Sequels that improved

>practical blood splatter effects
>more gun porn
>world building that shines and not make the film tasteless
>interesting action scenerios (mirror room /demolition derby/ subway silencer duel

It was fucking shit

Regardless of your personal preferences, it was better made than the first, aside from the ending about which I have mixed feelings

Are they turning this into a trilogy?

Yes, prepare for Ch. 3,4 and 5

>better made
Who cares both movies are pretty terrible low-budget shit, JW1 was at least tongue in cheek and interesting

True dat

They haven't publicly announced it yet, but Keanu said if the second does well enough, they'll consider it.

And the movie is doing more than well enough.

yes.

the third installment pits Wick against an entire planet of 7.4 billion assassins.

It was a good movie.

Where do you find the film low budget?
Most of the action is filmed better than most of Hollywood's fast-cut/shaky cam/poorly choreographed fuckfest

You won't get a good argument over why it was bad from anyone here.

This is the place to watch your favorite things get ripped to shreds for no particular reason.

Mad Max Fury Road - was better than Mad Max and Thunderdome.

>fast-cut/shaky cam


i want all directors that do this shit to die.

anyone that cant film a fucking action sequence without resorting to a cut every 3 seconds or fucking shaky came needs to be raped in their orbital sockets and murdered in a very slow manner.

You are probably gonna purge 80% of current action movie directors then, sadly

oh they moved from CGI blood? might b hyped to watch the pirated rip of the dvd some day

spatter

also improved bullet casing ejections, my guess is that they fired blanks in this one
gunfire is also more realistic I guess

I agree. I thought the first was an average action flick. I didn't understand what all of the hype was about. The second is a beautiful film and almost every shot was stylistically lit, framed, and dressed. It was a fun comic-book-y flick with stunts, cinematography, and audio that all came together to form a nice presentation. The text was bad though. The font looked cheap and the colouring of the random words seemed rushed schlocky.

Is that all?

The hype from the first was because American action flicks had been shit for like 10 years.

...

I was really hoping that the hype can lead to more
action films like this one where the makers actually have passion and film it properly

In the defense of the first one, the reason why I enjoyed it so much is that it felt like it had more control than most action films. The hand movements Keanu used in firefights are unlike what most action movies present.
Plus it felt like a vertigo graphic novel playing out on the big screen.

You're right about the second though, it took what was good about the first and multiplied it, but did it's best to stay away from the tropes a lot of action films fall into.

The text, I would agree with you on that, too. It felt like something you would find in the fast and the furious franchise.

Also, was it just me, or did Laurence Fishburne seriously OVER act his part? I felt like since he knew it had such little time in the film, he overly compensated for an over the top character. Too much gusto for what his character was supposed to be.

First one was better, more of a revenge movie and thematically way more fitting to the character.

Second one was different, felt like a new addition to the series but ultimately got a bit too goofy (the bulletproof suit jacket was a bit too much, plus the out of order assassin scene where they pick the most laugh out loud characters to be hidden assassins)

The symbolism in the weird art exhibit was a bit too much in 2, both of these movies suffer from a weak third act, but overall it felt like 1 was just thematically better, on a smaller scale but that's alright. I want to see a third movie, though, and the VR game looks pretty neat.

first one was objectively better

Dredd and Mad Max FR came out at the same timeframe though

>that pic
wouldnt they just end up shooting each other?

i think from the time john start fighting casian just before they both rush into the metro from then on the movie gets really trippy/surreal in a good way

3 is already in the works.

hope they won't fuck up the story or even dare try to extend the story even further

it felt like filler for a third chapter