John Wick: Chapter 2

"One could easily argue John Wick didn’t need a Chapter 2. This sleeper hit was a crystalline model of B-movie simplicity, a sleek, pleasingly straightforward, self-contained revenge actioner that blessed Keanu Reeves with a career-jump-starting role. But the film’s tantalising, comic booky world-building elements were hard to ignore, teasing at the potential of exploring the larger universe around its characters."

"There’s a quality to the violence here that elevates it above the literal (and reprehensible) nihilism of movies like last year’s “Hardcore Henry,” and instead achieves something more akin to dance."

"As badass B-movies go, this really gets the blood pumping."

"What a stupendously entertaining ride it is."

"Chapter 2 will pass a Friday or Saturday night as mindlessly as its predecessor."

"Everything an action fan could wish for."

"Once again, Reeves does not disappoint, fully inhabiting Wick by channeling his rage over life’s injustices into an intensely focused performance."

"Keanu Reeves is back to shoot heads and glower in the inevitable follow-up to the 2014 surprise hit, John Wick."

"A brutal, bruising bullet ballet of a sequel that builds upon the promise of the original."