This time, it's NOT personal!

Rating: 5/10 (2 December 2018)

John Wick Chapter 2 is a film with many flaws: uninteresting, uncharismatic villains; a lumbering story; been there, done that shootouts; a boringly picturesque backdrop (Rome). But the biggest problem is this: Whereas Chapter 1 had a strong motivation for the central character (they killed the dog his dead wife had left him), this one has NO motivation whatsoever! There's no personal vendetta involved, and thus, it's all noise and thunder, signifying nothing. Utterly boring, mechanically assembled fluff. A huge disappointment.