Everything Wrong With Highlander In 16 Minutes Or Less
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- Well, this movie is a beloved classic... but it does NOT hold up as well as you probably remember. Plenty of sins, is what I'm saying.
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Actually, using a coat / cloak as an off-hand parrying weapon is a historically accurate fencing technique. The idea is to trap your opponents blade long enough to stab him with yours. Ironically that may be the most accurate part of the first fight.
an coat was made like a blanket....
to dish,to poo,to....you know....likea towel but the fight point is real too
You are completely correct.
A walking stick is used.
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An walking stick is a prized piece of one's bag
You can also wrap a piece of your plaid around your off hand arm to parry...
I came to the comments just to make sure someone had explained this, so thank you.
A little clarification about the rules (according to the first movie at least):
The immortal powers start after your first death.
That is why the villain stabbed him in the belly, to awaken his powers thus allowing him to try and take it afterward via decapitation.
That is also why the first belly stab was painful, he wasn't an immortal yet. Also, stabs will still hurt. They'd just heal faster but not Wolverine fast.
Also also, since the immortality starts from the first death, that is why Sean Connery is older than Connor. He died the first time at an older "age" (see what I did there?).
lmao
I was gonna explain it but you did a great job. lol
These are all the corect answers. Thank you for that.
if it has to be explained past what was said in the movie, then maybe it's just a crappy plot
So if an immortal dies of real old age (like 100) he'll come back as a forever almost-dead immortal ?? Lol. And if he dies while still a baby, he'll be forever a baby. It's a crazy rule.
You missed the best line. When the Clancy Brown gets in the car, turns to the old lady and says, "mom".
He was so great in this!
That was such a great moment
Except this is supposed to be everything that’s wrong with the movie.
Of course obviously there’s really nothing wrong with the movie. This guy is a smartass weirdo who misses the whole point.
@@duncanmcleod6293 Don't sign your CZcams comments.
He must have been picking out scenery from his teeth for weeks!
1536 was towards the end of the Auld Alliance in Scotland. French was widely spoken and French accents were quite common.
Also, it's Connor's memory of events, so he'd remember speaking the way he does in modern times, basically.
@@Paulafan5 that is just ridiculous!
@@Paulafan5 100%. I'm from Finland, but speak English now and my memories are in English. It's weird but true
If I remember correctly you stop aging when you "die" the first time and gasp back to life. So Sean Connery is extra badass because he lived all that time before being "killed"
Yes they don't know until they die the first time
Yeah that's exactly how it works too. When an immortal dies by decapitation their quickening energy looks to go somewhere and IF a human rights or just kills an immortal themselves the lore goes THEY can absorb and take their place
Shawn McRoberts especially considering he was a slave from ancient Egypt
@@robertagu5533 I can't tell if this was meant to be serious, but....wrong. It is very clearly stated in the lore that if an immortal is beheaded and was not fighting another immortal than the quickening just fizzles out. Nothing goes anywhere. The quickening does not happen.
Their first death needs to be violent. It can't be natural causes, decapitation, or poison.
6:44 actually they stop aging at the point of their first death. there was an episode in the tv series where one poor sucker was stuck looking like a 10 year old and had to trick other immortals into thinking he was still an innocent child who recently became immortal so he could chop their heads off when they weren't looking.
I was trying to remember if that was addressed in the movie or in the show.
XD Though the whole point of this channel is to create humor about things that don't make sense in the movie-- this movie totally explains at least 4 Sins within its context.
I Sin this channel for barely paying attention to the movie. Also: No lap dance.
@@jacemachine you have me on lap dance
Thank you!! The reason why the sword wound “almost killed him” is that it did kill him. You die once, become immortal, wait for your headendectomy. Sean’s connery’s character clearly died later in life. I was obsessed with the tv show, and I remember that episode!
