John Wick and John Wick 2

Who saw the first John Wick? I see the new one is being shot. Is it any good as far as action movies go? I really like Keanu Reeves' movies.
Don't touch his car and don't Kill the DOG!
 
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I thought the first movie was moderately OK, but missed some stuff which makes it better than OK.

1) The lighting and artistic feel is actually more like an elaborate graphic novel - the movie moves so fast and is full of action, that I sort of missed it first time round.
2) They have created this quite interesting sub culture world of assassins who have these "safe hotels" where they can all go to, but any violence etc is off limits there - again a bit like a graphic fantasy novel thing
3) The action is all technically accurate to a very large extent, with Keanu being trained extensively by the top fire arms and martial arts guys. So if that sort of thing interests you, its worth seeing for that alone. (Just look up "How to shoot/fight like John Wick" on youtube for example).
4) Pace is very fast, so it all takes place in a few hours of story time

Once I realised that, and accepted the concept for what it is, the 2nd movie was quite enjoyable as well.

Will see the third when its out as well.
 
Absolutely the most over rated movie franchise ever
So unbelievable. Worse than The Transporter even. Thats when you know..
 
Absolutely the most over rated movie franchise ever
So unbelievable. Worse than The Transporter even. Thats when you know..
No way it's worse than the transporter. I admit I enjoyed the first one but found the second one a bit meh and er...overrated (IMDB). But even then, the transporter is horrible by comparison.
 
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