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Highlander II: The Quickening(Movie, 1991)

FSK: 18+ years
| 1h 49min | Genres: Fantasy, Action, Adventure, Thriller
Highlander II: The QuickeningRating: 2.4/5 (with 387387 votes)
Highlander II: The Quickening is a 1991 science fiction film directed by Russell Mulcahy and starring Christopher Lambert, Virginia Madsen, Michael Ironside and Sean Connery. It is the second installment in the Highlander film series and sequel to the 1986 fantasy film Highlander. Set in the year 2024, the plot concerns Connor MacLeod, who regains his youth and immortal abilities and must free Earth from the Shield, an artificial ozone layer that has fallen under the control of a corrupt corporation. The film was shot almost entirely in Argentina before and after the country's economy crashed; as the local economy exp... ()
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Duration: 1h 36min
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About Highlander II: The Quickening

In the year 2024, the ozone layer is believed to have been destroyed. It is up to MacLeod and Rameriz to set things right. Opposition comes from both the planet Ziest (MacLeod and Ramirez's homeworld) and a corporation profiting from the supposed lack of ozone. Also, flashbacks show the story behind MacLeod and Ramirez's exile from Ziest.

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Additional Information

Shot in: Buenos Aires
Original language: English (EN)
Spoken languages: English (EN)
Translated into 24 languages: Bulgarian (BG), Catalan (CA), Czech (CS), Danish (DA), German (DE), Greek (EL), English (EN), Spanish (ES), Finnish (FI), French (FR), Hebrew (HE), Hungarian (HU), Italian (IT), Korean (KO), Lithuanian (LT), Dutch (NL), Polish (PL), Portuguese (PT), Russian (RU), Slovak (SK), Swedish (SV), Turkish (TR), Ukrainian (UK), Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)
Status: Released
Release date DE: 01/30/1992 (World premiere: 01/13/1991)
Alternative titles in other countries (from previews, ads etc.):
"Highlander 2 - A Ressureição"
"Highlander 2 - The Quickening"
"Los inmortales II: El desafío"
"Highlander II: The Renegade Version"
"Hegylakó 2 - A visszatérés"
"Nieśmiertelny 2: Nowe Życie"
"Nieśmiertelny II: Nowe życie"
"Iskocyali 2"
"Горець 2: Пожвавлення"
"Highlander 2"
"Highlander 2 - The Quickening"
"Highlander 2: The Quickening"
"Highlander II"

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WatchPlayStream ID: MOVIES:7121, Added: 02/18/2018, Last updated: 03/13/2024