The worst sequel ever made. This broke me | So Bad It's Good #97 - Highlander 2: The Quickening
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Brian wanted to watch Highlander 2... so we did. And now I hate myself. I'd love to sit down with the executives who greenlit this and ask them how much blow they were doing at the time. This is such a bizarre, inexplicable movie that it's hard to understand how it exists.
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When talking about Highlander there should be only one.
YESS.
I see what you did there.
I am looking forward to the remake though.
*shouts* THERE SHOULD HAVE BEEN ONLY ONE!
More or less what I felt when I discovered there were sequels.
It's one of the movies that do not need sequels
The important thing to remember when ret-conning something for your sequel is that you should drastically change everything and make it all a lot worse.
If this was a prequel with better directing and writing it could have been a good movie if not great..
Also reveal that your mystical hero is actually an alien.
no, the important thing to remember is, never shoot your sequel in Argentina.
As a kid, we called it the Zelda II Effect. "Remember everything you loved about the first game, well, we got rid of all that shit, have fun!"
@@MinscFromBaldursGate92 don’t forget about the directors cut that changes them back to immortals.
If you see Zardoz you'll no longer wonder about how they got Sean Connery to do what he does in this film. This is nowhere near the weirdest thing he's ever done.
and his last role was voicing a character in an animated kid movie.
Zardoz, thats the weirdest.
@@RogerMiller-td5yc Yes!! They really need to watch Zardoz!
Zardoz! Zardoz! Zardoz! Zardoz! Zardoz! Zardoz! Zardoz! Zardoz! Zardoz! Zardoz! Zardoz! !!!
Gimme gunz!!!
Daka Daka!!!
:D
Sean Connery received a hell of a paycheck. Cant fault him
Let me help:
Highlander 2 has basicaly 3 mayor cuts:
- the original movie cut, where the immortals are aliens from Planet Zeist
- this cut, where the immortals are time-travellers
- and the most bonkers European Cut, which has them as aliens, but has an alternative ending, where McLeod and her current woman turn into force-ghosts, and travel to Planet Zeist in that form.
European version is the one I watched on vhs back in the day. Yeah total insanity, bonkers. Absolutely shit show .
Europe always gets the sickest features 😁
I'm from Europe and i know only the first version. I didn't even know there were two other versions.
@@docwho2828 Search for "Highlander 2 Fairytale Ending".
@@AmityvilleFan Thanks!👍
I talked my dad into taking me to see this and we both suffered greatly.
ahahah exact same thing
My dad talked me into seeing Battlefield Earth. We said nothing to each other on the drive home.
DOes he still speak to you?
A friend worked at a post production shop, and got a VHS of this before it hit theaters. I, sadly, didn't believe him when he warned me not to watch it... 😭
I'm so sorry for the both of you.
Ramirez came back when the 2nd birdman was killed. The 1st birdman gave the Highlander back his powers and the 2nd birdman's death restored Ramirez. If anyone cares, which they shouldn't.
I've actually thought of something that actually makes sense in this movie. Juan Sanchez Villa Lobos Ramirez, the Egyptian Spaniard who has bagpipe music wherever he goes comes back into that part of Scotland because that's the exact spot where he died. See? It's not ALL incomprehensible gibberish
@@EfftupSmith The *Japanese Katana* wielding Spanish Egyptian with bagpipes etc…
Although the series did a good job of explaining how immortals become a mixed bag.
Why would the second birdman bring him back tho? There's zero explanation for anything that happens in this movie lol
@@thefatman69dude assuming the other guy is correct, the second birdman didn't bring him back consciously. The quickening he gets after killing the first birdman was enough to restore his powers. the quickening from the second birdman gave him the power to use his bond to bring Ramirez back. Or something. The REAL explanation is that Ramirez was dead but the makers thought more people would pay to see the sequel if they somehow broaught Sean Connery back, so this being from another planet in the past and sending birdmen to kill Macleod was what they went with.
@@EfftupSmith yeah they just wanted people to watch the movie so bullshit bulkshit bullshit plot shit and Connery is back lol
This movie provides an important cinematic representation of what violently shitting the bed looks like. Utterly violent leg kicking bed shitting.