@@mollygrace3068 Thank you! I don't have to explain everything to Jeremy now
1:17 Actually, the sword and cloak technique is a fencing style detailed in Ragione di adoprar sicuramente l'Arme written by Italian fencing master Giacomo di Grassi in 1570. It was used to protect the off hand, to distract the opponent, and to bind his blade. It also matches the style of rapier the actor was using, so it was likely a deliberate choice. Of course none of that makes this sword fight any less ridiculous so you go ahead and sin that fight. Sin the ever living crap out of it.
that guy was the actual fight choreographer for the movie lol
aCtUaLly
@@thomasdrysdale4240 The fight is still ridiculous
Well keep in mind that Jeremey does not study history!! 100 sins!
As a Scottish person called Connor I've spent much of my life fending off karate chops to the neck from assailants screaming "THERE CAN ONLY BE ONE!" Ironically, there were half a dozen people in my year called Connor and as far as I'm aware all of our heads have remained in tact.
Just to nit pick your nit picking, holding a coat or cloak in your off hand is actually a technique used in history. Obviously Highlander is not a historical film and they abandon the cloak early on, but just wanted to point out it was used.
Welcome to Cinemasins, where facts and paying attention to the movie take a backseat to "humor".
still a good tactic in a knife fight btw... thanks clint eastwood.
Jon Goat welcome to the land of CinemaSins sycophants and rationalizers who can explain every CS f*ck-up with an “I meant to do that” with a splash of personal offense.
@Jon Goat yeah but he still needs to write new jokes he's been using the same ones forever. And some things he says aren't even jokes he just didn't pay attention.
Hey, he's got a sin counter to pad...
Nit-pick away. A million 'sins' can't take away this story's beauty, originality, and ability to impact the audience.
the line "Good night, my bonny Heather" will never not tear my heart out
And the song..... 😭😥
Please do the second one, i want to see the counter break again.
I second this motion.
You monster. I mean, I want them to do it too, but for you to wish the second movie on anyone...
@@roguishpaladin Spoony already did it
The ONLY things wrong with Highlander, my good sir, are the sequels.
Good day to you.
I SAID GOOD DAY!
1000%
This.
Because... there can be only One! lol
@@jenniferbeatty7545 damn skippy.
There were sequels?
100 sins removed for Clancy Brown’s voice.
1000 sins for Highlander II.
There s a highlander 2?
@@johnbush5347
There’s a Highlander 2 and it’s terrible. They changed everything. It’s best just to pretend it doesn’t exist.
Yes I know they expect you to suspend a lot of disbelief for the original but the first sequel is just ridiculous.
There should have been only one.
@@johnbush5347 lol, there's a Highlander _5_ (Highlander: The Source). And it's _way_ worse than Highlander II: The Quickening. Highlander III: The Sorcerer was... Okay. It was basically just the first one, again, but not as good. Highlander: Endgame (the fourth film) sucked, but it at least wasn't as bad as 2 and 5.
Then add 100 sins for incorrectly removing them
4:50 There is so much about the Kurgan's sword that is beyond ludicrous, it deserves a whole bunch of sins.
I named my son Connor. I have never told his mother the source of the name.
@Abe Garfield get your sword too
Good thing you mentioned it, otherwise I would think you named your son after Angel's son. .. Or maybe Superman's future grandkids..or kids..or something.
I know someone who did that
Haha you said “the source of the name,” I guess it is because of Highlander: The Source?
I’m giving you a sin for not taking a sin off for Clancy Brown’s excellent performance.
Not gonna lie. He was one of the first villains i liked
He should remove ALL the sins....It's Clancy Brown ffs
Agreed, I discovered him in that, then in Shawshank Redemption, he's one of those secondary actors I'm always happy to see on screen. (and he was kinda terrifying in Carnivale)
@@takuansoho5836 What is that movie he twist the head of the rabbits? Was it Carnivale?
