Wednesday, October 8, 2014

The collection (2012)

Admittedly, I did not do my research before watching this movie. I just saw it as a suggestion on Netflix and started watching it without any knowledge of The Collection being the sequel to the film The Collector.

Lucky for me, this film did not really need any explanation and was still a good watch without the first part having been seen.

The Collection is a gore filled horror movie about a serial killer who collects one surviving victim each time he sets a killing spree in motion.

One of his victims, Arkin (Josh Stewart), is set free by a young lady, Elena (Emma Fitzpatrick), from a box the collector was keeping him in. She in turn, is kidnapped and placed in the box in his place.
Arkin is later forced to help a group of mercenaries who have been hired by Emma's father to find the collector and rescue his daughter.

The club scene about 10 minutes into the movie was just fantastic! It's completely gore filled fun. Think of a game of saw, with hundreds of people, and only one person can make it out alive. Then that person gets kidnapped ten seconds after surviving.

The visuals throughout the movie were awesome, each room had it's own theme and it's own kills to go with it.

Most of the death scenes were very inventive and the special effects really did a big number to help them look as realistic as possible.

The dialogue seemed a little plain at times and some of the acting looked forced but they covered most of that with the effects used in each scene.

The closing scene seemed kind of ridiculous even though he explains why and how he is doing it. Still found it a waste of an opening for another possible sequel.

For the entertainment value of the death scenes alone, I will have to give this on a 5.5 out of 10. Most of the movie didn't do anything for me and I doubt, next to going on youtube for them, would only watch it again for the intro killing spot.

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