Highlander II: The Quickening overview
Synopsis:
At the end of Highlander, Juan Ramirez (Sean Connery) died and Connor MacLeod (Christopher Lambert) was rendered mortal. "Highlander 2: The Quickening begins in 1999 when Connor solves the problem of an ever-depleting ozone layer on the earth by devising a giant shield around the entire planet. The earth is saved, except for the fact that it is now a continual 99 degrees, and the earth is plunged into 24 hours of darkness. 40 years later, Connor is an elderly man with liver spots, heading out for the opera.
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Movie Details:
- Director: Russell Mulcahy
- Studio: Ziad El Khoury-Jean Luc Defait [CREDITS], Lamb Bear Entertainment, Davis/Panzer Productions, Interscope Communications
- Year: 1991
- Run Time: 90 minutes
- Country: UK, USA
- Language: English
- MPAA Rating: R (for strong violence, and for some language)
- Category: Feature
- Genre/Type: Fantasy
- Filmed in: Color



