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* WhereItAllBegan: The ending takes place at Connor's original homestead in Glenfinnan, which he visits with Alex and John. To note, the same IconicItem (Connor's family sword) is still embedded in the ground, just as it was when he left it behind after burying Heather and burning his homestead in 1546.



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* CoDragons: Kane is introduced with two other evil immortals who seem to work for him, but they're quickly killed off when he sends off one to fight [=McLeod=] by himself and betrays and kills the other to [[DevourTheDragon absorb his powers]].

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* CoDragons: Kane is introduced with two other evil immortals who seem to work for him, but they're quickly killed off when he sends off one to fight [=McLeod=] [=MacLeod=] by himself and betrays and kills the other to [[DevourTheDragon absorb his powers]].



* HalfTheManHeUsedToBe: Kane messes around with Connor in the final battle by creating an illusion where he manages to cut him in half.

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* HalfTheManHeUsedToBe: Kane messes around with Connor in the final battle by creating an illusion where he Connor apparently manages to cut him in half.



* MagicKnight: Kane is the titular sorcerer that qualified for this trope since he is a swordsman like most Immortals that gained magical powers from an Immortal magician he beheaded. He typically manifest his abilities as illusions, though.
* MasterOfIllusion: The Japanese sorceror Nakano, Connor [=MacLeod=]'s mentor, possesses the power of illusion and uses it to confuse his opponents. Kane steals it from him by killing him, using it to impersonate people and create fake projections to trick them.

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* MagicKnight: Kane is the titular sorcerer that qualified for this trope trope, since he is a swordsman like most Immortals that and gained magical powers from an Immortal magician he beheaded. He typically manifest manifests his abilities as illusions, though.
* MasterOfIllusion: The Japanese sorceror sorcerer Nakano, Connor [=MacLeod=]'s mentor, possesses the power of illusion and uses it to confuse his opponents. Kane steals it from him by killing him, using it to impersonate people and create fake projections to trick them.



* SuddenSequelDeathSyndrome: Brenda Wyatt, Connor's girlfriend from the first film died from a car crash before the modern day events of this film.

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* SuddenSequelDeathSyndrome: Brenda Wyatt, Connor's girlfriend from the first film film, died from a car crash before the modern day events of this film.



* WouldHurtAChild: Kane kidnaps Connor's son, torments the boy for kicks like hanging his head out of a moving car to almost push it against the asphalt and threatens to kill him to get Connor to come to him.

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* WouldHurtAChild: Kane kidnaps Connor's son, torments the boy for kicks like (like hanging his head out of a moving car to almost push it against the asphalt asphalt), and threatens to kill him to get Connor to come to him.
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* BuriedAlive: Kane and his two immortal companions are buried inside Nakano's cave when it collapses after his death, with only Connor escaping. Since they're immortal they don't die however, and are incredibly pissed off when they are released centuries later.

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* BuriedAlive: Kane and his two immortal companions are buried inside Nakano's cave when it collapses after his death, with only Connor escaping. Since they're immortal immortal, however, they don't die however, die, and are incredibly pissed off when they are released centuries later.



* {{Expy}}: Kane is very similar to The Kurgan, the BigBad of the first film. He led a band of warriors, killed a mentor of Connor's and talks in deep gravelly voice. They even share a very similar scene where they drive against traffic for kicks.

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* {{Expy}}: Kane is very similar to The Kurgan, the BigBad of the first film. He led a band of warriors, killed a mentor of Connor's and talks in a deep gravelly voice. They even share a very similar scene where they drive against traffic for kicks.
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* MuggingTheMonster: A variation with a con scheme. Two street card hustlers try to rip off Kane, but he uses his magic to turn the entire card deck into winning cards and takes their money. After he takes one guy's glasses with another magic trick when they protest, they take the smart option and run away.