@@0Imtheslime0 I think it was in Carnivale, indeed, it was a serie :)
The stab killed Connor, then he resurrected as an Immortal
So.... Clancy MAKES him Immortal? by Killing him? Man THIS makes natural sense ;)
@Mats Martensson ~ Yes, and the older the immortal is when you kill him, and the more quickenings they've gained, the more power YOU gain, since you gain all the quickenings gained by the immortal you killed.
Don't try to explain the in-universe rules. It'll ruin their stupid jokes and fake 'sins'...
If I remember right from the TV series, Immortals are born mortal but have a genetic quirk that allow them to resurrect after their first death.
thank you, i was yelling that at my screen.
So he had sort of an indirect allusion to it, but *WHY IS THE SCOTTISH SEAN CONNERY PLAYING A SPANISH GUY TEACHING A SCOTTISH MAN PLAYED BY A FRENCHMAN?!*
The casting in this movie is exactly backwards. And any movie would be better with Sean Connery in the starring role.
All you need is an Italian plumber, created by Japanese game developers, who speaks English, looks like a Mexican, jumps like a black man, and grabs coins like a Jew, and the set is complete.
They could only afford Connery for a day or two.
@@whiterabbit75 that s racist. One sin for you
@@jeanloux7563 nah that was hilarious ;)
they couldn't afford him to be the main character.
If Princes of the Universe was the only thing you remember from this movie, then there is no hope for you.
You gotta admit, Clancy Brown totally rocked this character.
100%
Oh yeah!!!
Kids these days.."Yeah Clancy, he is the voice of Mr.Krabs?"
Me: "IT´S BETTER TO BURN UP, THAN TO FADE AWAY!"
Clancy is The Kurgan.. Don´t think otherwise.
He did this role and the monster in Frankenstein on top of one another and was allergic to the makeup. I thought he did a great job in Shawshank too.He's in the new television show Emergence which I've watched the first few episodes and it looks good.
One of my favorite scenes is the church scene.
Conner: Kergen.. you cut your hair.
Kergen: I AM IN DISGUISE!
@@michealwatts7469 It's better to burn out than to fade away. As a teen when this first came out this was definitely an attitude often heard around school.
This is a great queen music video, although it's a little overplotted 😛
That's essentially what the movie is. It's a feature-length Queen music video. Hell, it's directed by the same guy who made the "Total Eclipse of the Heart" music video.
"Then how do you fight such a savage?"
"With faith, heart and steel. In the end, there can be only one."
Too bad he was lacking in either faith, heart, or steel as Ramirez lost his damn head. Then again, maybe he lost his head for the same reason the guy from Dorne had his head caved in by the Mountain in GoT...arrogance. Had Ramirez pushed his attack after he nearly cut off Kergan's head it would have been an easy win, and a short movie. Plus, Ramirez had the high ground. The only reason he lost was because it was necessary to move the story forward...lazy writing. They should have had Ramirez getting the better of Kergan and then have Ramirez try to parry a thrust allowing Kergan to whip out a concealed stiletto and gutting the shit outta Ramirez before hacking his guillver off.
Who Wants to Live Forever by Queen deserves at least 50 sins off for being one of the greatest songs ever written!
A very emotional song with powerful & poignant lyrics, Freddie’s outstanding vocals, the band’s signature music and all other reasons that makes Queen one of the best groups of all time!
Also, not a single award nomination for the film (especially Best Original Song) IS TRULY A CRIME!
6:38 He was that age when he first "died" then once he became Immortal he stopped aging. Also if you die of old age before your Immortal abilities awaken (in other words, before you die of unnatural causes) then you just die like a normal dude
Must suck to die very young or old
But how would you know someone was immortal if they died of old age and didn't ressurect?
Or more precisely, is there a way of knowing beforehand when someone is immortal?
With the sword that Fasil is using being a rapier, the use of a cloak or coat in your off hand is in fact a well recognised technique. So not a sin, it should be a win as the actor, Peter Diamond, is not only an accomplished actor, but also a swordmaster and was the films fight/stunt coordinator.
