Fails the Bechdel test

Highlander: Endgame

Name: Highlander: Endgame
Released: 2000

2000. Directed by Doug Aarniokoski, written by Gregory Widen and Eric Bernt and Gillian Horvath.

The Bechdel test

Bechdel score

2 / 3

Fails

Yes 1. At least two women
3 women characters. 5 of them speak.
Yes 2. Who talk to each other
Women do talk to each other.
No 3. About something besides a man
Every conversation between women that our parser found mentions a man.

Second opinion

Not rated bechdeltest.com readers haven't rated this film.

The film

When Connor MacLeod sees his old friend Rachel die in an explosion, he's had it with his immortal life and the endless pain it brings him and those he loves. He locks himself inside the Sanctuary, a Watcher-organized retreat stationed on holy ground, where immortals who are tired of the game can go to forever escape it, as well as to ensure that The Prize never falls into the wrong hands. But when an old enemy, Jacob Kell, and his posse of assassins attack the Sanctuary and kill everyone there but Connor, he is forced out into the open and into battle. Kell and Connor were friends once, and knew each other back when Connor was cast from Glenfinnan; he returned when news came that his mother was to be burned at the stake, and in the attempt to free her, Kell was killed by none other than Connor himself, and became an immortal, bitter with hate, and devoted to making Connor's life a living hell. In the present day, Connor's kinsman Duncan MacLeod is attacked by Kell's posse, including Kate, an old love of Duncan's who seeks revenge for her unwillingly being made an immortal centuries ago. This attack had something to do with Connor, and Duncan goes in search of him to find out why. In the process, he learns that in the 450 years since Connor and Kell's encounter in Glenfinnan, Kell has taken more than 600 heads and gained enough power to be called nothing less than the most powerful immortal alive. To make things worse, neither Connor nor Duncan are strong enough to face Kell alone.

Released: 01 Sep 2000
Genres: Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Rated: R
IMDb: 4.6 / 10
Metascore: 21 / 100
Awards: 1 nomination total
Elsewhere: View on IMDb

Starring, by lines spoken

Women
Men
Not in the cast list
Bigger name, more lines

Duncan 138 lines, man
Connor 105 lines, man
Kase 85 lines, man
Faith 33 lines, woman
Dawson 32 lines, man
Stranger 26 lines, man
Calvin 23 lines
Matthew 16 lines
Winston 15 lines
Methos 13 lines, man

Full cast, 14 people

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
Adam Copeland as Lachlan
Donald Douglas
Thomas Lockyer
Charmian May

Who talks, scene by scene

Lines of dialogue in every 2 scenes, start to finish. Women above the line, men below. 32% of lines come from characters we couldn't match to the cast list and aren't shown.

Women

Men

Scene 1 Scene 90

Hover, tap or tab to a bar to see those scenes: where they happen and who's talking.

Show the numbers

Scenes	Women's lines	Men's lines
1 to 2	0	0
3 to 4	0	3
5 to 6	7	9
7 to 8	0	1
9 to 10	0	13
11 to 12	0	12
13 to 14	0	10
15 to 16	2	3
17 to 18	1	1
19 to 20	0	13
21 to 22	0	14
23 to 24	0	5
25 to 26	0	2
27 to 28	0	0
29 to 30	10	18
31 to 32	0	0
33 to 34	0	0
35 to 36	1	18
37 to 38	0	0
39 to 40	0	14
41 to 42	0	68
43 to 44	5	39
45 to 46	0	3
47 to 48	0	2
49 to 50	0	4
51 to 52	0	0
53 to 54	0	4
55 to 56	4	25
57 to 58	2	24
59 to 60	0	11
61 to 62	1	1
63 to 64	2	0
65 to 66	1	5
67 to 68	3	2
69 to 70	2	7
71 to 72	0	3
73 to 74	3	21
75 to 76	0	8
77 to 78	0	0
79 to 80	0	5
81 to 82	6	7
83 to 84	0	4
85 to 86	0	11
87 to 88	0	25
89 to 90	3	4

The evidence

Straight from the script
Counted from the script and the credits

Tap an exhibit to open it.

Exhibit A: every 100 lines

Out of every 100 lines with a known speaker, 11 are women's.

53 lines from women, 419 from men.

Women
Men

Exhibit B: who's in it

3 women and 11 men in the cast. 5 women and 13 men from it get lines.

Characters

With lines

Women
Men

Exhibit C: who gets heard

The first woman speaks at line 15 of 693. The longest stretch with no woman speaking runs 175 lines.

Every line of dialogue, first to last

First line by a woman
Longest stretch with no woman speaking

Words spoken

Women speak 11% of the words (983), men 89% (7,654).

Exhibit D: the test the other way

Two named men talk to each other about something besides a woman. It passes the reverse test.

Conversations between two named characters

Two women

Two men

Exhibit E: behind the camera

6 of the 18 people in these jobs are women. Across the whole crew, 19% of the people whose gender is listed are women.

Directed by: Douglas Aarniokoski (man)
Written by: Joel Soisson (man)
Story by: Eric Bernt (man), Gillian Horvath (woman), William N. Panzer (man)
Produced by: Peter S. Davis (man), William N. Panzer (man), Brian Gordon (gender not listed)
Shot by: Douglas Milsome (man)
Edited by: Chris Blunden (man)
Music by: Nick Glennie-Smith (man)
Production design by: Stephen Scott (man), Jonathan A. Carlson (man)
Costumes by: Wendy Partridge (woman), Oana Păunescu (woman)
Cast by: Donna Brower (woman), Cătălin Dordea (woman), Michelle Guish (woman)