Highlander: Endgame

"It will take two immortals to defeat the ultimate evil. But in the end, there can be only one."

2000 1h 27m EN

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Synopsis

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Immortals Connor and Duncan Macleod join forces against a man from Connor's distant past in the highlands of Scotland, Kell, an immensely powerful immortal who leads an army of equally powerful and deadly immortal swordsmen and assassins. No immortal alive has been able to defeat Kell yet, and neither Connor nor Duncan are skilled enough themselves to take him on and live. The two of them eventually come to one inevitable conclusion; one of them must die so that the combined power of both the Highlanders can bring down Kell for good. There can be only one... the question is, who will it be?

“It will take two immortals to defeat the ultimate evil. But in the end, there can be only one.”

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Cast

Christopher Lambert
Connor MacLeod
Adrian Paul
Duncan MacLeod
Bruce Payne
Jacob Kell
Lisa Barbuscia
Kate MacLeod / Faith
Donnie Yen
Jin Ke
Jim Byrnes
Joe Dawson
Peter Wingfield
Methos
Beatie Edney
Heather MacLeod

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Douglas Aarniokoski
Writers: Joel Soisson, Darrin Denlinger, Eric Bernt
Languages: French, Gaelic, English, Italian
Countries: United Kingdom, United States of America

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RUNTIME

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87 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.

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2 / 8

MONEY

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Earned back only 63% of its budget on initial theatrical — a commercial disappointment on release.

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3 / 8

ERA

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26 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.

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4 / 8

WORLD

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Dialogue crosses 4 languages: French, Gaelic, English, Italian.

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5 / 8

WORLD

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International production across 2 countries: United Kingdom, United States of America.

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CINEMA

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Part of the "Highlander Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Douglas Aarniokoski, shot by Douglas Milsome. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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8 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Original score by Nick Glennie-Smith. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Douglas Aarniokoski directs. Douglas Milsome behind the camera. Nick Glennie-Smith scores. Chris Blunden cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. A commercial under-performer on release. Produced in United Kingdom, United States of America. Dialogue in French, Gaelic, English, Italian.

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187 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.
2Earned back only 63% of its budget on initial theatrical — a commercial disappointment on release.
326 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
4Dialogue crosses 4 languages: French, Gaelic, English, Italian.
5International production across 2 countries: United Kingdom, United States of America.
6Part of the "Highlander Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
7Directed by Douglas Aarniokoski, shot by Douglas Milsome. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
8Original score by Nick Glennie-Smith. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
9Editor Chris Blunden shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
10Christopher Lambert and Adrian Paul and Bruce Payne carry the top of the cast.
11Marketing tagline: "It will take two immortals to defeat the ultimate evil. But in the end, there can be only one.".
12IMDB entry: tt0144964 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
13Classified under 15 themes, including "new york city", "martial arts", "immortality", "loss of loved one".
14Released under 12 different titles around the world.

The technical file

Cinematography: Douglas Milsome
Original score: Nick Glennie-Smith
Editing: Chris Blunden
Production design: Stephen Scott
Costume design: Oana Păunescu
Makeup / hair: Gemma Waugh
Sound: Kurt Kassulke
Runtime: 87 min · 1h 27m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Budget: $25,000,000
Box office: $15,843,608
Return: 63% of budget
Original language: EN
Certification (US): R
IMDB: Highlander: Endgame (2000)

Part of

Highlander Collection

Following the exploits of two immortal Scottish highlanders Conner and Duncan Macleod. Born of different times and fighting throughout the centuries to gain the mystical prize. Spanning history friendship, devastating relationships and legendary battles each immortal learns that there seemingly never ending life is more of a curse than a gift. But for the sake of mankind they must go on fighting to survive until only one remains

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Filipe Manuel Neto2022-10-25
★ 1/10
There should have been only one! If “Highlander 2” was a complete disgrace and “Highlander 3” somehow tried to give us some compensation, this movie makes it look worse and more worn out. However, a TV series had been made that had little or nothing to do with the original film. What this movie came to try to do is to bring together the best of both worlds, but it failed completely. The problems start at the bottom, that is, in the miserably written script and without ideas that can truly be considered good or intelligent. At no time did I feel that the story of this film was interesting or captivating enough to justify the effort of seeing it. From the development it makes, we must assume that the action takes place after what we saw in the original film, which doesn't make much sense if we remember that this film ends in the victory of Connor, the last and only Immortal. The film has lots of plot holes and moments where logic and coherence take a vacation and disappear. The dialogues are poor, poorly finished and annoying. Historical flashbacks don't always work. The cast counts, for the last time, with the honorable participation of Christopher Lambert, now a mature actor. So mature it sounds dangerously old for the role he plays. Despite this, the actor does what he can with what little he has. Adrian Paul also doesn't let us down and gives a good performance, considering the filthy and regrettable quality of the material written for this film. Bruce Payne sounds histrionic and unconvincing, but he does what he has to do. The rest of the actors don't really have anything really good worth mentioning in detail. Victim of a very low budget, the film appears for what it is: a very cheap and undercooked production, which tastes bad and looks even worse than it tastes. An excuse for an action movie with swords and frantic duels amid a series of abandoned or deserted industrial sites. The cinematography, sets and costumes are what we would expect to find, but the visual effects and CGI are poor, amateurish and really inexcusable in a 2000s full-length film. It's a disgraceful film.

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