It must be difficult to do the job when the main protagonist is played by an actor who is legally blind. Because obviously you dont want to hurt him or have him hurt others.
"Expositional marching" made me spill my coffee
I love CinemaSins, but this one was sinned due to Jeremy's lack of knowledge of Highlander.
Matt Dixon nah. He made like 3 mistakes, take 3 sins off and get over it.
In his defense it seemed like this movie had a lack of knowledge of Highlander. It didn't explain much of the rules or mythos, even though that was the whole point of the Ramirez subplot. The mythos was built by the books and the series.
Mistakes are intended, he's not doing serious reviews, these sin scripts are written to be him playing the part of an asshole reviewer. It's satire.
Agreed there are pleny of actual shit movie's to bash , the only thing wrong with Highlander is there is nothing wrong with it ! It's perfect and this cocksucking world don't deserve it .
lack of knowledge of a terrible movie.... I'm okay with that, that's like knowing all the lyrics to every song a garage band has before I criticize them. I'd rather call trash trash and move on instead of delving deeper into the details of it's trashyness
..... Did you sin Queen? Broooooooooo. *shakeshead*
Seriously. Sinning Queen for being camp is like sinning LeBron for being tall.
He sinned them twice.
Jason Blalock sinning queen for campness is like sinning cinema sins for nitpicking movies.
Does he not realise that the queen album Jazz was the Highlander soundtrack
@@devsutt1 it was the album "A Kind of Magic"
Ok you missed one thing. In modern day, it STILL takes weeks to get carbon dating.
The only Scottish guy in a movie about a Scottish guy plays an Egyptian guy.
And the "Scotsman" is French.
@@BandytaCzasu And the Eurasian troglodyte is from Ohio! What a funky bunch.
Yeah, i think that one amounts to six of one half dozen of the other
It's been many many years since I last saw this film but I'm pretty sure I totally missed that Ramirez was Egyptian. I'm sure I heard the line of dialogue but it just didn't click or register. That just adds more depth to the humor of the casting.
@@kirikayumura6015 Pretty sure he was Spanish
No, Queen and “there can be only one!!” Two memorable things
"There can be only one"
- "So why are there six?"
lol
In the end there can be only one to get the powers to basically rule the world how you see fit
Wow (Owen Wilson voice)
“Hot Shingles in your area, are waiting for you to call” (Sean Connery voice).
They stop aging on their first death! Quick google n'that.
Burning Heart Photography so what happens if you go 99+ years before anything before you die, what if you live past 150 and everyone starts getting suspicious? What if you die at 99 are you forced to walk the next several hundred years as a brittle old man?
@@berryb745 dunno mate, ask the writers of the films, I'm just stating fact.
Berryb if that happened, he could cut his own head off.
@Jodey Grist Well shit, then there's probably a bunch of immortals out there in the modern age who just live simple non-violent lives totally unaware they could be badass immortals. And that brings up another thing, if there can be only one and you fight your way down to that one does that mean immortals stop being born or are you only the one until new immortals are created.
I think you may have an issue with apples. Wanna talk about it?
It's because he was training to be a doctor.
I was wondering when Big Orchard would show up and shame CinemaSins.
I always assumed that the Prize was your greatest desire. Connor's was to be able to grow old and have children. It also explains why Ramirez said that the Kurgan must not be the one to win it, because he'd use it for domination.
Was Clancy Brown ever not a badass?
Oddly, enough, in Buckaroo Bonzai. He really doesn't do much despite being part of Bonzai's crew, and seems like a pretty regular guy.
ya boy maestri
maestro
i never understood jus WHY Clancy was a character actor. The man oozes presence and acting skill better than a LOT of "Stars".
i bet he was the shit on stage in a play. Would love to have seen that.
Ambition - he kind of played both sides (a psycho killer who was trying to be a mild not-psycho after being released, but then along comes Lou Diamond Phillips).
