John Wick: Chapter 2
Evie Totty: “It was ok.”
According to Rotten Tomatoes, I'm in the minority on this one. Scoring a 90% overall (80% with Top Critics though) I found it lacking.
You see John Wick was successful ... I'm trying to find the right words here... It was successful because:
John Wick was a badass
He loved his wife - a lot
His use of his badassery in the movie was because of the murder of.... a puppy
However in JW2, none of the heartstrings were pulled. He came back out of retirement - again - because a favor was called in. And a double-cross occurred and there was an even higher body count and Wick was even more impressive.
Thing is, JW1 for me worked because of the heartstrings that were pulled. Normally I'd have loved the film because of the sheer ballet of Wick when he's doing his thing. But they threw the puppy in.
So I expected more than just a high body count (and revenge) in JW2... and the choice he made at the end was so bad. I was just pissed off.
Sure, go see it. But it's not a go see again in the theater like JW1 was.
− April 24, 2017 • more by Evie • log in or create an account to reply
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Erik Bates: “It was ok.”
Can we just say that Evie's review is also mine? I don't know that I could say it much better. It was a good movie for the action scenes, but the premise just felt off.
− December 10, 2019 • more by Erik • log in or create an account to reply
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