Excellent but underrated film

Awesome Movie

As somebody who had not heard any of this before, it became a curious phenomenon to sit and watch a film and slowly have the realities begin to click into place.

what a terribly boring film. I'm sorry but this is absolutely not deserving of best picture and will be forgotten quickly. Entertaining and engaging cinema? No. Nothing performances with flat faces and mistaking silence for subtlety.

The Collection (2012), sequel to 2009's The Collector, is actually better than the first movie. I liked it better because the characters were better, had more depth, and I cared more about what happened to them. The survivor that got captured at the end of the first movie stars in this one as well. I really like his character and the actor plays him well. Being completely honest, the acting in this movie isn't top notch all the time, but it wasn't like cheap horror movie level. I really liked the main actress and her character. Her character is one you'll definitely want to root for and the actress that plays her is very talented. The plot is interesting, it's pretty different from the plot of the original. The plot this time around is more of a hunt him down type of thing. This one takes it to a new level, more people are involved and it's more intense if you ask me. I liked that the filmmakers took things to a new level with the intensity. You definitely will not be bored at any point during this movie. The writing is alright, I mean no one should expect perfect writing in a movie like this, the dialogue suffices. I do suggest both this movie and the first. If you wanna have a horror movie night that'll entertain and keep you on the edge of your seat, then I'd suggest these movies. 8/10 for The Collection.

Its night over here, and today is Mr. Marcus Dunstan's birthday (April 14), so to honor him, I watched the second film he directed, which is a sequel (he also did the first one). Marcus is one of my top favorite directors. He is simply full of visions, and surprisingly unique in what he brings to a film. Josh Stewart returns as Arkin, and this time Randall Archer as the demented masked maniac. It also stars Emma Fitzpatrick, Lee Tergesen, Shannon Kane, Andre Royo, Tim Griffin, William Peltz, Erin Way, Christopher McDonald, Navi Rawat, and others. Another one of my favorite directors, John Gulager, had a cameo. Makeup and special effects are freaking fantastic from Gary J. Tunnicliffe and David Fletcher. Robert Hall was also part of the makeup effects crew. As a matter of fact, the entire cast and crew did an outstanding job on this film. It's a must see for horror fans or even fans of action. It's filled with action-packed fight scenes with blood and guts, of course. The first one, the bug-loving freak known as The Collector, invades a home, doing what he does best, but this time it's the opposite. Arkin, with a group of mercenaries hired by a businessman, is on a mission to save a girl who has been kidnapped and is in a warehouse. You know The Collector has so many deadly traps just waiting for them to play a cat-and-mouse game. In every horror film, I always root for the villains, but in this series, I loved Arkin, played by Stewart, who's really great. I just love it when he faces The Collector, he's the man. I really enjoy watching every second of it, with the suspense, thrills, screams, and definitely the bloody insanity. The climax is magnificent, with incredible fights and a beautiful score by Charlie Clouser. Whoa, it's an epic horror film! If you've never seen it, go check it out, including the first chapter. It's the best film series to add to 'Your' Collection.

After enjoying the first movie The Collector I was slightly worried as we all know horror sequels always come up short, saying that Marcus Dunstan did a good job.Arkin is back This time the movie focuses on Eleanor a girl with a very rich father. We see flashbacks of her in a car incident when she was a child possibly resulting in her deafness.The Collection starts slightly similar... Eleanor her friend Misty and Josh go to an underground club, whilst there the girls separate. Eleanor finds a trunk in a room opening it up to discover Arkin who then runs off. Meanwhile the deranged killer is letting of his traps in the club killing everyone par Eleanor who he collects.Unfortunately for the mad man Eleanor's rich father has hired a bunch of mercenaries to hunt down the killer and free his daughter. The group also manage to blackmail Arkin into leading them to his lair, there led to a abandoned hotel. Multi stories high and booby trapped the crazy the group are in a race against time to free Eleanor.If you liked the first you wont be disappointed, there is the same amount of gore and suspense

have to give "The Collection" an 8 out of 10.No, it's not a classic horror movie — it's derivative of the "Saw" movies, and it seems to result from too little thought by the screenwriters. The antagonist is a serial killer (and here a mass murderer) who employs extraordinary Rube Goldberg-esque machines to brutally trap his victims.We know nothing about how he arrived at his expertise. (He appears to be a demon-possessed Thomas Edison.) His choice of victims is random. His modus operandi is puzzling. (Why bringa prior victim to a new crime scene?) And we're not even shown how these machines work — only CG'ed tracking shots of cables and pulleys. Neither do we know why he has unarmed combat training that seems to approach the level of Batman's. And the question I was left with by the previous film ("The Collector," 2009) is still the most egregious omission — how on earth does our bad guy have time to invade a house or building and set all these things up?! There is SOME nice exposition about the killer's motivations in some closing dialogue, and it's wickedly interesting, but it's cut short.But, hey — this still got under my skin enough to be an effective horror movie. The opening action set-piece (YEESH!) was not only frightening, it was also something completely surprising. I knew bad things were afoot when we spot our horrible machinist lurking above, but … I didn't expect THAT.Even with almost no speaking lines, Randall Archer deserves credit for terrific physical acting throughout — not to mention some the best (worst?) crazy-evil eyes in horror film history. (Just LOOK at this mamajama in the second picture below.) Archer is a professional stuntman, and his movement and posture sell the role perfectly.Even better is the presence of Josh Stewart, who returns as the first movie's nuanced antihero. I'll say it again — I love this guy. He's a damned talented actor, and he deserves more leading roles in major films. He was even frikkin' awesome in his small role as Bane's craven little henchman in "The Dark Knight Rises" (2012).And Lee Tergeson, who I remember best as Beecher in HBO's "Oz" (1997-2003), is also great to watch.There are other nice touches too. Like its predecessor, this movie could be smart and creative when it tried. The use of a gun here is pretty clever, even if it seems obvious in retrospect. (I wouldn't have thought of that.) And the fate of some of our bad guy's past victims is both fresh and very disturbing. If those ideas had been expanded on much further, this film would have risen above its status as a "Saw" imitator.Finally, I love endings like the one we see here. I won't say more for fear of spoilers.