Awesome Movie

This is a must-see and one of the best documentaries - and films - of this year.

Excellent characters with emotional depth. My wife, daughter and granddaughter all enjoyed it...and me, too! Very good movie! You won't be disappointed.

.Like the great film, it's made with a great deal of visible affection both in front of and behind the camera.

SPL 2: A Time For Consequences finally got its UK release (Oct '16) as Killzone 2. Although starring Wu Jing and Simon Yam from the original SPL movie, the films are only connected in title only and with the method of how the 3 connections bring the story together.Once you get that out of the way, you can look at SPL 2 as a stand- alone movie and tune in for a non-linear story that has some amazing martial arts and action scenes (courtesy of long time Jackie Chan stunt team member, Nicky Li) and stars 3 of the hottest martial arts stars of this time, Tony Jaa, Wu Jing and Zhang Jin!The movie also had me moved to tears more than once, but I'll not reveal any spoilers on that...Like a blend of HK classic 'Island Of Fire' and 'The Raid 2' (which I wasn't a fan of), SPL 2 is heavily set in a Thai prison with corruption, violence and fights aplenty. With the number of flashbacks and changes in location blending in throughout the first half of the film, I would suggest keeping a keen eye on things as the story unravels. Similar to that of Andy Lau's 'The Last Blood' this takes a much darker turn on things and all the cast members play it amazingly.I really enjoyed seeing Tony Jaa mix in with a HK production. I'm a huge fan of his, but the last lot of years have seen him struggle to shine his light again. With SPL 2, he most certainly does make a return! Highly recommended and one I will be watching again very soon...

Scenes! Episode after episode festooned with the moist succulent cornucopia of everything that rules in film set against an redolent atmosphere with friends and toothfuls of the best wine. That is if you love daddy loves his most precocious adorable charming lil' daughter and you have two cool dudes that team up at the Right time to fight the most intense Asian Terminator, (who without a doubt is like a living Robocop/Matrix/Terminator dude around, and who no matter what action scenes he enters upon he takes his leave with scarce a drop of his own blood shed, and what is most bizarre his already perfect hair never, ever gets messed up)! Strange I know, but it is true, one has to watch to really appreciate all this ultra-cool stuff in this flix. What is wonderful is how it caters to almost all the characters giving them wonderful back story without really any flashbacks, just doing it with dialogue and emotions and feelings shared with the eyes in an all out remarkable interplay twixt good guys and bad guys, bad guys and supposedly good guys and good guys gone bad and brother against brother and Asian terminator against everybody! Just have to watch it and just sit bacx and enjoy this really , really , really fantastic flix!

I loved the story and at times it actually gets a little hard to follow since a lot is going on but eventually you will figure it out. After seeing this film TIFF midnight madness I raced home and I am currently trying to get a copy of SPL 1 Kill Zone. The fight scenes are incredible and if you are into that stuff you will go gaga for this film. It is strange some scenes are straight hand on hand combat, while others rely on knives and yet others focus on guns. But in the end the hand on hand fighting wins hands down. The jail house riot was well shot and the final fight scene had some incredible choreography. I really cant wait for SPL 3. The best part of the whole film is that after all the fighting, dying and blood shed it actually had a moral which is always nice. Do yourself a favor and see this movie. And if you can do so on the big screen even better.

Using mostly different plot and cast from the first movie SPL: Kill Zone, the sequel keeps the tradition of brooding crime drama alive. With the addition of Tony Jaa and several other imposing actors, this marks one of the darkest oriental cinemas for years. There will be no shortage of gruesome and bloody scenes as the characters trade bone crushing blows with incredibly rapid pace.Story is a bit tricky as it is presented with many perspectives. Simon Yam and Jacky Wu are investigating a crime kingpin who in dire need of heart transplant. Fate has it that the only match is his brother. As the effort to capture him turns sour, the polices are thrown into Thailand prison where Tony Jaa as a guard is inexplicably involved in the conspiracy.The plot might be relying too much on coincidences. It rehearses the medical issues a couple of times and also the undercover agent plot line is somewhat predictable. However, the actors are convincingly daunting or determined n their roles. While it may be a bit of stretch, the story conveys the gritty predicaments of these characters so well, audiences would find them relatable.The bread-and-butter of Asian mafia flick is the exquisitely savage action sequences. In this regards, SPL 2 stands amongst the top, one of the better choreography aside from The Raid. There are plenty of extraordinary scenes involving mass fight scenes while the camera changes level continuously or all-out brawl between the main cast.These instances are nothing short of spectacular. Hits are conveyed with such vigor, the impact will be translated beyond the screen. It's meticulously done with breakneck speed, shattering walls and bones alike. Furthermore, some of these scenes are captured in viscerally dangerous manner which undoubtedly requires commitment from production crews and especially the actors themselves.Physically and psychologically brutal, SPL 2 is the epitome of dark gangster thriller. One that will keep audiences glued to the screen with fight and pleads to the very end.