Grading Fight Scenes » Highlander

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Highlander (fight 1 of 5)

March 13, 2013, 8:51 am

Welcome to the inaugural entry of Grading Fight Scenes! This is the site where, in case you couldn’t figure out context clues, I size up the fight sequences in movies and grade how well each of them...

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Highlander (fight 2 of 5)

March 14, 2013, 10:03 am

And we’re back for more! When we last left off, we’d gone through a very unusual but telling introduction to this film’s mythology and aesthetic. It’s difficult for those of us who have grown up...

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Highlander (fight 3 of 5)

March 16, 2013, 2:27 am

Here’s where the movie really starts to earn its money. 3) Juan Sanchez Villa-Lobos Ramirez vs. The Kurgan Background: A series of flashbacks has shown us Connor’s origin story, starting back in his...

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Highlander (fight 4 of 5)

March 18, 2013, 1:55 am

A quick breather before the show-stopping climax. 4) Sunda Kastagir vs. The Kurgan Similar to the film’s first “skirmish,” this fight takes place in a generic outdoor city area at night, and is walked...

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Highlander (fight 5 of 5)

March 19, 2013, 3:28 pm

5) Connor MacLeod vs. The Kurgan (final round) OMG YOU GUYS The Fighters: Connor and the Kurgan, aka Good vs Evil. Special appearance by Brenda Wyatt, damsel in distress/interference-runner. The Setup:...

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