John Wick Chapter 2

Agent Coulson · 18-02-2017 09:22PM

I saw it in an Omniplex after I rang my local IMC and they said it wouldn't be showing on this week's schedule and couldn't answer if they were going to show it at all.

pumpkin4life · 18-02-2017 11:00PM

Saw it today. My reaction:

Outfùckingstanding film. Just two hours of non stop, out and out relentless, incredibly intense, darkly funny brilliance. I was grinning like a mad cùnt coming out of the cinema truth be told.

Where to start?

Man ahoy, that's the best action movie to come out in years. A pumpkin classic. I'm definitely seeing this again.

It's also got to be one of the greatest sequels ever, if we're talking relative to the first movie quality. I mean the first movie was grand, but this one was just on another level like.

See it. It far exceeded any expectations I had going into it.

Nervous Wreck · 19-02-2017 08:44PM

Amazing.

pah · 20-02-2017 11:03AM

maximoose wrote: »

There were small bits of Russian and Italian

And sign language.

Sabre0001 · 20-02-2017 12:14PM

Loved it! Great action scenes, some amusing bits too (

Keanu and Common taking silent pot shots at one another

), and incredibly visceral.

Like others here, definitely recommend it if you enjoyed the first.

Brief_Lives · 20-02-2017 03:31PM

This Film is being released in Spain in May....
are you kidding me...

Shlippery · 21-02-2017 02:00PM

Above and beyond one of my favourite films in a long long time.

Smile etched onto my face from beginning to end!

MilesMorales1 · 21-02-2017 07:15PM

Fan ****ing tastic from start to finish.

Call Me Jimmy · 21-02-2017 07:20PM

This is strange i cant remember reading such an overwhelmingly positive response to a film. Must watch the first

constitutionus · 21-02-2017 08:37PM

i thought it took a bit long to get going TBH, but when it does by god is it fantastic !

an enormous amount of fun which while not as good as the first is still well up there.

heres hoping ya get what looks to be a third part down the road.

8/10 from meself.

corcaigh07 · 22-02-2017 12:29AM

I thought The Raid 2 was an epic sequel, this was insane. Leave your nitpick hat at the door and you will be smiling from ear to ear watching this.

Venom · 22-02-2017 01:17AM

Fantastic movie from start to finish and well worth a watch. Personally I would rate it a tad lower than the first movie as that was just mind blowingly cool.

Optimalprimerib · 22-02-2017 07:56AM

I watched the first one the day before and it was the definition of whelming. Good but a bit over hyped. So I was a little cagey if this one would be as good.

Delighted to say I was proved wrong. I was giggling like a school girl throughout. It was nuts. The dialog was so brilliantly terrible with huge pauses between each delivery. You are expecting a witty punchline, when all you get is.... yeah.

Keanu Reeves gets slagged for being wooden and he is, delivering lines, but he is one of the best physical actors out there. He is amazing to watch in full flow and unlike cruise as Jack reacher you genuinely believed the fear he put into his enemies and rooted for him throughout.

Also for such a "dumb" movie, there is a great world being built with zero exposition. The story is in the visuals. In 2021 when John wick 7 comes out, I may be getting bored though.

TerrorFirmer · 22-02-2017 11:30AM

Great film. Talk about turning the dial up to 11. It's all so nonsensical, far fetched and ridiculous, but it knows exactly what it is and does it extremely well with very little padding. Just when you feel it's on the cusp of getting a tad stale, it hooks you back in with insane, crazy and inventive choreographed sequences. Great film and a superb sequel.

Evac101 · 22-02-2017 02:45PM

Really enjoyed it - well worth a late night cinema trip

joe123 · 23-02-2017 12:57PM

Really hope we get a third film. This was just so so good. That opening sequence set was brilliant. While I hold the first film as near untouchable (that nightclub scene), this was bloody excellent.

Its how all action films should be done. Its not afraid to poke fun at itself from time to time either.

There is so much potential in the Wick universe. Honestly I hope it doesn't even end at a third film but I do appreciate that its hard to maintain this level of quality as a franchise goes on.

By the way, if anyone who enjoys the Wick films is interested, be sure to check out The Man from nowhere.

phil1nj · 23-02-2017 12:58PM

Saw this last night. Really enjoyed it, pure nonsense but enjoyable nonsense all the same. I thought the fight/stunt choreography was truly fantastic. This movie really opened up the whole assassins world that was just glimpsed in the first movie. a solid 5.5 out of 7

:D

Optimalprimerib · 23-02-2017 02:09PM

The little nods to the matrix were brilliant too.

