At the grave of his famiuly of all places, hitman Nate (Fabian Farina) runs into his old army buddy Lamar (Tyrone Nathaniel Reeves) - who shoots him in cold blood. But Lamar only hit Nate's shoulder, so Nate decides to pay Lamar a visit that night to return the favour. And he's only prevented from actually killing Lamar by the intervention of a feisty neighbour, Jamie (Staci Dickerson). It's then upon Lamar to explain himself, and it turns out he's deep into mob business, with up-and-coming crime kingpin Vinny (Frank Volpe) pretty much forcing Lamar to kill rival mob boss Falco (John Jezior) and take over Philadelphia with the blessing of his New York boss Tony (Marc Sandler). Now Nate, Lamar and Jamie are quick to find out the best way to end Lamar's dependence from Vinny is to team up with Falco. Thing is, Falco needs quite some convincing to accept the help of our heroic trio, and even then, instead of letting things end in a bloodbath, he decides to talk it out with Tony, his estranged childhood friend. And against all odds, he succeeds with his plan and strikes an amicable deal with Tony. Thing is, just because Falco and Tony are friends again doesn't mean Vinny doesn't want Falco's territory anymore - and he doesn't shy away from using extreme violence against friend and foe to get what he wants ...

I will say, some of the finer details of Sacrum Vindictae II go a little over one's head, especially since the film spins a very complex web of murder and betrayal, but that doesn't mean the film isn't chock-full of suspense, action and violence, escpecially but not only in the very explosive, extended finale, while its story flows along at a very brisk pace, carried by a dynamic directorial effort as well as a very capable cast, making this very solid genre entertainment.

review © by Mike Haberfelner

 

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