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* MuggingTheMonster: MuggingTheMonster: A variation with a con scheme. Two street card hustlers try to rip off the immortal warrior Kane, but he uses his magic to turn the entire card deck into winning cards and takes their money. After When they protest, he also takes one guy's glasses CoolShades with another magic trick when trick, which freaks them out enough that they protest, they decide to take the smart option and run away.
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* MagicKnight: Kane is the titular sorcerer that qualified for this trope since he is a swordsman like most Immortals that gained magical powers from an Immortal magician he beheaded. He typically manifest his abilities as illusions, though.
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* DevourTheDragon: Kane kills one of his CoDragons after they have been [[SealedEvilInACan released from their underground prison]] in order to gain his power and [[ThereCanBeOnlyOne weed out his remaining opposition]].
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* CoDragons: Kane is introduced with two other evil immortals who seem to work for him, but they're quickly killed off when he sends off one to fight [=McLeod=] by himself and betrays and kills the other to [[DevourTheDragon absorb his powers]].
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* CaliforniaDoubling: Montreal doubled for New York on some scenes.
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* SteelMill: The climactic fight between Connor [=MacLeod=] and Kane takes place in a steel mill.
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* MageInManhattan: Kane is a magician immortal who awakens in modern NYC and immediately starts causing trouble.
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* {{Expy}}: Kane is very similar to The Kurgan, the BigBad of the first film. He led a band of warriors, killed a mentor of Connor's and talks in deep gravelly voice.

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* {{Expy}}: Kane is very similar to The Kurgan, the BigBad of the first film. He led a band of warriors, killed a mentor of Connor's and talks in deep gravelly voice. They even share a very similar scene where they drive against traffic for kicks.
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* UsefulNotes/TheFrenchRevolution: A flashback shows that Connor met and fell in love with Alexandra's ancestor during the revolution.
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* Retcon: Connor didn't win the Prize in the first movie. WordOfGod says that the powers he experienced were a side-effect of the massive Quickening he got off the Kurgan; between the two of them they held the power of the vast majority of the world's immortals.

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* Retcon: {{Retcon}}: Connor didn't win the Prize in the first movie. WordOfGod says that the powers he experienced were a side-effect of the massive Quickening he got off the Kurgan; between the two of them they held the power of the vast majority of the world's immortals.
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* Retcon: Connor didn't win the Prize in the first movie. WordOfGod says that the powers he experienced were a side-effect of the massive Quickening he got off the Kurgan; between the two of them they held the power of the vast majority of the world's immortals.

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* SortingAlgorithmOfEvil: Kane is portrayed as much more dangerous and deadly than the Kurgan because of his shapeshifting powers and eagerness to fight on holy ground.



* TruceZone: When Kane confronts Connor again, Connor points out that they can't fight because they're inside a Budhist temple. Kane replies he doesn't give a crap and fights him anyway, but the universe seems to punish them both by breaking their swords for ignoring the rules.

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* TruceZone: When Kane confronts Connor again, Connor points out that they can't fight because they're inside a Budhist Buddhist temple. Kane replies he doesn't give a crap buy it and fights him anyway, but the universe seems to punish them both by breaking their swords for ignoring the rules.rules.
* UnexplainedAccent: When Kane kidnaps Connor's son and takes him for a joyride, Kane suddenly has a punk British accent for no reason.
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* BedlamHouse: The psych ward Connor briefly finds himself in is portrayed as a cage full of raving madmen.


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* DrJerk: The doctor who examines Connor's vanished bullet wounds admonishes the ambulance staff for wasting his time, then has Connor thrown into a psych ward just because he wakes up violent and confused.
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* TheFrenchRevolution: A flashback shows that Connor met and fell in love with Alexandra's ancestor during the revolution.

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* TheFrenchRevolution: UsefulNotes/TheFrenchRevolution: A flashback shows that Connor met and fell in love with Alexandra's ancestor during the revolution.
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* TruceZone: When Kane confronts Connor again, Connor points out that they can't fight because they're inside a Budhist temple. Kane replies he doesn't give a crap.

