Highlander II: The Quickening (1991)

Directed by

Russell Mulcahy

Genre

fantasy film, cyberpunk, action film, science fiction film, dystopian film

Country

United Kingdom, France, United States

Runtime

1h 31m

Rated

R

Rating

4.7 of 10 from 971 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

In 2024, an immortal warrior named Connor MacLeod gets his youth and powers back. He fights to stop the corrupt people who control a fake ozone layer over Earth.

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What happens

Highlander II: The Quickening is a 1991 science fiction film directed by Russell Mulcahy and starring Christopher Lambert, Virginia Madsen, Michael Ironside and Sean Connery. It is a sequel to the 1986 fantasy film Highlander. Set in the year 2024, the film follows Connor MacLeod as he regains his youth and immortality and sets out to free Earth from the corrupt operators of an artificial ozone layer. The film was released on 12 April 1991 in the United Kingdom and on 1 November in the United States. Most of the filming was done in Argentina amid the country's economic woes, leading to the movie's investors and completion bond company taking over production. The resulting film was panned by critics and fans and is considered to be one of the worst films ever made. The following film, Highlander III: The Sorcerer, ignores the events of Highlander II. Several cuts have since been made to address plot inconsistencies and special effects. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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