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Accident Man: Hitman's Holiday
Directed by
  • George Kirby
  • Harry Kirby
Screenplay by
Based on
Produced by
  • Scott Adkins
  • Craig Baumgarten
  • Erik Kritzer
  • Ben Jacques
  • Joe Karimi-Nik
Starring
CinematographyRichard C Bell
Edited by
  • George Kirby
  • Harry Kirby
Music byJohn Koutselinis
Production
companies
  • Link Entertainment
  • Six Demon Films
  • Wonder Street
Distributed by
Release dates
  • October 14, 2022 (2022-10-14) (United States)
  • October 24, 2022 (2022-10-24) (United Kingdom)
Running time
96 minutes
CountriesUnited Kingdom
United States
LanguageEnglish

Accident Man: Hitman's Holiday (also known as Accident Man 2) is a 2022 action comedy film directed by Kirby Brothers and starring Scott Adkins (who also co-wrote the script with Stu Small), Ray Stevenson, Perry Benson and Sarah Chang.[1][2] It is the sequel to Jesse V. Johnson's 2018 film Accident Man. The film was shot in Valletta, Malta. The film was released on October 14, 2022, in US[3] and October 24, 2022, in UK.

Premise

Mike Fallon, a former hitman known as the Accident Man, is reluctantly pulled back into the criminal underworld when crime boss Mrs. Zuzzer blackmails him into protecting her ungrateful son Dante from some of the deadliest killers in the world.

Cast

  • Scott Adkins as Mike Fallon / The Accident Man
  • Ray Stevenson as Big Ray, Mike's maniacal father figure and mentor from the first film
  • Perry Benson as Finicky Fred, Mike's colleague from the first film who specializes in unorthodox weapons
  • Sarah Chang as Wong Siu-Ling, a descendant of Kung-Fu master Wong Fei-Hung who ultimately becomes Mike's sidekick
  • George Fouracres as Dante Zuzzer
  • Flaminia Cinque as Mrs. Zuzzer
  • Beau Fowler as Poco The Killer Clown, a highly durable killer clown who carries a giant hammer as his main weapon and was believed by many to be an urban legend
  • Faisal Muhammed as Yendi / The Vampire, an assassin from Ghana who enjoys consuming blood
  • Andreas Nguyen as Oyumi, an assassin with Japanese origins whose fighting style is based on Ninjutsu and an old acquaintance of Mike
  • Peter Lee Thomas as Silas / San Francisco's Strangler, an assassin who prefers to strangle his victims to death and an old acquaintance of Mike
  • Zara Phythian as Freya du Preeze/ The Angel of Death, a highly skilled assassin claimed to have been trained in the dark arts by those who viewed James Bond as a "muppet" and an old acquaintance of Mike

Production

Filming began in November 2021 in Malta, although the Covid-19 pandemic prevented it.[4]

Reception

On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 80% of 15 critics' reviews are positive, with an average rating of 6/10.[5]

References

  1. ^ "ACCIDENT MAN: HITMAN'S HOLIDAY". Starburst Magazine. Retrieved December 3, 2022.
  2. ^ "Movie Review: Accident Man: Hitman's Holiday". The Austin Chronicle. Retrieved December 3, 2022.
  3. ^ Noel Murray (October 14, 2022). "Review: Twisty thriller 'Piggy' seeks justice and more". Los Angeles Times. Available on VOD; also playing theatrically, Laemmle Monica, Santa Monica
  4. ^ "ACCIDENT MAN 2 Is Officially In The Works". filmcombatsyndicate.com. March 11, 2019.
  5. ^ "Accident Man: Hitman's Holiday". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved February 9, 2023.
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