@3:21
Question: The Kurgan knows the only way to kill an immoral is to chop off his head. So why is he wasting so much time with this stab?
Answer: It is a non-fatal technique for them to temporarily incapacitate an immortal during a duel instead of beheading them.
@12:40
Question: If the Kurgan knows exactly where Connor is now, why hasn't he tried to kill him before?
Answer: In this scene, they were both inside the church. There is a rule that immortals are forbidden to fight in a holy ground since this serves as a sanctuary.
Oddly enough, this and Flash Gordon made me the Queen fan I am today
Same. It's a kinda magic on repeat.
10:18 That scene was actually funny as hell. Especially with the frustrated adversary ending up shooting his servant to at least be able to kill SOMEONE permanently.
Not even going to attempt the sequels? They really should have taken "There can be only one," to heart.
Uncertain if this has been posted already. Sean Connery read and recorded the opening voice-over dialogue in his bathroom in Spain, of all places, with the acoustics giving his narration that slight echo effect. God, I love this film.
Wait a minute... this isn't even a re-upload? It's taken Cinemasins _this_ long to get around to such a classic, especially one with this many sins?!
Man, I'm surprised! I'm so glad they're finally doing it!
They should sin part 2. Very likely to set a sin record!
Bruh I've been waiting for the princess bride since they have started out.
Yes, and that's a sin for Cinema Sins right there!
to see that ya own was to hard?
I always liked this flick growing up. But, I have to say that I watched it yesterday (I can't remember how long it's been), and I have to admit that I started cinemasinning it from the get go. There is so much material to work with. Still, it's a cool flick. No harm no foul...
Wow...I always thought people talked about Highlander because it was some awesome 80s movie. Never once did I think it was one of those " So Bad It's Good" flicks.
How immortals work in this world is:
1) They are sent to earth from another dimension and reborn.
2) they start off as normal people who live, grow old, and could even die of old age.
3) their immortality is triggered upon a violent death. (If they never die a violent death they live normal lives)
4) those who have become immortals feel the presence of other immortals. (Even if the other immortals immortality hasn’t been triggered yet)
He doesn't even care
Zeke Z ZekeKan well if they are going to critique a film they should at least pay enough attention to understand the general idea and premise of the story they are critiquing.
@@leannkennett905 Well, that first one is definitely not stated or alluded to in the film. The other 3 aren't either but can generally be understood on a rewatch.
Cinemasins generally tries to avoid outside sources and go only from what's presented in the film itself (though I have sinned them for breaking that rule on occasion).
Cockroach Charlie actually they do tell you (although they don’t spell the whole other dimension thing out as clearly as they do in their other material) Connor explains to Brenda about their tournament, that they aren’t of this world, and why they fight. (The prize)
This is unbelievably accurate and actually True.
I don’t know why, but even after literal years that Clancy Brown face followed by the “f*cking f*ck” line at 5:31 is still endlessly funny to me
"Here we are,
I have inside me Blood of Kings!
I am immortal, no man can be my equal!"
So close ;)
"I am immortal, I have inside me blood of kings (yeah)
I have no rival, no man can be my equal"
Born to be kings!
Princes of the universe
Flying in a treeeeeeee! lol
Haha Y'all made my day with this... I love it, but there can be only!
Eeew that king needs to see a doctor since you have his blood in you. Or at some point you need to stop ;)
Blood of kings huh? Don't mention that around Melisandre lol
I hope he took off a million sins for Queen's music
Actually he gave a sin for Who Wants To Live Forever! SACRILEGE!
Anthony Stargaryen ye who sins Queen doth not talketh with purpose. 😂
@@anthonyfarshaw8619 I can't believe he did that! After all the random sins taken off for Jordan Peele's films, he sins Queen...
Fighting with a sword and a cape was really a thing. Particularly with rapier.
