s Highlander connection is problematic. It lacks background explanation for viewers unfamiliar with Highlander and it doesn’t contain enough Highlander-y goodness for the fans.


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Posted in Anime, Reviews on April 14th, 2008

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2 Responses to “Highlander: The Search For Vengeance DVD”

  1. amber Says:
    April 14th, 2008 at 5:26 am

    Thanks for the review, though ya might want to warn a gal that you mention Highlander 2 (i.e., the Movie That Never Happened). I almost stopped reading right there, but I made a point to go back and read the remaining part of the post.

    ‘Cause ya know, you’re talking about Highlander… I have to comment. :)

  2. Jason Says:
    April 14th, 2008 at 8:19 am

    Yeah, that’s why I’m gonna go to my forums and start a thread about Highlander.

    Thread subject?

    “Why I blame Peter Wingfield for making Methos a wuss.”

    *LOL*

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