The Debt Collector 2

The Bad Boys are back as French & Sue get back together & have to help out their old boss Tommy in a dangerous situation when a new crime lord tries to take over. The best thing about this Awesome sequel is the dazzling chemistry that comes from two excellent stars ADKINS & MANDYLOR!!!! These two are fantastic together & are just as much fun as the Cult Classic first film & it's just so much following these two tough guys about while getting into scraps as they cruise about in the criminal underworld. There's a fantastic long fight sequence that was inspired by the Classic fight in John Carpenter's THEY LIVE (1988) which ADKINS is a fan of himself & the fight scene here is excellent as French & Sue have a big disagreement & fight it out & it's just Awesome & the best bit in the movie. There's plenty of action & plenty of laughs in this thrilling sequel that is hugely entertaining, love these guys & Adkins is the best Action star working today!!!

Louis Mandylor & Scott Adkins are a perfect team

Let's be fair. The first one was good enough as an action film. Literally, this one is up there with the first one as an action film. Moreover, be mentioned, this one contains some twists and turns. Adkins was good as always. How lethal a fighter he is! While Louis did fair enough. It has got action, comedy and emotional truns. Just watch it as it is made. It's fair to bless it with a 7.

Well, I was impressed with "The Debt Collector 2" (aka "Debt Collectors").

Now, now, don't get me wrong here. I am not saying that "The Debt Collector 2" is a cinematic masterpiece that would make even Shakespeare proud. But what I do mean is that the movie from writers Jesse V. Johnson and Stu Small was actually a lot better than I initially had hoped. Why? Well, this being a movie with Scott Adkins and Louis Mandylor wasn't really the go-to-recipe for a great movie.

But director Jesse V. Johnson managed to churn out a rather enjoyable and entertaining movie. Sure, the storyline was very generic and straight forward with no surprises along the way, so you know what you are in for. But there was just something about the two main characters French (played by Scott Adkins) and Sue (played by Louis Mandylor) that worked so well, and the on-screen chemistry between the two actors. Plus the amount of action and violence throughout the course of the movie definitely helped to spruce things up.

This being an action movie, you know what you are getting. And director Jesse V. Johnson followed the formula of how-to-make-an-action-movie, playing it safe. Hence the generic feel to the movie and the predictable storyline. But it was a good old fashioned action movie that doesn't require a lot of brain activity from the viewers.

And being an action movie also meant that there was little realism as in the amount of beating people to endure, and the amount of bullets fired at the main characters without finding their aim. But hey, it's all good, as this was an action movie meant for entertainment and not realism.

"The Debt Collector 2" is a movie that can be watched more than once, but I think with some years in between each viewing. I was actually adequately entertained by "The Debt Collector 2".

My rating of "The Debt Collector 2" lands on a six out of ten stars. It is actually well worth a viewing, if you have the chance.

Like many sequels, this was just not up to the quality of the first Debt Collector installment. However, I really enjoy Adkins and Mandylor and they are both enjoyable in the movie. Too bad the directing was poor and some action scenes were not done better. Adkins and Mandylor were fine but the gun fighting was "D" rate - AKs at point blank not hitting anyone?? All in all though, I would recommend it to die-hard action fans, just know what to expect.

You may ask yourself after having seen the first one, how could a sequel be made after that ending? But since these are movies ... well that's how it is possible. The chemistry is still there. And they still collect ... so pay up! Well I reckon you are not one of the people they come to collect. Also if everyone was paying up, there would not be action (over the top as it may seem at times - though the bar brawl at the beginning ... dang! It almost overshadows the rest of the movie).

Of course this time around they add a bit of story. So it's not just collecting money and then onto the next one to keep collecting. There is also a bigger riff between our two main leads. While they had a love/hate relationship that brought us many fine moments in the first one, it evolved and now there also some secrets here ... of course you could question some motives, but being angry for someone lying to you is not really something anyone wouldn't get. Having said that, this is more than a decent sequel, that is par blow by blow to the first one, if you like movies in its style