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- 2016
- Not Rated
- Well Go USA Entertainment
- 2 h
- 2016
- Not Rated
- Well Go USA Entertainment
- 2 h
Summary When an undercover cop gets too close to revealing the mastermind of a drug syndicate, his cover is blown. Double-crossed and under a false identity, he's thrown into a Thai prison, where a guard discovers the inmate - claiming he's a cop - is a bone marrow match for his dying daughter...and his warden may have an even deadlier operation...
Directed By: Soi Cheang
Written By: Lai-Yin Leung, Ying Wong
- 2016
- Not Rated
- Well Go USA Entertainment
- 2 h
- 2016
- Not Rated
- Well Go USA Entertainment
- 2 h
Kill Zone 2
73
6.6
Where to Watch
Summary When an undercover cop gets too close to revealing the mastermind of a drug syndicate, his cover is blown. Double-crossed and under a false identity, he's thrown into a Thai prison, where a guard discovers the inmate - claiming he's a cop - is a bone marrow match for his dying daughter...and his warden may have an even deadlier operation...
Directed By: Soi Cheang
Written By: Lai-Yin Leung, Ying Wong
Where to Watch
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 9 Critic Reviews
73
89% Positive
8 Reviews
8 Reviews
11% Mixed
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1 Review
0% Negative
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0 Reviews
Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 9 Critic Reviews
73
89% Positive
8 Reviews
8 Reviews
11% Mixed
1 Review
1 Review
0% Negative
0 Reviews
0 Reviews
Stylistically free but still cleanly delineated in character and crime-film structure, there comes a clear direction for the 21st-century action film.
Don't let the tacky American-friendly title of Kill Zone 2 fool you: the martial arts genre's next big thing is here, and it is way meaner, more technically accomplished, and more exciting than its disappointing marketing strategy implies.
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 19 User Ratings
6.6
68% Positive
13 Ratings
13 Ratings
16% Mixed
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16% Negative
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3 Ratings
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 19 User Ratings
6.6
68% Positive
13 Ratings
13 Ratings
16% Mixed
3 Ratings
3 Ratings
16% Negative
3 Ratings
3 Ratings
Tony Jaa's best movie since the original Ong Bak. Top Notch Fight scenes and a far from straight forward story (that is well written to say the least) make this a martial arts fans wet dream.
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I bought this on a whim because I just wanted to see a movie with Tony Jaa doing cool stuff, and it was only 4 bucks on Amazon video. Didn't expect the story to be anything interesting, I expected it to be pretty mediocre considering the price. Turns out there's lots of heartwarming and tear-jerking moments, and I genuinely cared about the characters and wanted to see them succeed. The plot is just a little convoluted and the sort of begins in the middle, then jumps to the beginning and shows what lead up to the middle. I think it would have been better just starting from the beginning. That's the one minor complaint I have, otherwise it's a great movie, definitely much more than you'd expect from what looks like a generic action movie on the surface. Don't let the name, cover, or discount prices fool you, this movie is a hidden gem.
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Helmer Cheang and action director Li Chung Chi offer an impressive array of rock-’em-sock-’em setpieces — including a battle royale at a cruise ship terminal, and grand finale in a Hong Kong high-rise — and the performances, especially those by Wu, Koo and Zhang, are thoroughly attuned to the movie’s overall tone of fever-pitched martial-arts noir melodrama.
A sequel in name only to Wilson Yip’s 2005 film, Soi Cheang’s SPL2: A Time For Consequences nevertheless recaptures the exhilarating energy of the original.
Far from being the convoluted mess it could have been, incoming director Cheang Pou-soi (Yip serves as a producer) crafts a tight, swiftly paced action yarn that ensures viewers won’t be pining for the presence of the first film’s stars, Donnie Yen and Sammo Hung.
If there’s one rewarding thing about many Hong Kong action directors, it’s that they rarely dawdle in getting to what fight fans have come for: bracing shootouts and high-impact fisticuffs and footwork.
Dizzily entertaining when the knives, bullets, and feet are flying, and sometimes painfully melodramatic during the interim exposition.
One of the better martial arts/action movies I've seen in a while.. well.. in the original same vein as Enter the Dragon and Raid. I think wire acts aside, hope to see more of this team put something together.
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Might as well say this just for the heck of it. Kill Zone 2 is no average movie. Just a sheer of blood and fighting... with a logical story that follows its path straight to the conclusion.
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Production Company
1618 Action Limited,
Abba Movies Co. Ltd.,
Bona Film Group,
Bravos Pictures,
Celestial Pictures,
MGK Multimedia,
Maximum Gain Kapital Group,
Sil-Metropole Organization,
Sun Entertainment Culture,
Tin Tin Film Production
Release Date May 13, 2016
Duration 2 h
Rating Not Rated
Awards
Hong Kong Film Awards
• 1 Win & 3 Nominations
Hong Kong Film Critics Society Awards
• 1 Win & 2 Nominations
Chinese Film Media Awards
• 2 Nominations
