You’ve only seen one, so how can you have an opinion on the others? IMO, Highlander 2 and 5 were HORRIBLE, but 3 and 4 were passable. Not nearly as great as the first movie, but still decent enough.

As to this news, however, why is it a shock? Everytime a new Highlander flick comes out, x amount of time down the road we get “the restored” cut or “the director’s cut” with three seconds more of nonsense or an alternate ending or a cut scene…blah blah blah.
The original? That director’s cut was really the international version and it wasn’t a surprise that the film made money…outside the North American box office.

In the films that followed, they kept messing around with lack of clarity or focus, blaming shit on the Argentians (Highlander II) bad distribution (Highlander III) studio interference/challenged budget (Highlander Endgame) and then the last one, which I’m surprised sci-fi channel even put on the airwaves.

The series I didn’t care for at first, but then they found some good footing, (w/ theWatchers inclusion) and had Fine Young Cannibals’ Roland Gift as bad immortal Xavier St Cloud (even if they knocked him off too soon)

In any case, they retconned the series again in Endgame and even to an extent in Source. It’s like…now a remake of the first film?

Now we’ll get into debates who should play Connor, maybe Duncan, maybe Rameriez….then there’s “Victor” KURGAN. As to FX upgrades, that’s debatable. Tis only lightning blowing up stuff, right? Or do we get BLOOD with those close shaves?

Good luck to you all. And don’t lose your head.

I was thinking it would be cool if they made another one but have the story be about yet another MacLeod. Taking place in the not so distant future. Maybe post apocalyptic. With Gerard Butler leading and having his character face other Immortals he met in his past (of course). Possibly have his nemesis be an ancient Samurai. Often taking us back to those times throughout the movie.