QCF: Hotline Miami 2: Wrong Number
o matter what your standpoint on the matter is, it’s a fact that’s commonly accepted by a majority of modern society; violence is a part of life. Now when it comes to how people come to terms with this is an entirely different story, but I always found the concept of depictions that revel in graphically glorifying it as a point of illustration to be interesting; especially when it worked.
The argument on whether or not the gory aggression worked for Hotline Miami 2 though is a bit muddled, because when it works—it works.
And when it doesn’t, the title rings a bit hollow with a reverberation of pretension.