strindbergman

I enjoyed this movie. Not the best action movie, not even amongst Scott Adkins's best, but still a fun watch. The first movie was a nice surprise when I saw it, and I didn't know there were going to make a sequel, so there goes another nice one.

Accident Man was a violent, well-choreographed martial arts thriller film, with some dark humour hints here and there, but the sequel is more of a comedy, making fun of buddy movies, secret agencies flicks such as 007 or Mission: Impossible and the like. It's like a spoof of many clichéd movies but still they were trying to make an original story and not a collage of previous actioneers.

Overall I think the first one was better than this sequel, but AC2 - Hitman's Holiday is a decent, funny, not too smart but not too dumb, reasonably enjoyable martial arts action flick that goes to show not every action flick is unworthy of your precious time. Watch it with a beer and some popcorn or chips and most of all, with an open mind and not expecting too much of it.

I didn't know what to expect about this movie, even having read the synopsis, but as I was watching it I realised it's pretty much a modern giallo. This is what someone like Dario Argento would shoot if he were young and beginning a career in Hollywood, and after having watched Mario Bava's classic Blood and Black Lace (1964), a masterpiece that permeates much of the footage from the second half.

I'm glad to notice what some interesting current filmmakers are doing right now, and that is watching gialli and taking the best of those classic European horror films to put in their movies.

The cast does a fine job, the soundtrack is great, the photography and production design are superb, and the FX is spot on. I liked the plot twists and how the mysteries are being solved.

This is a nice suprise and I'd recommend to watch it along with the aforementioned Bava's masterpiece and a couple of early Argento's classics (Deep Red and Suspiria).