"Well, that's two hours of my life I'll never get back..."

[Tsyr]

I wish the trauma could help me forget.

What trauma?

What are you talking about?

 

[Bass Puppet]

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.

Questions?

 

[Hypersmurf]

Some people even claim to have seen it.

I think a lot of people just take the (admittedly logical) step of assuming that if you have "The Highlander" (excellent film) and "Highlander III: The Sorcerer" (not an excellent film), that there must have somewhere been a "Highlander II".

And it seems so logical that they actually manage to convince themselves it exists.

Theatrically released in 1991 as Highlander II: The Quickening, this sequel was later reedited and gained a small but loyal following...

See what I mean?

-Hyp.

 

[Tsyr]

See what I mean?

-Hyp.

Yeah... they even go so far as to fake movie posters for it.

I mean, the one for Cowboy Bebop Live Action was cute. But why joke about something like Highlander II? It doesn't exist, and that's that.

 

[Bass Puppet]

Don't make me use it as my sig....

 

[kingpaul]

Yeah... they even go so far as to fake movie posters for it.

I have the renegade version on DVD.

 

[Tsyr]

More delusion... They even claim it was released on DVD.

Clearly, someone gave you a DVD, and you wanted to believe SO BADLY that it was Highlander 2 that you are convinced it is...

Sad, really.

I know, we all wanted it... but it didn't happen.

It's time to let go of the past.

 

[The Grumpy Celt]

I wish the trauma could help me forget.

Two hours I'm not gonna get back. How about my birth? i thought it would never end.

 

[Capellan]

One of the nice things about threads like this is saying to yourself "How could I forget that stinker?" (Battlefield Earth) and "What? How can someone not like that film?" (over a dozen listed so far, I'd say)

The answer to the first, of course, is that sometimes our brains just shut down and refuse to admit that certain things happened. The answer to the latter is a point of rather more contention

 

[reiella]

Princess Mononoke for me.

Just couldn't get into it or enjoy it.