The Collection

Have you guys seen the SAW series? If you haven’t and you come from my school of thought then you are lucky. If you have and you come from my school of thought then you may not want to experiment with The Collection. If you have and loved it then you should see The Collector (2009) first and then watch The Collection (2012). Simple 3 case scenarios I guess to figure out what you are going to do over the weekend. Especially because some silly distributors have decided to play the fool and not release The Hobbit this weekend.

Now, the writer of The Saw (Parts 4 through 7) and Piranhaa 3DD is a guy called Marcus Dunstan. It would seem that Mr. Dunstan, in his spare time also directs movies. The 2 that he has to his credit are The Collector and The Collection. And the smart fellow has left the option open for another. Maybe The Collective (corny – I know :-p).

Elena (Emma Fitzpatrick) is the daughter of a rich man. A very rich man. Considering that she stays in a mansion (and I am mincing my words here). She is waiting for her boyfriend to pick her up for a night about town when he calls and cancels. As luck would have it, her friend lands up just in time to get into an underground discotheque – one that needs a password to enter (I almost burst out laughing here).

Arkin (Josh Stewart) is a small time criminal. He has disappeared from the surface of the earth. Chances are that he has been picked up by a serial killer who is running rampant. A really sick person who doesn’t seem to have a modus operandi. He kidnaps people and no one knows what he does with them. Man, Woman, Child – it doesn’t matter. Police are baffled and have no clue where to look for the guy (my 2nd instance of laughter).

Now, obviously when Elena goes to a password only place, the killer man is there. This time with some fancy gadgets and booby traps which kill the entire place – well almost – save for Elena. And guess who he has stowed away in a crate at the same venue? Arkin!!! Arkin escapes. Elena gets captured. Elena’s dad hires strike team to get her back. Guess who they go to? Arkin again!!!

After all of this, if you still want to watch The Collection then you are indeed a sucker for punishment. There are psycho killer movies and there are psycho killer movies which turn out to be more comical than horrifying. This is clearly the latter. Little or no direction. No essence of screenplay or the likes of it. A lousy story to add to your misery. And wait a second – total absence of acting or anything remotely close. Even more reason for you to hunt down the distributors of The Hobbit and make them suffer. Really suffer!!!! 2 on 10.

Watch the trailer at http://www.imdb.com/video/imdb/vi2982913049/