“Highlander” is a surprisingly good flick that captures you with its actually quite original sword and sorcery plot and its rather enjoyable action scenes.

Connor MacLeod (Christopher Lambert “Fortress”, “Mortal Kombat”) is an immortal. He fought his first battle in Scotland in the 16th century and his final battle will take place in 1980s New York. He is what’s known as a ‘Highlander’ and when the ‘gathering’ happens he and the other ‘Highlanders’ must fight for the ‘Prize’, which is power beyond belief, by decapitating their opponents. Also there is a dark warrior called the Kurgan (Clancy Brown “Starship Troopers”, “Cowboys And Aliens”) who intends to get the ‘Prize’.

Christopher Lambert was only selected for his sword skills and he’s good at that. Aside from that he’s very dull as Connor MacLeod but it’s not a role that required a good performance. Sean Connery (“Dr. No”, “The Hunt For Red October”) does a great job as another ‘Highlander’ named Ramirez who teaches MacLeod the skills to win the ‘Prize’. The villain is disgusting but that’s why he’s enjoyable because he’s clearly evil. I love to see in this sort of over the top film good and evil clearly divided both in looks and personality.

“Highlander” is a good movie because it executed in an over the top manner that makes it very enjoyable. Another great aspect is that I think adults will find their inner child come to surface with this film as it is silly but not in a bad way. I can’t necessarily explained why I liked this movie as such as opposed to films such as “Conan The Barbarian” (the original) but I felt I had more fun with “Highlander” and just generally enjoyed myself a lot more. I recommend you see this movie as longer as you’re not looking for anything too deep.