Bahahaha 🤣
I can give just a tiny extra piece of clarity to this: Sean Connery and Christopher Lambert got to be really good friends while shooting the first movie and basically only did this movie so they could work together again. This is one of my favorite bits of trivia not only because it’s pretty darn wholesome, but also just how awesome you’d have to be to get Sean Connery to agree to do such a shit movie just to hang out with you.
That is great. I pcture Sean just really screaming at some poor confused writer to hurry up and make the script and dude's in a panic. Why didn't they just go hang out somewhere?
This one almost broke the franchise. Thank god for the tv series that helped to undo this whole mess, even though the first season was bad the following seasons are awesome. If you guys have a chance please watch it. I love Lambert and his quirks, but Paul Adrian brought a lot to the lore of the Highlander and nails it!
Nope, sorry, the series compounded the error of making follow ups to a movie that was not built to have any. I'm not saying it was bad, the loyal fan base speaks to its entertainment value, but it should not have happened and I will always consider it to be more of an alternate universe to the film.
There should have been only one.
Almost?
Truth
@@duncantiv Ah, a Duncan hater 😜
And than the movies kept on sucking... and this isn't even the worst one.
When it comes to the Highlander franchise, there can be only one.
The first movie, which is a goddamn classic.
the first one is still illogical nonsense but at least it's entertaining and fun, and as you said, a Goddamn classic. Movie should have listened to its own tagline.
"Why do you think Sean Connery's in hell" and "You're missing shopping" had me rolling.
Not to mention "is he wondering why the sky's in 8-bit?"
I bought it on VHS years ago, then watched it. It was so bad I stashed it at a friends house as a joke. Then he hid it at another friends house. This game is still going on, and brings us so much more enjoyment than the movie ever did.
That's evil. Most people just hide a block of blue vein cheese.
I love the fact that Sean Connery has played a Spaniard with a Scottish accent and also a Russian submarine commander with a Scottish accent. RIp my fellow Scotsman, fucking legend.
technically Sean Connery played an Egyptian acting like a Spaniard with a Scottish accent
He’s not Spanish. He’s Egyptian.
And let’s not forget the French Christopher Lambert playing the Scotsman.
@@soljwf5664 Jesus that was layered… did he get an Oscar?
It's funny for sure, BUT considering the guy's been alive for centuries, we can pretend he was born in Egypt, lived "most of his life" in Spain (which was a important experience for him) but he learned English from a scotsman!
You forgot about the Irish-American cop with a Scottish accent.
A bigger travesty then this movie is that Jason has never seen Scrubs.
Ironically you watched the "improved" version of this disaster. Seriously, the Theatrical Cut is even worse. The constant confusion from you guys at pretty much everything had me rolling. Imagine how we all felt watching the theatrical cut back in the day.
I doubt you will ever read this here on the channel but can I just say there is a far, far, far, far worse atrocity to the Highlander franchise that exists.
Highlander: The Source. It's based on the TV show so is obviously lesser known but it is quite possibly the dumbest thing ever put to film. And I am in fact a real bad movie deep diver..
You've got a fair point there. I watched that movie, and wow, yeah, it's a piece. I'd say it was a bad movie, but IMO this one was worse for the franchise-that-should-not-have-been.
Guess we'll have to watch more Highlander movies... damn it.
@@JasonBrant be sure to bring your big boy pants, and some high ABV!
How are you just going to skip over Highlander III: The Sorcerer, which was a lousy attempt to erase the existence of HIghlander 2?
@@rl318 Unfortunately,this kind of magic didn't work...
I actually saw the original cut in theaters when it came out, and I remember I was as confused as you guys are. The "past" scenes are actually the planet Zeist, and the Immortals are actually aliens. And it pretty much ruined Highlander until the TV series with Adrian Paul redeemed it and Highlander 2 isn't considered canon.
This movie was painful to watch since Highlander is one of my all time favorite films.
Also..why are they playing bagpipes for Ramirez? HE'S EGYPTIAN!
