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Flood is a hit man who is ready for retirement. He suffers from debilitating headaches and tinnitus. His handler tells him to find a nice girl. And he does. A girl he met during his last job. They fall in love.

His physician now tells him he has an incurable disease and that he has a couple of weeks left. He makes plans. He doesn't want his girl to see him waste away so he breaks things off with her and wants someone to take him out. His handler isn't willing to hire someone so he has to go to the competition. She's more than happy to put out a contract on him.

But then a couple of minutes before the contract is to go into effect, his Dr. Calls him with the good news that he is alright after all. Problem is that he killed the father of lady her hired. So she's not willing to call it off. Instead she doubles the reward for any hitman who kills him. A bunch of colorful hitmen, hitwomen, hitfamilies now go after him. Of course one of them manages to kidnap his girlfriend.

What results is a violent gory action fest that's fun and entertaining. Performances are good, direction is good, the script is ok, the action is pretty spectacular and original. The movie doesn't take itself too seriously.

The Killer's Game is the most fun I've had at the movies in a long time.

Not sure what people see in this movie. There is no story, no arc. There's no character to care for. The kids are neither cute nor endearing. They don't act like kids their age either, but like older kids who act as a script requires. The adults for the most part are asinine. Of course there's no shortage of people who act like that but it makes it hard to connect with anyone.

I did like the setting in Florida though. Any production improves by being set in Florida. Glad they didn't film it in California. I also liked that it's about regular people, not privileged millionaires driving around Beverly Hills.

Performances are ok. Nothing special. No one is required to do anything noteworthy. The characters act either normal or hysterical.

There was an opportunity here for a gritty drama involving poverty, drugs, theft, prostitution, hope, opportunity. Those themes are glossed over. Instead the movie focus on a bunch of kids, who cares what kids are up to anyway. Then there's was the dumb ending.

I enjoyed the first movie a great deal, except for the ending of course, and couldn't wait for the sequel. It didn't disappoint.

Donnie does a quick heist in an airport in Belgium and steals some diamonds. He's part of some cool European crew. They're off now to the diamond center in Nice to offload the diamonds.

But they also plan on robbing the vault of the diamond center no less. The diamond center looks more like a bakery with 3 sorry security guards. Donnie gains the trust of some of the higher ups. So the team starts planning the heist. That's when Nick suddenly shows up in Donnie's apartment. He wants to switch sides and help with the heist. Donnie buys it. But then the owner of the diamonds from the Belgium heist, the Italian mob, grab them and demands the diamonds back.

Good thing the diamonds are in the vault as well. Now the gang executes the heist stealing stuff and recovering the mob's diamonds. This one is more complex and lengthy and is thrilling. As they make their escape Nick is forced to stay back and has to confront security but eventually they all escape.

As they make their way to Italy, they run into some disgruntled former members of the gang who left during planning. But the mobsters show up in time to save the day.

As our gang celebrates their bounty in Italy, there's a twist, and then another. It all ends on a satisfying note this time around.

Den Of Thieves 2 has a very different feel. Big budget, big franchise globe-trotting, sharp sunny cinematography. It lacks the charisma brought by Schreiber in the first installment. And thankfully lacks the over the top antics of Nick pretending to be Vincent Hanna. So here since everyone is part of the team, there is no villain really. The mob doesn't get a whole lot attention. It all comes down to the heists and the action and it's all fun and exciting.

Evin Ahmad adds some much needed hotness, and the rest of that gang are cool and funny, once the mean ones leave.

I enjoyed this flick a great deal, can't find much to complain. It's great to hear that more sequels are in the works. This could end up being one of the better action franchises out there.