Review of John Wick: Chapter 2 (2017) by Hendry L — 03 Mar 2017

I was worried before watching this movie. I really believe it could end up exactly like "Taken 2" which was take everything you loved in the first movie and don't do it.

Fortunately, this movie does not end up like that at all. It adds onto what you loved in the first movie. Intense and well choreographed action scenes. Increasing the world building. Adding on to John wick's backstory and character.

While the action scenes are certainly more impressive and you can clearly see the increased budget of the sequel has certainly been used properly. It never quite has the same impact as the first movies clubhouse action scene. Furthermore, in the first movie his dog dies which actually had more investment as he came back out of love and revenge. In this movie however it feels rather forced and he just came back because reasons. It also gets a bit unbelievable near the end but this is just the world John wick is and I guess I can deal with that.

Definitely, highly recommend you watch this movie.