The Collection -- sequel to The Collector (2012, D: Dunstan)
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The Collection -- sequel to The Collector (2012, D: Dunstan)
When Elena’s friends take her to a secret party at an undisclosed location, she never imagined she would become the latest victim of The Collector, a psychopathic killer. The Collector kidnaps and transports her to an abandoned hotel he’s transformed into his own private maze of torture and death. Upon learning of his daughter’s disappearance, Elena’s wealthy father hires a group of mercenaries to retrieve her from the vicious grips of The Collector. These mercenaries coerce Arkin, the only man to have escaped the wrath of this heinous monster, to lead them through the gruesome labyrinth. Now, Arkin finds himself fighting for his own life in order to save Elena.
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Release: November 30th 2012
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Looks decent. I am a big fan of the first one.
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re: The Collection -- sequel to The Collector (2012, D: Dunstan)
Yeah, after all of the negative comments about the first, I was expecting the worst. Instead, it kicked ass! I haven't watched the new trailer, yet, but all of the behind the scenes footage I've seen has looked great. Awesome sets.
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The first one was mediocre, but did have that what's-her-face chick from some television show running around topless. Great rack, too.
This one is gaining a lot of traction. Lots of folks are saying it's pretty awesome.
This one is gaining a lot of traction. Lots of folks are saying it's pretty awesome.
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I love the first and have been looking forward to this one. Big thumbs up to the casting of Christopher McDonald, and I certainly couldn't blame The Collector for wanting Emma Fitzpatrick, who left quite an impression on me in her all too brief The Social Network role.
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I enjoyed the first film. Trailer looks interesting.
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I can't say I was a fan of the first film - the traps were ridiculous, the entire film was built around shock & gore - but I'm mildly curious to see where this one goes.
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Currently 100% fresh on rotten tomatoes with 5 reviews and fangoria just gave it another favorable review
http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/771312085/
http://fangoria.com/index.php/review...n-movie-review
http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/771312085/
In 2009’s THE COLLECTOR, directed by Marcus Dunstan from a screenplay he wrote with Patrick Melton, we were introduced to Arkin (Josh Stewart), a comparatively innocent thief attempting to burglarize a house. Unfortunately, that home is simultaneously invaded by the Collector, a masked man who likes to wipe out a whole group of people in a short span of time via inventive contraptions. However, he always spares one to “collect,” torture at leisure and ultimately display for his own viewing pleasure.
In their sequel THE COLLECTION (opening November 30 from LD Entertainment), Dunstan and Melton concoct an amazing splatterfest of an opening sequence in which the Collector (played this time around by Randall Archer) wipes out a whole nightclub. The filmmakers then kick out the jams on their premise by taking us to the site where the title element is stored. In THE COLLECTOR, the action was confined to the single house; here, we find that the Collector keeps his many, many finds in an entire closed-to-the-public hotel, the Argento.
Arkin, once again played by Stewart, is also back, managing to escape the Collector’s clutches during the nightclub slaughter. When he awakens in the hospital, he’d like to recover in peace and skip town with his loving wife Lisa (Navi Rawat). However, the Collector leaves a note threatening Lisa, motivating Arkin to cooperate when he’s asked to help find Elena (Emma Fitzpatrick), the surviving trophy the Collector acquired at the nightclub. Her wealthy father (Christopher McDonald) has assembled a team headed up by Lucello (Lee Tergesen) to rescue her, and Arkin thinks all he’ll have to do is point the way, but…
THE COLLECTION does something different within its particular subgenre, going not just for torture but also for tableaux. A lot of what we see in the hotel’s labyrinthine layers is reminiscent of scenes in Clive Barker’s BOOKS OF BLOOD and the works of H.R. Giger. Dunstan goes for not just jump-scares—though those are supplied—but for a kind of time-stopping awe of visual wrongness, with bodies reassembled out of order and abstract sculptures of bone. There is an internal logic at work here, so that we have some comprehension of what the Collector’s aesthetic is and why he takes people.
On the other hand, the pace moves along pretty swiftly. The filmmakers give their grotesque sights enough space to make an impression, but the action slashes along insistently. This is not a work of creeping dread (as compared to, say, the current SINISTER), but rather an ultra-bloody, smart thrill ride that’s in tune with its target audience. The sad-eyed Stewart, the resolute Tergesen and the very capable and physical Fitzpatrick all make us empathize with their characters and root for them, singly and collectively, to kick the Collector’s acquisitive ass. Stewart is an especially smart choice for a protagonist here; he’s neither the kind of flawed antihero found matching wits against Jigsaw in the SAW franchise nor the imperiled decent guy of many other movies. Instead, Arkin starts on a note of morally ambiguous desperation that makes us believe he can think outside the box (pardon the COLLECTION pun) while doing battle. Fitzpatrick is a strong heroine in the young Jamie Lee Curtis mold, and Tergesen has a special-ops credibility from the moment we meet him.
