History YMMV / HighlanderIITheQuickening

** [[GeneralRipper General Katana]] is a ruthless tyrant [[GreaterScopeVillain responsible for those rebelling against him being banished]] as Immortals to kill each other in the [[Film/{{Highlander}} first film]]. Incensed by Connor [=MacLeod=] winning the Prize and going on to live peacefully, Katana ventures to hunt down and kill his adversary, murdering hundreds of subway passengers [[ForTheEvulz for his own sick amusement]]. Allying himself with Shield Corporation CEO David Blake, who is holding the Earth under a dome falsely claimed to save the planet from the damaged ozone, Katana uses his collaborator's resources to hunt for Connor before killing him and facing Connor, while trying to stop him from deactivating the shield.

** [[BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor "Ya gotta light?"]] ''[[ManOnFire *ZAP!*]]'' [[EvilLaugh "EEEHAHAHA!!"''

** Katana's two cackling mooks are dispatched in the goofiest ways possible.

* VoodooShark: This installment decided that the Immortals were actually a race of alien political exiles, which begs the question: when Connor asked Ramirez why certain people are immortal, what was all that "why does the sun rise in the east" crap? And this even goes back to the holy ground thing. Why would aliens care about human religions? Or better yet, why would you give political exiles the chance to obtain the "Prize," I.E. the chance to become a '''[[PhysicalGod GOD?]]''' [[CanonDiscontinuity The alien explanation was quickly]] [[{{Retcon}} retconned.]]
** The Renegade Version adds ''time travel'' to the mix, creating a VoodooShark within a VoodooShark by bringing up the simple question of "how in the ''hell'' does that work?"

** [[GeneralRipper General Katana]] is a ruthless tyrant [[GreaterScopeVillain responsible for those rebelling against him being banished]] as Immortals to kill each other in the [[Film/{{Highlander}} first film]]. Incensed by Connor [=MacLeod=] winning the Prize and going on to live peacefully, Katana ventures to hunt down and kill his adversary, murdering hundreds of subway passengers for his own sick amusement. Allying himself with Shield Corporation CEO David Blake, who is holding the Earth under a dome falsely claimed to save the planet from the damaged ozone, Katana uses his collaborator's resources to hunt for Connor before killing him and facing Connor, while trying to stop him from deactivating the shield.
** [[CorruptCorporateExecutive David Blake]] is the wheedling, corrupt head of the Shield Corporation who [[{{Greed}} cares only for profit]]. Despite knowing of the Shield's danger and the safety of switching it off, Blake keeps it up, knowing countless people will sicken and die as a result so he can continue to enrich himself through his monopoly. For those who defy his rule, Blake is eager to send them to a [[HellholePrison horrific prison]] where they face mistreatment, torture, and painful death, later allying with General Katana before trying to kill the heroes by crushing them with a giant fan.

** ''Highlander II'' also features John C. [=McGinley=] (who, by his own admittance, was channeling Creator/OrsonWelles) as TheDragon.

** The John C. [=McGinley=] character gets his testicles crushed by Michael Ironside near the climax. Cue the [[Series/{{Scrubs}} Dr. Cox]] jokes!

* TooDumbToLive: Really, General Katana should be a prime example of what not to do as the BigBad. It makes you wonder how he managed to live as long as he did or conquer the planet Zeist in the first place, with his hands-on approach to dispatching his enemies.

* FanNickname: The Sickening.

'''Instead''' Katana slaps the guy and sends them to Earth and, of course, they die making [=MacLeod=] immortal again, thus remaking the Gathering, thus obliging Katana to go himself and, of course getting himself killed. [=MacLeod=] [[LampshadeHanging spells this out to him]] when they meet, but he continues his course instead of just going home.

* SophomoreSlump: ''Film/HighlanderIIITheSorcerer'' and ''Film/HighlanderEndgame'' aren't exactly regarded as being classics, but they still got a better reaction than this film did. That said, many would argue that ''Film/HighlanderTheSource'' is the bottom of the barrel for the series as a whole.

** In the original versions, thanks to ExecutiveMeddling the Shield is red, but the foreground does not blend in with the sky. This was corrected in recent versions, where the Shield is blue.
** The explosions in the original cut are okay, but for some reason they were turned into white screen-filling flashes in ''The Renegade Cut''.