The use of a cloak in the off hand is a fighting style usually used with a rapier. The use of on over coat instead is a sound technique.
no sins reduced for the fact that the soundtrack as made by Queen? I mean come on guys... really? Other than that (and you not paying attention to the story properly apparantly), I cant fault most of the sins given. movie did not age well.
And its still better than a majority of action movies that have come out in recent years.
They should have reduced 10 sins for Clancy Brown as well!
@Q17 I'll pick watching Highlander 1 ten times over watching any of the fucking Michael Bay/fast and furious/etc movies ONCE.
That "Who wants to Live Forever" sequence deserved 20 sins off, not given a sin.
"Ocular porn"
I'm sold XD
He means for us. & he is so damn pretty.
The last “ah, phrasing “ joke was hilarious
Archer, right?
Another crafty, insightful episode. And additional appreciation for your use of the word, which I had never heard before now, "etiology". Always enjoy learning a new, useful word. Keep up the great work!
I love this film, I was hoping you would do it soon, there sooooo many sins. But still I love it
Clancy Brown: "Still immortal huh Connor?"
Smith Wesson “Wake up, Lieutenant!”
@@Lesley_RedRhody 28 STAB WOUNDS
Is that an actual line in the game?
@@davincent98 Yes
@@smithwesson1896 nice. I had a feeling that naming the android Connor was intentional
I loved when the last bit of the sign from the final fight was obviously pulled down with wires.
Such a guilty pleasure film, absolutely terrible but ya gotta love it. Clancy Brown did a terrific job playing a completely off-the-rails maniac. Hahaha at calling Clancy "Hadley" at 3:38 too - He was incredible in Shawshank as well.
According to the rules of the Game you can't ambush someone, you have to declare yourself to them before the fight. Only really, REALLY evil immortals that we see in the TV show ever try to behead someone from hiding. And holding the coat is a classic defence when in a sword or knife fight. Coat, cape, scarf, anything that you could use to absorb a blow or tangle up the sword hand so you get a free attack. As for the age of Ramirez, you become immortal when you suffer a sudden death, like being shot, stabbed, run over or whatever. You could, technically, be able to become immortal but still die of old age if you never suffer such an incident.
According to Endgame it requires "the shock of a violent death," which basically means someone has to murder you.
Connor: "There can be only one!"
Duncan: "Hold my ponytail."
It's like Achy Breaky Heart....you say dang that's a lame saying and then you find yourself in the shower picking up your back brush by the handle, slinging it around and saying, "There can be only one." Later in the living room a fly lands on your chair as you watch Martha Stewart making macrame while sitting with the wife and with one smooth motion you grab that swatter and startle your wife yelling, "There can be only one." Following the brutal crushing of the insect you stand and begin shaking and she thinks you're having a seizure. Ah I love this movie.
@@jamesratliff1803😂😂😂😂😂
@@jamesratliff1803 Damn I can only thumbs up this once
@@captaincat4361 Thank you....and don't forget to tip your waitress....#metoo.....I don't think that's what she meant.
Duncan was a better swordsman. For a tv series with that many episodes per season, there were some pretty good swordfights.
I've always wondered why Connor brings a 203-year-old bottle of brandy (possibly worth around $70000) to Brenda's apartment when he knows the gift he also brought was going to piss her off.
As a true Scot, this makes me happy indeed
aye
the fact its getting sinned or because it is amazing film
As a Scot I’m disappointed this film exists, it’s so shit I watched it with my parents who obviously remembered it with rose tinted glasses and I sat the whole time thinking “what the fuck am I doing”, after it finished my parents admitted it doesn’t hold up and I was left having wasted 2 hours of my life
Thanks let's all spam him
@@joshcarson1690 I see you have no sense of whimsy
"let's give this guy so much power that everything breaks around him"
*sudden internetstop*
....... mother of god ....
