Highlander: Endgame (2000)

Immortals Connor and Duncan MacLeod must join forces against Kell, an evil immortal who has become too strong for anyone to face alone.

Director:

Douglas Aarniokoski

Writers:

Gregory Widen (characters), Eric Bernt (story)

Stars:

Christopher Lambert, Adrian Paul, Bruce Payne

1 nomination.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Adrian Paul	...	Duncan MacLeod
Christopher Lambert	...	Connor MacLeod
Bruce Payne	...	Jacob Kell
Lisa Barbuscia	...	Kate MacLeod / Faith
Donnie Yen	...	Jin Ke
Jim Byrnes	...	Joe Dawson
Peter Wingfield	...	Methos
Damon Dash	...	Carlos
Beatie Edney	...	Heather MacLeod
Sheila Gish	...	Rachel Ellenstein
Oris Erhuero	...	Winston
Ian Paul Cassidy	...	Cracker Bob
Adam Copeland	...	Lachlan (as Edge)
Mihnea Trusca	...	Villager
June Watson	...	Caiolin MacLeod

Storyline

When Connor MacLeod sees his old friend Rachel die in an explosion, he's had it with his immortal life and the endless pain it brings him and those he loves. He locks himself inside the Sanctuary, a Watcher-organized retreat stationed on holy ground, where immortals who are tired of the game can go to forever escape it, as well as to ensure that The Prize never falls into the wrong hands. But when an old enemy, Jacob Kell, and his posse of assassins attack the Sanctuary and kill everyone there but Connor, he is forced out into the open and into battle. Kell and Connor were friends once, and knew each other back when Connor was cast from Glenfinnan; he returned when news came that his mother was to be burned at the stake, and in the attempt to free her, Kell was killed by none other than Connor himself, and became an immortal, bitter with hate, and devoted to making Connor's life a living hell. In the present day, Connor's kinsman Duncan MacLeod is attacked by Kell's posse, including ...

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Plot Keywords:

1710s | 18th century | 1630s | 1620s | 17th century | 

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Taglines:

In the End, There Can Be Only One.

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Genres:

Action | Adventure | Fantasy | Sci-Fi

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for violence and some strong sexuality

Did You Know?

Trivia

The broadswords used by Connor and Duncan as they spar in the flashback are Federschwerts, a German training sword first introduced in the late 1500's. They are not reproductions of the Kurgan's sword as some thought.

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Goofs

When Connor discovers Duncan after the Battle of Glen Fruin, the caption says that it is the year 1625. The Battle of Glen Fruin took place in 1602, 23 years earlier.

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Quotes

Jacob Kell: Look on the bright side, at least you went down swinging.

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Alternate Versions

The producers of the film disagreed with Dimension Films on the running length and story structure of the film. They were unsatisfied with the theatrical cut and for the DVD release, they re-edited portions of the film, and added twelve minutes of new footage. These changes include:

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Connections

Follows Highlander: The Final Dimension (1994)

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Soundtracks

Bonny Portmore
Performed by Jennifer McNeil
Arranged and produced by Stephen Graziano
Recorded and mixed by Jeff Vaughn

User Reviews

A bit underrated

Overall, this was not a bad flick. It's not quite as good as the first one, but is much better than the second. I'd have given it a higher rating than I did if they'd just left out the high speed kung fu stuff - it's too much like all the cheap Bruce Li rip off movies. Anyway, the story in this one is good and it tidies up everything rather nicely at the end. They do leave one thread hanging but I don't think that was to provide the backdrop for another film. I think this one's the last Highlander film - at least I hope so. I believe that the Highlander "thing" has gone about as far as it can. It would be difficult to come up with anything original for another film. Again, this film isn't bad at all and nearly makes up for the poor middle of this series. The tie-in between the film McLeod and the TV McLeod was handled very well, I thought. I really liked the first film and I like this one pretty well also.

Details

Official Sites:

Davis-Panzer Dimension Films

Country:

UK USA Luxembourg

Language:

English French Scottish Gaelic

Release Date:

1 September 2000 (USA)

Also Known As:

Highlander 4: The Search for Connor

Filming Locations:

Romania

Box Office

Budget:

$25,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$5,067,331, 3 September 2000

Gross USA:

$12,811,858

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$15,843,608

Company Credits

Production Co:

Davis-Panzer Productions, Dimension Films

Technical Specs

Runtime:

87 min 101 min (producer's cut)

Sound Mix:

DTS Dolby Digital SDDS

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1