Highlander: The Reckoning

[Big s]

The soundtrack really was a key to the greatness of the original. The story was good enough and the action wasn’t bad and the main characters were pretty good and it was totally silly to have a Spaniard with a scotch Irish voice that used a Japanese sword, but everything glued together with the greatest movie soundtrack ever. 

[Wolf-1]

As someone who has seen them all, with the only omissions in the collection being Highlander 2(don't care how it's cut/edited, it just doesn't work) and The Raven ( I liked Amanda, just not that much); I'm bound to see it.  I'm actually really surprised to hear that P.S. Davis is okay with this, as the whole point behind The Source was to allow W. Panzer to die knowing a "prize" had been achieved.  Bring on the Queen but why not add some Who? 

[Dynaman]

19 hours ago, pengbuzz said:

Watch Vin Diesel show up as Ramirez...

Not Scottish enough for the part.

[TangledThorns]

9 hours ago, Dynaman said:

Not Scottish enough for the part.

Nor Spanish, lol. They'll probably go with a well known actor, Antionio Bandera or Javier Bardem perhaps?

I'm curious about the villain, Clancy Brown was great as Kurgan. Personally I'd like to see someone not known for playing villains as Kurgan, Chris Hemsworth for example would be cool as Kurgan.

 

EDIT: Whoops!

Edited May 23, 2021 by TangledThorns

[Dynaman]

4 hours ago, TangledThorns said:

Nor Spanish, lol. They'll probably go with a well known actor, Antionio Bandera or Javier Bardem perhaps?

I'm curious about the villain, Tom Clancy was great as Kurgan. Personally I'd like to see someone not known for playing villains as Kurgan, Chris Hemsworth for example would be cool as Kurgan.

Dave Bautista could pull it off.  A different take on the role but I think he would work.

[pengbuzz]

5 hours ago, TangledThorns said:

Nor Spanish, lol. They'll probably go with a well known actor, Antionio Bandera or Javier Bardem perhaps?

I'm curious about the villain, Tom Clancy was great as Kurgan. Personally I'd like to see someone not known for playing villains as Kurgan, Chris Hemsworth for example would be cool as Kurgan.

Clancy Brown was Kurgan, unless Kurgan joined Rainbow Six.

[TangledThorns]

1 hour ago, pengbuzz said:

Clancy Brown was Kurgan, unless Kurgan joined Rainbow Six.

HAHA! Fixed it

[Black Valkyrie]

9 hours ago, pengbuzz said:

Clancy Brown was Kurgan, unless Kurgan joined Rainbow Six.

 

You mean Mr. Krabs  . 

 

[M'Kyuun]

IMHO, Highlander was a unique film that needs no reboot, and no further sequels. I didn't care for the series, either. Let it go. Do something original. What happened in Hollywood to virtually stifle all creativity and originality? It's sad when they're still mining 30+ year old properties for movies today instead of creating new properties for the next couple of generations to work off of.  

Likewise with The Crow. First film was great- everything after, meh.

[Dynaman]

7 hours ago, M'Kyuun said:

IMHO, Highlander was a unique film that needs no reboot, and no further sequels. I didn't care for the series, either. Let it go. Do something original. What happened in Hollywood to virtually stifle all creativity and originality? It's sad when they're still mining 30+ year old properties for movies today instead of creating new properties for the next couple of generations to work off of.  

Likewise with The Crow. First film was great- everything after, meh.

People were saying the same thing back in the eighties too.  We just remember the few knockouts that started a whole new trend that continues till now.  

As for the Highlander sequels, luckily I didn't go see them in the theater.  I don't think I've ever seen the 3rd movie all the way through.

[Wolf-1]

2 hours ago, Dynaman said:

People were saying the same thing back in the eighties too.  We just remember the few knockouts that started a whole new trend that continues till now.  

As for the Highlander sequels, luckily I didn't go see them in the theater.  I don't think I've ever seen the 3rd movie all the way through.

