Highlander: Endgame
Metascore
21 out of 100

Generally unfavorable reviews - based on 16 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 1 out of 16
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 16
  3. Negative: 12 out of 16
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  1. San Francisco Chronicle
    Reviewed by: Edward Guthmann
    25
    Numbing.
  2. TV Guide
    Reviewed by: Maitland McDonagh
    50
    This convoluted, time and continent-tripping tale is heavy on the adolescent angst and swoony romanticism.
  3. Austin Chronicle
    Reviewed by: Russell Smith
    30
    And next time around... show the courage of your lowbrow convictions and get back to the gonzo, unapologetically senseless mayhem that made this saga so much fun in the beginning.
  4. Entertainment Weekly
    Reviewed by: Lisa Schwarzbaum
    33
    The endless, numbing sameness of it all.
  5. Salon.com
    Reviewed by: Andrew O'Hehir
    30
    This is a movie full of now-you-see-it, now-you-don't plot points.
  6. Los Angeles Times
    Reviewed by: Kevin Thomas
    30
    Looks sensational, moves like lightning. But its script (by Joel Soisson) makes no pretense about being logical or even comprehensible.
  7. Film.com
    Reviewed by: Gemma Files
    20
    Borderline incoherent.
  8. The New York Times
    Reviewed by: A.O. Scott
    20
    The action is the best thing in the picture.
  9. Variety
    Reviewed by: Derek Elley
    20
    The sheer raggedness of the plotting -- and the pic's cynical disdain toward audiences -- is staggering.
  10. L.A. Weekly
    Reviewed by: Paul Malcolm
    10
    While the film is well-paced, visually it is deathly dull.
  11. Mr. Showbiz
    Reviewed by: Cody Clark
    14
    Thinking (logically or otherwise) about this movie is a waste of your brain cells.
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  12. USA Today
    Reviewed by: Dennis Hunt
    63
    Zealots flip over Endgame.
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  13. Chicago Tribune
    Reviewed by: Vicky Edwards
    50
    Has to explain itself through so much of the film that there's just not much film left.
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  14. Boston Globe
    Reviewed by: Loren King
    50
    Offers some entertaining moments now and then in its relatively short running time.
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  15. New York Post
    Reviewed by: Jonathan Foreman
    12
    Shapeless, tedious, hopelessly bad sequel.
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  16. TNT RoughCut
    Reviewed by: J. Rentilly
    0
    Endgame has become a nincompoop's travelogue, drenched in stage blood, fake beards, and crappy special effects.
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User Score
4.8 out of 10

Mixed or average reviews- based on 18 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 2 out of 8
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 8
  3. Negative: 5 out of 8
  1. starscream97
    4
    This review contains spoilers, click full review link to view. While there are things about this movie that i like the bad definetly outweighs the good here. The plot takes for ever to get going, the romance is forced in, allot of the characters seem pointless and the appearences of Joe and Methos were so brief it felt like they should have been uncredited cameos and the acting on (almost) all fronts was bad. However the fight scenes were very well done, the death of Connor was treated very well and no matter what people think think about Bruce Payne he made a damn good villain (not as good as Clancy Brown as the Kurgan but still...) So yeah it was bad but there were still some good things about it.… Full Review »
  2. eeach
    2
    This review contains spoilers, click full review link to view. In the beginning this movie gave me hope. I'm a huge fan of the original Highlander film. Call me a zealot if you will, but they haven't gotten a sequel right yet. This one uses hope to hang you out to dry. There is some fan service in the beginning that makes you believe they've finally gotten a sequel right, but then they rewrite the whole story so that Connor doesn't win the prize. I did find the incorporation of concepts from the show to be a bonus.
    From the beginning sequels should have gone back and explored events in Connor's and the other immortals lives, not stepped all over and rewritten the concepts that made the first movie so great.    … Full Review »
  3. FredrickT.
    8
    Was it the best movie ever made? No, but if you were a fan of the series, this was a nice wrap up. Adrian Paul was the only thing that saved this movie, had it been another movie with only Chris Lambert, I would suggest you run.… Full Review »
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