Highlander: The Search for Vengeance
2007 1h 26m movie Film Hong Kong

Highlander: The Search for Vengeance

“In revenge, patience is a virtue. And after a thousand years, Colin MacLeod doesn't give a damn about virtue ...”

Highlander: The Search for Vengeance is a Hong Kong–Japan co-production — one of only a handful of such cross-border film titles indexed here.

Synopsis

“In revenge, patience is a virtue. And after a thousand years, Colin MacLeod doesn't give a damn about virtue …”

Colin MacLeod hunts for the man responsible for the death of his love. He chases the immortal Marcus Octavius across centuries as his quest threatens to take over his life and heart. In his quest, he meets a woman who reminds him of his slain beauty. But it's his final battle with Marcus that will decide not only his fate, but also the fate of everyone in the world.

Reception Benchmarks

7.2
TMDB Rating
108
Audience Reviews
Highly Rated
Critical Tier

Ranked #85 of 836 Hong Kong films indexed here (90th percentile by TMDB audience score).

Rating is +0.9 points above the Hong Kong average of 6.3/10.

Among Hong Kong Action productions specifically: #45 of 516 (top 9%).

Hong Kong × Japan Co-Production

Hong Kong (lead)Japan

Other Hong Kong×Japan titles

Titles With Overlapping Themes

Films and series that share thematic tags with Highlander: The Search for Vengeance. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.

The 2006–2008 Hong Kong Window

Among 37 Hong Kong films we catalog from this window, Highlander: The Search for Vengeance places #5 — near the top of its class.

  1. The Departed
    #1

    The Departed

    ★ 8.2 · 2006
  2. Secret
    #2

    Secret

    ★ 7.6 · 2007
  3. Election 2
    #3

    Election 2

    ★ 7.3 · 2006
  4. CJ7
    #4

    CJ7

    ★ 7.2 · 2008
  5. Highlander: The Search for Vengeance
    #5

    Highlander: The Search for Vengeance

    ★ 7.2 · 2007
  6. Daisy
    #6

    Daisy

    ★ 7.1 · 2006
  7. Robin-B-Hood
    #7

    Robin-B-Hood

    ★ 7.0 · 2006
  8. Mad Detective
    #8

    Mad Detective

    ★ 7.0 · 2007

The 2000s Hong Kong Landscape

Catalog density by release year across the 2000s in Hong Kong, 146 titles in total. Highlighted year (yellow) is when Highlander: The Search for Vengeance premiered alongside 14 others.

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Position in Catalog

Released alongside 14 other Hong Kong films in 2007.

The 608th Hong Kong title from Hong Kong we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1955).

Our Hong Kong catalog contains 836 titles in total (828 films).

Audience Engagement

108
Reviews
82nd
Review-volume percentile
86th
Popularity percentile

108 audience reviews — more than 82% of Hong Kong films in our index.

Popularity sits at the 86th percentile among Hong Kong films.

Thematic Fingerprint

Tags on Highlander: The Search for Vengeance, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.

Distinctive themes · rare across catalog
  • highlander · 1
Recurring themes · common across catalog
  • immortality · 14
  • new love · 11
  • combat · 9
Mainstream tags · widely used across catalog
  • revenge · 210
  • adult animation · 101
  • future · 43

Production Details

Primary CountryHong Kong
All Production CountriesHong Kong, Japan, United States of America
Original LanguageEn
Production CompaniesImagi Animation Studios, Madhouse
Runtime1h 26m
Release DateJune 5, 2007
IMDbtt0465657
Official Sitewww.highlandersearchforvengeance.com

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