The Mario Van Peebles one; Final Dimension?  Other than changing up where Conor's sword originates from, or rather whom from, it actually holds up.  Granted the magic thing is a little over the top, but far less than what's pulled off in The Source, and there is no saving the "I want to be Dune" 2nd film.  Endgame suffers in that they are finally attempting to give us early Connor/Duncan history as previously set-up but it conflicts with already established stories for each; the who took whose head had to happen and was actually done quite well, IMO.  The fight scenes are the best in the Franchise, bar the final fight which is no worse than the original's.  The Source was gobbled together because half the creative duo behind the Franchise was dying; like the Animated Series it's a Bomb not The.  The Series is what actually has carried this Franchise so team D was bound to win the fight.  They missed the boat when they didn't offer P. Wingfield(Meethos) a Series after the original instead of going with E. Grace(Amanda) in The Raven.  P. Wingfield's character did appear in Endgame and The Source and his death was not confirmed, so I hope for a cameo at least.

 

[Dynaman]

Ack!  The sequels were worse then I remember - and I remembered them being feces.  The TV show was actually OK, but not OK enough that I bothered to watch more than a couple of episodes.

[sh9000]

https://variety.com/2025/film/news/russell-crowe-henry-cavill-highlander-remake-casting-1236437054/

[Big s]

3 hours ago, sh9000 said:

https://variety.com/2025/film/news/russell-crowe-henry-cavill-highlander-remake-casting-1236437054/

Seems they got some actors, but who’s doing the soundtrack. If they don’t do an iconic soundtrack then it will just be a reboot, but if they can get something that’s truly special it will make for a memorable movie 

[TangledThorns]

4 hours ago, sh9000 said:

https://variety.com/2025/film/news/russell-crowe-henry-cavill-highlander-remake-casting-1236437054/

Interesting reunion as they were both in Man of Steel and in somewhat similar roles with Cavill as the main protagonist and Crowe giving guidance again.  

[electric indigo]

Ok but who's the current Kurgan?

[TangledThorns]

1 hour ago, electric indigo said:

Ok but who's the current Kurgan?

The way they are casting it might as well be Michael Shannon as Kurgan, lol. 

[Big s]

2 hours ago, electric indigo said:

Ok but who's the current Kurgan?

Probably Pedro Pascal. That guy’s in everything 

[electric indigo]

On 6/22/2025 at 12:01 PM, electric indigo said:

Ok but who's the current Kurgan?

Oh it's Drax.

But in all fairness, to me his performance in Blade Runner 2049 has proven his talent as a serious actor under the right director.

[Mog]

I thought ol’ Dave slimmed down significantly in the past few years.

[Raikkonen]

49 minutes ago, electric indigo said:

Oh it's Drax.

But in all fairness, to me his performance in Blade Runner 2049 has proven his talent as a serious actor under the right director.

Nothing with his skills. But just doesn't have that natural demonic look that Kurgan had. 

Thankfully it ain't Pedro Peanuts... 

On 6/22/2025 at 2:18 PM, TangledThorns said:

The way they are casting it might as well be Michael Shannon as Kurgan, lol. 

This would have been a full win. 

[Big s]

53 minutes ago, Mog said:

I thought ol’ Dave slimmed down significantly in the past few years.

He did, but he still looks stronger than the average Hollywood actor these days and he definitely can act a thousand times better than what I’ve seen from the Rock.

[Mog]

^^True, but Cavill is a pretty big dude himself.

Have always pictured MacLeod being a bit smaller than the Kurgan.

[Roy Focker]

12 hours ago, Mog said:

^^True, but Cavill is a pretty big dude himself.

Have always pictured MacLeod being a bit smaller than the Kurgan.

Ditto. Cavil is bad casting physically wise. Connor was the underdog. Look at Cavil he looks like he could take care of himself.

[Big s]

14 hours ago, Mog said:

^^True, but Cavill is a pretty big dude himself.

Have always pictured MacLeod being a bit smaller than the Kurgan.

At least they didn’t go with Ryan Reynolds 

[Big s]

Pretty sure they can find a way around the actors, but the important thing here is an iconic soundtrack. Soundtracks have been lacking for a few decades and it was something that truly elevated a pretty cool movie back in the 80’s and truly made the original Highlander and absolute all around great movie, even though it really wasn’t a perfect movie. I still think some things could have been written better, but I don’t think about that since the movie is so immersive with scenery, action and sounds throughout.

