Women of Mafia 2

Patryk Vega and his insane gangster film from the deepest drug and mafia milieu got a sequel and it's again a great ride that remains misunderstood abroad, but luckily our people like it. Agnieszka Dygant sets up the biggest smuggling operation ever seen in Poland and partners up with the Mexican cartel, but not everything goes to plan and heads start to roll. The film has a good pace, interesting characters, occasionally entertaining and boorish humour and, above all, it deserves praise from the gore. I find Vega to be a bit of a Tom Savini, serving up some very uncompromising scenes that are not easy to watch even for the hardened viewer (a close-up of a dismemberment with a motorbike, a drill in a knee, or grinding teeth with a file is perhaps one of the most brutal scenes I've ever seen!). If you've seen Vega's previous films and like his style, you're guaranteed to like this one too. 8/10. (25.12.2019)

I was missing the Polish setting from the first installment. I don't think that moving the story abroad was a particularly good idea. Anna and Daria were clearly driving the story again. The other characters were far from uninteresting, but none of them compared to those two. Vega's style is unmistakable: obscenity instead of punctuation, and humor (mostly black) alternating with brutal bloodshed. Exactly my kind of thing. (09.03.2020)

I have to agree with what most reviewers here have said. Patryk Vega bit off more than he could chew. He tried to create a story that involves not just Poland but also Colombia, but the cohesion got quite lost. The high-quality storytelling from the first film mostly remains, and there is a reunion with some familiar characters. In terms of brutality, Vega stepped it up; the director is truly a butcher, not afraid of harsh scenes at all. Plus, there’s once again excessive nudity (I really don’t know what the Poles have with this, but it seems like every third scene must include it :D). It could have ended up as a European gem in dramatic storytelling; there are very few crime dramas like this in those regions, and the Poles present it in a way that you believe them, and nothing feels awkward. However, as I mentioned at the beginning, the consistency here is problematic for much of the runtime (simply too many characters). The ending is excellent again. For me, it’s 6/10. (26.03.2021)