rgm-24256 Good as a stand alone movie, not bad, just don't think of this as a sequel, I liked this, very well done, creative, nice, Beautiful.

FlashCallahan There can't be only one.... ......Version of this film. A review of The Renegade Version We first see Macleod in make up that was borrowed by Van Damme in the present day scenes of The Quest, an old man weary of sequels and with a voice that sounds like he is immortality constipated. It's not long before two maniacal birdmen lay siege to him, and he returns to his make up free age, along with his rock ballad hair. What should have been a fun scene is ruined by poorly staged choreography and confusing focus on the action. The audience know that these immortals can die by beheading, so why Mulcahy decides to focus on a headless body exploding beggars belief. But this early set piece does feature the funniest scene in the film, when a drunken onlooker asks one of the antagonists for a light. Predictably, it all goes downhill from there. Whichever version you see, the film remains one of the most incoherent films ever released, virtually ignoring the narrative from the first movie. This version almost completely ignores the alien aspect of the film, and the planet Zeitgeist, Macleod and Ramirez are just banished to earth by being covered in neon purple while looking a little agitated. But the film has that strange gift of having several scenes that are worth seeing alone, on a separate clip compilation. Any scene with Connery is a sheer joy, even if it's just to see him have the look of a man who is being paid presumably millions for a couple of days work consisting of smoking cigars and drinking whiskey, the man doesn't have a care in the world. Elsewhere, Ironside hams it up as the villain, finding it utterly hilarious to kill dozens of innocent people by driving a subway really really fast, and being pun-tastic whilst doing so. Bearing in mind he would have never understood the concept of modern transportation. Virginia Madsen pops up as the love interest, but you soon lose interest when you see her make love to Macleod literally minutes after him turning from a shrivelled member to a boss-eyed hero. It's a tragedy for sure, lots to criticise, but lots to laugh at. The fight scenes are slow, the effects are far from special, but when you are watching a film where a Scotsman is playing a Spaniard by wearing a little fake tan, being allies with a Parisian playing a Scotsman whom both use their natural accents, are you really looking for consistency? Plus when the Quickening happens, it looks like Macleod is guiltily climaxing whilst suffering from awkward constipation. And they all have big perfect hair. A tragedy, but a magnificent one...... Hopefully they will release the Coherent cut one day, or even a Rock Of Ages cut.

AgentFauxMulder This was a very troubled film. The original creator, Gregory Widen, was not involved. Davis, Panzer, and Mulcahy appeared to not understand the rules of their own movie, and decided to do two huge things: change the series into science fiction, and make it topical.So, Connor uses The Prize to ruin the world in order to stop climate change, reveals he's an alien, and resurrects his old friend.The troubles were not just in writing. Production was a disaster, the movie went over budget, there were conflicts with backers, and eventually Mulcahy and the others had the movie taken away, completed and edited without their involvement. As a result, a weak movie became truly unbearable.The movie is just bad. I've sat through Troll 2, Plan 9, Boggy Creek, and a number of so-bad-they're-good films. This is not one of those. It's inconsistent, full of plot holes, switches from serious to cartoonish randomly, the acting is bad (although Virginia Madsen went on to win an Oscar, McGinley, Madsen, Ironside, and Connery are more than competent actors). The film takes away everything great about the original, and that is the worst thing a sequel can do: retroactively make the original worse.The movie has its moments, but they are rare. Any time Sean Connery was on screen makes it feel like a different movie, but his screen time is minimal. Very.Because of the badness, the movie has been remade twice. A recut called Renegade Version replaced the alien plot line to a time travel one, among other changes, but the movie couldn't be saved. A special edition cut was made that updated the effects (which are the least bad thing in this movie).And despite having 3 following movies, none of them even acknowledge this movie. It was removed from Highlander's timeline entirely (as was The Final Dimension). You are not missing anything by skipping this movie.

SnoopyStyle The year is 2024. The planet is protected by a shield after the ozone layer is gone. In 1999, mortal Connor MacLeod (Christopher Lambert) help created the shield to save the world after Brenda's death. Back in 2024, David Blake (John C. McGinley) runs the corporation that operates the shield. Louise Marcus (Virginia Madsen) discovers that the ozone layer has actually been restored. An elderly Connor is attacked by two killers. Connor beheads them. There is a Quickening and Juan Sánchez Villa-Lobos Ramírez (Sean Connery) is resurrected. In flashbacks, Connor and Juan are rebels on the planet Zeist against the tyrannical rule of General Katana (Michael Ironside). They were captured and sentenced to battle on Earth in the Quickening contest. Katana had sent the two killers for Connor.WTF. WTF. The original ended in an odd place for a sequel. There are more interesting ways to revive the Quickening. Connor was given an interesting power. Somebody started to pile on crazy story elements to try to connect all the dots and fail miserably. Going forward into the future with crazy ozone layer talk is sci-fi gobbledygook. It is bad writing that is compounded by the interstellar origin story. The whole thing is madness and destroyed the franchise for me.