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* TruceZone: When Kane confronts Connor again, Connor points out that they can't fight because they're inside a Budhist temple. Kane replies he doesn't give a crap.crap and fights him anyway, but the universe seems to punish them both by breaking their swords for ignoring the rules.
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* OffWithHisHead: As usual with a ''Highlander'' installment. Connor himself narrowly escapes a french guillotine.

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* OffWithHisHead: As usual with a ''Highlander'' installment. Connor himself narrowly escapes a french French guillotine.
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* NameOfCain: The main villain is named Kane and is a vicious Asiatic warrior who kills and rapes for fun.

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* NameOfCain: The main villain is named Kane and is a vicious Asiatic warrior who kills and rapes for fun.
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* GoodPeopleHaveGoodSex: Connor [=MacLeod=] has very passionate and romantic sex scenes with his past and present love interests. The villain Kane visits a hooker in a seedy inner city neighborhood whom he proceeds to physically abuse.

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* LecherousLicking: Kane does quite a bit of perverted tongue wagging, for instance when he threatens to rape Connor's love interest.



* WouldHurtAChild: Kane kidnaps Connor's son and threatens to kill him to get Connor to come to him.

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* WouldHurtAChild: Kane kidnaps Connor's son son, torments the boy for kicks like hanging his head out of a moving car to almost push it against the asphalt and threatens to kill him to get Connor to come to him.
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* SuddenSequelDeathSyndrome: Brenda Wyatt, Connor's girlfriend from the first film died from a car crash before the moder day events of this film.

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* SuddenSequelDeathSyndrome: Brenda Wyatt, Connor's girlfriend from the first film died from a car crash before the moder modern day events of this film.
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* NameOfCain: The main villain, a vicious Asiatic warrior who kills and rapes for fun is named Kane.

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* NameOfCain: The main villain, villain is named Kane and is a vicious Asiatic warrior who kills and rapes for fun is named Kane.fun.
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* MasterOfIllusion: The Japanese sorceror Nakano in ''Highlander III The Sorcerer'', Connor [=MacLeod=]'s mentor, possesses the power of illusion and uses it to confuse his opponents. Kane steals it from him by killing him, using it to impersonate people and create fake projections to trick them.

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* MasterOfIllusion: The Japanese sorceror Nakano in ''Highlander III The Sorcerer'', Nakano, Connor [=MacLeod=]'s mentor, possesses the power of illusion and uses it to confuse his opponents. Kane steals it from him by killing him, using it to impersonate people and create fake projections to trick them.
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* MasterOfIllusion: Nakano was one. Kane then decapitates him and receives his abilities.

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* MasterOfIllusion: The Japanese sorceror Nakano was one. in ''Highlander III The Sorcerer'', Connor [=MacLeod=]'s mentor, possesses the power of illusion and uses it to confuse his opponents. Kane then decapitates steals it from him by killing him, using it to impersonate people and receives his abilities.create fake projections to trick them.

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* BuriedAlive: Kane and his two immortal companions are buried inside Nakano's cave when it collapses after his death, with only Connor escaping. Since they're immortal they don't die however, and are incredibly pissed off when they are released centuries later.



* ImmortalProcreationClause: Connor has adopted a son named John to have children, since he can't procreate while he remains immortal. Kane taunts Connor with having had to lie to all his past wives just to be a dick.



* OffWithHisHead: As usual with a ''Highlander'' installment.

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* OffWithHisHead: As usual with a ''Highlander'' installment. Connor himself narrowly escapes a french guillotine.


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* SealedEvilInACan: Kane and the other two evil immortals are trapped in a cave for centuries, only being released in the present to attack Connor once again.


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* TruceZone: When Kane confronts Connor again, Connor points out that they can't fight because they're inside a Budhist temple. Kane replies he doesn't give a crap.

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* EvilSoundsDeep: Kane has a very deep, raspy voice.