🤣🤣🤣😳😳😳
You should see the behind the scenes clips. Connery did the entering narration from his toilet on the phone. It got the echo from that. Also, Christopher Lambert is batshit blind. It took til the third movie before he had an incident with his trainer. Hes also trying to bring in a new tv series, hope it goes well.
I heard about the blind part... apprently without his glasses he can't see much YIKES! Imagine fighting a nearsighted swordsman (even with blunt stunt swords)
"Uh, phrasing" Love it! You've got to do a TV Sins on Archer.
I loved this in the 80s. Wore out the VHS as a kid. I could quote every line. Sure it's corny but is a good movie. This and series were both guilty pleasures and the reason I took 12 years of kendo.
that last part with the lightsaber sound effects... I think someone actually took these scenes and added actual lightsabers... its somewhere on youtube.
First: I want Highlander 2 to break the Sin meter. Second: you should Sin Frailty
I feel like I've been living under a rock. Never even heard of this movie / movies / series / spin-offs.
You must watch this immediately. Such a great film. Recommend you watch it twice.
One of my favorite movies of all time, precisely because they don't bother to explain everything. It's like the Joker, I don't want to know what his origin story is, and I don't want to know where the immortals power came from, or why one person is immortal while others aren't. The mystery of it makes it interesting and unique.
With the Highlander Universe you live a normal mortal life till you "die" the first time. The movie does a bad job explaining this, but the series was good with it.
I don't know... It shows it pretty well in my opinion.
you are talking about the master of inane nitpickers... do you honestly think they paid enough attention to the actual movie to pick up on this before whining about it constantly for ridiculous "sins"??
@@Shiirow someone's a bit upset that a movie they liked was sinned
And that's why the sequel made them aliens.
Imagine the poor bastard that gets killed before his balls drop....... kinda like Kirsten Dunst in Interview With a Vampire...... 🤔
KILL ME NOW!!!! 😱😱😱😱😱😱
that "Hold it right there! Come back here!" from the helicopter cops made me laugh harder than it should've. It just embodies everything wrong with movie cops. Who has actually heard "come back here" and went 'well, crap, I guess we're caught. Better stop and wait for them to catch up'.
Not taking 10 sins off for Queen *ding*
I would always watch this movie growing up. I would rent it all the time LOL
Same lol
Me too and back then I thought it was fuckin awesome. Rewatching it now somewhat tarnishes those memories. 😔
TheGamesVoice95 it doesn’t to me cause even through all the sins I appreciate the fact they made a movie like this that still inspired Three more and a tv show
I masturbated Watching this Movie, LoL!
I bought all of them on DVD and I do a marathon every now and then
Do bravehart next and continue the Scottish theme
he probably did this one cuz the Queen biopic movie was due to premiere this week.
@@oberstul1941 Does it mean they will sin Flash Gordon, too?
@@kuddenchristo it would be a sight to behold.
I found t hilarious that Clancy Brown got his head cut off in the first episode of Sleepy Hollow.
Congratulations, good sir. Once again you have taken one of my favorite movies and reduced it to a lot of errors and plot holes. Well done!
you change ya mind couse of a dude who neverwatched the film and made mistakes himself?
YES. YES. I waited 5 years for this!!!! Thank you Cinemasins!
It's not perfect, but I still love this movie.
.....hell yeah..... :)
we all do
I understand this movie isn't for everyone, but THIS MOVIE RULES, MAN!! Even Sean Connery playing a non-Scot, I don't care. Great soundtrack and film. Full stop.
fave movie
Love the elevator scene, up to the second floor to go down the stairs! lmao
Fun Fact:: In Mortal Kombat: Defenders of the Realm, it was actually Clancy Brown who played Raiden
"Red State Batman" is the name of my new death-metal album.
Good timing. I just started rewatching Highlander: The Series for the first time in years.
kurgans theme is awesome (gimme the prize)
that move with holding the coat is a LEGIT fencing style, using a coat or cape or net in yoru off hand as an entangling weapon
Highlander? He's got the high ground!
