Yoshiaki Kawajiri takes the Highlander franchise and drowns it in neon ultraviolence, treating every sword swing like it costs blood and meaning. The animation doesn't just support the action, it is the action, every frame bent toward making immortal combat feel like it matters in a way the live-action films never managed. Colin MacLeod hunting Marcus across a drowned New York isn't a story that surprises you; it's a delivery system for one of anime's most visually punishing directors to prove what he can do with an unlimited budget and zero restraint.

Colin MacLeod is an immortal Scottish Highlander who has spent many lifetimes hunting Marcus Octavius, an immortal tyrant who murdered Colin's lover on the Celtic plains long ago. His search brings him to a flooded New York, where Octavius's fortress rises alone above the water. Traveling with Amergan, a wisecracking ghost, Colin finds survivors he could help, but his blade wants only Octavius. Having failed to defeat his enemy on history's great battlefields, he must choose between leading the people to freedom and letting hatred consume him. The film is an action and sci-fi feature drawn from the Highlander franchise.