Lonely warrior The saga of films about the mountaineer – MacLeod at one time became a kind of cult and the first film with Christopher Lambert in the title role gave rise to as many as three sequels, as well as not too high-quality series. However, the sequels themselves were not that of extremely high quality, although some of them were still worth paying attention to. Already more than ten years ago, Mad House studio released a work of the same name with a similar concept - "Highlander: In search of revenge.” If anything, then ten years ago, before watching, I would probably doubt the quality of this anime, but knowing the works of Mad House at the moment, I did not hesitate at all and did not lose sight of the anime "Highlander" in principle.
The plot of this anime introduces the viewer to another warrior from the MacLeod dynasty. Who he is, where he came from, and from what descendent he originates here is not told. But the picture is completely imbued with the revenge of the main character, who only does that he lives for her. Colin MacLeod wants to kill the treacherous Mark Octavius, who during the reign of the Romans killed his beloved Colin, and completely destroyed his people. Colin followed him through centuries and generations, which leads the viewer for many hundreds of years into a distant future in which the world is destroyed by a whole bunch of cataclysms, and people remained only in the largest metropolises.
This work turned out to be a very correct and competently implemented atmosphere. Literally from the very first frames, the viewer is shown an absolutely lifeless and almost abandoned world, which is filled with incredible destruction. It may not be strange, but even in this world there was a place for insidious tyrants, with one of whom the main character should meet. Yes, the whole plot and motivation of the characters is absolutely banal and incredibly straightforward. Do not expect any revelations about this. Although the main films of the series in my opinion did not shine with something incredible in this regard. By the way, “In search of revenge” is a continuation of the ideas laid down in the second part of the series. But even if you did not like it at the time, then you should still pay attention to the anime. Thanks to all the local style, the world of the future in the Highlander universe is perceived quite decently. The picture is replete with far from the most mediocre action, which includes, of course, sword battles, as well as interesting drawing, which is made in the old style. This is how anime was painted 20 or 25 years ago. But this is by no means a disadvantage and has some organicity.
Even if you are not a fan of the anime, but a fan of the Highlander universe, the picture of the Mad House studio is still worth paying attention to. Let it in its own banal and somewhere in the plot gives a secondary, but this is really one of the best works that was performed in the above universe. There are quite high-quality sword fights, a lot of other action, as well as many really colorful characters. In addition, this thing does not try to be gentle with its viewer. There is clearly enough cruelty, blood, as well as nudity and in this plan, “In Search of Vengeance” is clearly closer to “Berserke”. So I would not advise fans of the latter to skip this anime.
7 out of 10