I saw this at the movies too and wanted to hang myself afterwards, I loved the original so much! I mean, how could they? Did rian johnson travel back in time from another planet just to write this turd? That would make perfect sense.
Just sayin though, I kinda liked the alien storyline 😂
Highlander endgame retconned it back into cannon as one of the fever dreams of a drugged out connor MacLeod
I’m still trying to figure out how they brought back Sean Connery’s character.
This movie was a tad bonkers.
A kind of magic.
Here's how: "Hey Sean if you do this movie you can buy yourself another house".
Mcleod used his second quickening's power to summon.
@@doctorthirteen1700
So basically like When Michael Cain did jaws 4.
@@Sentient_Zee Exactly!😜
“Hey why are we making sequels and a TV show from a movie where the theme is ‘There can be only one’?”
Didn't they blame the ozone layer hole on the 80's overuse of hairspray? 😂🤪
Among other things.
@@davidkymdell452 no offense to your comment, but that was the 1 and only reason. Aerosols were reengineered and spritzing was introduced. Climate scare tactics were suppressed...it was fun while it lasted. Now I am gonna be forced to buy a $100,000 death machine. GG
The first Highlander = Awsome
Highlander 3 = okay, worth watching.
Highlander 2 & whoever greenlit the project can go fornicate themselves with a rusty wire brush.
Highlander 2 is the only of the sequels I kinda like because of it's cyberpunk theme, great visuals, great music by Stewart Copeland. Highlander 3 was an awful copy of the first one.
Highlander Endgame = A longer episode of the tv show, with a (slightly) higher budget.
@@deanjustdean7818 From what I understand, planet Zeist was always part of the original script.
Highlander: The Source = because SyFy had to remind us just how rock bottom they can really go.
I remember having the VCR set to record this when it was playing on cable (being a huge fan of the original movie and the TV series) and watching another channel with my grandma. After the show we were watching ended, I told her I wanted to check and see where we were with the recording on the VCR. I switched over, and I distinctly remember Sean Connery and Christopher Lambert in that turbine, with lightning and a lot of screaming. My grandma wondered what the hell it was I was recording, and I honestly didn't even know myself....
Michael Ironside real name is Frederick Reginald Ironside in case anyone was still wondering
The thing I loved about the 1st movie, were the transitions between time periods. SO well done!
First time I watched Highlander, they did that first transition from the parking structure to the Scottish Highlands and I immediately fell in love. The attempts to replicate that in part 2 were well intentioned but fell flat because of the rest of the train wreck that is the whole movie
@@duncantiv YES! When they transition from the fish tank to his training session in the boat I just… chef’s kiss.
And yeah, the sequel tried it but… meh
@@michmasharts8870 B-A-L-A-N-C-E, balance
I hear that melody in my head everytime I lose mine 😂
@@duncantiv LOL! Yes!!!
This movie destroyed me. I was in denial for a while after I watched this. I remember defending this movie to my friends. Then I slowly came to terms of how bad this was and how it retroactively ruined the first movie. I guess this helped me grow as a person because now my opinions on bad movies are no longer swayed by my love of superior movies in the same franchise, or the actors involved (see Star Wars).
I saw this movie in the theater in Highschool and I couldn’t have been more disappointed.
Aye l still feel the pain of what might have been
I did too, it was brutal. We drove 30 miles to go to the "good" theater expecting something great. Talk about a long drive home with nothing fun to talk about. it was so bad we didn't even dissect it. But, it was memorable . . .
@@_Chipster Lol, true...I didn't forget either.
I saw this in the theatre when it came out. When it was over everybody there looked shell shocked with confusion and anger. Much more so than buckaro banzi. And that's saying something.
Much confusion. Much anger. I enjoy seeing people get angry over stuff like this so wish I could have attended.
The pure and utter confusion this movie caused in both of you was absolutely glorious to watch.
This movie taught me about disappointment in sequels...also the first 5 minutes were all questions the 11 year old me asked with no one or internet for help lol.
Started watching about 6 months ago and now this is one of few highlights of my week. Glad that y'all have increased the videos per week.
Thanks, Zachary!
@@JasonBrant you guys should totally watch Scanners!!!
