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The Collection

THE COLLECTION (Phase 4, 2012) D: Marcus Dunstan, w/ Josh Stewart, Emma Fitzpatrick. Rating: NNN Blu-ray package: NNN Rating: NNN


The Collection is a sequel to 2009’s The Collector, so spoilers for that movie are unavoidable in this review. If that matters to you, stop reading now.

Josh Stewart is back as Arkin, the thief who battled the booby-trap-loving masked maniac in the first film. He lost that round but escapes here only to be dragged back into the madman’s lair by a team of mercenaries committed to rescuing a kidnapped girl (Emma Fitzpatrick).

Nasty, graphic murders and torture, weird characters and weirder artwork abound, and the action whips along like a scalded cat.

A unique non-hero, Arkin is cautious and cunning, always self-interested and only rises to the occasion when driven by desperation. Stewart does him proud with a scrawny, slightly rat-faced appearance and way of moving.

Director Marcus Dunstan and his co-writer, Patrick Melton, explain the patchwork nature of the shoot in an informative commentary. The making-of docs cover stunts, design, effects and more.

EXTRAS Commentary, five-part making-of doc, alternate scenes. English, French audio. No subtitles.

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