Although it has its amusing moments, in eneral the plot does not convince.

Strong acting helps the film overcome an uncertain premise and create characters that hold our attention absolutely.

The best films of this genre always show a path and provide a takeaway for being a better person.

One of the worst ways to make a cult movie is to set out to make a cult movie.

While the first movie of this series "The Collector" had such a dark toned scenario, story, and cliffhanger ending, I myself felt that it's sequel "The Collection" lacks the amount of both credibility and creativity to make a much better storyline that surpasses the first movie. The movie also counts with an amount of unnecessary gruesome scenes in my opinion. I was also hoping that we'd get to know more about "The Collector" himself, what does he achieve by doing all of this, though we get a little tease at the end with Arkin telling some things about his past. The last scene made it up for just some seconds, though as expected, we got a cliffhanger ending with "The Collector" trapped in his own coffin by Arkin. Not to mention that throughout the whole series there's been more questions than answers formulated. But nice try nonetheless.

"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.

I didn't realize while I was watching this film that it happens to be a sequel. I walked into this one knowing absolutely nothing about the previous film 'The Collector' (2009), so my view of this movie wasn't very knowledgeable of the overall plot between the two films. I watched it as a one off, and not sure how the first film affected the plot of this movie.The Collection is a gruesome series of trap-based murders, akin to the 'Saw' franchise. There is no denying it's influence on this film, as several people find themselves trapped in a warehouse of a serial killer known as "The Collector." An escaped victim of a mass slaughter, an former convict who had a run in with the killer in the past (watch the previous film to find out about that), and a band of soldiers/mercenaries looking for the main character. They find themselves being knocked off one by one, through various disgusting and nasty traps. As the victims fall to the killer's somewhat ridiculous traps, they get closer and closer to discovering who the killer really is.It's not a bad Horror/Thriller film. It has one of the worst beginnings of any horror I've ever seen however. The Collector is obviously some sort of wizard like engineer, being able to transform entire buildings into one giant death trap. I know you don't watch something like this for the plot, but this film is pretty absurd throughout its short run time. The lead actor and actress aren't awful, they stand above the rest of the cast, but I never felt scared throughout the movie. There was a bit of action elements in the middle, which was actually the best part of the film. There were some very decent knife fighting sequences in this movie. However, a horror should put you on the edge of your seat, and I kind of thought this movie was not successful for its genre. I realize that the author of this film has a reputation for 'funny' gore flicks, but this one wasn't funny or scary. It was just okay for me.Obviously if you are a fan of this genre you may simply enjoy the blood, traps, and gore, but I thought the whole thing was one big 'Saw' copy, that has the occasional moment or two.4/10

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.