** The Renegade cut adds ''time travel'' to the mix, creating a VoodooShark within a VoodooShark by bringing up the simple question of "how in the ''hell'' does that work?"
* TooDumbToLive: Really, General Katana should be a prime example of what not to do as the BigBad. It makes you wonder how he managed to live as long as he did.

'''Instead''' Katana slaps the guy and send him to Earth and, of couse, they die making [=MacLeod=] immortal again, thus remaking the Gathering, thus obliging Katana to go himself and, of course getting himself killed. [=MacLeod=] [[LampshadeHanging spells this out to him]] when they meet, but he continues his course instead of just going home.

* {{Narm}}: When it comes to unintentional laughs in ''this'' movie, there can't be only one:

* {{Narm}}: The voice Creator/ChristopherLambert uses for an aging Connor resembles a little kid imitating their grandpa.

* HilariousInHindsight: The John C. [=McGinley=] character gets his testicles crushed by Michael Ironside near the climax. Cue the [[Series/{{Scrubs}} Dr. Cox]] jokes!

* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: While not on the same levels as Music/{{Queen}}'s "Princes of the Universe", Lou Gramm's "One Dream" is still a pretty good song for the end credits. Some even consider it to be one of the better things to come out of this movie.

* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: While not on the same levels as Queen's Princes of the Universe. Lou Gramm's 'One Dream' is still a pretty good song for the end credits. Some even consider it to be one of the better things to come out of this movie.

** In the original versions, thanks to ExecutiveMeddling the Shield is red, but the foreground does not blend in with the sky. This was corrected in recent versions.

* AwesomeMusic: While not on the same levels as Queen's Princes of the Universe. Lou Gramm's 'One Dream' is still a pretty good song for the end credits. Some even consider it to be one of the better things to come out of this movie.

* AwesomeMusic: While not on the same levels as [[Queen/Music]] Princes of the Universe. Lou Gramm's 'One Dream' is still a pretty good song for the end credits. Some even consider it to be one of the better things to come out of this movie.

* AwesomeMusic: While not on the same levels as [[Queen's Queen/Music]] Princes of the Universe. Lou Gramm's 'One Dream' is still a pretty good song in it's own right. Some even consider it to be one of the better things to come out of this movie.

* AwesomeMusic: While not on the same levels as [[Queen's Queen/Music]]] Princes of the Universe. Lou Gramm's 'One Dream' is still a pretty good song in it's own right. Some even consider it to be one of the better things to come out of this movie.

* {{Corpsing}}: In the theatrical cut, Christopher Lambert is visibly unable to keep a straight face in two scenes where the dialogue lampshades the IdiotPlot the movie is based on - the first time when Connor has the face-to-face discussion with Katana about how stupid and counterproductive his plan was, and the second during the LetMeGetThisStraight moment with Louise.

* {{Narm}}: The voice Christopher Lambert uses for an aging Connor resembles a little kid imitating their grandpa.

* VoodooShark: This installment decided that the Immortals were actually a race of alien political exiles, which begs the question: when Connor asked Ramirez why certain people are immortal, what was all that "why does the sun rise in the east" crap? And this even goes back to the holy ground thing. Why would aliens care about human religions? Or better yet, why would you give political exiles the chance to obtain the "Prize," I.E. the chance to become a '''[[PhysicalGod GOD?]]''' [[CanonDiscontinuity The alien explanation was quickly]] [[{{Retcon}} retconned.]]

* IdiotPlot: Lampshaded ''twice!'' The entire movie only happens because Katana is an idiot. Connor had resigned himself to a mortal life on Earth, was old and dying, and had no intent (or ability) to return to Zeist. Then Katana sent his goons to attack Connor, he decapitates them, absorbs their power, and his immortality and youth are restored. Katana even realizes this and gives an OhCrap face as Connor explains how stupid he was, and when one of said minions earlier points this out to Katana, he just smacks the guy.

* SpecialEffectFailure: The explosions in the original cut are okay, but for some reason they were turned into white screen-filling flashes in ''The Renegade Cut''.

* Corpsing: In the theatrical cut, Christopher Lambert is visibly unable to keep a straight face in two scenes where the dialogue lampshades the IdiotPlot the movie is based on - the first time when Connor has the face-to-face discussion with Katana about how stupid and counterproductive his plan was, and the second during the LetMeGetThisStraight moment with Louise.