If they *ever* try a reboot of this, I honestly at the moment can't think of a better choice than Ewan McGregor for MacLeod and Liam Nesson for Ramirez.
But, I could be wrong☺.
@@wildside316 Holy shit! Excellent choices!
I disagree. THIS is the kind of movie that SHOULD be rebooted. Awesome premise, shit special effects and questionable casting. Give it a decent budget and a Scottish actor and reboot the shit out of it. (Only please change the highlander to a black, non-binary little person with autism. K thx.)
and yet Anakin continued to charge him till he lost his arms and legs, if only he took Anakin's head
@@mollygrace3068 I've heard that Dave Bautista might be the Kurgan. That could work, I think.
Nobody calling out 16th century Scotland with the Historical aesthetics of 12th century Scotland?
6:39 - They age until they die for the first time, not until they reach their peak. This was explained in the TV show.
10:54 it’s insane how obviously Clancy Brown that is 😂😂😂
Nah this movie is perfect.
8:08 I'm gonna be 'that guy who corrects CinemaSins', and we all know that guy is awful, but I needed to correct this. When training with swords (or other martial arts), there's a concept called slow training. Basically, you move slowly through the various moves in order to train your muscle to do it correctly, then you speed it up later.
There is that. However, there was also an article about this movie in a magazine called _Cinefantastique_ around the time that may have a different explanation. Apparently Lambert's eyesight was so bad without his glasses that filming the swordfight scenes with him actually terrified the other actors...
@ 3:41
"What the hell do you got?"
"A Toledo Salamanca"
The next sound should have been a Breaking Bad "DING!"
The wrestling team at the beginning were the Fabulous Freebirds, an WCW/NWA stable. Madison Square Garden was a WWF venue, so they never would have been there.
Please do Last of the Mohicans, Excalibur, or The Kings Speech.
Great film, I didn’t like the sequels at all. Christopher Lambert did Highlander sequels, but he wouldn’t even do that Mortal Combat sequel. When a guy who does bad sequels won’t do a bad sequel, it must be really bad
Left out Connor shooting a Nazi. I imagine that’ll take a sin or two off. If that got a sin, well I did Nazi that coming. “Whatever you say Jack, you’re the master race.”
One of my favorite scenes in any movie, ever!
it didnt need sequels, it was a self contained story but the power of money is stronger than the need to leave things alone.
That Nazi scene isn't even in some editions
Btw, watch closely the scene where Connor gets kicked out of the village, the villager extras really are kicking him up the arse; friend of mine knew one of the extras, Lambert apparently turned up late for shooting, kept them waiting for hours (he was by all accounts a bit of an arrogant prick, whereas Connery hung out with the extras and chatted, etc.) The director said make it look like they meant it, so they... did. :)
I'm pretty sure the crappy Highlander sequels is why he suddenly decided doing sequels was a bad idea. He'd already done 2 and 3 by the time MK came out.
Actually @CinemaSins fighting with a Cape was a popular duelli technique here in Italy during the reinassaince. It was called "cappa e spada" literally "cape and sword". And yes the main goal was to distract your opponent with the cape and hit him. Thought Fasil didn't seem very expert in this fighting style.
Man I love this movie, one thing that is strange, not necessarily wrong is that Sean Connery the Scottish actor plays a character from Spain while Christopher Lambert who I believe is French plays the Highlander from Scotland
They stop aging after they first die. That's why Connery looks older
Thank you
Doesn't this also explain why Kurgan didn't chop his head off at the start? Isn't surviving a death the only way to tell someone is immortal? Been a while since I watched the film...
@@harryeast95 No. Kurgan is stopped by the highlanders friends.
@@jenniferbeatty7545 thanks.
@@harryeast95 Also, I forgot to add that Kurgan already knew who Connor was (an adversarial immortal) and was lusting for his head before Connor even knew or discovered what he truly is...