Highlander 2: The Quickening (1991)
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Reviews Counted:21
Fresh:0
Rotten:21
Average Rating:2.6/10
Runtime: 2 hrs 11 mins
Genre: Science-Fiction/Fantasy
Synopsis: Immortal Scottish swordsman Connor MacLeod has just been banished to Earth for leading a failed rebellion on his home planet of Zeist. On Earth, he discovers the shield he built to shade humanity... Immortal Scottish swordsman Connor MacLeod has just been banished to Earth for leading a failed rebellion on his home planet of Zeist. On Earth, he discovers the shield he built to shade humanity from a disappearing ozone -- though obsolete -- is owned and operated by a profit hungry, multi-national conglomerate at Earth's ecological expense. Guided by his spiritual leader Juan Ramirez and aided by beautiful environmental terrorist Louise Marcus, MacLeod will eliminate deadly assassins and dodge a dangerous trapnest to rid planet of his creation. [More]
Starring: Sean Connery, Christopher Lambert, Michael Ironside, Virginia Madsen
Starring: Sean Connery, Christopher Lambert, Michael Ironside, Virginia Madsen, John C. McGinley
Director: Russell Mulcahy
Director: Russell Mulcahy
Composer: Stewart Copeland
Story: Brian Clemens, William N. Panzer
Screenwriter: Peter Bellwood, Gregory Widen
Producer: Peter S. Davis, William N. Panzer
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Reviews for Highlander 2: The Quickening
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The film is desperately overplotted; events and years rush by and pile up like cars in an interstate wreck. It's also terribly overexplained. Full Review |
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Audiences unfamiliar with the first film will be hard put to follow the action [from a story by Brian Clemens] as it incoherently hops about in time and space. Full Review |
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Leaden, laden with effects, short on imagination. Full Review |
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Another substandard sequel.
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...[not] as bad as it's been made out to be over the years. Full Review |
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Incomprehensible doesn't even begin to explain it. This movie is the equivalent of the "Hey look over there!" gag. You look, and the guy you wanted to beat up has run away. Full Review |
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The director's cut elevates this misconceived sequel from one of the worst stinkers ever to merely dreadful.
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Beyond redemption.
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It would be best if we all just agree amongst ourselves that this movie never happened.
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It would be much more fun to see the film makers point fingers at each other over why this sequel is so bad. Full Review |
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In short, lots of action and wild stunts, lame comedy and a story that makes no sense whatsoever. Full Review |
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Ugh! Full Review |
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The acting is terrible,with Connery, at his lowest common denominator, stealing the show. Full Review |
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Mulcahy and company don't ask us to suspend disbelief; they ask us to pretend we've all had weed-whacker lobotomies. Full Review |
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