Highlander II The Quickening was released in 1991 and stars Christopher Lambert, Sean Connery and Virginia Madsen. When I wrote about the first Highlander movie and how much I loved it, Sparky asked how I felt about Highlander II The Quickening. Up until now, I have watched the first, third and fourth installment, but had skipped the second. I wish that I had kept it that way.
According to Wikipedia:
Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Times gave the film a score of 0.5 star (out of four), saying: "Highlander II: The Quickening is the most hilariously incomprehensible movie I've seen in many a long day—a movie almost awesome in its badness. Wherever science fiction fans gather, in decades and generations to come, this film will be remembered in hushed tones as one of the immortal low points of the genre.
I could not possibly agree more.
I don't know what possessed them to change the entire cannon when they had built a really great world. Have they never heard the phrase, "if it ain't broke don't fix it?" Apparently, all the immortals are now from the planet Zeist. Could they come up with a more ridiculous name?
Earth's ozone layer has been destroyed and so Conner helped with the creation of the shield, which protected humans from the harmful UV rays. Unfortunately, it cast the word into an eternal darkness, which has left humanity desolate. He built the shield because he promised Brenda Wyatt MacLeod, his wife on her deathbed to save the survivors. The shield is run by a corporation called The Shield (wow such an original name). David Blake the CEO, is only interested in the profits earned and does not want the word to get out that ozone layer has healed itself.
