Plustown A lot of perfectly good film show their cards early, establish a unique premise and let the audience explore a topic at a leisurely pace, without much in terms of surprise. this film is not one of those films.

InformationRap This is one of the few movies I've ever seen where the whole audience broke into spontaneous, loud applause a third of the way in.

Deanna There are moments in this movie where the great movie it could've been peek out... They're fleeting, here, but they're worth savoring, and they happen often enough to make it worth your while.

Curt Watching it is like watching the spectacle of a class clown at their best: you laugh at their jokes, instigate their defiance, and "ooooh" when they get in trouble.

jadavix "The Collection" is, if anything, even more like the "Saw" movies than its predecessor, "The Collector", was.That movie also involved gruesome traps laid by a homicidal maniac, though they were set up in the house of the innocent victims, and thus weren't anywhere near as creative as the average "Saw" execution device."The Collection" takes the action out of suburbia and into a run-down hotel where the killer apparently hangs his hat... or mask. Thus the traps are more elaborate, though still not as shocking or elaborate as the best from that other franchise.The movie also features a team of mercenaries entering the hotel, attempting to break someone out, so it could almost be called a horror/action hybrid. At one point, the killer even breaks out some martial arts skills.Unfortunately it all adds up to a pretty forgettable movie. Lee Tergesen - who I hadn't seen in anything since "Oz" and "Rescue Me" - is in it, and so is Andre Royo, known as Bubbles in "The Wire". But obviously, this isn't an actor's movie.Like the first, it doesn't really have any memorable death scenes or violence, and it didn't hold my attention for long.

torstensonjohn In the film industry the success depends on depth, story, performances, SPX, screenplay, authenticity. In the horror genre a good film needs to be able to encompass the audience, entrap them in the characters vision. From the opening segment the film needs to keep you invested. There should be enough twists and turns that makes you say "THAT I WAS NOT EXPECTING". Sorry to disappoint this film really doesn't have much to offer.One sequence is The Collection seemingly picks up shortly after the first one. The sadistic killer controls his victims in a hotel/warehouse instead of a house this time. As with the first film the traps the killer lays are a rip-off from the Saw films. Albeit there are some unique ones but they are savagely depicted to cause mortal death or dismemberment. The screenplay/writing lacks intensity, lacks suspense and fill. The idea behind these films is unique, but the way they were laid out for the audience truly lacks entertainment value.

bachemar When in the first 15 minutes of a horror movie you are expected to suspend your disbelief to a herculean degree, it doesn't bode well for the rest of it. Sure there is good gore but there's been better and the rest of the ridiculousness and tired boring clichés made me roll my eyes. If you have a lazy Sunday afternoon and you've watched all the good horror movies out there and already have a Netflix subscription, then go for it. Otherwise, there are better things (and better movies) to use your time on.

Leofwine_draca THE COLLECTION, a sequel to the torture porn flick THE COLLECTOR, is a mild step up from the first and a little more entertaining - if you can call watching people getting killed in increasingly gruesome ways entertaining.The story sees the return of Arkin, the erstwhile hero of the first movie, as he manages to escape from the clutches of the devious killer only to find himself forced at gunpoint to undertake a new, even more dangerous job: he's forced to lead a team into the collector's home, a long-abandoned hotel, to rescue a kidnapped girl.What follows is decidedly more action-orientated than the first film, and on a bigger scale. The opening scene, a massacre in a nightclub, seems to be a nod to BLADE. The traps are bigger and broader here, and the bloodshed flows in equal measure, although this seems less interested in the depiction of pain and more keen to show dismemberment and gore on a large scale. Still, THE COLLECTION is fast paced and has a great ending, so it's not all doom and gloom. Josh Stewart is a welcome return from the first film, although newcomer Christopher McDonald steals his scenes with an assured and confident performance.