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ASIN: 0782008380
Release Date: 1997-11-12 |
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Theatrically released in 1991 as Highlander II: The Quickening, this sequel was later reedited and gained a small but loyal following (prompting a spinoff TV series), but at the time of its release critic Roger Ebert called it "the most hilariously incomprehensible movie ... almost awesome in its badness." In other words, you might find some guilty pleasure in this chaotic sequel to 1986's Highlander, in which Christopher Lambert reprises his role as Connor MacLeod, a member of the alien race known as "Immortals," banished to Earth from his home planet Zeist some 500 years ago. In the year 1999, Lambert owns a corporation that has created a shield to protect the Earth following the depletion of the ozone layer. But the shield is seized by an evil cartel, and Virginia Madsen plays a scientist who assists MacLeod in his mission to destroy the cartel. Sean Connery also reprises his role from Highlander as the Scottish Immortal named Ramirez (?!), but by the time he starts engaging in dashing swordplay you may wonder if he's wandered in from another movie altogether. Highlander fans welcomed the laserdisc and DVD release of this "renegade" director's cut, which attempts to clarify the original version's confusing plot. The DVD includes THX and AC-3 audio, director and producers' commentary, a generous photo archive, and an original documentary about the making of the film. --Jeff Shannon
Customer Reviews:
Highlander - the flop.......2007-07-01
Not a favorite 'Highlander' of mine. It lacked credibility. The fantasy of immortality was lost. Why? I'm thankful for "Highlander" and "Highlander - End Game".
COULD ANYONE IMAGINE A WORSE MESS?.......2007-05-25
At least H2 was consistent: The worst scripting, worst directing, worst acting, worst casting, worst editing and worst everything else I've ever seen in a movie. It's the George Bush of movies.
What's worse is that they took one of the best premises around, the HIGHLANDER concept, and so messed and muddled it. In my book this mucked-up monster has replaced BATTLEFIELD EARTH as the most incomprehensible waste of money in cinematic history. (Whew. I feel better. Not much though; but the bad mental taste is somewhat exorcised.)
A large scale, futuristic action movie with a charismatic star........2007-05-02
Four stars for this great looking futuristic environmentally theme action movie. And an extra star for the producers and director for having the tenacity to get the movie back to it's original intent. Of course, along the way they fixed up some of their own errors in judgement, too. Now the movie plays as well with the original.
When Loyds of London, who insured this movie, took over, they assembled the story in chronological order. This was not the intent of the director, who had planned the flash back style used in the first film. This type of story depends on the flashback style.
Some reviewers suggest that the additional 16 minutes are not so important. But I say, that's one sixth of an entire movie. Movies, such as "High Noon" have been made or broken on a mere 10 minutes of screen time.
The movie is filmed in 2:35 aspect ratio by the cameraman that went on to do "GoldenEye", and looks beautiful. The dramatic stylized lighting makes Lambert more intense and strikingly handsome than in the original.
He's an old man for the first 30 minutes of this movie, giving the story a real feeling of mortality vs. immortality. After killing his first attackers he is re-energized and youthened. Now he is able to find out the truth about the ozone protective shield he helped build. He'll try to get control away from the corrupt businessmen that now exploits the shield and the population of the planet. Very timely.
Lambert does all his own stunts in this movie, including the hover board flying and the ride down the top of an outside elevator. No blue screens or effects in both cases. It's great to see a large scale beautiful looking movie without the sometimes unrealistic looking CGI effects that are used today.
Sean Connery and Lambert are no longer teacher and student. Now they are equals. Culp and Cosby of the future. There's lots of humor to enjoy here, especially on Connery's part. To answer the question about how Connery came back from the dead, "Hey.......It's a kind of magic."
All the supporting actors are recognizable faces, with Michael Ironside using twisted humor as he stomps around the world creating havoc. Like taking a subway train on a high speed joy ride, crashing it, killing the passengers, and then announcing to the dead with glee, "Last stop." It's just the kind of thing a psychopath immortal would do.
As far as one reviewer complaining about Lambert "walking up to some strange woman and has sex with her up against a stone wall." She's the leading lady, they already established contact, went for a ride, and she watched him survive the first battle, and become young, handsome and frisky, and she needed his help to find the truth about the ozone shield. And besides, what two consenting (obviously consenting) adult mortal and immortals do, in the privacy of their own back alley in the future is their business. Plus, they got that over with quick and then could continue with the important talks of immortality, haunting memories of lost loves, and how to save the earth.