THE COLLECTION’s ending leaves the door barn-wide open for at least one more sequel. Given the variety and energy in this installment, another COLLECTOR piece will be welcome.
In their sequel THE COLLECTION (opening November 30 from LD Entertainment), Dunstan and Melton concoct an amazing splatterfest of an opening sequence in which the Collector (played this time around by Randall Archer) wipes out a whole nightclub. The filmmakers then kick out the jams on their premise by taking us to the site where the title element is stored. In THE COLLECTOR, the action was confined to the single house; here, we find that the Collector keeps his many, many finds in an entire closed-to-the-public hotel, the Argento.
Arkin, once again played by Stewart, is also back, managing to escape the Collector’s clutches during the nightclub slaughter. When he awakens in the hospital, he’d like to recover in peace and skip town with his loving wife Lisa (Navi Rawat). However, the Collector leaves a note threatening Lisa, motivating Arkin to cooperate when he’s asked to help find Elena (Emma Fitzpatrick), the surviving trophy the Collector acquired at the nightclub. Her wealthy father (Christopher McDonald) has assembled a team headed up by Lucello (Lee Tergesen) to rescue her, and Arkin thinks all he’ll have to do is point the way, but…
THE COLLECTION does something different within its particular subgenre, going not just for torture but also for tableaux. A lot of what we see in the hotel’s labyrinthine layers is reminiscent of scenes in Clive Barker’s BOOKS OF BLOOD and the works of H.R. Giger. Dunstan goes for not just jump-scares—though those are supplied—but for a kind of time-stopping awe of visual wrongness, with bodies reassembled out of order and abstract sculptures of bone. There is an internal logic at work here, so that we have some comprehension of what the Collector’s aesthetic is and why he takes people.
On the other hand, the pace moves along pretty swiftly. The filmmakers give their grotesque sights enough space to make an impression, but the action slashes along insistently. This is not a work of creeping dread (as compared to, say, the current SINISTER), but rather an ultra-bloody, smart thrill ride that’s in tune with its target audience. The sad-eyed Stewart, the resolute Tergesen and the very capable and physical Fitzpatrick all make us empathize with their characters and root for them, singly and collectively, to kick the Collector’s acquisitive ass. Stewart is an especially smart choice for a protagonist here; he’s neither the kind of flawed antihero found matching wits against Jigsaw in the SAW franchise nor the imperiled decent guy of many other movies. Instead, Arkin starts on a note of morally ambiguous desperation that makes us believe he can think outside the box (pardon the COLLECTION pun) while doing battle. Fitzpatrick is a strong heroine in the young Jamie Lee Curtis mold, and Tergesen has a special-ops credibility from the moment we meet him.
THE COLLECTION’s ending leaves the door barn-wide open for at least one more sequel. Given the variety and energy in this installment, another COLLECTOR piece will be welcome.
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re: The Collection -- sequel to The Collector (2012, D: Dunstan)
This movie delivered on all counts. Pure awesomeness. Bring on The Collected. I felt so bad because I kept gasping out loud and I hate making noise at the movies Like four or five times. Couldn't help myself. Can't remember last time a movie made me gasp out loud once, let alone five times.
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I saw this today and really liked it. I'm actually on the fence to see it again before it leaves theaters.
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Honestly surprised to see all the good reviews - I'll have to go check it out.
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I thought the first film was absolute shit, is this any better? The reviews are far more positive, but my wife's interested based upon the trailer... and she didn't see the original nor knew this was a sequel based upon the trailer.
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This movie delivered on all counts. Pure awesomeness. Bring on The Collected. I felt so bad because I kept gasping out loud and I hate making noise at the movies Like four or five times. Couldn't help myself. Can't remember last I made myself gasp out loud once, let alone five times.
And fixed your quote...
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For those who've seen this:
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Saw this tonight and thought it was just ok like the first one. Requires a huge suspension of disbelief of how this guy pulls all of this off and avoids getting hurt by his own traps. I especially had a hard time believing the whole club scene and his mechanisms of murder. Who the fuck set all of that up? I also thought that the "rescue squad" was clearly lacking in the weapons department and their approach to the "hotel".
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This relates to one of my main issues with the movie. Why again did they not just hire / alert the police when they arrived at the hotel? I remember the leader saying something about "I'll do what the police won't", but I don't think they did anything extraordinary. With a group of 10-15 cops to catch this crazed killer, the task would have been a lot simpler.