John Wick
I have many thoughts So, John Wick Chapter 2 was FINALLY released in Australia, only a week ago, only 3 months later than the US and I went to see it. The first John Wick movie is a masterpiece. It is ultra-violent, but the violence is focused and always serves a purpose; it's part of the storytelling and is not simply there to add "bang" to the movie. Just as important to the movie are the silences in-between. The first action sequence where John Wick reveals himself as "The Boogeyman" doesn't take place until 25 minutes in and the second sequence doesn't happen until 50 minutes in and those silences are used to develop John Wick as a character and the world he exists in. Without these silences, the movie would be a lesser creation. The second John Wick movie doesn't have those silences. The first violent sequence starts immediately, but the entire sequence is simply a nod to the events of the first movie. "Look," it shouts, ...