Highlander may have bombed with moviegoing audiences in 1986, but it soon became a cult hit, spawning an uneven run of sequels, a live-action TV show, and an animated series. Yet, as popular as they were, these later entries stretched the simplicity of the premise of the movie: there can be only one. Highlander was about immortals who must behead one another in duels until only one remains, the one who will win “the Prize” and gain vast powers in a process called “the Quickening.”

If the first movie, directed by Russell Mulcahy, from a screenplay by Gregory Widen, Peter Bellwood, and Larry Ferguson, ended with Scottish immortal Connor MacLeod (Christopher Lambert) killing his last living rival Kurgan (Clancy Brown) and winning the Prize, then how can the story continue?

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