[Review] Debt Collectors(2020) {6.5/10}

Directed by Jesse V. Johnson with a screenplay from Johnson, Stu Small, the film stars Scott Adkins (French), Louis Mandylor (Sue), Vladimir Kulich (Tommy), Marina Sirtis (Mal Reese), Ski Carr (Molly), Charity Collins (Felix) and Mayling Ng (Britt). It is a sequel to 2018's The Debt Collector.

The film follows a pair of debt collectors who are thrust into an explosively dangerous situation, chasing down various lowlifes while also evading a vengeful kingpin.

Director Jesse V. Johnson, a former stuntman, knows exactly how to get the best out of his physically-minded casts and can be counted on to bring the best, and most varied performances, out of Adkins. Debt Collectors is only a bit more where The Debt Collector came from: this sequel has all of its predecessor's eccentricities, but none of its breezy confidence. Nothing fancy, but the action choreography is thrilling and brutal. Adkins' growing legion of fans will enjoy getting more of the same, and newcomers will get a solid sampler of what Adkins and Johnson have to offer. Everyone else will have to put up with a surprisingly and disappointingly tame reunion for both French and Sue and Adkins and Johnson; ironically enough, what Debt Collectors fails to drum up is any kind of interest.

Debt Collectors is now available on Digital and Blu-ray.