SCIFIHISTORY.NET
  • MAINPAGE
  • About
  • Reviews
  • December
  • November
  • October
  • September
  • August
  • July
  • June
  • May
  • April
  • March
  • February
  • January

Stardate 01.31.2023.C: Happy Birthday - Thank Goodness That There Can Be Only One 'Highlander II: The Quickening'

1/31/2023

0 Comments

 
Picture
Holy mother of dragons ... do you kiddies know what?  I have a vague recollection ... but I think I actually saw this one in theaters when it originally premiered in the United States!

Dear God!

And -- if memory serves -- I believe I rather appropriately dubbed it 'The Crappening' to friends and family who asked about it.

Sigh.

1986's Highlander remains one of the most beloved cult films of all time, and I suppose that there's nothing wrong with that.  It has its own benign charm, and it certainly has had an incredible number of home video releases over the years that I think generations will be able to discover it for the next century.  But, alas, Highlander II: The Quickening was a bit awful, a bit confusing, and a bit uninspired, to say the least.  Yes, yes, yes, I'm aware that it's been tinkered with over the years as well, and the home video market has enjoyed a couple of different versions of the film's original story ... but if a plot lends itself to being so easily recreated in an entirely different iteration, then it is truly a tale deserving to stand on its own two feet ... without its head being decapitated?

Directed by Russell Mulcahy, the SciFi/Fantasy starred Christopher Lambert and Sean Connery returning to the roles they made famous in the original.  They were joined by the ever-luminous Virginia Madsen (be still my heart), genre legend Michael Ironside, and funnyman John C. McGinley in some big, big roles.  Here's the plot summary as provided by our friends at IMDB.com:

"In the future, Highlander Connor MacLeod must prevent the destruction of Earth under an anti-ozone shield."

Picture
Picture
Picture
Picture
Picture
Now, mark my words: it isn't as if I think that the whole Highlander idea is a bad one because it's not.  Highlander II -- as awful as it might be -- certainly didn't spell the end to this ongoing battle of the Immortals all vying to -- in the end -- be the last man standing.  In fact, the 1990's were very good to the Highlander as I think that there were two series associated to it, a few more films, and then even a few more films based off of that series.  Wasn't there even a short-lived animated program?  I could be wrong on that one, but I think that there was.  I'll Google it when I have time.

As always, thanks for reading ... and live long and prosper!

-- EZ
​
0 Comments

Your comment will be posted after it is approved.


Leave a Reply.

    Reviews
    ​Archive
    ​

    Reviews

    birthdays
    Archive
    ​

    January
    February
    March
    April
    May
    June
    July
    August
    September
    October
    November
    December

    mainpage
    ​ posts

    March 2023
    February 2023
    January 2023
    December 2022
    November 2022
    October 2022
    September 2022
    August 2022
    July 2022
    June 2022
    May 2022
    April 2022
    March 2022
    February 2022
    January 2022
    December 2021
    November 2021
    October 2021
    September 2021
    August 2021
    July 2021
    June 2021
    May 2021
    April 2021
    March 2021
    February 2021
    January 2021
    December 2020
    November 2020
    October 2020
    September 2020
    August 2020
    July 2020
    June 2020
    May 2020
    April 2020
    February 2020
    January 2020
    December 2019
    November 2019
    October 2019
    September 2019
    August 2019
    July 2019
    May 2019
    March 2019
    February 2019
    January 2019
    December 2018
    November 2018
    October 2018
    September 2018
    August 2018
    June 2018
    May 2018
    March 2018
    January 2018
    December 2017
    November 2017
    October 2017
    September 2017
    August 2017
    July 2017
    June 2017
    May 2017
    April 2017
    March 2017
    February 2017
    January 2017
    December 2016
    November 2016
    October 2016
    September 2016
    August 2016
    July 2016
    June 2016
    May 2016
    October 2015
    September 2015
    August 2015
    July 2015
    June 2015
    May 2015
    March 2015
    February 2015
    January 2015
    December 2014
    November 2014
    October 2014
    September 2014
    August 2014
    July 2014
    June 2014

    RSS Feed

Proudly powered by Weebly