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Highlander II: The Quickening

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Highlander II: The Quickening

R

1991

1h 30m

Fantasy

Adventure

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In this sci-fi/fantasy sequel, Connor MacLeod (Christopher Lambert) has become an elderly man after losing his immortality. Living in a bleak future where the world is protected from solar radiation by a massive shield, MacLeod regains his youth when he kills two assassins from his home planet. This results in an ongoing battle with the villainous and powerful Gen. Katana (Michael Ironside), but MacLeod receives help when the noble Juan Ramirez (Sean Connery) returns.

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Critics Consensus

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Matthew Gilbert

Boston Globe

Highlander 2: The Quickening is the dullest and shoddiest action-adventure flick of the year, with only a few cute Sean Connery moments to rescue it from total, sheer and utter bogosity.

Feb 15, 2022

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Variety Staff

Variety

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.

Feb 25, 2009

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Time Out

Leaden, laden with effects, short on imagination.

Aug 16, 2007

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Ed Travis

Hollywood Jesus

They missed the mark horribly, but nobody can fault the makers of Highlander 2 for not trying to expand the scope of the original story and take it in totally different directions.

Apr 7, 2020

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R.L. Shaffer

IGN DVD

Feels more like a brainstorm exercise than a feature length film.

Rated: 3/10

Nov 6, 2010

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Brian Orndorf

BrianOrndorf.com

Highlander 2 is a mess. Nevertheless, damn it, it's a gorgeous mess...incoherent, but a joy to stare at for 105 minutes, watching as a franchise is epically flushed down the toilet.

Rated: C-

Nov 3, 2010

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Peter F

Still... Those days they were smoking something. Music/soundtrack 👍 Story - need more beer to digest this Actors: They needed a paycheck. Plotholes: the movie is like cheese. There are so many reasons they should not made this movie, but humanity needed to explain it with a vague back story. I am happy they corrected this with the movies after this one and never spoke over this movie again

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

06/02/25

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Deepest Bluest Suede Darius Dick Stinger Apini Emanuel Grouch Nukem III AKA The Rumble AKA Jennyanyany McPoopface Bridgerton AKA The Count of Monte Fisto

Yaeur naeut gyaunna ciuall dza cawwpzsz???

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

04/12/25

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Audience Member

It's not very good, but it's better than Highlander Endgame.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

04/10/25

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Lucion V

The movie that never should have existed! When I saw this movie in theaters back in the day. Every single fan that I knew of the original Highlander movie did not comprehend why such a horrible thing could be done when this story could have gotten so much better.... and then it did! The Highlander series of movies and TV show made the writers of this movie turn around and completely disavow it's existence in the Highlander Canon. 🤭🤭🤭🤭 They tried they failed they retconned.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

02/20/25

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Rich F

The only movie in my life that I actually got up and walked out of.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

01/17/25

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Audience Member

this is a movie they would play in hell

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

11/25/24

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Russell Mulcahy

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Synopsis

In this sci-fi/fantasy sequel, Connor MacLeod (Christopher Lambert) has become an elderly man after losing his immortality. Living in a bleak future where the world is protected from solar radiation by a massive shield, MacLeod regains his youth when he kills two assassins from his home planet. This results in an ongoing battle with the villainous and powerful Gen. Katana (Michael Ironside), but MacLeod receives help when the noble Juan Ramirez (Sean Connery) returns.

Director: Russell Mulcahy
Producer: Peter S. Davis, Jean-Luc Defait, Ziad El Khoury, William N. Panzer
Screenwriter: Peter Bellwood
Production Co: Lamb Bear Entertainment, Harat Investments, Davis-Panzer Productions
Rating: R
Genre: Fantasy, Adventure
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Nov 30, 2016
Box Office (Gross USA): $13.7M
Runtime: 1h 30m
Sound Mix: Surround
Aspect Ratio: Scope (2.35:1)

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