* HalfTheManHeUsedToBe: Kane messes around with Connor in the final battle by creating an illusion where he manages to cut him half.

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* HalfTheManHeUsedToBe: Kane messes around with Connor in the final battle by creating an illusion where he manages to cut him half.in half.
* KickTheDog: Kane's entire arc is basically one long line of atrocities to cement his evil. For instance, he slaughters a village in the opening when they don't immediately tell him where Nakano is, endangers the life of a small boy for kicks and ''rapes a prostitute''.



* MuggingTheMonster: A variation with a con scheme. Two street card hustlers try to rip off Kane, but he uses his magic to turn the entire card deck into winning cards and takes their money. After he takes one guy's glasses with another magic trick when they protest, they take the smart option and run away.
* NameOfCain: The main villain, a vicious Asiatic warrior who kills and rapes for fun is named Kane.



* ReincarnationRomance: During his time in 18th century France, Connor was in love with an English woman named Sarah. She is reincarnated into Alex Johnson, who becomes his love interest in the present.



* WreckedWeapon: Connor's katana shatters due to him and Kane violating the "no figthing on [[TruceZone holy ground]]" rule.

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* WreckedWeapon: Connor's katana shatters due to him and Kane violating the "no figthing fighting on [[TruceZone holy ground]]" rule.
* WouldHurtAChild: Kane kidnaps Connor's son and threatens to kill him to get Connor to come to him.
* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: When Kane and his two companions are released from their entombment, he almost immediately kills one to weed out his remaining opposition.
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The third ''Franchise/{{Highlander}}''. Released in 1994, it is also known by the subtitles ''The Final Dimension'' and ''The Final Conflict''.

[[SequelReset Ignoring]] the events of [[Film/HighlanderIITheQuickening the previous film]], Connor [=MacLeod=] now lives a quiet life as the winner of The Prize. But Kane, an old enemy of Connor's, is released from the cave he was imprisoned centuries ago and is now seeking revenge.

!!This film has the examples of:

* BigBad: Kane.
* CaliforniaDoubling: Montreal doubled for New York on some scenes.
* {{Expy}}: Kane is very similar to The Kurgan, the BigBad of the first film. He led a band of warriors, killed a mentor of Connor's and talks in deep gravelly voice.
* ForgingScene: After spending some time in Scotland, Connor forges himself a new sword.
* TheFrenchRevolution: A flashback shows that Connor met and fell in love with Alexandra's ancestor during the revolution.
* HalfTheManHeUsedToBe: Kane messes around with Connor in the final battle by creating an illusion where he manages to cut him half.
* LosingYourHead: After Nakano is decapitated by Kane, he still manages to speak and cast a spell on his cave to trap him.
* MasterOfIllusion: Nakano was one. Kane then decapitates him and receives his abilities.
* NapoleonDelusion: Connor is strapped to a bed in the psych ward of a hospital, and uses his first-hand knowledge of the Napoleonic Wars to convince a guy who believes he is Napoleon to free him.
* NumberedSequels
* OffWithHisHead: As usual with a ''Highlander'' installment.
* SeeYouInHell: Kane's last words.
-->'''Kane:''' I'll see you in hell... huhahaha!
-->[Connor defeats him]
-->'''Connor:''' I'll be the judge of that.
* SuddenSequelDeathSyndrome: Brenda Wyatt, Connor's girlfriend from the first film died from a car crash before the moder day events of this film.
* TrainingMontage: Connor trains on a mountaintop to prepare himself for the battle with Kane.
* VillainsBlendInBetter: Kane awakens after centuries of slumber and quickly assimilates into the modern world, aided in no small measure by his magical powers.
* WordSequel: Some video releases [[StoppedNumberingSequels drop the numbering]] and just have the subtitle.
* WreckedWeapon: Connor's katana shatters due to him and Kane violating the "no figthing on [[TruceZone holy ground]]" rule.

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