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Highlander 2: The Quickening movie storyline. The second “Highlander” movie, again with Christopher Lambert and Sean Connery. It’s the year 2024 and all the ozone above Earth has gone. To protect people from dying, MacLeod helped in the construction of a giant “shield”, several years ago. But, since there isn’t left anyone Immortal after MacLeod’s victory in the previous film, he has stopped being an Immortal himself. Now he is just an old man, until one day some other Immortals arrive on our planet. You see, the Immortals come from another planet…
Highlander II: The Quickening is a 1991 American science fiction action film directed by Russell Mulcahy and starring Christopher Lambert, Sean Connery, Virginia Madsen, and Michael Ironside. It is the second installment to the Highlander film series, and it was released on 12 April 1991 in the United Kingdom and 1 November 1991 in the United States.
The film has received negative reviews from critics and fans of the Highlander franchise for its numerous retcons of the prior film, which drastically altered the series storyline, as well as numerous continuity errors and several instances of logical inconsistencies, among other complaints. As a result, several alternative versions have been released by the filmmakers in an attempt to correct these common complaints, and the original theatrical edition has been considered to be one of the worst films ever released.
Highlander II: The Quickening (1991)
Directed by: Russell Mulcahy
Starring: Christopher Lambert, Virginia Madsen, Michael Ironside, Sean Connery, John C. McGinley, Allan Rich, John C. McGinley, Rusty Schwimmer, Steven Grives
Screenplay by: Peter Bellwood
Production Design by: Roger Hall
Cinematography by: Phil Meheux
Film Editing by: Hubert de La Bouillerie, Anthony Redman, Charles Simmons
Costume Design by: Deborah Everton
Art Direction by: John Frankish, John King, Cliff Robinson
Music by: Stewart Copeland
MPAA Rating: R for strong violence, and some sexuality and language.
Distributed by: Entertainment Film Distributors
Release Date: April 12, 1991 (UK), November 1, 1991 (US)
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