I didn't love the first John Wick movie because it lacked substance. The so called "gun-fu" gimmick wasn't enough to earn my praise and the few action scenes in the movie were so brief and overrated. But this movie on the other hand really felt like a true action adventure movie. The universe was really fleshed out and many interesting characters and concepts where introduced, even John Wick himself had a lot more character development in this movie compared to the last which was simply "he killed my dog, gotta kill him".
The action scenes were WAY better since they weren't confined to small buildings and were actually spread across multiple locations in large public areas. The only thing i didn't like was how most of these public areas were completely void of civilians, and it seemed that 90% of New York's population was comprised of assassins which looked pretty ridiculous. The police should've gotten involved at least once and there needed to be way more civilians running around, screaming, taking pictures etc.
Still, the action sequences were extremely slick with great choreography, especially the one on one fight scenes between Keanu and Common. I hope they make a third (and final) film.
Review by AdecoolBlockedParent2017-06-08T21:33:04Z
I didn't love the first John Wick movie because it lacked substance. The so called "gun-fu" gimmick wasn't enough to earn my praise and the few action scenes in the movie were so brief and overrated. But this movie on the other hand really felt like a true action adventure movie. The universe was really fleshed out and many interesting characters and concepts where introduced, even John Wick himself had a lot more character development in this movie compared to the last which was simply "he killed my dog, gotta kill him".
The action scenes were WAY better since they weren't confined to small buildings and were actually spread across multiple locations in large public areas. The only thing i didn't like was how most of these public areas were completely void of civilians, and it seemed that 90% of New York's population was comprised of assassins which looked pretty ridiculous. The police should've gotten involved at least once and there needed to be way more civilians running around, screaming, taking pictures etc.
Still, the action sequences were extremely slick with great choreography, especially the one on one fight scenes between Keanu and Common. I hope they make a third (and final) film.