So overall I love the John Wick series... but this is probably the weakest movie in the series. It's still an important movie that bridges the gap between the first and the third movie really well... but it's my least favorite John Wick movie.
Let's talk about what I didn't love about this movie... the plot is much harder to understand than the plot of the first movie. It's got a lot of layers to it and it gets into the world of the movie... which is good but I feel like this one movie was 2 separate movies. Basically the first half of the movie is John being forced into a mission... and then once that ends it's the person that sent him on the mission going after him... and it just isn't quite as exciting. Plus I really thought the ending of the first movie did a good job of wrapping everything up while still showing new problems and those problems weren't really addressed in this movie. It made sense... but it wasn't the best of the movies.
The expectations I had from the end of the first movie were not met in this movie. I was surprised that there were a lot of new villains and... Idk I was hoping he would avenge the death of his friend from the first movie... which they never really mention. The new villain has a marker for John which means John owes him a favor... and then things just go from there.
There were still some recognizable faces in this movie: Common, Ruby Rose, Laurence Fishburne. All great performances... Common's scene was very exciting to watch in particular... I just really liked it.
Some of the best parts of this movie are that it really shows us the world of assassins. I feel like the ending of the first movie introduced us to the world but this movie and especially the third REALLY highlight everything.
And we do FINALLY get to see John Wick's Pencil trick that they mentioned in the first movie... I'm glad that they showed that because I really was expecting them to show it in the first one!
The movie ends with a cliffhanger... which is interesting. Without spoiling it too much the first movie didn't really have high stakes for John Wick because the villains weren't much of a threat... but in this movie the villains are more of a threat and there definitely is a chance that there could be some real trouble for John Wick in the third movie. It set it up really well.
So overall I'd say this one was okay... this is one I'd say to see once before the third movie and then again after... which is what my boyfriend and I are planning on doing.
Bye!
-Shannon
Let's talk about what I didn't love about this movie... the plot is much harder to understand than the plot of the first movie. It's got a lot of layers to it and it gets into the world of the movie... which is good but I feel like this one movie was 2 separate movies. Basically the first half of the movie is John being forced into a mission... and then once that ends it's the person that sent him on the mission going after him... and it just isn't quite as exciting. Plus I really thought the ending of the first movie did a good job of wrapping everything up while still showing new problems and those problems weren't really addressed in this movie. It made sense... but it wasn't the best of the movies.
The expectations I had from the end of the first movie were not met in this movie. I was surprised that there were a lot of new villains and... Idk I was hoping he would avenge the death of his friend from the first movie... which they never really mention. The new villain has a marker for John which means John owes him a favor... and then things just go from there.
There were still some recognizable faces in this movie: Common, Ruby Rose, Laurence Fishburne. All great performances... Common's scene was very exciting to watch in particular... I just really liked it.
Some of the best parts of this movie are that it really shows us the world of assassins. I feel like the ending of the first movie introduced us to the world but this movie and especially the third REALLY highlight everything.
And we do FINALLY get to see John Wick's Pencil trick that they mentioned in the first movie... I'm glad that they showed that because I really was expecting them to show it in the first one!
The movie ends with a cliffhanger... which is interesting. Without spoiling it too much the first movie didn't really have high stakes for John Wick because the villains weren't much of a threat... but in this movie the villains are more of a threat and there definitely is a chance that there could be some real trouble for John Wick in the third movie. It set it up really well.
So overall I'd say this one was okay... this is one I'd say to see once before the third movie and then again after... which is what my boyfriend and I are planning on doing.
Bye!
-Shannon
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