Review of John Wick: Chapter 2 (2017) by Dmorles — 13 Feb 2017
Thought the first JW movie was done well but not great. The 2nd iteration unfortunately cut back on the writing and plot budget and went full bore on the action which is ok if you’re into Michael Bay movies.
The action scenes have some great execution - Keanu Reeves is very technical and is very good at mixing shooting with mixed martial arts - however the believability of the sequences is almost zero. One guy doesn’t go in guns blazing and take out all the bad guys - just doesn’t happen that way.
Kinda reminds me of a bad video game where all the AI are dumbed down and just run in front of bullets. To add to the ridiculousness of the action scenes - the number of ordinary citizens who are hitmen starts to increase and the story stars to suggest that 100’s of NY citizens are secretly killers for hire.
The story stoops to a new low by the time the movie wraps up. Its unfortunate - for a movie that could’ve picked up where the Professional (Leon) left off - JW2 ends up stumbling and falling on its face by the end of its second act.
This review of John Wick: Chapter 2 (2017) was written by Dmorles on 13 Feb 2017.
John Wick: Chapter 2 has generally received very positive reviews.
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