Accident Man: Hitman's Holiday

Accident Man: Hitman's Holiday
Directed by	George Kirby Harry Kirby
Screenplay by	Stu Small Scott Adkins
Based on	Accident Man by Pat Mills Tony Skinner
Produced by	Scott Adkins Craig Baumgarten Erik Kritzer Ben Jacques Joe Karimi-Nik
Starring	Scott Adkins Ray Stevenson Perry Benson Sarah Chang
Cinematography	Richard C Bell
Edited by	George Kirby Harry Kirby
Music by	John Koutselinis
Production companies	Link Entertainment Six Demon Films Wonder Street
Distributed by	Samuel Goldwyn Films Destination Films
Release dates	October 14, 2022 (2022-10-14) (United States) October 24, 2022 (2022-10-24) (United Kingdom)
Running time	96 minutes
Countries	United Kingdom United States
Language	English

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. 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 and October 24, 2022, in UK.

Plot

Still dealing with his guilt after being forced to kill his assassin coworkers during the events of Accident Man, assassin Mike Fallon (Scott Adkins) moves to the island of Malta to decompress and get away from London, finding work as a hitman for hire in nearby countries and keeping martial artist Wong Siu-ling (Sarah Chang) on his payroll to fight him at random times and keep his skills sharp. One night, Mike runs into old friend Finicky Fred (Perry Benson), who informs him that their former boss Big Ray (Ray Stevenson) lost his assassin's bar after Mike's vengeful rampage and he's out of money due to giving a large sum to a woman he fell in love with online. Mike takes pity on Fred and allows him to stay in his house and assist him on hits, and the two put together a secret headquarters to test out Fred's gadgets and plan jobs. On Mike's advice, Fred rejects a contract put out on Dante Zuuzer, the spoiled heir to a Cosa Nostra organization that even Mike fears.

After carrying out another hit, Mike and Fred are abducted and taken to meet with Mrs. Zuuzer (Flaminia Cinque), who asks Mike to hunt down and kill whoever took out the contract on Dante (George Fouracres) in exchange for sparing Fred's life; an attempted hit on Dante had been carried out using Mike's modus operandi. The Zuuzers release Mike, who encounters Big Ray in his local pub - Fred had sent Ray a letter explaining their new business operation against Mike's advice. Ray vows revenge on Mike, revealing he's in Malta for a job, and Mike deduces he was behind the attempt on Dante's life. Ray explains that the client has raised the bounty to 9 million euros and opened the contract to any takers, as well as hacked into the tracking device in Dante's watch to broadcast his location. Mike resolves to protect Dante in order to keep Fred alive.

Mike arrives at the karaoke bar where Dante sings, but Dante refuses to destroy his watch and swallows it. Assassin Freya du Preeze (Zara Phythian) arrives first and kills Dante's team of bodyguards before Mike fights her and kills her with a barbecue skewer. He then forces Dante to take a laxative in order to pass the watch, but the two are accosted by blood-drinking assassin Yendi the Vampire (Faisal Mohammed), who Mike kills with his own machete. They travel to Mike's headquarters, hoping to keep Dante secure, where Mike meets Siu-ling. Mike fights Poco the Killer Clown (Beau Fowler) and kills him with one of Fred's previously broken gadgets, while Siu-ling fights rival assassin Silas the Strangler (Peter Lee Thomas) and strangles him to death with a heavy chain.

Dante manages to pass the watch before nearly being killed by swordsman Oyumi (Andreas Nguyen); Mike challenges him to a hand-to-hand fight for Dante's life, but receives a beating before Big Ray arrives and kills Oyumi with a shotgun. Ray attempts to kill Dante, but Mike convinces him to stand down for Fred and destroy the tracking device. Mike, Ray, and Siu-ling transport Dante to Mrs. Zuuzer to exchange him for Fred; Mrs. Zuuzer orders Mike and Fred to leave the island, but Ray detonates an explosive that Fred had planted in Dante's suit, killing Dante and Mrs. Zuuzer and earning them the 9-million-euro bounty. Fred meets the woman he fell in love with online, but Mike explains that she left him after learning he was an assassin. In an ending voiceover, Mike tells the audience that the bounty allowed him, Fred, and Ray to set up a new assassins' organization and move on to the next chapter of their lives, which he promises to be "a fucking belter".

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.

Reception

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

External links

• Accident Man: Hitman's Holiday at IMDb