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Highlander: Endgame

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Highlander: Endgame (2000)

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Reviews Counted:52

Fresh:6

Rotten:46

Average Rating:3.3/10

Consensus: The fourth and supposedly last Highlander movie is a confusing mess, complete with bad acting and dialogue.

Runtime: 1 hr 41 mins

Genre: Science-Fiction/Fantasy

Box Office: $6,223,330

Synopsis: The sword-wielding immortals are back--Connor MacLeod (Christopher Lambert) from HIGHLANDER and Duncan MacLeod (Adrian Paul) from television's HIGHLANDER series. In HIGHLANDER: ENDGAME, the two... The sword-wielding immortals are back--Connor MacLeod (Christopher Lambert) from HIGHLANDER and Duncan MacLeod (Adrian Paul) from television's HIGHLANDER series. In HIGHLANDER: ENDGAME, the two MacLeods do battle across time and space (from 15th century Scotland to present-day New York). Their foe is the evil, ultra-powerful Jacob Kell (Bruce Payne). Kell's immortal purpose is to make Connor's immortal life miserable--Kell was responsible for the death of Connor's mother and his wife, Heather. Kell is assisted by Kate (Lisa Barbuscia)--she seeks revenge on Duncan for giving her no choice about becoming an immortal. The VHS and DVD releases feature an extended new cut of the film. [More]

Starring: Christopher Lambert, Adrian Paul, Bruce Payne, Donnie Yen

Starring: Christopher Lambert, Adrian Paul, Bruce Payne, Donnie Yen, Edge, Lisa Barbuscia, Ian Paul Cassidy, Jim Byrnes

Director: Douglas Aarniokoski

Director: Douglas Aarniokoski
Screenwriter: Joel Soisson, Gregory Widen, Eric Bernt
Producer: Peter S. Davis, William N. Panzer

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Personally, I enjoyed it about the way I enjoyed the Mortal Kombat movies, meaning that its genuine fun and its unintentionally ridiculous moments are roughly in balance.

Full Review Source: Salon.com | comment Comment
01/01/00
Andrew O'Hehir
Andrew O'Hehir
Salon.com
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When Highlander sticks to the hand-to-hand battles and doesn't try to offer deeper thoughts on the life of an immortal, it works on its own terms.

Full Review Source: New York Times | comment Comment
01/01/00
Elvis Mitchell
Elvis Mitchell
New York Times
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A fitting coda for a franchise that respects its audience with creative flights of fancy.

Full Review Source: Film Journal International | comment Comment
01/01/00
Eric Monder
Eric Monder
Film Journal International

Click to read the article

Full Review Source: Rochester Democrat and Chronicle | comment Comment
01/01/00
Jack Garner
Jack Garner
Rochester Democrat and Chronicle

People going to see this movie without any knowledge of the Highlander TV series or the original film will be lost. Fans, on the other hand, will love it!

Full Review Source: Sci-Fi Movie Page | comment Comment
01/01/00
James O'Ehley
James O'Ehley
Sci-Fi Movie Page

It's fast, short, restlessly plotted and, at times, pure bananas.

Full Review Source: Movieline | comment Comment
04/17/01
Michael Atkinson
Michael Atkinson
Movieline

The dialogue is cheesy, and the story's decapitated long before any character's noggin goes flyin'.

Full Review Source: E! Online | comment Comment
01/01/00
E! Online

It quickly goes astray with fight scenes laden with too many bullets, too many explosions, too many sparks, lightning bolts and weird lights -- and too many impalings.

Full Review Source: Atlanta Journal-Constitution | comment Comment
01/01/00
Atlanta Journal-Constitution

The fourth sequel to a film designed to stand alone... In the end, there should have been only one.

Full Review Source: AboutFilm.com | comment Comment
01/01/00
Carlo Cavagna
Carlo Cavagna
AboutFilm.com

Perhaps Highlander: Endgame may emerge as a cult movie -- one of those movies that is so bad, it's good. But for it to register in that way, you probably have to see it more than once. Which is a risk.

Full Review Source: Ottawa Citizen | comment Comment
01/01/00
Chris Cobb
Chris Cobb
Ottawa Citizen

Thinking (logically or otherwise) about this movie is a waste of your brain cells.

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01/01/00
Cody Clark
Cody Clark
Mr. Showbiz
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...do not under any circumstances rent this if you've never seen the Highlander TV series.

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08/01/03
David Nusair
David Nusair
Reel Film Reviews

Even the sound effects get tiring: How many times can you hear swords being clanged, yanked from the Earth or sinking squishily into quivering flesh without getting bored?

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01/01/00
Edward Guthmann
Edward Guthmann
San Francisco Chronicle
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Kate complains about being an immortal, grousing about 'the endless, numbing sameness of it all.' I know how she feels.

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01/01/00
Eric D. Snider
Eric D. Snider
EricDSnider.com

You know a sequel serves no other purpose than to make money when it has no respect for the rules and history it has set up for itself.

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01/01/00
Erik Childress
Erik Childress
eFilmCritic.com

The same pointless exercise in violence and pseudo-mystical twaddle that the whole series has represented since 1986.

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01/01/00
Frank Swietek
Frank Swietek
One Guy's Opinion

Kinetic but borderline incoherent, hinging entirely on character relationships whose significance it can't possibly slow down long enough to explain for the newbies in the audience.

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01/01/00
Gemma Files
Gemma Files
Film.com
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The action sequences are decent, but the effects end up so god-awful towards the end ... that all you can do is cringe.

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01/01/00
James Brundage
James Brundage
Filmcritic.com

The sort of movie that's best seen late at night on TV in the company of some inebriated friends with smart mouths.

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01/01/00
James Sanford
James Sanford
Kalamazoo Gazette

This film feels like a torturously overlong TV episode, and it takes itself so seriously that it has none of the camp value of the original film or the show's sword 'n' sorcery competition.

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01/01/00
Jason Anderson
Jason Anderson
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