# Was Highlander 2 \*really\* that bad? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 6, 2005, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-highlander-2-really-that-bad/297960 "2005-04-06T01:24:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![smiling\_bandit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@smiling\_bandit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smiling_bandit)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2005, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-highlander-2-really-that-bad/297960/21 "2005-04-06T15:18:15Z")
I was always wodnering hwo they managed to get the actors to appear in it. I know some of them probably just needed money (most people do) but this was a potential career-killer. ---
**Author:** ![bump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7c8e57/32.png) [@bump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bump)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2005, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-highlander-2-really-that-bad/297960/22 "2005-04-06T15:52:10Z")
You have to admit, the airline safety film was an absolute hoot though! ---
**Author:** ![ArrMatey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/arrmatey/32/3522_2.png) [@ArrMatey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ArrMatey)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2005, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-highlander-2-really-that-bad/297960/23 "2005-04-06T15:54:49Z")
An anecdote to make the movie even worse: A friend of mine and I saw it opening night. We drove home bewildered. One scene, Connor and this woman don’t know each other, the next, they’re driving around together talking. WTF? It turns out that the print of the movie we saw actually was -missing- the scene where Connor and the disposable romantic interrest meet, making the movie even _less_ comprehensible! ---
**Author:** ![JSexton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/96bed5/32.png) [@JSexton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JSexton)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2005, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-highlander-2-really-that-bad/297960/24 "2005-04-06T16:04:45Z")
The actors probably signed contracts before it all went to hell and had massive rewrites. Then they were stuck. It’s obvious from watching it that they didn’t want to be in it. I’ve never seen a more lackluster, bored performance. ---
**Author:** ![vibrotronica](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/a9a28c/32.png) [@vibrotronica](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vibrotronica)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2005, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-highlander-2-really-that-bad/297960/25 "2005-04-06T16:25:51Z")
> [@Sublight](#): > > The result, therefore, is a movie created by a committee of accountants from an insurance company. > > Read that line a few more times to absorb the full horror of its implications. _the…hurting…_ ---
**Author:** ![Yllaria](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yllaria/32/3452_2.png) [@Yllaria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yllaria)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2005, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-highlander-2-really-that-bad/297960/26 "2005-04-06T16:58:18Z")
How bad was it? I once read the back of the box at the video store, once, and wish I hadn’t. There is no Highlander II. ---
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2005, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-highlander-2-really-that-bad/297960/27 "2005-04-06T17:07:15Z")
> [@Muad'Dib](#): > > The best I can describe it is that it feels as if it were written from the immagination of a 13 year-old. Writing all the characters as he thinks would make them cool. Yes! That is probably the best description of this… thing. ---
**Author:** ![DaddyTimesTwo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f07891/32.png) [@DaddyTimesTwo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DaddyTimesTwo)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2005, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-highlander-2-really-that-bad/297960/28 "2005-04-06T17:13:39Z")
I saw _Highlander 2: The Sickening_ for a $1, and I almost walked out. in hindsight, i wish I would have. And few weeks after I saw it, a guy I worked with then was reccomending it to everyone at lunch time. I think he was trying to start a fight. ---
**Author:** ![sturmhauke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e47c2d/32.png) [@sturmhauke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sturmhauke)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2005, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-highlander-2-really-that-bad/297960/29 "2005-04-08T22:43:18Z")
> [@Sublight](#): > > The result, therefore, is a movie created by a committee of accountants from an insurance company. Do you have a cite for that? It makes a horrible kind of sense, but I never heard that before. ---
**Author:** ![Maeglin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8baadc/32.png) [@Maeglin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maeglin)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2005, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-highlander-2-really-that-bad/297960/30 "2005-04-08T22:48:50Z")
> [@sturmhauke](#): > > Do you have a cite for that? It makes a horrible kind of sense, but I never heard that before. There is vague justification for that [here](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0102034/trivia). Other interesting bits of trivia, too. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2005, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-highlander-2-really-that-bad/297960/31 "2005-04-08T23:21:26Z")
Michael Ironside, I hope we can all agree, is cool in everything he does. ---
**Author:** ![Lumpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lumpy/32/446_2.png) [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2005, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-highlander-2-really-that-bad/297960/32 "2005-04-09T01:48:12Z")
Imagine the worst, stupidist, most needless, character-betraying retcons to ever appear in a comic series. Spider-Man Clone bad. That was how bad Highlander 2 rewrote the premise of the first movie. ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2005, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-highlander-2-really-that-bad/297960/33 "2005-04-09T02:01:02Z")
> [@Lumpy](#): > > Imagine the worst, stupidist, most needless, character-betraying retcons to ever appear in a comic series. Spider-Man Clone bad. That was how bad Highlander 2 rewrote the premise of the first movie. True. And also that is true of _every_ Highlander since the first. Each one has invalidated all the ones before it. Of course, I guess there was no way to have a sequel without doing so, but still… ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2005, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-highlander-2-really-that-bad/297960/34 "2005-04-09T02:49:51Z")
> [@Chairman Pow](#): > > Was Highlander II really as bad as it sounds? I have a hard time believing it. I’ve seen a lot of movies, and I’ve seen a lot of bad movies. You will find my detailed description of “Highlander II” in several other threads, including the bad movie thread going on right now. It my honest opinion that Highlander II was, in fact, the worst movie ever made. I really and truly think it was worse than “Battlefield Earth,” which is saying something, because “Battlefield Earth” really was as bad as you’ve heard. I thought “Highlander II” was worse than “Leonard Part Six,” worse than “Star Trek V,” worse than “Bio-Dome,” worse than “From Justin To Kelly,” and worse than “Freddy Got Fingered.” It was worse than “Porky’s II.” I qualify my statement by saying that I compare “Highlander II” only to professionally made movies, e.g. movies directed, written and starring people with actual Hollywood credits. I am sure you can find many college films that are worse. But for REAL movies, “Highlander II” really is as atrocious as you’ve heard. Worst movie ever. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-highlander-2-really-that-bad/297960.md?page=1)