Highlander II: The Quickening Reviews
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 온라인카지노추천 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.
The only movie in my life that I actually got up and walked out of.
When it was over I didn't know how to react. I was just in shock still like I was told I won the lottery or a terminal illness. Because this throw so much nonsense and confusing stuff at you in a mere 80 minutes the human brain can't process it. At least a rational sane one. Half the time I was trying to process some of the plot elements because it just didn't make sense and completely contradicts what was in the first one. He can die now, he knew who Connery was, he was a midevil alien from another planet, the O-Zone layer biodome in a Blade Runner like world? And than the non stop crazy fight scenes that are just atrociously bizarre and remind me of the Super Mario Bros Movie type nonsense. The special effects are just bizarre and surreal with how they are used despite lots of practical effects. The blue screen effects are ridiculously bad. The humor is so...lazy and out of place at the same time. It feels like chunks of this film is missing, the tone is completely off, it jumps around terribly, it feels like it doesn't even know what it's about half the time. The origin story, romance, or the Bio dome thing which feels forgotten about in the middle all of a sudden becomes the end climax. I am...so confused watching this. And the music is...just over the top ridiculous and doesn't gel in the slightest. This has NONE of the charm, FUN cheese, sweeping settings, and imagination of the first. It feels like the spaghetti method instead here. I will say Connery is the ONE SLIGHTLY average thing in this but he's not in it enough to do anything really. It feels like this forgets and somehow also ignores at the same time parts of the first one as well. I can tell you it's one of the worst sequels ever made and to skip it. But man...I don't even know really what to say. Truly left me speechless and is the only reason it doesn't get a zero.
There can be only one ... and this isn't it
i can't believe this piece of garbage was a movie. It reminds me more of cosplay. Totally amateur work from everyone, especially from Russell Mulcahy, Christophe Lambert and Sean Connery
I love the Highlander lore. I was a big fan of the 온라인카지노추천 series, and I thought Highlander II: The Quickening would help me appreciate it even more. Little did I know how bad it would be. This movie completely trashes the plot. Immortals are aliens, I guess, and they are able to fly around on hoverboards. Sean Connery returns because of the magical paycheck offered to him and gives a half-hearted performance which is more heart than the rest of the cast is giving. This movie is so awful that they pretended it didn't happen in the later movies, so I'm just going to pretend that it doesn't exist, as well.
This is the only movie I have ever abandoned while watching in the theater. The first film was a B-movie hit that I had watched many times, having fallen in love with the mythology. I was so excited when a sequel was announced, and elated that Connery had joined the cast. Maybe 20 minutes into the showing, I got up and walked out. They had taken a great concept and just crapped all over it. I couldn't stand watching a favorite turn into hot garbage.
Not great but not as bad as its reputation.
Superb film. Great acting and storyline
It's a movie you just have to see some say it's bad but I say it's just a movie like most movies from it's time. I like these types of movies though.
Incoherent mess contradicting the first movie
This movie is not as bad as people claim it to be. They bash it to the point of ridiculousness. Compared to contemporary “bad” movies with the cheap digital look and laughable CGI this movie looks way better visually. The cinematic lighting, the practical effects and the sets are suitable for a post-apocalyptic film. Lambert, Connery, Ironside and Madsen are great. It’s not a very good movie but it’s good enough for me to enjoy a 90s flick.
It doesn't get any better, but the other way around, losing any sense of logic with the advancement of film technology suffers from the same fate as other franchises.
They couldn't come up with a way of tying the sequel into the original (which is a classic)? They just throw up a completely incoherent plot and hope the actors can carry the film?
There should have been only one. In this case, yes, that is true. So there is only one medallion I can give: The Flamin' Medallion Of True Terrible-Ness. Characters: 0/5 Story: 0/5 Acting: 0/5 Special Effects: 0/5 Direction: 0/5 Cinematography: 0/5 Soundtrack (for lack of a better term): 0/5 Overall: 0/5