Director's cutProducer H. Galen Walker said in an interview: "There's about seven or eight additional scenes in the Japanese version that we cut out in the U.S. one, just for timing, and just for pace of story. That was the big issue. I'm sure Mr. Kawajiri was really unhappy about the cut, but this was what the other producers thought was best for everybody." An opening exposition text-sequence, which is traditional for
Highlander films, was also added for the American version. Walker said that Kawajiri's original cut "will probably be out later this year," though the interview was conducted in June of 2007, and a director's cut has yet to be released. The director's cut will be released on December 5th, 2008. The running time is 96 minutes (10 minutes longer than the U.S. version).