"It's a grunge thing." Pretty sure Connery missed his leotard from Zardoz being forced to deliver this garbage dialogue.
Mason? Is that you?
Connery never wore a leotard in _Zardoz,_ or indeed in any movie.
@@ProjectFlashlight612 Is it technically a leotard, no, I was being hyperbolic. Bright ass red leather briefs meant to showcase masculinity......ummm.....it backfired horribly and is free game for public mockery.
I'm still recovering from watching this back in the 90s.
Words cannot convey my excitement for this. I always thought this gem was somehow too "mainstream" to appear on your radar, but it appears my unspoken wishes have been granted.
I remember watching my Mother slowly pass away due to pancreatic cancer.
It was less painful than watching this movie.
Ramirez is travelling by plane. You can see the shield through the window. Doesn't that mean they're above it?
*Ramírez kills the woman on the plane and adjust her body so it looks like she is sleeping. a stewardess walks by*
“She needs her beauty sleep”-Ramirez
*Bond theme plays*
I'm anxiously waiting to see if they're watching the theatrical (aliens) or time travel version of the movie...
Looks like they found the reedit that tried to get rid of the alien backstory.
The theatrical version was even more bonkers with the immortals all prisoners from an alien planet sent to Earth as punishment.
Seeing it on video back in the day was crazy confusing.
While people say that only the original movie is good, its not actually true.
None of the live action movies is any good, but there was a Highlander animated movie, Highlander: The Search for Vengeance, that is surprisingly good. For one it's never made clear how an immortal grows more powerful as he ages, but when you add anime bullshit, cutting bullets out of the air and growing impossibility skilled with age, that movie becomes maybe the only Highlander property to properly convey why an ancient immortal is a power to be reckoned with.
It also has a great villain. The main character is a bit flat, which is actually a plot point, but Marcus Octavius is pure bad guy gold.
The animated series is the best one.
@@JDoe-gf5oz Yeah, but serialised TV is different beast compared to a movie. The TV series was also some good fun, but we are here to talk movies.
As with a lot of horrible movies, there has been a movement by people with no taste to re-evaluate this movie and try to claim it’s not a giant steaming pile.
Thank you for doing this, it reminded me of how bad it really is.
bagpipes playing when ever Sean is " active " in this is hilarious, excellent scottish accent Brian
The film was shot in my country, Argentina. I actually appear in it... I guess. I was one of the sick people on bed because of the radiation, all for a couple of seconds footage! And I have no idea if I made the cut! (I assume I didn't). A friend of mine appeared in the subway station walking back because of the "speed train".
I cannot believe you guys did this one. First off, Jason's look directly at the camera when Ramirez fights the descending fan.... I did this exact same look but I actually did it when I SAW THIS IN THE THEATER. Yes for me and some friends from high school, the first movie was so special to us. And then I saw this upon release and watched them shit all over the first movie lol. My favorite story - one of those friends went to college in different state when this was released. When Lambert and Ironside are sword fighting in one room, and then back into another room and Lambert SUDDENLY HAS RAMIREZ'S KATANA SWORD with no explanation when they cut to the new room.... my high school buddy stood up in his theater and yelled "Aw C'MON!!!" at the screen lol.
I know this is an old film and the comment will probably be missed but it was asked in the video how they managed to get Sean Connery back for this film.
Christopher Lambert and Sean Connery became very close during the first film and when Lambert was coming back he called Connery and asked him to do the second film with him. Connery did it as a favor to Lambert but then apparently swore off doing any films of this genre until i believe he broke down and did the League of Extroridnary Gentlemen flim.
I loved all the confusion but if still confused i'd love to clarify.
The version you watched is this; Connor and Ramirez are from a planet named Zeist. They were sent into the past as punishment for rebelling on Zeist. They became immortal on our planet and who ever of the immortals is the last one after fighting can choose to grow old or return to Zeist and be forgiven.
So all immortals in this are former Zeist natives. This movie was made to address the global crisis talk in the 90s about us destroying the planet and its o zone layer hence the strong emphasis on pollution and crap.
