Vile Abomination
Added 11/10/2009
If you love the series. If you love the original movies. Do NOT get this movie. There is absolutely nothing right about this movie. Except for Adrian Paul and a few of the characters from the series, it might as well have been named something else other than Highlander.
This movie successfully destroys and ignores the entire mythology set up during both the movies and the series, and what few elements the movie did use of the original mythology, this film abused, pillaged and regurgitated. And that was when you could get a plot line out of this CGI-Action-Special Effects sandbox. This thing made Highlander 2 believable. It's one giant toilet flush of everything built out of the original movies and series. Even more so than EndGame, which had a tendency to screw with the plot lines, this one just murders them.
And the ending is gag worthy for those die-hard fans of the show. This movie didn't end soon enough, and for those who want to preserve the good of the series and the original movies, and would like to just keep telling themselves it hasn't ended, feel free and duck this vile excuse for a movie. You would be better off. The only way to fix this thing is to say that it was some alternate universe and never happened, because otherwise, this is just an insult to the entire franchise.
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Hey look, a new version of Highlander 2!
Added 10/25/2009
This movie reminds me so much of Highlander 2 it is not even funny. I have always said that I like Adrian Paul as the Highlander better than Christopher Lambert. Christopher Lambert's movies are a complete hit or miss (you either love them or you hate them). Adrian Paul's TV show was the pinnacle of the Highlander franchise in my opinion. Then, Adrian Paul made this, his very own version of Highlander 2. The movie is about as good as rock is able to float. It is not as good as the TV show (neither the story or the FX's), or any of the other movies (except maybe Highlander 2). Most of the back story is missing and the "Source", well I don't spoil movies, but you will be left thinking, "What? Is that it?" I am not going to say don't buy this, but you better have seen the first 4 movies and the TV show, or this really isn't going to make any sense.
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We love you David and Adrian...Sad--so Sad....
Added 9/16/2009
I love the Highlander Series too much, and this movie is too bad, not to say something. Where were you David Abramowitz? Adrian, what were you thinking? The campiness could never be funny in the shadow of the greatness of the series. Characters out of character--no believable storyline--no cohesiveness--no on-screen chemistry. With countless immortal stories yet to be told, you settled for this? For me, it's like a dark quickening--maybe if I counter it with enough great Highlander films in the future, I'll recover. Adrian: God is telling you something: You are the Highlander...Reinvest yourself.
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Worst movie ever. Really.
Added 7/27/2009
I think this actually qualifies as the worst movie ever. It's certainly the worst I've ever seen, and I used to watch B-lot horror films (at least they don't have pretensions of being good). Seriously, the plot makes no sense, the acting is horrible, and the sets are ridiculous. It doesn't even pay to go into detail about how terrible this film is as doing so would require a comment on every singly line of dialog, every absurd costume, every nonsensical, contradictory setting (cannibals in huts with guns and motorcycles?), and every absurd violation of physics (planets coming into alignment makes them huge in the night sky). The only reason this gets even one star is that Amazon doesn't allow zero. Just recalling the movie enough to write this is making me stupider. I want my 85 minutes back.
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The dregs of the barrel
Added 4/26/2009
Endgame was a tedious but logical attempt to bring all the plot threads of movies and TV series to an acceptable conclusion. It really should have been what the title claimed, the ENDGAME for the Highlander series ! This straight to discount bin effort is a blatant attempt to squeeze the last dime out of a dead franchise, it's poorly made, stupid and feeble beyond belief.
I rarely give one star reviews, usually being able to find some redeeming feature, even in the laughable works of Uve Boll. This however is a mercenary piece of junk that deserves incineration.
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Vile Abomination
Added 11/10/2009
If you love the series. If you love the original movies. Do NOT get this movie. There is absolutely nothing right about this movie. Except for Adrian Paul and a few of the characters from the series, it might as well have been named something else other than Highlander.
This movie successfully destroys and ignores the entire mythology set up during both the movies and the series, and what few elements the movie did use of the original mythology, this film abused, pillaged and regurgitated. And that was when you could get a plot line out of this CGI-Action-Special Effects sandbox. This thing made Highlander 2 believable. It's one giant toilet flush of everything built out of the original movies and series. Even more so than EndGame, which had a tendency to screw with the plot lines, this one just murders them.
And the ending is gag worthy for those die-hard fans of the show. This movie didn't end soon enough, and for those who want to preserve the good of the series and the original movies, and would like to just keep telling themselves it hasn't ended, feel free and duck this vile excuse for a movie. You would be better off. The only way to fix this thing is to say that it was some alternate universe and never happened, because otherwise, this is just an insult to the entire franchise.
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Hey look, a new version of Highlander 2!
Added 10/25/2009
This movie reminds me so much of Highlander 2 it is not even funny. I have always said that I like Adrian Paul as the Highlander better than Christopher Lambert. Christopher Lambert's movies are a complete hit or miss (you either love them or you hate them). Adrian Paul's TV show was the pinnacle of the Highlander franchise in my opinion. Then, Adrian Paul made this, his very own version of Highlander 2. The movie is about as good as rock is able to float. It is not as good as the TV show (neither the story or the FX's), or any of the other movies (except maybe Highlander 2). Most of the back story is missing and the "Source", well I don't spoil movies, but you will be left thinking, "What? Is that it?" I am not going to say don't buy this, but you better have seen the first 4 movies and the TV show, or this really isn't going to make any sense.
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We love you David and Adrian...Sad--so Sad....
Added 9/16/2009
I love the Highlander Series too much, and this movie is too bad, not to say something. Where were you David Abramowitz? Adrian, what were you thinking? The campiness could never be funny in the shadow of the greatness of the series. Characters out of character--no believable storyline--no cohesiveness--no on-screen chemistry. With countless immortal stories yet to be told, you settled for this? For me, it's like a dark quickening--maybe if I counter it with enough great Highlander films in the future, I'll recover. Adrian: God is telling you something: You are the Highlander...Reinvest yourself.
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