Highlander: The Black Knight

Updated
Highlander: The Black Knight
Faneditor Name:
Original Movie Title:
Franchise:
Fanedit Type:
Original Release Date:
1986
Original Running Time:
116
Fanedit Release Date:
Fanedit Running Time:
108
Time Cut:
8
Available in HD?
Brief Synopsis:
I removed a few wires, took out some things that I thought were kind of dumb, removed Kurgan's eyes flickering when he pops the blades out of his sword's hand guard and removed all references to Connor winning The Prize.
Intention:
By removing the reference's to Connor winning The Prize, you can watch the TV series, The Final Dimension or Endgame without any mental gymnastics.
Other Sources:
- Queen's - A Kind of Magic
- Highlander Laserdisc for one line of dialogue
Release Information:
Digital
Cuts and Additions:
Mostly complete cutlist. Mostly:

- Moved Ramirez's monologue and 'Princes of the Universe' to the end, to allow a more mysterious feel to the opening.
- Rebuilt opening credits.
- Cut flashbacks during wrestling.
- Cut Fasil's somersaults.
- Cut Fasil's lightning head matte.
- Cut a few shots of Conner wandering around during the battle.
- Cut Conner swinging a hose at Kurgan.
- Cut Ramirez's quote about Conner feeling The Quickening.
- Cut fish dropping from Conner's kilt.
- Cut Ramirez spitting on Kurgan.
- Cut Ramirez's VO about leaving Brenda. They just met.
- Cut Kurgan and the Hotel Clerk.
- Cut Kurgan car chase one.
- Cut Vigilante describing what happened to him, because the loud PA VO annoys me.
- Cut "It's better to burn out than to fade away".
- Cut the sex scene, because Roxanne Hart has spoken about feeling coerced into it and because, she just saw the guy stab himself. They still suck face though.
- Trimmed Kurgan car chase two.
- Cut a few eye zooms during final quickening.
- Cut Ramirez's VO, and flashbacks from the ending.
- Removed a bunch of wires during final Quickening.
- Removed window glare from car in first flashback.
- Rebuilt final credits.
- Removed all references to Conner winning The Prize.
- Removed crew member from Ramirez/Kurgan fight.
- Restored Connor's line "I want to go home".
Cover art by revstevens (DOWNLOAD HERE)
image

User reviews

3 reviews
Overall rating
 
9.1
Audio/Video Quality
 
9.0(3)
Audio Editing
 
8.7(3)
Visual Editing
 
8.7(3)
Narrative
 
9.7(3)
Enjoyment
 
9.7(3)
Overall rating
 
9.0
Audio/Video Quality
 
9.0
Audio Editing
 
8.0
Visual Editing
 
8.0
Narrative
 
10.0
Enjoyment
 
10.0
I will second these former commenters' sentiments. This is a little going a long way. A little too long this way may have been gone on as there are moments where that famous catchphrase may be worth keeping. Especially in light of the recent ground breaking effort from robulon in brining the second entry in the series in line with the original & rinsing repeatedly on it!!! A balance may be found ;) Cheers!!

User Review

Do you recommend this edit?
Yes
Format Watched?
Digital
Report this review Comments (0) | Was this review helpful? 0 0
(Updated: February 05, 2021)
Overall rating
 
9.0
Audio/Video Quality
 
9.0
Audio Editing
 
9.0
Visual Editing
 
9.0
Narrative
 
9.0
Enjoyment
 
9.0
As a huge fan of the first Highlander movie I thoroughly enjoyed this tighter, more intense retelling of the story.

When the movie first released the story of McLeod winning the prize was essential to it's success, but with the Highlander franchise having grown to what it became this fanedit serves as an epic origin story that ends with a sense of great anticipation.

The original movie should have opened as this edit does (great stuff!), and removing the cringe sex scene helped maintain the dynamic flow immensely.

Thanks to Revstevens for providing me with this edit.

User Review

Do you recommend this edit?
Yes
Format Watched?
Digital
Owner's reply February 21, 2021

I'm glad you enjoyed it!

K
2 reviews
Report this review Comments (0) | Was this review helpful? 1 0
Overall rating
 
9.4
Audio/Video Quality
 
9.0
Audio Editing
 
9.0
Visual Editing
 
9.0
Narrative
 
10.0
Enjoyment
 
10.0
Much needed cut, surprised it took this long.

User Review

Do you recommend this edit?
Yes
Format Watched?
Digital
Owner's reply March 11, 2020

I'm glad you enjoyed it!

T
Top 500 Reviewer 24 reviews
Report this review Comments (0) | Was this review helpful? 1 0