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Highlander II: The Quickening (1991) More at IMDbPro »

• Grossly contradicts Highlander (1986), its prequel.
  
  
• Completed production exactly four years later to the day of the first Highlander (1986).
  
  
• 'Lambert, Christopher' normally wears glasses, as his eyesight is very poor. During one of the sword fights, Lambert (sans glasses) nearly severed Michael Ironside's right thumb.
  
  
• Director Russell Mulcahy disliked the theatrical cut so much, he left the premiere after only 15 minutes.
  
  
• In the renegade version, a documentary following the film has the filmmakers explain why the original theatrical release contradicted the first film. According to them, the inflation in Argentina had risen so high during filming that the film's insurance company started to take creative control, and made a film they thought would make the most money.
  
  
• Cameo: [Russell Mulcahy] A technician at Shield Control during the flashback to 1999.
  
  
• Sean Connery received $3.5 million for nine days of filming.
  
  
• In unused scenes, it is explained that the Kurgan from the first film was also a resident of the dreaded planet Zeist, hired by General Katana (Michael Ironside) to kill Connor MacLeod ('Lambert, Christopher'). The final battle between MacLeod and the Kurgan from the 1986 film is shown on a large screen to Zeist bettors, and when the Kurgan fails, Katana sends down the two assassins featured in the final cut of the film to take out MacLeod.
  
  
• The final fight scene between MacLeod and Katana is composed of two seperate battles. They are shown correctly in the renegade version.
  
  
• All the subsequent Highlander productions ignore Highlander II, as if it never happened.
  
  
• During the course of filming Christopher Lambert cut his finger to the bone in the first sword fighting scene and Michael Ironside dislodged his jaw in the dome fight.
  
  
• Both Christopher Lambert and Michael Ironside did most of their stunts.
  
  
• Russell Mulcahy was so frustrated at being locked out of production that he tried to have his credit changed to "Alan Smithee". However, a section of his contract forbade him from publicly attacking the film before it was released; the producers informed him that if he had his credit changed they would consider it an attack and launch a lawsuit against him.
  
  
• 'Christopher Lambert' was so disgusted with the re-written script that he wanted to drop out of production, but due to contractual obligation he was forced to finish the film.
  
  
• Originally, Ramirez was not supposed to be in the film. However, 'Christopher Lambert' had become such good friends with Sean Connery during the making of the original, that he threatened to back out of this film if Connery's character was not added to the sequel.
  
  
• Virginia Madsen had auditioned for Heather in the original Highlander (1986).
  
  
• Shortly after production on this film began, Back to the Future Part II (1989) was released. The design team then went back to the drawing board to make the flying sleds used by the Zeist assassins in this film look less like the Spielberg/Zemeckis "Hoverboards".
  
  
• John C. McGinley made his character's voice as deep as possible in an effort to imitate Orson Welles. He has since admitted that it was a bad idea.
  
  
• Products from fast food chain Wendy's are often seen as the characters' choice of meals.
  
  

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