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Highlander II: The Renegade Version [Region 2] | ![Highlander II: The Renegade Version [Region 2]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/515PM3ZZFRL._SL500_.jpg) | Director: Russell Mulcahy
Actors: Christopher Lambert, Sean Connery, Virginia Madsen, Michael Ironside, Allan Rich
Category: DVD
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Rating:  148 reviews
Sales Rank: 264903
Format: PAL
Language: German (Original Language)
Rating: R (Restricted)
Region: 2
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Running Time: 91 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6
MPN: H068143 / 4011976681434
EAN: 4011976681434
ASIN: B00004RYDO
Theatrical Release Date: November 1, 1991
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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. --Jeff Shannon
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 Quite possibly the worst sequel ever made January 10, 2010
Steven A. Smith (Columbus, OH)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This is quite possibly the worst movie I have ever seen. Seriously.
I really liked the first Highlander. It had its flaws, obviously. But it was a very cool movie based around a very cool idea. Highlander 2:Renegade Version is not cool, nor does is even have a single cool idea in it. There are so many problems with this piece of crap. I'll list some of them for you.
1- The movie opens with Lambert's MacLeod an old man, apparently inflicted with throat cancer. Lambert was trying to employ an old man voice, but ended up sounding like he just had radiation therapy for cancer of the throat. It was ridiculously bad.
2- The constant reuse of the same room as different rooms. It was like watching a video game from 1993. They literally used the exact same set for 4 different rooms. One of which was supposed to be in a completely different building. All they did was move around tables and chairs to make it seem like a different room.
3- Michael Ironside's minions, sent to kill MacLeod. Where do I begin with these 2 characters? One of them had a penchant for laughing like a lunatic while sticking out his tongue for no reason whatsoever. He did this about a dozen times, each time for no reason. And the other one sounded like Goofy. If he were heavily sedated and tripping balls on quaaludes. And the manner in which MacLeod kills both of them is some of the worst movie effects this side of 1955. The fight choreography with these 2 morts was also some of the worst I have ever seen. I could complain about this one particular part for hours, but I need to move on.
4- Sean Connery's Ramirez's nonsensical return. They explain this with some sort of ritual that involved orange drink and the waving of fingers in front of MacLeod's forehead. All MacLeod had to do was say "RAMIREZ!" just after he killed the lame minions and Ramirez was brought back to life. Which lead to 3 or 4 god awful scenes with Sean Connery basically goofing off and trying to become a member of the Mile High Club. Why didn't MacLeod just do this after killing Clancy Brown in the first Highlander, you ask? Because that was a good movie.
5- Michael Ironside. Just Michael Ironside in general. He's not a bad actor(unless you're watching Scanners. But why would you be watching Scanners?). I actually like him in most movies. But this was one of the dumbest villains I've ever seen. When he first teleports himself to Earth, sorry, I mean when he first beams himself to our time, he decides to commandeer a subway train and somehow cranks it up over 800 MPH, killing the trains passengers with g-forces, I guess. This is very possibly the worst scene I've ever seen in my entire life. And I used to watch horror B-movies all the time. The way they achieved the effect of making it look like the passengers were being thrown against the back of the train(due to sheer SPEED!) was by simply tilting the train and making the passengers ROLL and FALL to the back. It was completely unconvincing and laughable. At one point a passengers eyes were bugging out of his head, but the makeup effects were so bad it looked like he was wearing goggles with big eyes painted on them.
Ironside's character also does things like grab John C. McGinley's balls, destroy cabs for no reason, and break people's necks by putting his fingers in their mouths. Moving on.
6- The entire plot was nonsensical. I'll lay it out for you. The Earth's ozone layer was depleting and disappearing entirely. So MacLeod's company makes this satellite thing that puts up a red shield around the planet, blocking out the sun's light. Despite the planet still being fully lit during the day and dark at night somehow, this shield is a problem for people and the Earth because... because... well crap, I guess they forgot that in. So anyway, this scientist leading a group of the least stealthy saboteurs ever decide they need to shut this mother down because they find out that the ozone layer has replenished itself and the shield is no longer needed. This hot lady scientist also says that the shield is killing the earth, but never says how. But what's worse than the plot missing its entire foundation is the laziness with which they showed this shield. The sky is red and trippy looking. When they show the sky you can see no horizon. But in several scenes throughout the movie you can plainly see a blue sky. This is just lazy.
7- The sex scene. Yuck. After killing Ironside's 2 minions, MacLeod, now young again, just strolls up to the lady scientist and start boning her. And he's done in 20 seconds. So he's not just creepy bordering on rapist, he's also a premature ejaculator.
8- So many stupid lines and plotpoints. I can't go through them all with a movie this bad, but I'll name a few.
Ironside knows that MacLeod is dying when the movie opens, but he decides to send his 2 goons to kill him. But their very presence on our world, sorry, in our time, makes MacLeod immortal again.
Ramirez says(spoiler alert, I guess), just before he sacrifices himself for no reason, that it will take both MacLeod and lady scientist to shut down the satellite. How he knows this, I'm not sure. But when it come time to destroy the satellite, MacLeod just walks into a beam of light and destroys it while lady scientist watches on, doing nothing. They even made a point of playing Ramirez's proclamation just before MacLeod destroys the satellite by himself.
Do not watch this movie. Not even for a laugh. It is too bad to fall into the "So bad it's funny" catalog. It nearly made my eyes bleed.
 SEAN CONNERY September 12, 2009
Rebecca L. Polen
THE ONLY REASON I BOUGHT THIS MOVIE WAS BECAUSE SEAN CONNERY WAS IN IT AGAIN, BUT IT WAS A GOOD MOVIE TOO.
Very bad sequel June 29, 2009
Alexis Colon (Santo Domingo, DR)
I can say am not a 5-star Highlander fan, but I like it a lot. So, when I watched the first movie of the saga, I was very enthusiastic about watching the sequel. So, I got the renegade version because I knew that the "Zeist idea" was taken out of the plot. But even that, we can't say too much about this movie, only that the plot is a little bit better. Poor acting, bad script, bad optical effects (note that when Ramirez is on the airplane, in the first shot is shown that the sky is totally red, but when the camera turns inside of the airplane, you can see the sun out of the window!!!!), poor dialogues, and the idea of putting Ramirez inside the plot again was not taken in the sense of giving him an important role in the movie. In overall, I know why fans don't think as this movie as a true sequel.
 Highlander 2: Renegade Version (The Director's Cut) February 16, 2009
Matthew Reichel (Seattle, WA USA)
0 out of 3 found this review helpful
DVD was entertaining.
DVD arrived in a very timely fashion.
DVD arrived in excellent condition.
renegade version or not December 16, 2008
J. barnette
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
this is one of those movies you wish you could un-watch. i think it was going for the so bad its good approch but is just soooo bad
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