Three criminals pull off a major heist at a Tokyo bank and one of them hides the money in aplace that only he knows while the rest go into hiding. A year later, the one who hid the money is now dead and the two remaining robbers are desperate for the loot with crooked cops who are also in hot pursuit of the sizable bounty fast on their trail. They enlist the services of freelance criminals to aid them in their search, except there is a traitor in their midst. With the clock ticking the race is on to find the money first, but at what cost. I went crazy when I have found out that a sequel to my guilty pleasure Score exists. After a brief waiting period I had the chance to watch it.<br/><br/>First of all I must say that Score 2: The Big Fight (I have not seen the Big Title anywhere) is nowhere good as the first one. Some of the guys from the first one play unrelated roles in Score 2 but there is no connection at all.<br/><br/>What made Score a great movie is straight ripping of off Hollywood blockbusters and more importantly the shootouts that would make John Woo or Johnny To proud. In Score 2 I found neither.<br/><br/>I mean lack of copying Hollywood is OK but the shootouts just were not up to the standard set by the first one so I got really disappointed. This does not mean that the action is bad but not nearly there.<br/><br/>As for the story it is as ridiculous as it comes but hey this is Score series. I mean who would hide the money there ? Exactly.<br/><br/>The characters were all cool especially the stunning Japanese gal and Hitoshi Ozawa with terrible mullet. The corrupt cops were quite funny as well. How about the police squad with shotguns ? Scary!!!<br/><br/>If you do not expect much from Score 2 you can enjoy it. I still prefer the first one, I might give it another go soon Featuring none of the characters from the first movie (although stars Shû Ehara, Hitoshi Ozawa and Hiroshi Miyasaka reappear as completely different people), and having an unconnected plot, Score 2 isn't really a true sequel; it does, however, share the same manic, gun crazy attitude as Atsushi Muroga's 1995 action flick and there is a definite similarity in style (ie., loads of John Woo type shoot-outs, bloody squibs and cool gangsters).<br/><br/>This time around, Ozawa himself takes on the directorial duties and very nearly manages to match Muroga's film in the fun stakes.<br/><br/>A gang of criminals (including a hot blonde) attempt to retrieve a stash of stolen cash, over which a fairground has been built. The trouble is, one of the gang is keen to dispatch of his partners-in-crime, and a pair of crooked cops are also out to lay their grubby mitts on the booty.<br/><br/>At first, this film has the feeling of a stalk and slash/giallo movie, with the unseen traitor gradually bumping off the other gang members, but before long it falls into familiar action territory with bullets and blood flying everywhere.<br/><br/>Don't expect any sort of logic to proceedings; just sit back and enjoy the craziness of the whole thing and you'll have a good time. Score 2 gets 6.5 out of 10 from me, but for IMDb, I'll round it up to 7 (which is the same rating as I gave Score).
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