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Highlander: The Source (2007)
An old formula given a refreshing transformation...
Wow, this movie was no where near as bad as I was led to believe. There were some bad spots/rehashed plot points: Duncan in an Endgame-Connor-like funk, the montage & wailing guitars after the dock fight, another Kurgan rip-off (please go in another direction), the movie recap-clips at the end, some graphical effects, and the apocalypse thing is getting old. What the movie did right? It was nice to see most of the old gang again. Joe will be missed but this is an immortal's world. Methos is a survivor, he'll be back. Previously, only a staple of the Connor movies (and Endgame trailer), it was nice to see a powerful immortal with actual abilities beyond mortal ken. Duncan as a vigilante (ruined of course by the fact that it was only that he thought it was someone he knew). It would've been nice to see other Immortals from the series, if only in cameos (Amanda, Nick, Faith) and by passing the last (possibly) remaining mortal tie into legend, they can explore further futures. The biggest and best thing to me is that they avoided the pitfalls of the first three movies by re-defining that which was never truly defined in the series in the first place: The Game. While the game was some roller coaster ride in the movies (win it, lost it, etc), in the series it has always been a tale passed down through time. While 'The Source' still doesn't give away all of the secrets, the way they handled 'There can be only one' IMHO, validates the lives of those who have fallen in the fight for what's right. I'd really like to see what comes next. As the time of the Source moves away does immortality return? What does this mean for immortals like Reggie who are intact? What does it mean for the two who are closest to Duncan. There are still plenty of questions remaining: what is the purpose of the Immortals, what comes beyond being the One, where do Immortals/Immortality come from. This movie definitely gives the series a new life and I want to see the next stroke.
Hot Wheels Highway 35 World Race (2003)
Definitely a hot ride!
I love this movie. Its not complex, its not confusing, and its not going to win an Oscar. What it is though is a straight forward action movie centered around the fastest cars in the world and the race to be the fastest driver in the world.
Its all five episodes on one disc without any noticeable commercial break spots (such as when Vert is approaching the lava flow on the Episode 1 disc). The World Race is more than a race to see who's the fastest driver in the world. It is also a place that reflects life. Team Building, betrayal, and redemption all occur on Highway 35. The action never lets up and actually intensifies in the later episodes when a double-blind is pulled on one of the drivers, a new menace is presented, and the World Race turns into one big, fast free-for-all that culminates in a battle at the mecca for racers.
The animation is gorgeous and is by Mainframe, responsible for ReBoot and Beast Wars/Machines: Transformers. The sensation of speed is incredible and many times when the cars make a shock-destroying landing the sense of mass is conveyed perfectly by the screen shudder. Though it isn't long enough for all 35 drivers to be given a roll the drivers that are presented are interesting though only a hand full outside of the 5 team leads are given many lines, not counting Rick Handy's "Whoa", of course.
The DVD contains all 5 team videos, a video for Smash Mouth's "Hot" and a section with all 35 cars w/vital statistics, along with a short driver biography. Kind of like the ones that come in the mini comics.
Believe me, this movie is about the race and the race only! With an interesting story, and someone who actually says Taro's line ("I'm going to pass you.") to the Scorcher's leader and does it. Its in a class all to itself, a World Class!