Directed by: Douglas Aarniokoski
Starring: Christopher Lambert, Adrian Paul, Bruce Payne
Highlander: Endgame is kind of the Star Trek: Generations of the Highlander franchise. Okay, there’s no “kind of” about it, that’s exactly what it is. There were three movies with Connor MacLeod before this, and I believe the TV series (with Duncan MacLeod) had ended by this point. Christopher Lambert was getting old (not a very good thing for an immortal to do), so they decided to switch over to Duncan.
Duncan and Connor (who are cousins or something. IMMORTAL cousins) have to fight a super killing machine immortal guy who’s killed more immortals than the both of them combined. So… Duncan kills Connor to gain his power, then fights the bad guy. I’m sure Christopher Lambert was very relieved to not have to be an immortal swordfighter anymore.
This movie isn’t all that bad. I mean, it’s got some decent action sequences to it, mostly because Adrian Paul is actually able to perform some sword-related choreography without looking ridiculous. His accent may be just as hilariously not-Scottish, but whatever, at least he’s better than Lambert.