I saw this movie in the theater. I left the theater speechless and stunned. I was as if the director and writers had never even seen the first movie.
Whenever I find out that someone has discovered the first Highlander movie, I always say ‘great, but never, EVER watch the sequel’. It just pisses on everything good about the original. Aliens…god almighty 🤦🏻♀️🤯
There are roughly four movie sequels. I never got past "Highlander III: The Appology". (not the real title)
@@toddmoore9841 all the sequels are pretty terrible, but this one is probably the worst…especially as it ruined what the first movie set up. And Apology is a better title lol.
@@EmlynBoyle I have to disagree. Id watch this one a hundred times before I would ever willingly watch Highlander The Source lol. That movie, was physically painful and the karaoke band covering Queen had me nearly crying lol
@@scarfacefan19 I honestly don't remember The Source, but a karaoke band covering Queen is enough to make me never want to revisit it LOL.
@@EmlynBoyle It has been burned in my brain for years. But yea they covered Princes of the Universe and Who wants to live forever. Oh dear god, its so horrible lol
It's amazing how all of the versions of this movie have drastically different origins for the immortals. The original had them being aliens from the planet Zeist, and subsequent versions changed it to the past and painted over the alien architecture with ancient middle eastern architecture and redubbed everything to remove all references to aliens. They also updated many of the unfinished effects, like the Quickenings, the planetary shield, and the compositing of the buildings over the landscapes.
There's also a whacky ass alternate ending you can find where Connor takes Louise back to Zeist and they fly off together in space. Truly "A New Kind of Magic" as the tagline for this movie goes.
Very weird all around, but this is still not the worst film in the series! 3 and Endgame are okay, but Highlander: The Source is a HORRIFIC Syfy level production and is suppose to be a follow up to the show. Definitely worth a look if you hate yourself and want to see Duncan MacLeod gain super speed in a magic fight at the end!
PS: Going by the original edit where they are aliens, Ramirez is now an Alien who is pretending to be Egyptian who is pretending to be Spanish and is played by a Scotsman. Mind blown
PPS: I'm sad you didn't include the scene where Katana kills Blake (John C. McGinley) by demolishing his nuts.
PPPS: I noticed when I last watched this that MacLeod has Ramirez's katana on his belt in multiple scenes in the finale, despite it being destroyed alongside Ramirez. I think there were some extensive reshoots.
I think 3 is worse because it's just the first again and there's nothing memorable about it at all. Say what you will about the Quickening but it's so bonkers that you won't forget it. Endgame at least has Bruce Payne chewing scenery but it's pretty forgettable too.
@@larshansson1953 Reasonable, I just think 3 is less actively hostile than 2, but agreed it is way less memorable. Bruce Payne and Donnie Yen are the best things about Endgame, especially Payne's glorious scenery chewing haha
I prefer the original script
I can't lie, Jason - your ever-increasing rage during these really godawful movies is one of my favorite things on the internet. Because I feel your pain.
Oh yeah, and "Ironside" is his real last name. The "Michael" part is a stage name, though. His full name is Frederick Reginald Ironside.
I loved the original Highlander movie. When I saw this I almost broke, like full on mental collapse. It was so jarring and weird. The third movie basically ignored this movie, as if it never happened, though it isn't much better. So thankful that the TV series was good, for the most part.
I remember watching this nightmare on its cinema release. The Sean Connery scenes have a Godfrey Ho-ness to them. Detached from the rest of the movie.
26:38 you know what a slog it’s been getting to this point in the movie when the glasses come off. 30:14 sums the movie up perfectly. 😄
No joke, @Jason Brant I’ve never seen the ending to Highlander 2. I have never managed to get through it.
15:30 Literally clotheslined. 20:10 Just followed the Yellow Brick Road, Dorothy. 20:30 Scene from the last 10 minutes of Total Recall (1990) makes it into the movie. 21:22 HighBLANDER. 26:41 Misery loves company? 33:58 So she stayed in character. 37:22 This movie hurt my brain.
I saw this in like 94, after the tv show hooked me as a 12 year old, and then the first movie. This movie almost gave me a traumatic brain injury.
and if you want to see peak 90s... watch that show. Song by Queen, Europe. sword fights, and loud noises.
