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HIGHLANDER: ENDGAME (2000) |
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MORGAN'S RATING |
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| The sword-wielding immortals are back -- Connor MacLeod from Highlander and Duncan MacLeod from television's Highlander TV series. In this fourth installment, the two MacLeod's do battle across time and space (from 15th century Scotland to present-day New York). Their foe is the evil, ultra-powerful Jacob Kell. 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 -- she seeks revenge on Duncan for giving her no choice about becoming an immortal. |
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| Christopher Lambert (Connor MacLeod), Adrian Paul (Duncan MacLeod), Bruce Payne (Jacob Kell), Mihnea Trusca (Villager), Lisa Barbuscia (Kate MacLeod / Faith), Donnie Yen (Jin Ke), Ian Paul Cassidy (Cracker Bob), Peter Wingfield (Methos), Damon Dash (Carlos), Batie Edney (Heather MacLeod), Douglas Aarniokoski (Kirk), Jim Byrnes (Joe Dawson), Adam Copeland (Road Bandit), Sheila Gish (Rachel Ellenstein), Oris Erhuero (Winston), Christopher Leps, Thomas Lockyer (Matthew Hale), John Medlen, Vernon Rieta (Manny). |
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IT WILL TAKE TWO IMMORTALS TO DEFEAT THE ULTIMATE EVIL. BUT IN THE END, THERE CAN BE ONLY ONE. |
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PRODUCTION INFORMATION |
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DIRECTOR: Douglas Aarniokowski.
WRITERS: Eric Bernt, Gillian Horvath, William N. Panzer and Joel Soisson, and based on the characters created by Gregory Widen.
PRODUCERS: Peter S. Davis and William N. Panzer.
ASSOCIATE PRODUCER: Robert Bernacchi.
CO-PRODUCER: Patrick Peach.
EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS: Cary Granat, Bob Weinstein and Harvey Weinstein.
CO-EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS: Beth Anne Calabro-Oulman and H. Daniel Gross.
LINE PRODUCER: Jean-Claude Schlim.
ORIGINAL MUSIC: Nick Glennie-Smith and Stephen Graziano.
DISTRIBUTOR: Dimension Films. |
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FACTS |
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RELEASE DATE: September 1st, 2000 (USA)
BOX OFFICE OPENING: $5.0 million (USA)
BOX OFFICE RESULT: $12.8 million (USA)
BUDGET: $25 million (USA)
SHOOTING DATES: October 1999 -- March 2000
- There are four shots in this film from Highlander (1986). The first is a computer-altered and -enhanced shot of Glenfinnin, which was originally the shot of Connor walking away from his village. The second is a shot of the Silvercup sign, pulled from the scene of the Kurgan taking Brenda to the building. And in the rooftop Quickening, two shots of Connor and Heather together are also taken from the original.
- The scene of Duncan in the hilltop in Scotland was the last shot filmed, and arrived for the editors the day they started making release prints.
- As Duncan travels towards his rendezvous with Connor, there is a shot of his vehicle passing Silvercup Studios, the scene of the final battle between Connor and Kurgan in the original film.
- Continuity-wise, this film ignores the ending of the first film as well as the entire second and third films.
- In the video and DVD releases, the JVC logo originally seen in the roofstop scene in the theatrical cut has been airbrushed out. This is because the producers believed it to be "too distracting". They also claim that this particular product placement was unintentional.
- The flying shots of Scotland are stock footage from Highlander III (1994).
- In the theatrical version of the film, Methos refers to the Sanctuary as Holy Ground. Many fans were upset that Kell killed Immortals on Holy Ground with no consequences. So all references to the Sanctuary as Holy Ground were deleted from the DVD version of the movie.
- In the beginning of the movie, Jacob Kell has 661 kills. At "the last supper" (which can be understood as the mataphore of Jesus's last supper) he kills five more immortals. That makes him the immortal with 666 kills. Which is the number of the devil.
- The original trailer for the film featured Connor MacLeod splitting Jacob Kell in two with his sword and in turn becoming two people. This never happened in the film.
- The main villian in each installment has a name starting with the letter "K" (in order: Kurgan, Katana, Kane, Kell).
- Followed by a sequel: Highlander: The Source (2005). |
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QUOTES |
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Connor: In the days before memory, there were the immortals. We were with you then, and we are with you know. We are driven by the endless fight to survive in a game which knows no limits of time or place. We are the seeds of legend, but our true origin are unknown. We simply are. |
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Connor's Mother: If your God should persecute me into the next world, then I shall simply have to find myself another. |
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Jacob Kell: What you need to understand is that I don't care about the game. I don't care about the rules. I don't even care about these pathetic souls you keep locked away as a barrier to the prize. |
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Cracker Bob: Faith, I told you I look like a fucking orange. |
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Duncan: Some people say you're a man of honor.
Jin Ke: What do you know of honor?
Duncan: Honor's not in a weapon, it's in the man. |
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Connor: Every life I touch ends brutally and for no reason. It's a curse that's followed me for centuries. I can't outrun it and I can't out live it. |
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Jacob Kell: Look back at the endless travesties of your life, and you'll see me, always there waiting in the shadows. When friends and lovers are wiped from your sight, I'm there. When those you cherish die abruptly and for no reason, I'm there for you. |
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CRITICAL COMMENTS |
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"Just in case this dog's breakfast of an action mess...has some appeal to the adolescent generation, we forced a 10-year-old to attend Highlander: Endgame with us: His take: 'This movie sucks.'" -- Liz Braun, JAM! Movies |
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"Thinking (logically or otherwise) about this movie is a waste of your brain cells." -- Cody Clark, Mr. Showbiz |
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"Overall, there's just not enough story here." -- Vicky Edwards, Chicago Tribune |
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