Right, well the 1986 "Highlander" movie was a genuine fantasy classic, and then there was "Highlander II: The Quickening" from director Russell Mulcahy five years later.
The storyline in "Highlander II: The Quickening", as written by writers Brian Clemens, William N. Panzer and Peter Bellwood, was just a train wreck of a storyline. The plot was all over the place, and it made very little sense. If you put "Highlander II: The Quickening" up next to "Highlander", then this 1991 movie is a sheer dumpster fire. Even with a cast ensemble that included Christopher Lambert, Sean Connery, Virginia Madsen, Michael Ironside and John C. McGinley the movie stood a snowball's chance in Hell. And it was solely the lousy writing and the incoherent script that caused the movie to fail.
The acting performances in the movie were adequate, and they had a good cast ensemble. But the movie was just derailed by the horrible script, and even talents like Christopher Lambert, Sean Connery, Virginia Madsen, Michael Ironside and John C. McGinley could do next to nothing to lift the movie up to a bearable level.
Visually then "Highlander II: The Quickening" was an improvement from the 1986 "Highlander" movie, naturally. But oddly enough, then this 1991 sequel didn't really make all that much use of special effects.
If you enjoyed the "Highlander" movie, then chances are slim that you will enjoy this poorly constructed 1991 sequel. Yet, I managed to endure it and sit through it for a second time here late in 2022 since it was originally released back in 1991. I have to admit though, honestly, that I had entirely forgotten the storyline in the movie, and with good cause, and thus I opted to watch it again here in 2022.
My rating of "Highlander II: The Quickening" lands on a generous three out of ten stars.
The storyline in "Highlander II: The Quickening", as written by writers Brian Clemens, William N. Panzer and Peter Bellwood, was just a train wreck of a storyline. The plot was all over the place, and it made very little sense. If you put "Highlander II: The Quickening" up next to "Highlander", then this 1991 movie is a sheer dumpster fire. Even with a cast ensemble that included Christopher Lambert, Sean Connery, Virginia Madsen, Michael Ironside and John C. McGinley the movie stood a snowball's chance in Hell. And it was solely the lousy writing and the incoherent script that caused the movie to fail.
The acting performances in the movie were adequate, and they had a good cast ensemble. But the movie was just derailed by the horrible script, and even talents like Christopher Lambert, Sean Connery, Virginia Madsen, Michael Ironside and John C. McGinley could do next to nothing to lift the movie up to a bearable level.
Visually then "Highlander II: The Quickening" was an improvement from the 1986 "Highlander" movie, naturally. But oddly enough, then this 1991 sequel didn't really make all that much use of special effects.
If you enjoyed the "Highlander" movie, then chances are slim that you will enjoy this poorly constructed 1991 sequel. Yet, I managed to endure it and sit through it for a second time here late in 2022 since it was originally released back in 1991. I have to admit though, honestly, that I had entirely forgotten the storyline in the movie, and with good cause, and thus I opted to watch it again here in 2022.
My rating of "Highlander II: The Quickening" lands on a generous three out of ten stars.