Russell Mulcahy&s original saga of immortal Scotsman Connor Macleod one of a race of immortals who can only be killed when beheaded with a sword After living in peace for four centuries he is challenged by an old enemy named Kurgan During a fierce sword battle in the 1500s Connor Mac Leod a simple Scotsman known as a poor fighter is mortally wounded -- but he does not die Mac Leod learns from the mysterious Ramirez that he is of a race of immortals These rare knights never age & never reproduce they can only meet death by the blade of another of their kind Leaping back & forth through the centuries Mac Leod once again meets the evil Kurgan who nearly killed him 500 years ago