| Highlander 2
- campy fun

Highlander 2: The Quickening ** (Interstar) Rated 14 years (at
the Granville, Coquitlam, Clearbrook, Scott and Station Square

cinemas)

solely due to Sean Connery. But, on a comic book

A LL RIGHT, I'll admit the two-star rating is almost

level, this movie does have some attraction.

in 1999, the Earth’s ozone layer
collapsed, but science saved the
day with a global shield that
bounced the sun‘s radiation back
into space. On the down side, it
created a perpetual night of
sweltering heat and humidity on
terra firma. Twenty-five years later
the inventor, Connor MacLeod *
(Christopher Lambert) is not a
popular guy.

But so what — Connor is teo old
and tired to care. At 575 years of
age, you'd feel a bit cranky too.
Actually, he’s only 75 because for
five centuries, he didn’t age.

MacLeod is zn alien from the
planet Zeist who came to Earth an
Immortal. At the end of
Highlander |, however, he was
subject to Old Man Time like the
rest of us.

But wait a second — an enemy
from the old Zeistian stomping
grounds named General Katana
(Michael Ironside trying to out-grin
jack Nicholson’s Joker) is out to
destroy Connor. In the process the
insane general accidentally makes
the old man immortal again (now
he’s 35 years old).

There's also a lot more nonsense
about a beautiful terrorist (Virgina
Madsen} trying to sabotage the
corporate-run shield, as the ozone
has repaired itself over the vears
tsort of like global Retin-A). And
the Scotsman’s fluctuating mortali-
ty is so complex, it’s explained
several times, like an upgraded
weather watch.

But the only reason anyone
would want to see this is for Sean
Connery. And he doesn’t disap-
point, wrapping his rich Scottish
brogue around some of the silliest
dialogue ever heard. While
Lambert acts with leaden sincerity,
Connery has fun strolling through
the impressive sets and cheesy
special effects.

pprox.:
COMBINATIO

Tim Bell
FILM REVIEW

Ludicrous? Juvenile? You bet.
But, if you catch it in the right
frame of mind (or rather
mindlessness), it’s an hour and a
half of campy fun.

Dr. No/From Russia With
Love/Goldfinger ***** (MGM/
UA Video/Criterion Laser Disc)

Bond James Bond): ‘Do you

expect me to talk?”

Goldfinger: “tNo, Mr. Bond, |
expect you to die!”’

You can get that witty exchange
on tape, but for fans, the laser disc
versions of the Connery classics
are the only way to go.

Besides frame-by-frame access,
Criterion offers more gimmicks
than 007’s Aston Martin.

On the second soundtrack is an
interesting running commentary
with the people who engineered
the look of the films — the direc-
tor, editor, wiiter and set designer
who offer lively comments on the
behind-the-scenes action. Addi-
tionally, the discs contain trailers,
on-location photos, biographies of
the key players, toy commercials
and other tidbits about the Bond-
mania that swept the ‘60s.

Finally, the films have never
looked better, with crisp prints,
superb color and proper theatrical
aspect ratio. Nothing but the best
for the world’s most recognizable
secret agent.

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