23-02-2017 08:00PM

Itching to see this, great to here everyone enjoying it.

eviltimeban · 24-02-2017 01:30PM

I liked it, though it felt a bit longer and slower than the first movie. It does feel like the middle movie of a trilogy, especially how it ends.

At times it got repetitive, after a while I found the amount of killing to be just a little gratuitous (do we have to see every single shot to the head?). I get that he kills everyone and doesn't leave anyone alive

(with the exception of Common - see you in John Wick 3!)

, I began to feel sorry for all the henchmen getting nailed within seconds of appearing.

Anyway, good action, great set pieces, amazing physical performance from Keanu. I thought

Lawrence Fishburne didn't really add much to the movie, it felt a little forced, like "hey we were in the Matrix together!"

.

I liked

the main bad guy and the fact that he had no escape at the end. The "hall of mirrors" climax was good though equally confusing for the audience as the participants I'm sure

!

pixelburp · 24-02-2017 01:44PM

Rather annoyingly there's no sign of this in my local (Santry), and if the IMC website is anything to go by, it doesn't look like any cinema in the chain are showing it. Anyone already contacted them about this? Emailed IMC Santry, but holding my breath for any positive response.

Agent Coulson · 24-02-2017 01:52PM

Agent Coulson wrote: »

I saw it in an Omniplex after I rang my local IMC and they said it wouldn't be showing on this week's schedule and couldn't answer if they were going to show it at all.

I rang them last week.

pixelburp wrote: »

Rather annoyingly there's no sign of this in my local (Santry), and if the IMC website is anything to go by, it doesn't look like any cinema in the chain are showing it. Anyone already contacted them about this? Emailed IMC Santry, but holding my breath for any positive response.

pixelburp · 24-02-2017 01:55PM

Cool, thanks Coulson, didn't spot your comment. Doesn't bode well, kinda implies it's a redtape situation out of the cinemas' control. Sigh. Well, it's either going to another location or waiting for a digital release!

mrcheez · 24-02-2017 02:14PM

I haven't even seen the first one, but judging by comments here that's my evening lined up, then the sequel over the weekend

Evac101 · 24-02-2017 03:04PM

pixelburp wrote: »

Cool, thanks Coulson, didn't spot your comment. Doesn't bode well, kinda implies it's a redtape situation out of the cinemas' control. Sigh. Well, it's either going to another location or waiting for a digital release!

Unfortunately, the first John Wick only netted a tiny amount in the UK and Ireland, compared to other films in the same year and is almost the definition of a cult action film in that respect. John Wick Chapter 2 has had a small release because of this and, given it's low public profile, a mediocre attendance.

Friends who are action fans still haven't seen the original because of a lack of availability on, licensed, digital sources and most of my co-workers didn't know what it was before I rambled on at them a month ago when I had mentioned I was really interested in seeing the new one. That said, Dundrum was running it on Tuesday, so there may be hope there for folk trying to catch a screening.

Agent Coulson · 24-02-2017 03:15PM

pixelburp wrote: »

Cool, thanks Coulson, didn't spot your comment. Doesn't bode well, kinda implies it's a redtape situation out of the cinemas' control. Sigh. Well, it's either going to another location or waiting for a digital release!

My guess is since they split a couple of years ago Omni & IMC have separate distribution deals with movie companies stopping the other from showing certain movies from certain companies.

I've notice it a few times a year when only one of them will show a certain movie.

From what I can see IMC is the only chain not showing it.

alchemist33 · 26-02-2017 12:24AM

I thought the first film okay and largely went to this becquse the wife wanted to (can't think why...)

I absolutelt loved this. Every scene oozed coolness and the action, though repetitive, was relentless. Can't wait for the third.

And I'm getting the soundtrack.

MEGA BRO WOLF 5000 · 26-02-2017 12:25AM

Thought JW1 was a decent movie...Went into this expecting the same...

Wrong.

It was simply epic. Well deserves a third installment.

9/10

alchemist33 · 27-02-2017 12:48PM

I listened to the soundtrack on the way into work today and it's still going round my head. I'm feeling 30% more epic all the time.

FunLover18 · 28-02-2017 03:18PM

Huge improvement on the first which you could tell was intended for direct to DVD. This had a much bigger scope and was a lot more cinematic. Like others have mentioned I loved the world building in this. I've heard it referred to as "other wordly" and there definitely is a level of fantasy to the assassins guild and the Continental and the gold coins which really came to the fore in Chapter 2. Really looking forward to Chapter 3.

John Wick Chapter 2

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