I bought all four Highlander features just now and watched them in two days, home alone, as morality tales about immortality should be watched. And for me, "There can be only two." The original and Highlander 2 "The Renegade version". I watched #2 twice, just to be sure, and enjoyed it twice.
Soon those who remember the original cut of this film will have their say, new viewers will watch it with unpolluted minds and enjoy this film on it's own merits. A large scale, quickly paced, fun and funny action tale of the future, with a theme that needs to be heeded more than ever.
No Planet Zeist? GOOD, Added Rude Scenes - BAD!.......2007-04-05
I was all set to enjoy a different version of Highlander 2 when, in the first scene, the main character walks up to some strange woman and has sex with her up against a stone wall. Since when was our main character so rude and crude? Not my cup of tea. I watched this when I purchased it a few years ago so can't remember much else to comment on. Just a bad movie any way it is cut or added to.
It doesn't get better than this!!!.......2006-11-15
This is definitely one of the most over-the-top movies I've ever witnessed. If you are into The most amazing movies of all time, I recommend this. It is so good, it's almost unintelligible. I loved it. I promise you aren't wasting your money on this bad boy. Hilarious. If I could, I'd give it 10.73 BILLION stars. Don't buy the original, get this one.
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Theatrically released in 1991 as Highlander II: The Quickening, this sequel was later reedited and gained a small but loyal following (prompting a spinoff TV series), but at the time of its release critic Roger Ebert called it "the most hilariously incomprehensible movie ... almost awesome in its badness." In other words, you might find some guilty pleasure in this chaotic sequel to 1986's Highlander, in which Christopher Lambert reprises his role as Connor MacLeod, a member of the alien race known as "Immortals," banished to Earth from his home planet Zeist some 500 years ago. In the year 1999, Lambert owns a corporation that has created a shield to protect the Earth following the depletion of the ozone layer. But the shield is seized by an evil cartel, and Virginia Madsen plays a scientist who assists MacLeod in his mission to destroy the cartel. Sean Connery also reprises his role from Highlander as the Scottish Immortal named Ramirez (?!), but by the time he starts engaging in dashing swordplay you may wonder if he's wandered in from another movie altogether. Highlander fans welcomed the laserdisc and DVD release of this "renegade" director's cut, which attempts to clarify the original version's confusing plot. --Jeff Shannon
Customer Reviews:
Highlander - the flop.......2007-07-01
Not a favorite 'Highlander' of mine. It lacked credibility. The fantasy of immortality was lost. Why? I'm thankful for "Highlander" and "Highlander - End Game".
COULD ANYONE IMAGINE A WORSE MESS?.......2007-05-25
At least H2 was consistent: The worst scripting, worst directing, worst acting, worst casting, worst editing and worst everything else I've ever seen in a movie. It's the George Bush of movies.
What's worse is that they took one of the best premises around, the HIGHLANDER concept, and so messed and muddled it. In my book this mucked-up monster has replaced BATTLEFIELD EARTH as the most incomprehensible waste of money in cinematic history. (Whew. I feel better. Not much though; but the bad mental taste is somewhat exorcised.)
A large scale, futuristic action movie with a charismatic star........2007-05-02
Four stars for this great looking futuristic environmentally theme action movie. And an extra star for the producers and director for having the tenacity to get the movie back to it's original intent. Of course, along the way they fixed up some of their own errors in judgement, too. Now the movie plays as well with the original.
When Loyds of London, who insured this movie, took over, they assembled the story in chronological order. This was not the intent of the director, who had planned the flash back style used in the first film. This type of story depends on the flashback style.
Some reviewers suggest that the additional 16 minutes are not so important. But I say, that's one sixth of an entire movie. Movies, such as "High Noon" have been made or broken on a mere 10 minutes of screen time.
The movie is filmed in 2:35 aspect ratio by the cameraman that went on to do "GoldenEye", and looks beautiful. The dramatic stylized lighting makes Lambert more intense and strikingly handsome than in the original.
He's an old man for the first 30 minutes of this movie, giving the story a real feeling of mortality vs. immortality. After killing his first attackers he is re-energized and youthened. Now he is able to find out the truth about the ozone protective shield he helped build. He'll try to get control away from the corrupt businessmen that now exploits the shield and the population of the planet. Very timely.
