John Wick: Chapter 2
2017movie
The visual style of John Wick: Chapter 2 relies on longer shots and in-camera stunts and special effects, much like the original. But this iteration dials it up to 11. The camera does a reasonable amount of moving through the gun-fu action, but it isn’t shaky or obsessed with quick cutting as a means of manufacturing energy. The energy is all on the screen. The shots during the action probably average between four and five seconds long, an eternity in today’s action movie landscape. This lends the fights a realism, even as John Wick performs outrageous feats.
John Wick: Chapter 2, the second movie in the hitman’s thriller saga, stays true to the original John Wick, delivering two hours of gratuitous action punctuated by perfectly choreographed violence. Picking up where the first chapter of John Wick ended, John Wick 2 does not waste time in delivering the destructive car chases, overkill gun...
