Highlander 2: The Show Must Go On

Really exciting to be watching this in 2024.... The very year these events already didn't happen!

Yea robulon is absolutely brilliant.... He can turn a film around in what can only be called: Miraculousness ;)

This is a perfect relflection of the original now. Its pulling the hidden meaning the writers surely intended out of the muck and putting on grand display. Overly grand; indeed. My only suggestion is for the aspect ratio to be brought in line with the first movie. I swear the director intentionally shot it with a load of dead space on the sides for this purpose. Studio demands be damned and all.

Hopefully there can be a little cooperation between robulon and revstevens to bring out the definitive duology. Red letter intros all the way, a little less cornyness if at all possible, and Queen's Greatest Hits all the way!!!

As a massive Highlander fan, I had a great time with this edit!
It's been some years since I've seen the Renegade cut, and even more since I've seen the theatrical cut, so I can't pinpoint any specific story changes (other than saying I think that having Connor and Ramirez be from the future instead of the past is a really smart way to salvage the entire Zeist segment).
I did not notice any visual or audio faults in the editing.
I think the color correcting was great and never once stuck out to me, and the scene order made for very good pacing. I believe the beginning of the film was where you rearranged the most stuff (correct me if I'm wrong), and it's within those first 15 minutes that I stopped sitting at the front of my chair and started to sink in and get comfortable, which is something I pay attention to for not just fanedits, but films in general.
This is one of those edits I had to go back to the cutlist just to see what was changed, and then was shocked to see how much you made specifically for this edit. I did not notice any AI generated dialog used for Katana, so bravo there. I did not realize the newspaper was your FX, so bravo there as well. I honestly didn't even realize some shots were lower quality and upscaled (aside from Cobalt entering the Shield).

But most importantly, the music!!! Every Queen addition was perfect and puts this cut in a tier above every other cut.

It may be a bit premature to say, as I've only watched this once, but this will likely be my go-to version for whenever I want to watch Highlander 2. And I'm a huge Highlander fan, so it happens more than you'd think!

Much in the same way the Renegade Cut turned the film from atrocious to tolerable, I'd say this edit turns a tolerable film into a fairly decent 90s sci-fi action film.

When I first saw this edit, I was wary. Was this going to be an attempt to sand down all the truly insane elements that make this such a great watch? Thankfully, as soon as I got to '500 Years Ago... In The Future' I knew I could breathe easy. This is without a doubt the absolute best version of this movie! It's not going to magically make it "good" but it does enhance all the flavor that makes it Good, with added Queen music that is added so well that you'll wonder how they ever thought they could make this without it. Highly recommended, especially if you're craving a double feature like I was.

I enjoyed this a lot.
I do prefer the original red shield over the blue one from the special edition so I was glad to have that here, it does result in some image quality changes due to having to use the lower definition sources but it really wasn't too distracting here.
The Queen songs were a nice addition, I thought they might overtake the whole thing from the title but they really don't and seem to fit in pretty naturally to me.
The changes to the "Zeist" plot I thought worked better here than in the special edition, being set in the future rather than the past. The "500 Years ago...In the Future'' subtitle did make me LOL, it does fit with how audacious the segment is ;)
I think it may have lost something narratively with Katana traveling to the present so early but then not showing up again in the film for so long but that's was only a minor quibble
Overall very well done.

Fantastic edit and clearly a labour of love. Brilliant effort bringing together a variety of sources to produce the highest image quality possible. That said, there are relatively frequent dips in visual quality. Not a knock on Robulon who has clearly done they best they can with the material available.
Naratively, things flow better than in any of the other releases so far. Like others, I also chuckeld at the title '500 years ago...in the future'.
The new song choices are integrated seamlessly and definitely an improvement,
Overall the colour regrade is handled very well. The main exceptions are scenes that feature fire - the shift in reds cause any visible fires to clip out giving an unnatural appearence. I know from first hand experience what a pig fire can be to regrade but I wonder if some carefully applied power windows might make this less noticable.
The other scene where the regrade is a bit distracting is during the car chase sequence. A victim of the day for night shooting technique used, it still stands out a bit.

Overall, a much superior way to enjoy the film compared to any of the previous releases.