But before long, West admits the poet to a sanitarium, where he becomes the subject of experiments by a staff doctor Clive Revill — all while Shillitoe begins an ongoing illicit relationship with West's wife Lydia Jean Seberg.
Eventually though, the two find themselves in Occupied France, where they find new ways to scam the locals while they stumble their way into becoming unwitting war heroes.
In addition to its nonsensical plot, "Highlander II" feels almost disconnected from the first film, rewriting much of the established backstory, and has become a black mark on a long-running franchise.