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Highlander: Endgame
Immortals Connor and Duncan Macleod join forces against a man from Connor's distant past in the highlands of Scotland, Kell, an immensely powerful immortal who leads an army of equally powerful and deadly immortal swordsmen and assassins. No immortal alive has been able to defeat Kell yet, and neither Connor nor Duncan are skilled enough themselves to take him on and live. The two of them eventually come to one inevitable conclusion; one of them must die so that the combined power of both the Highlanders can bring down Kell for good. There can be only one... the question is, who will it be?
2000 · Directed by Douglas Aarniokoski · 87 min · Action · Adventure · Fantasy · Screenplay in the scene database · 12 frames
Tagline
It will take two immortals to defeat the ultimate evil. But in the end, there can be only one.
Plot
In A.D. 1555, Connor MacLeod returns to his former home in Glenfinnan, Scotland, to save his mother from village priest Jacob Kell. Kell executes Connor's mother for witchcraft. Enraged, Connor kills both Kell and Kell's adoptive father, Father Rainey. He sets Glenfinnan ablaze before leaving with his mother's body. Kell is reborn as an Immortal, and vows vengeance against Connor for Rainey's death. He spends the next four centuries killing people Connor cares about. Kell amasses great power by ignoring the rules of The Game; he recruits several lesser Immortals as disciples who overpower other Immortals so Kell can take their heads.
In 1994, Kell kills Connor's adopted daughter Rachel Ellenstein. Heartbroken, Connor departs for The Sanctuary, where Immortals are placed in a coma like state using drugs. It was originally intended for Immortals who had become tired of The Game and eternal life and to escape. However, it's true intention is revealed to be under the surveillance and management of a subgroup of Watchers to capture as many Immortals as they can to prevent The Prize from ever being won.
A decade later, Kell and his disciples attack the Sanctuary, and Connor is believed to have been beheaded along with the other Immortals there. Duncan MacLeod, compelled by a vision he has of the slaughter, begins to investigate. Meanwhile, Matthew Hale, the Watcher supervising the sanctuary, looks on at the carnage, and decides to turn to "volunteers" to refill their numbers. Duncan leaves London for New York, and goes to Connor's NYC loft, which was destroyed in the explosion that killed Rachel. Sensing an Immortal, he turns to see Kate, his wife from 200 years before. Then Kell's posse arrives, and fights Duncan (disregarding the rule of one-on-one combat). The fighting stops when Kell arrives. However, Carlos shoots Duncan, who falls on a spike, rendering him unconscious. Kell is furious with Carlos, and beheads him – as the Quickening begins, a van drives up to where Duncan fell, and takes him away.
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Crew
- Screenplay: Joel Soisson
- Cinematography: Douglas Milsome
- Edited by: Chris Blunden
- Music: Nick Glennie-Smith
- Production design: Stephen Scott, Jonathan A. Carlson
- Produced by: Peter S. Davis, William N. Panzer, Brian Gordon
Cast
- Christopher Lambert as Connor MacLeod
- Adrian Paul as Duncan MacLeod
- Bruce Payne as Jacob Kell
- Lisa Barbuscia as Kate MacLeod / Faith
- Donnie Yen as Jin Ke
- Jim Byrnes as Joe Dawson
- Peter Wingfield as Methos
- Beatie Edney as Heather MacLeod
- David J. Nicholls as Drunk Friend
- John Medlen as Monk #1
Production
- Country: United Kingdom, United States of America
- Language: French, Gaelic, English, Italian
- Studios: Davis-Panzer Productions, Dimension Films, Highlander Productions
- Budget: $25,000,000
- Box office: $15,843,608
- Themes: new york city, martial arts, immortality, loss of loved one, secret society, antiquary, loss of powers, sword fight, fictional war, dark fantasy
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