Scott did give it his all in Hard Target 2. Honestly though its hard to top a film made by John Woo.
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Verily I say unto theeI thought it was a great movie, one of the best action films of the year.

Scott was great in Hard Target 2. The film however was mediocre. If a better filmmaker had done it, it could've been great.

Yeah,
I like Scott Adkins and his first movies (Undisputed 2, Spec. Forces etc.). But his most recent movies add nothing. He is better than a on-trick pony, but even those tricks are getting old now. It seems that his movies copy each other.
So I don't expect much from Hard Target 2, and his other movies, such as Jarhead 3.

Suggestions?

Don't get your hopes up. A low budget sequels to fil s made nearly 25 years ago are rarely going to be good or even watchable.