Kill Zone 2

So much more brutal, exciting and interesting than the first Kill Zone (2005), and featuring multiple excellent martial artists!Kill Zone (2005) was about revenge—mean revenge. Now, ten years later director Pou-Soi Cheang (The Monkey King 1-3) escalates the plot to the black market organ trade. But much as the Fast and Furious sequels expanded their family values and geographic coverage, this sequel accordingly spans Hong Kong to Thailand and includes more family ties than its predecessor and that sense of blood ties urgency is strong here.Chan Kwok Chung (Simon Yam; Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life, Ip Man 1-2, Kill Zone) and his nephew Kit (Jing Wu; Wolf Warrior, Kill Zone) get caught up with organ traffickers who run a Thai prison and incarcerate Kit. Our boss bad guy is in need of a transplant from his unwilling brother. Chatchai (Tony Jaa; Ong-Bak, The Protector, Furious 7) needs a transplant for his little daughter, and he works with her godfather as guards in the Thai prison. Oh, and the organ harvesting prison warden Ko Hung (Jin Zhang; Pacific Rim Uprising) is apparently an all-star ninja assassin in a three-piece suit. With all this going on it should come as no surprise that the plot gets complicated.Much as I found Kill Zone (2005) to outweigh its martial arts with drama, so follows part 2 for most of the first half of the film. This had me worried at first. Both are very gritty mainstream crime movies that are more about the crime-fighting than the kung fu fighting, except part 2 lets the kung fu (and muay thai) shine in the second half. Instead of just bullet-ravaged bodies in firefights, we have guns disarmed in close-quarters, leading into modernized Asian action: kung fu while wearing suits because they offer such great mobility!And speaking of martial arts, I felt that Tony Jaa’s acrobatic stunt talents were a bit underutilized, and his combat action and choreography in Furious 7 (2015) felt more “exciting” even if not technically richer or more stunt-heavy. But let’s be clear. I really enjoyed the action in this movie. When the fights fired up, the combat was richer with grappling and stabbings than part 1 (which was more classically techniqued).Like its atmosphere, the fight scenes mix the style of chaotic street brawls and classic kung fu cinema; even the action photography and editing fit this notion.The best fights are saved for the end. The tonfa-knife fight in the lobby was great, and the final fight brought together the three best fighters in the film for a long, drawn out, wire-work spectacle during which Jaa appropriately explodes into a whirlwind of knees and skull-cracking elbows. However, everyone gets their moments (and a LOT of them). Which brings me to the notion that, much to my surprise, this was not a Tony Jaa movie. This was a Jaa-Wu-Zhang triple showcase.I appreciated the more visceral action, the amusing chaos of the prison riot, and the fact more than just one hero and one villain were able to brandish their skilled flare. In my opinion, way better than part 1 and well worth owning.

This film has everything going for it except a way to keep things simple enough that the subtitles explain everything. This film hardly does this, and I spent a lot of time guessing who was who and doing what for why. High quality production all around. At least 200 fight stunts....or more. Story lines never got "compelling" for me....always figured the various endings and resolutions -- no surprises. Sometimes too talky, sometimes too long to almost boring fights extended by marked discontinuities that had the seriously harmed heroes again and again come back to consciousness in the nick of time....it got to be a bother. Still, it earns the four stars the hard way -- these stunts cost a lot of folks some serious bruising. Nice. But, I won't watch this again, and that's why it doesn't get five stars. Okay, four and half stars, but I don't like this style of fighting that much.

Non stop action by one of the best. Tony JAA is always good to watch and even when he is kicking butt you can’t help but like him.

This was great

I've been on a Tony Jaa kick and got seduced by the trailer for "Kill Zone 2" but it's a little bit of a slog. I found myself drifting in and out throughout the movie, despite being really well-shot. If you're looking for fight scenes on the scale of "The Protector" or even "Ong Bak," look elsewhere. There are a few awesome stunts during a prison riot scene but a lot of the later scenes rely on fast cuts and obvious wire stunts, to the point of being really cartoony. If that's what you're up for, you'll like it but if you want something with a little more grit and unassisted stunt work, look elsewhere.

I like watching this guy Tony Jaa...real good fighter. Reminds me of IP man in his movies.

Not your typical martial arts movie this actually has a plot and some fight scenes I gave it 4 stars because it's different than the others movies I've seen I've seen all action no plot it's nothing like KILL ZONE with Donnie Yen i suggest you rent it or if you get a good price buy it the fight scenes are pretty good but don't expect non stop action

I really got this for the action and the incredible martial arts actors. I could have done without the heart string pulling subplot that didn't make any sense at the end. I do like gritty action sequences, so some of these choreographed moments enhanced by CG had me going, "C'mon! No way!" but all in all, a good flick to sit back and enjoy.

ong bak 2 & 3 are still favorite but this has a very touching and emotional story line..great action that is spread out over the whole film.. you have to watch the story tosee the martial scenes.. but at. the end, Iwas touched..

I used the product to watch the movie which was good as it had a lot of Action in it.

Good quality and good value for money.

Good

Item was good and it’s match with my expectation