John Wick Chapter 2 (2017) - Sit Back And Enjoy!

★★★☆☆

I don’t know why I so disliked ‘John Wick’ though I really am a fan of action films and Keanu Reeves! Maybe it was my mood, or the motive that pushes John back to work wasn’t quite understandable to me. It’s not so bad to be fair, when you take it a cult action film that requires you to focus more on the action than the story to enjoy! ‘John Wick Chapter 2’, therefore, doesn’t let me down!

In the sequel, stuntman-turned-director Chad Stahelski has done a pretty good job by pushing well-choreographed gun-fu to a whole new level in delicately designed setups, plus intense physical combats with knives and stuff, car-bike chases, and finally John’s pencil trick to kill men which indeed is awfully gruesome! Thanks to Reeves’s charisma, the way he walks and talks, the way he plays with guns, some unpredictable moments he pulls off, the sadness in his eyes as always, his taste in suits, the film’s definitely much more watchable.

The scenario has become bigger and complicated. ‘Chapter 2’ reveals how the whole crime world runs by rules and codes, which is quite interesting, and also adds certain sensibility and excitement to the story itself. Still I don’t understand why D’Antonio has to want John dead even after he accepts the Marker and finishes his job. The motive seems stupid again. D’Antonio doesn’t have to kill John. All he needs to do is ask John not to rat on him. Of course, if that was the case, the show couldn’t possibly go on so I guess there’s no need to be rational there. Just sit back, and enjoy the fun and adrenalin the film gives you!

John Wick’s a very stubborn person, like every one of us. Some in a good way! Some in a bad. In most cases, stubbornness is the reason why we helplessly repeat our stupid mistakes, and come back here to this killing zone over and again to suffer. Sure there’ll be Chapter 3 of more blood and fights to John Wick soon, but honestly may only peace with you in your next chapter if there has to be one!