"I saw it for the first time a few months ago...."
.......JUST a few months ago?!? How has that man gone this far in life without watching Highlander?!? Jason, hit him for me!!!
I'm constantly amazed at how few movies he's seen.
@@JasonBrant I have a coworker who, until a couple months ago, never saw BttF, I remedied that for her the next day. To be fair, she's only 20.
@@JasonBrant wait what else HASN'T he seen?!
I watched this as a kid and as an adult I thought I was going crazy because every time I saw it they had the alien stuff edited out.
From IMDB Trivia on this movie:
Michael Ironside recalled his experiences on this movie: "Yeah, listen, I hated that script. We all did. Me, Sean, Chris, we all were in it for the money on this one. I mean, it read as if it had been written by a thirteen-year-old boy. But I'd never played a barbarian swordsman before, and this was my first big evil mastermind-type. I figured if I was going to do this stupid movie, I might as well have fun, and go as far over the top as I possibly could. All that eye-rolling and foaming at the mouth was me deciding that if I was going to be in a piece of shit, like that movie, I was going to be the most memorable fucking thing in it, and I think I succeeded."
In College 30 of us declared "There can be only one" and refused to ever admit this existed!!!
You should watch John Travolta's new movie: "The Fanatic". It is absolutely insane, the first line in the movie alone already makes it SBIG.
Another recommendation that goes more in the corny/cheesy direction is "Faust - Love of the Damned". It was a try and fail at the "edgy" superhero movies of the early 2000s (think Daredevil with Ben Affleck, but much worse).
I've also heard that The Fanatic is super bad. When Fred Durst directs your movie, you know that it's going to end up coming out of a chocolate starfish and plopping into some hotdog flavoured water.
John Travolta has nothing butt suck movies... Pulp Fiction being the only exception.
@@mouthofspaghetti7817 Face/Off as well! Total batshit, insane movie, but also awesome at the same time lol
Adding both to the watchlist. Thanks!
Ah the Fred Durst film that has one of the characters ask, "Do you like Limp Bizkit?" before putting Limp Bizkit on in the car..... Classic.
Yes they’re aliens. Like wtf. It’s stated since they changed this concept about the “immortals”, now being aliens, it broke with the canon of the original film and that director’s vision. There’s a director’s cut called the Renegade Version which they cut out all mention of aliens and the third movie doesn’t recognize this movie at all in the Highlander trilogy. This not only broke me but was so heartbreaking. The first movie was amazing and never should have had sequels.
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the cut they watched was the Directors cut. originally Sean Connery say "Free men of the Planet Zeist, hear me!" in this he say "Free men of the planet hear me!"
the easiest way to tell is the color of the shield.. in the 2000's when this cut was made, the director went back and redid some CGI and changed the shield color to Blue (it was Red in the theatrical and Renegade cut) The Film was shot with the intention to make the shield Blue, all the reflections in the street and lighting is blue, but when the Director was fired after shooting the film, the producers went in, beefed up all the Scifi and alien shit, and made the color of the shield red despite everything else staying in a blue hue.. it looked like garbage.
One of the big questions from the first movie was "Why would Sean Connery's character help Lambert's character, since they may end up fighting each other and only one immortal can survive?" I'm 7-minutes into this video and I think that's what this sequel is trying to answer.
I'm with you guys. The first movie was fine, and we don't need that answer.
This really one of the biggest dives yet in movie history when it comes to sequels.
The crazy thing is when you look at this movie on paper and its original form it was a really interesting and potentially good film. But man the Director cannot make up his mind what the hell he was making
i actually watched this one first, then the original when I was a kid. I can confirm there is no correct way to do it. 'Highlander 5: The Source' is equally batshit crazy....but which a much lower budget. I really wanted to see you guys watch this, until it happened. Now I just feel bad for you.
wait, there's a... wait there's a 4 and a 5!? Highlander 3 was like Star Wars 7, which doesn't fill me with confidence in two more Highlander movies.
@@djymm yes- Highlander Endgame, which brought the TV Series and the Movies together and the follow up Highlander: The source.