Lambert does all his own stunts in this movie, including the hover board flying and the ride down the top of an outside elevator. No blue screens or effects in both cases. It's great to see a large scale beautiful looking movie without the sometimes unrealistic looking CGI effects that are used today.
Sean Connery and Lambert are no longer teacher and student. Now they are equals. Culp and Cosby of the future. There's lots of humor to enjoy here, especially on Connery's part. To answer the question about how Connery came back from the dead, "Hey.......It's a kind of magic."
All the supporting actors are recognizable faces, with Michael Ironside using twisted humor as he stomps around the world creating havoc. Like taking a subway train on a high speed joy ride, crashing it, killing the passengers, and then announcing to the dead with glee, "Last stop." It's just the kind of thing a psychopath immortal would do.
As far as one reviewer complaining about Lambert "walking up to some strange woman and has sex with her up against a stone wall." She's the leading lady, they already established contact, went for a ride, and she watched him survive the first battle, and become young, handsome and frisky, and she needed his help to find the truth about the ozone shield. And besides, what two consenting (obviously consenting) adult mortal and immortals do, in the privacy of their own back alley in the future is their business. Plus, they got that over with quick and then could continue with the important talks of immortality, haunting memories of lost loves, and how to save the earth.
I bought all four Highlander features just now and watched them in two days, home alone, as morality tales about immortality should be watched. And for me, "There can be only two." The original and Highlander 2 "The Renegade version". I watched #2 twice, just to be sure, and enjoyed it twice.
Soon those who remember the original cut of this film will have their say, new viewers will watch it with unpolluted minds and enjoy this film on it's own merits. A large scale, quickly paced, fun and funny action tale of the future, with a theme that needs to be heeded more than ever.
No Planet Zeist? GOOD, Added Rude Scenes - BAD!.......2007-04-05
I was all set to enjoy a different version of Highlander 2 when, in the first scene, the main character walks up to some strange woman and has sex with her up against a stone wall. Since when was our main character so rude and crude? Not my cup of tea. I watched this when I purchased it a few years ago so can't remember much else to comment on. Just a bad movie any way it is cut or added to.
It doesn't get better than this!!!.......2006-11-15
This is definitely one of the most over-the-top movies I've ever witnessed. If you are into The most amazing movies of all time, I recommend this. It is so good, it's almost unintelligible. I loved it. I promise you aren't wasting your money on this bad boy. Hilarious. If I could, I'd give it 10.73 BILLION stars. Don't buy the original, get this one.
Average customer rating:
- Highlander - the flop
- COULD ANYONE IMAGINE A WORSE MESS?
- A large scale, futuristic action movie with a charismatic star.
- No Planet Zeist? GOOD, Added Rude Scenes - BAD!
- It doesn't get better than this!!!
|
Highlander II: The Renegade Version
Starring:
Jeff Altman ,
Pete Antico ,
Max Berliner ,
Phil Brock , and
Peter Bromilow
Manufacturer: Republic Studios
ProductGroup: DVD
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-
Highlander - Endgame
-
Highlander 3 - The Sorcerer
-
Highlander The Series - Season 6
ASIN: B00005JI1J
Release Date: 2001-04-13 |
Amazon.com
Theatrically released in 1991 as Highlander II: The Quickening, this sequel was later reedited and gained a small but loyal following (prompting a spinoff TV series), but at the time of its release critic Roger Ebert called it "the most hilariously incomprehensible movie ... almost awesome in its badness." In other words, you might find some guilty pleasure in this chaotic sequel to 1986's Highlander, in which Christopher Lambert reprises his role as Connor MacLeod, a member of the alien race known as "Immortals," banished to Earth from his home planet Zeist some 500 years ago. In the year 1999, Lambert owns a corporation that has created a shield to protect the Earth following the depletion of the ozone layer. But the shield is seized by an evil cartel, and Virginia Madsen plays a scientist who assists MacLeod in his mission to destroy the cartel. Sean Connery also reprises his role from Highlander as the Scottish Immortal named Ramirez (?!), but by the time he starts engaging in dashing swordplay you may wonder if he's wandered in from another movie altogether. Highlander fans welcomed the laserdisc and DVD release of this "renegade" director's cut, which attempts to clarify the original version's confusing plot. --Jeff Shannon
Customer Reviews:
Highlander - the flop.......2007-07-01
Not a favorite 'Highlander' of mine. It lacked credibility. The fantasy of immortality was lost. Why? I'm thankful for "Highlander" and "Highlander - End Game".
