Highlander: Endgame (2000):

Starring:
Christopher Lambert - Connor MacLeod

Adrian Paul - Duncan MacLeod

Bruce Payne - Jacob Kell

Lisa Barbuscia - Kate MacLeod / Faith

Donnie Yen - Jin Ke

Ian Paul Cassidy - Cracker Bob

Peter Wingfield - Methos

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

Review: The story of the eternal Scott Highlanders. The 4th sequel to the 1986 hit movie starring Christopher Lambert & Sean Connery. This installment of the film brings together the character Connor MacLeod (played my Lambert in Highlander 1, 2 & 3) & Duncan MacLeod (played by Paul in the television series Highlander). The film is the "passing of the torch" of the franchise from Lambert to Paul.... And it shows. Lambert (of Belgian descent) plays a Scott Immortal who has lived centuries all over the world battling other Highlanders to achieve the quest of being "the only one". This story shows the meeting & development of the friendship that Connor & Duncan have had over the centuries of being Immortals. Of course this is something never mentioned before in any of the previous films or the television show. After Connor disappears in the late 90's Duncan spends the next 10 years wondering where his friend has gone, if he has lost a battle & his life force is gone or if he has turned. Well eventually you learn that the "protectors" of the immortals have taken a small group of them & placed them in a state of suspended animation to prevent a rising evil from destroying the last remaining immortals & becoming "the only one" & using the powers to destroy the world. So as I said before this film is considered the torch passing & I said it shows. Well it shows because it almost seems like Lambert might have been mad about this? because he went from the first 3 films where he was intense & had strength in his voice (and to some extent tried to do a Scottish accent despite having a French one) to in this film he's more french than Gérard Depardieu. At points the movie takes place during his early years back in Scotland with his wife, the clips are part flashbacks taken from the 1st film & also new parts that were filmed for this film. Just listening to the difference in his voice is hilarious. He has completely given up on the attempt to be an ancient Scottish Warrior. Now to make matters even worse, Adrien Paul, who in the television series almost never had an accent tried to make up for Lambert's phone it in performance by being the most Scottish man you've ever met. Sometimes at so thick you wonder if he also gave up on acting & was just talking in his own voice (being from England). It's sad because I loved the first 2 films (still have yet to see more than 20 minutes of the 3rd) but after watching this one, I don't think I wanted to see #5 (released straight to DVD in 2007 starring Paul) The only upside to this film is that I get to mention my first wrestler cameo as Edge (Adam Copeland) has a very small role as a hire thug in the 1700's who attempts to fight off Duncan & Connor. YAY! You also get a brief appearance from Hong Kong martial arts star Donnie Yen who most recently played Ip Man (Bruce Lee's martial arts instructor) in the films Ip Man (2008) & Ip Man 2 (2010). Although his role is very small, he does have a pretty good fight scene with Paul.

S.P.R.: C/36

Acting: 6/10

Plot: 7/10

Cinematography: 7/10

Intrigue: 8/10

Extra: 8/10