* spoiler alert (?) near the end * I've been a long time Highlander fan ever since I saw the
original movie. I had my reservations about the television
series, but it grew on me -- even though I prefer Conner
more -- and when I heard about the movie, I groaned. It
was the television series going big screen. After seeing it, I
was blown away. Endgame did not feel like a television
episode (my main concern) and with almost most of the original Highlander production team and cast working on
this project, it had the charm that I liked in the original
movie. Also, not only does this film stay faithful to the first
movie it also takes a minimalist approach to using the
ideas presented from the television show, like The Watchers and that an individual (if he/she had the gift)
would become an Immortal after suffering a violent death.
Also, bits of the third movie was suggested in the trailer
with Kell doing magic tricks (i.e. being split in half and
regenerating T2 style) and I'm glad those type of scenes
were taken out. Instead, it was kept simple (i.e. doing
disappearing tricks). If they had Kell doing magic tricks,
then this movie would have failed. Whoever decided to
leave all those scenes in the cutting room floor, congratulations are in order. The fact that this movie does
not deal with The Gathering is important in making this
movie worthy.
original movie. I had my reservations about the television
series, but it grew on me -- even though I prefer Conner
more -- and when I heard about the movie, I groaned. It
was the television series going big screen. After seeing it, I
was blown away. Endgame did not feel like a television
episode (my main concern) and with almost most of the original Highlander production team and cast working on
this project, it had the charm that I liked in the original
movie. Also, not only does this film stay faithful to the first
movie it also takes a minimalist approach to using the
ideas presented from the television show, like The Watchers and that an individual (if he/she had the gift)
would become an Immortal after suffering a violent death.
Also, bits of the third movie was suggested in the trailer
with Kell doing magic tricks (i.e. being split in half and
regenerating T2 style) and I'm glad those type of scenes
were taken out. Instead, it was kept simple (i.e. doing
disappearing tricks). If they had Kell doing magic tricks,
then this movie would have failed. Whoever decided to
leave all those scenes in the cutting room floor, congratulations are in order. The fact that this movie does
not deal with The Gathering is important in making this
movie worthy.