COULD ANYONE IMAGINE A WORSE MESS?.......2007-05-25
At least H2 was consistent: The worst scripting, worst directing, worst acting, worst casting, worst editing and worst everything else I've ever seen in a movie. It's the George Bush of movies.
What's worse is that they took one of the best premises around, the HIGHLANDER concept, and so messed and muddled it. In my book this mucked-up monster has replaced BATTLEFIELD EARTH as the most incomprehensible waste of money in cinematic history. (Whew. I feel better. Not much though; but the bad mental taste is somewhat exorcised.)
A large scale, futuristic action movie with a charismatic star........2007-05-02
Four stars for this great looking futuristic environmentally theme action movie. And an extra star for the producers and director for having the tenacity to get the movie back to it's original intent. Of course, along the way they fixed up some of their own errors in judgement, too. Now the movie plays as well with the original.
When Loyds of London, who insured this movie, took over, they assembled the story in chronological order. This was not the intent of the director, who had planned the flash back style used in the first film. This type of story depends on the flashback style.
Some reviewers suggest that the additional 16 minutes are not so important. But I say, that's one sixth of an entire movie. Movies, such as "High Noon" have been made or broken on a mere 10 minutes of screen time.
The movie is filmed in 2:35 aspect ratio by the cameraman that went on to do "GoldenEye", and looks beautiful. The dramatic stylized lighting makes Lambert more intense and strikingly handsome than in the original.
He's an old man for the first 30 minutes of this movie, giving the story a real feeling of mortality vs. immortality. After killing his first attackers he is re-energized and youthened. Now he is able to find out the truth about the ozone protective shield he helped build. He'll try to get control away from the corrupt businessmen that now exploits the shield and the population of the planet. Very timely.
Lambert does all his own stunts in this movie, including the hover board flying and the ride down the top of an outside elevator. No blue screens or effects in both cases. It's great to see a large scale beautiful looking movie without the sometimes unrealistic looking CGI effects that are used today.
Sean Connery and Lambert are no longer teacher and student. Now they are equals. Culp and Cosby of the future. There's lots of humor to enjoy here, especially on Connery's part. To answer the question about how Connery came back from the dead, "Hey.......It's a kind of magic."
All the supporting actors are recognizable faces, with Michael Ironside using twisted humor as he stomps around the world creating havoc. Like taking a subway train on a high speed joy ride, crashing it, killing the passengers, and then announcing to the dead with glee, "Last stop." It's just the kind of thing a psychopath immortal would do.
As far as one reviewer complaining about Lambert "walking up to some strange woman and has sex with her up against a stone wall." She's the leading lady, they already established contact, went for a ride, and she watched him survive the first battle, and become young, handsome and frisky, and she needed his help to find the truth about the ozone shield. And besides, what two consenting (obviously consenting) adult mortal and immortals do, in the privacy of their own back alley in the future is their business. Plus, they got that over with quick and then could continue with the important talks of immortality, haunting memories of lost loves, and how to save the earth.
I bought all four Highlander features just now and watched them in two days, home alone, as morality tales about immortality should be watched. And for me, "There can be only two." The original and Highlander 2 "The Renegade version". I watched #2 twice, just to be sure, and enjoyed it twice.
Soon those who remember the original cut of this film will have their say, new viewers will watch it with unpolluted minds and enjoy this film on it's own merits. A large scale, quickly paced, fun and funny action tale of the future, with a theme that needs to be heeded more than ever.
No Planet Zeist? GOOD, Added Rude Scenes - BAD!.......2007-04-05
I was all set to enjoy a different version of Highlander 2 when, in the first scene, the main character walks up to some strange woman and has sex with her up against a stone wall. Since when was our main character so rude and crude? Not my cup of tea. I watched this when I purchased it a few years ago so can't remember much else to comment on. Just a bad movie any way it is cut or added to.
It doesn't get better than this!!!.......2006-11-15
This is definitely one of the most over-the-top movies I've ever witnessed. If you are into The most amazing movies of all time, I recommend this. It is so good, it's almost unintelligible. I loved it. I promise you aren't wasting your money on this bad boy. Hilarious. If I could, I'd give it 10.73 BILLION stars. Don't buy the original, get this one.
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