The Highlander Endgame Test

One of the many elements that make Highlander: Endgame 'great'

This is the Highlander: Endgame test.

What you need to know: Highlander: Endgame is not a good movie. It is however, a movie that contains these vital elements:

1. 1) Kicking - 'sploding
2. 2) Scenery chewing villain with an accent
3. 3) Bad effects
   
   Plus:
   
   
4. 4) Monks with machineguns

With these elements, Kelvin and I determined that Highlander: Endgame contains the minimum level of entertainment necessary to satisfy our need for mindless entertainment while not actually being pretending to be good.

Others in this pantheon include: Johnny Mnemonic (replace "Monks with machineguns" with "Yakuza" and "technocheese"), Resident Evil ("zombies", "guns" and "technocheese"), Dungeons & Dragons ("bad CG dragons and magic") Lifeforce ("zombies") and Mortal Kombat ("bad CG and fighting").

Films get minus points for sappy elements:

cute kids, unecessary romance, family, annoying sidekick character, morality, self-importance, star actually trying to act beyond ability

If a film does not have elements 1-3 plus a fourth pulp element (ninjas, mafia, vehicles, aliens, vampires, hackers) it shall not be seen.

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