Light Wick and stand back.....

Rating: 8/10 (25 February 2017)

John Wick Chapter two is an explosion of violence. Case of light Wick and stand back.
Everything is a weapon, cars, guns, hand to hand, knives and even pencils. This movies flows well, along with an endless stream of blood. Its a well worn formula that really should not work but for some reason, it does.
I think the key reason it does work is its variety, polish and Keanu Reeves. Reeves is clearly not a martial artist (although it appears some time has been invested in giving him some general Ju Jitsu style training). This lack of martial expertise is compensated for by cleverly using everything as a weapon in quick succession. Reeves also suits this kind of dead eyed killer role well. Who would have thought Ted from Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure would travel so well in the action genre.
This is implausible stuff but its done so well this hardly matters. Eight out of ten from me.