Kill Zone 2
Well Go USA Entertainment | Release Date: May 13, 2016 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
73
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 9 Critic Reviews
Positive:
8
Mixed:
1
Negative:
0
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
70
Los Angeles TimesNoel MurrayMay 13, 2016
Mostly, just as “SPL” did with Yen, this sequel serves as an ideal showcase for talented martial artists. Kill Zone 2 watches with awe as Jaa and Wu move with balletic force. There’s grace within their violence. Read full review
88
RogerEbert.comSimon AbramsMay 13, 2016
Don't let the tacky American-friendly title of Kill Zone 2 fool you: the martial arts genre's next big thing is here, and it is way meaner, more technically accomplished, and more exciting than its disappointing marketing strategy implies. Read full review
70
Screen DailyJames MarshMay 17, 2016
A sequel in name only to Wilson Yip’s 2005 film, Soi Cheang’s SPL2: A Time For Consequences nevertheless recaptures the exhilarating energy of the original. Read full review
83
The A.V. ClubIgnatiy VishnevetskyMay 12, 2016
Cheang builds flourish upon flourish with a ballsiness that recalls Brian De Palma in his prime. Read full review
91
The Film StageEthan VestbyMay 17, 2016
Stylistically free but still cleanly delineated in character and crime-film structure, there comes a clear direction for the 21st-century action film. Read full review
70
The Hollywood ReporterElizabeth KerrMay 17, 2016
Far from being the convoluted mess it could have been, incoming director Cheang Pou-soi (Yip serves as a producer) crafts a tight, swiftly paced action yarn that ensures viewers won’t be pining for the presence of the first film’s stars, Donnie Yen and Sammo Hung. Read full review
70
The New York TimesAndy WebsterMay 12, 2016
If there’s one rewarding thing about many Hong Kong action directors, it’s that they rarely dawdle in getting to what fight fans have come for: bracing shootouts and high-impact fisticuffs and footwork. Read full review
70
VarietyJoe LeydonMay 17, 2016
Helmer Cheang and action director Li Chung Chi offer an impressive array of rock-’em-sock-’em setpieces — including a battle royale at a cruise ship terminal, and grand finale in a Hong Kong high-rise — and the performances, especially those by Wu, Koo and Zhang, are thoroughly attuned to the movie’s overall tone of fever-pitched martial-arts noir melodrama. Read full review
60
Village VoiceAaron HillisMay 11, 2016
Dizzily entertaining when the knives, bullets, and feet are flying, and sometimes painfully melodramatic during the interim exposition. Read full review
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