5 wasn't batshit, it's just outrageously boring and non sensical. It's like highschool level film making
what part of "THERE CAN ONLY BE ONE!" did the studio not understand?
I loved the look at the camera in confusion from Jason as Sean Connery used his force powers to stop the bladed death trap lol
Wow this brings back bad memories, can't wait to watch your reactions! The first movie was great, the TV show was fun, the sequels though.... 😶
I remember watching an interview Connery did in the 80's where he once told the interviewing reporter that yes, he has hit a woman before because women get emotional when they argue and kind of crazy so it was the only way he knew to calm them back down and make them reasonable. A decade later the same female reporter interviewed him again and asked if he regretted anything he said in their last discussion and he just kind of stared at the camera thinking hard and went "mmm.... no. Can't really recall anything." So she showed him a clip of it and his face lit up before saying "Ah! Yesh, I remember now. Nope. Still feel the same." Connery was a man that truly gave no fucks, that legend.
"FREE MEN OF THE PLANET, HEAR ME." was the re-edited line, sir.
When Jason said "This is madness" to Brian, I half-expected Brian to say "This is Sparta" but he dropped the ball there. What a shame.
You sure Sean Connery wouldn't go to hell just to teach the devil some bloody manners? Seemed like the type.
My buddies and I saw this in the theatres, opening week. We walked out so pissed! To this day we talk about how bad it was, and how much we still hate it.
From Wikipedia; The film was shot almost entirely in Argentina after the country's economy crashed; as the local economy experienced hyperinflation, the film's investors and completion bond company took direct control of production and final edit, removing director Mulcahy and his creative influence while changing parts of the story.
This movie should be used as an example of how to utterly confuse a franchise’s canon.
Michael Ironside's reaction to this script was probably "Ah well, this it shit. But I'm gonna have *fun* with it!"
Wow, that was quite a thing🤣🤣🤣🤣I'd forgotten how bad that was! You guys didn't look drunk enough 🤣🤣🤣
I like how they are “let do it here in the alley way after you killed some people”
Sean Connery didn't sacrifice himself. He just had to find a way to escape this movie.
The monologue from the council explaining to Connery and Lambert before going to earth is like an episode of Southpark. That bein said I saw this in the theatre when it came out😂
In the original script is much longer
@@tiiito1988 amazing
I remember seeing this in a movie theater shortly after seeing the original on VHS. 16-year old me thought the second one would be just as cool. The theater was full of people who were as excited as me. As the movie unfolded, I could feel the whole audience freezing in sheer horror. To add insult to injury, we even got the infamous "fairytale" ending. After paying a ticket for this, I felt like I had been robbed and raped at the same time.
Virginia Madsen absolutely has to join the show for an episode now, no way around it!
Fun fact, Sir Sean Connery has no Scottish blood. Both his parents were born and raised in Ireland. They moved to Scotland after Sean was born. Connery is 100% Irish.
That's.. not a fact at all. Joseph Connery was born in Glasgow and Euphemia McClean was born in North Leith. He had some great grandparents that were Irish.
I often wonder if this was a script for an entirely different movie and they just decided to slap the Highlander name on it.
Many different scripts from different writers were written.
Dude I recently rewatched this and was left scratching my head. Like, I vividly remembered the ozone shield being bright red and them clearly coming from another planet lol... so yeah, apparently, this is the "improved" version lol.
Damn you guys are churning out the vids, good on your work ethic. Love this chan, always a guaranteed set of laughs. Keep on watchin!
I saw this in theaters. There was a collective "Planet Zeist?!?!" throughout the theater when that came up on the screen. Nobody understood what this was.
How does anyone not find the irony in the fact that the Spanish guy has a British accent and the Scottish one has a French one , hahahha. Also Toxic Avenger already
Memphis Tennessee showing love🤝🏾..y’all funny as hell love the chemistry amongst you guys. Keep ‘em coming!
21:00 one of the more baffling decisions in a movie filled with baffling decisions is how the recut moves this as if it's _trying_ to make as little sense as possible; the theatrical cut straight-up starts with the shield going up instead of starting with complete lack of any context. The movie being "Immortals are from another planet called Zeist" is dumber than "the past" and yet somehow also makes more sense as a whole.