[pengbuzz]

4 hours ago, Big s said:

At least they didn’t go with Ryan Reynolds 

No, they're saving him for Duncan. And for Ramirez, they'll probably cast:

Spoiler

Keanu Reeves

Frankly, they need to cancel this while they're ahead...

Edited August 8 by pengbuzz

[Mog]

Thought the rumor was that Russell Crowe would be playing Ramirez.

Though, I do find it amusing that the most famous Scot in the original film played an Egyptian, pretending to be a Spaniard, while traipsing around with an anachronistic Japanese katana blade.

Edited August 8 by Mog

[Big s]

3 hours ago, Mog said:

Thought the rumor was that Russell Crowe would be playing Ramirez.

Though, I do find it amusing that the most famous Scot in the original film played an Egyptian, pretending to be a Spaniard, while traipsing around with an anachronistic Japanese katana blade.

Sounds like that speech from RDJ in Tropic Thunder 

[M'Kyuun]

On 5/22/2021 at 12:08 PM, Big s said:

The soundtrack really was a key to the greatness of the original. The story was good enough and the action wasn’t bad and the main characters were pretty good and it was totally silly to have a Spaniard with a scotch Irish voice that used a Japanese sword, but everything glued together with the greatest movie soundtrack ever. 

Connery's Egyptian-cum-Spaniard with the obvious Scottish accent asking his French costar playing a Scotsman about haggis was such tongue-in-cheek comedy gold. "How revolting!" I have to wonder what a laugh they had making that scene.

As to a reboot- why? The original movie was unique and pretty well done for its time. It had some notable performances by the leads, cool music (Queen!), swordfights, immortals, and a neat story. MacLeod won the prize. No more needs to be said or done. I didn't even like the tv show. Highlander 2 doesn't exist. I wasn't aware of the third film. I may have seen it back in the day, but it left so little impression on me that I forgot it completely. I don't think I've seen Endgame or The Source.

Why can't Hollywood create anything new? Unwanted, unneeded reboots suck. Just look at the RoboCop reboot. Forgot about it? Exactly.

Oh, and James MacAvoy would make a good Highlander- he's actually Scottish, not a huge guy, and adept enough to learn swordplay if he hasn't already done so. Ewan MacGregor and Gerard Butler, also Scotsmen, would have made nice cameos as other Immortals, as both are no strangers to swordplay and both can carry a movie on their own.

[Mog]

See MacAvoy vs. Big Dave would be a convincing fight.

James showed some fight in Wanted and in Split.  And has that underdog look, especially against someone much taller like Bautista.

[pengbuzz]

5 hours ago, M'Kyuun said:

Connery's Egyptian-cum-Spaniard with the obvious Scottish accent asking his French costar playing a Scotsman about haggis was such tongue-in-cheek comedy gold. "How revolting!" I have to wonder what a laugh they had making that scene.

As to a reboot- why? The original movie was unique and pretty well done for its time. It had some notable performances by the leads, cool music (Queen!), swordfights, immortals, and a neat story. MacLeod won the prize. No more needs to be said or done. I didn't even like the tv show. Highlander 2 doesn't exist. I wasn't aware of the third film. I may have seen it back in the day, but it left so little impression on me that I forgot it completely. I don't think I've seen Endgame or The Source.

Why can't Hollywood create anything new? Unwanted, unneeded reboots suck. Just look at the RoboCop reboot. Forgot about it? Exactly.

Oh, and James MacAvoy would make a good Highlander- he's actually Scottish, not a huge guy, and adept enough to learn swordplay if he hasn't already done so. Ewan MacGregor and Gerard Butler, also Scotsmen, would have made nice cameos as other Immortals, as both are no strangers to swordplay and both can carry a movie on their own.

You're not missing much on the "sequels"; thank heaven you never saw the cartoon!!

 

[Raikkonen]

18 hours ago, Big s said:

At least they didn’t go with Ryan Reynolds 

That would have been 3 films where he's immortal. lol

[Big s]

5 hours ago, Raikkonen said:

That would have been 3 films where he's immortal. lol

He likes to be immortal in his films and Hanks likes to be the captain, they could team up

[JB0]

On 8/8/2025 at 10:13 AM, Big s said:

At least they didn’t go with Ryan Reynolds 

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