Highlander: Endgame (2000)

In the 90's, Highlander fans had split into 2 camps; those who loved the movie, and those who loved the TV series. The TV series retconned the movies and took things in a different direction with a different character: Connor's cousin, Duncan. This meant there were two Highlanders, and two fan bases that saw the same movie differently. It raised the usual fan question of who would win in a fight. In this case, Connor or Duncan? The best thing I can say is how much attention it gave the original movie. It uses the same flashback style that the original used, and even used the same cast (somehow Rachel and Heather had not aged a day, making you wonder who the real immortal is). This time, the flashbacks tell a different story than the first, the story of Connor's time with Duncan and their travels together. The flashbacks are definitely the most interesting part of this movie.The villain, though, is not particularly interesting. Bruce Payne plays a fallen priest who is immortal, who is intent on breaking the rules of The Game. It brings up a big question: if a couple of immortals just decided they could ignore the rules, why has it taken them so long to band up and kill the others? The character's story in the flashbacks contrast with his modern appearance - he stops being a believable character and becomes more cartoonish. He is surrounded by thugs, any of which would have been a more compelling nemesis. It also makes you wonder what is so special about Glenfinnan that is produces more immortals than anywhere else in the world.Does the movie resolve the rift between fans? Well, it tries. But it also retcons the central plot to the first movie: The Gathering. It never happened. Connor is at home in the flashbacks, but in the modern scenes acts like he really don't want to be there. Endgame is really an ending to the TV series that connects it to the original movie, and telling it from the perspectives of both characters. This is Duncan's movie, as Connor is removed for periods of time.Honestly, if the modern scenes were cut from this movie completely, it would actually be a good Highlander film.

Ah where to start, I could say this film is a pile of rubbish for a number of reasons, it could be the poor acting in parts, the terrible, terrible lines, scenery that changes where even the most imaginative person cannot conceive the logic the director must have been using. It could even be the fight scene that repeats the same sequence to save money hoping that no one notices. There are a million and ten things that are wrong with this film, for starters it's a B film, its plot line is very sketchy, overstretched and has that many plot holes that a hovercraft couldn't move over it. All this being said I loved it, I thought it was one of the best films I had ever watched and indeed still do. Now no doubt you are thinking "but surely he just said it was crap, why should he like it, it sounds shoddy even for a B movie?" well you're right it is shoddy even for a B movie but the bottom line is its Highlander, and I am a die-hard fan of highlander. Now again I know what you're thinking, highlander one was pretty good and highlander three with a wizard dude trapped in a cave for thousands of years made more sense and was better than Endgame so why endgame out of all the highlanders? Well with endgame it was a film made specifically for fans, not for mainstream, just for people who knew the highlander world in and out and that if it was to be well received they would have to bring in Christopher Lambert. His voice is really hoarse and has an unusual twang, sounds great even though his Scottish isn't that good and his English weird. But then Lambert starred in many of the Highlanders (those worth mentioning at any rate and some that aren't) so why Endgame? Well, you get a real feel with Highlander Endgame that it is what it was supposed to be, a massive build up of two superpowers that will fight and one will win. Whether the winner is the last immortal is irrelevant, he will be that powerful that no other immortal can beat him (until the next film). Also, the films choreography, though clearly staged in many parts was light-years ahead of the earlier films, even Lambert (whose greatest downfall was poor sword work) managed to pull off a few fancy looking moves. But out of all the Highlander films I have watched Endgame related back to the original film and original structure while at the same time melding the series better than any others. No immortals from another planet like in Highlander II (and completely ruining the Highlanders), No magic unlike in Highlander three (though that was pretty cool) and it managed to combat the low budget better than Highlander the Quickening and had special affects better than any of the others. Again I hear what you're saying, just because it is not dated and has a slightly more fluent storyline than the other highlander movies does not make it worthy of recognition. Well I'm afraid it does, and there will always be a highlander that does for one reason, Highlander was a part of my childhood, it is in some of my earliest memories, it inspired my imagination and is probably the main cause for my love of sword fights and the supernatural. So in conclusion Highlander Endgame is cheesy, poorly constructed, massively exploited being stretched out for maximum profit, and partially homo erotic with Jacob uttering those immortal words to Conner "what's the matter, don't you want to be inside me?" but having watched highlander before I was old enough to see the pitfalls and bad choreography I had a love for it installed which was strong enough to endure despite its shoddiness. I love you highlander and I always will.

The fourth part in the Highlander series sees Connor MacLeod (From the films) and Duncan MacLeod (From the TV series) forced to take on an evil Immortal named Jacob Kell who won't stop until he wins the Prize, he also revenge with Connor for killing his father and so he torments him by killing his friend Rachel who worked at the antiques store in the first Highlander and killing his cell mates in the Sancuary, a place where Immortals go if they don't want to fight in the Game. When Duncan hears about this he goes to search for Connor while encountering Kell and his gang of Immortals who ambush him, the rules also say that only one Immortal can fight another. Kell is breaking all the rules since he fights on Holy Ground and takes on Immortals with his gang, this is the reason why he is the most powerful Immortal in the world and the Watchers know this and warn Duncan. Connor is depressed about being an Immortal and hasn't got the power to take on Kell on his own and Duncan can't help him in a Two on One because it's not allowed, so Connor and Duncan must fight each other and the winner with the other's power must confront KellHighlander: Endgame is full of action and character development like the first Highlander, it's also neat to see Connor and Duncan together in a film although they did team up in the first episode of the TV series entitled The Gathering. Highlander: Endgame is a great entry to the Highlander franchise.

I don't like this movie. It destroy any consistency of the Highlander movie's universe. They killed the hero. The producers ruined the original concept made by G. Widen. The movie has not the mystery of H1. That seems a simple action movie with karate noises. I think G.Widen should be angry with this movie. He leaved the project when knew they decided kill Connor.Without Connor, the highlander idea has no sense.Its a bad chapter of the series. Just that.