23:00 It's not particularly well-communicated, but the idea is that running the shield is handled by a private business; they already know the ozone layer has regenerated and are keeping it from the public because their entire business model goes poof if the world realizes the shield isn't needed anymore.
33:20 When Ramirez dies he says "You must search out Katana. It will take the power of you both to destroy the shield." The way the scene is shot makes it look like he's talking about MacLeod and his lady friend, it's supposed to mean it will take MacLeod and _Katana,_ as in, MacLeod has to take Katana's quickening to survive standing in the beam to cut it off instead of being disintegrated. It's a (very poor) attempt to up the stakes further by making Katana not just MacLeod's personal nemesis, but standing in the way of larger goals as well.
Ahh, that makes more sense. And also highlights just how poorly put together this movie is.
@@JasonBrant You want to talk about poorly put together, just wait until you inevitably get around to Highlander: The Source. Good _lord._ (Make sure you watch the longer cut of that one, it adds two things to the final fight scene that you'd probably assume I was making up if I just described it. I think it's sometimes called the "Russian Cut" because the edit simply wasn't _done_ when it aired on the SyFy Channel in the US or some such nonsense.)
The only thing I know about this movie is Lambert had his hand cut open during a sword fight since he is technically blind. Needs to wear special glasses to see (which is why his sword fighting scenes are slow), but the director in the movie found them too goofy for the movie. You would think he would of been allowed to wear them in this movie.
Wow, that was Brutal. And I was only watching snippets while you guys saw the whole mess!! Yeesh. Thank God for the hilarious and critical commentary!
I watched this in early 90s as a young teen and couldn't figure out what was going on lol
The real reason Sean Connery is in this movie was because Christopher Lambert and Sean Connery became good friends to each other during the filming of the first Highlander.
Even during the breaks on the set, they labeled themselves the names of their characters for fun.
Sean Connery did not want to be in this movie, saying "no" to almost anyone asking him to appear on the plan.
Only when Christopher Lambert asked him to appear in the film, he agreed.
However, Sean Connery was only on set for a maximum of 7 days due to other professional commitments.
This is so bad, the Highlander franchise completely ignores this ever happened.
From wikipedia "The film was shot almost entirely in Argentina after the country's economy crashed; as the local economy experienced hyperinflation, the film's investors and completion bond company took direct control of production and final edit, removing director Mulcahy and his creative influence while changing parts of the story." that explains a lot
Definitely non-canon but this film did give us one of the best lines ever. "I was finally ready, to grow old, and die. Then you send those two punks down here. Now I'm back to square one. Immortal, AGAIN!!!"
The sequel everyone wanted, but the movie everyone hates! Every fanboy back in the day was fucking STOKED for this movie, then when it came out we all felt betrayed, ahh the good old days! Well, at least y'all made it fun.
IMDB states he was born Frederick Reginald Ironside. So the coolest part of his name was kept when he left the frozen North.
This is perhaps the most gorgeous-looking and shot but incomprehensible sequel.
Also, I really wanted to walk out of Masters of the Universe but stuck it out because I paid my $5 matinee ticket price. So, I basically tortured myself for the price today of three cooked & wrapped Walmart Nathan hotdogs. Not worth it. The only other movies I ever debated leaving early were The Cabbage Patch Kids movie and Motel Hell. Ironically, the latter got better with age. but at the time, I struggled through each one SOLELY because I paid money to see them.
while the bird dude if flying around you can see the cables holding him trully a masterpiece
There is good reason why my friends and I refer to this as "Highlander 2: The Sickening - There should have been only one" and discount it from the Highlander universe because both the series and the subsequent movies ignore it too :p
It has to be the most pointless sequel ever, though urban legend states that it was apparently made to explain what the immortals are as some people had a hard time understanding the original. Things should have been left as they were as it didn't need explaining.
You’ve guys earned a new sub. Not just because you put yourselves through these horrible movies for our amusement… but also because you look like Hank Hill.