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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
One for the series fans, 2 Dec 2003
This is definately a film of the series, rather than the fourth highlander film. Its hard to explain with out spoiling the plot, but the film is set in the duncan universe of highlander, and is in definate contradiction to the original film.
There is a knowledge of the series required to really understand and appriciate this film, as people like joe dawson and methos are not really introduced, and if your not familiar with the series, then you won't know who the hell they are.
If you are a fan of the series as i am, then you will love this film, it's a must see. It has some great emotion, and great fight sequences, it will make you cry and cheer.
For non-series fans however, i would rate this film as two stars. If you havent seen the series, you probably wouldn't know whats going on.
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10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Welcome to the Game, 19 May 2004
Highlander:Endgame is a worthy successor to both Highlander: The Series, Highlander and Highlander 3. (Highlander 2 whilst being an entertaining romp is not really part of The Highlander canon).Incidentally it is nice to see a proper title for this latest offering, numbering films is distinctly unimaginative and imagination is something that Endgame has plenty of, there is romance, pathos, danger and spectacle all served up with a cetain amount of panache and style. Much of the panache comes from both Adrian Paul and Christopher Lambert who make these characters believable. Christopher Lambert makes a fine fist of displaying the down side of immortality, the unending loss of friends and lovers, mortal and immortal, his decision on how best to defeat Kell is beautifully and convincingly portrayed. As is Adrian Paul's performance as a somewhat tortured Duncan, tormented by the memory of Kate/Faith and the mistake he made regarding her. The appearances of Peter Wingfield and Jim Byrnes as Methos and Dawson whilst integral to the plot were far too brief. (The writer's obvious assumtion that the viewer(s) would know who they were and why they would take such risks to help Duncan could and probably should backfire on them). Kell played by Bruce Payne, is a mesmerising and convincing villain and a worthy opponent of both Highlanders. Lisa Barbuscia as Kate/Faith is a good actress and a strong female presence who plays her role with gusto. That all said there are problems with this film, some are ones of continuity with the series, it was clearly stated there, that A: Duncan never married and B: Immortals, even whilst living in their Pre-Immortal life cannot have children, these are silly mistakes and should have been avoided, many of those watching this fan will be Highlander fans and errors like these do cause annoyance. (No cries of get a life please, if a film is made of a popular series the writers should do their homework). The other problem is that there was very little lightness in the script, the series dealt with many different themes and some of these were quite dark and intense, but a large part of its charm was the humour shown both by the characters and the situations they occasionally found themselves in. There was very little humour in Endgame and a great deal of navel searching, this made the film a little ponderous in places, but I must admit that despite my criticisms I did enjoy the film and would like to see more, perhaps with more input from the man/actor who actually knows the character and what his reactions are likely to be in any given situation.
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9 of 12 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars
NO STARS AWARDED!, 5 Jun 2006
This is without even a shadow of a doubt, the absolute worst film of all time bar none!
I cannot imagine what possessed the studio to make this film, obviously just to make a fast buck off poor saps like me, that see the name 'highlander' and regard that as a mark of quality. I am a huge highlander fan and dearly love all 3 previous films, even highlander 2, which is a little too bizzare for most people's tastes. However I cannot stress how truely aweful Highlander Endgame is. A superb set of films has been tainted by this dreadful sequel, that in no way even attemps to align itself with the other films. There is no indication that the makers of this sequel ever sat down and watched the previous films, it appears to be based almost entirely on Highlander the series, but even if u are a fan of this, I would advise strong caution before purchasing this film.
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