{"id":8631,"date":"2017-02-26T18:11:00","date_gmt":"2017-02-26T23:11:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chadossman.com\/blog\/?p=8631"},"modified":"2023-04-24T18:25:47","modified_gmt":"2023-04-24T22:25:47","slug":"famously-chill-dude-keanu-reeves-goes-on-a-killing-spree-in-john-wick-chapter-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chadossman.com\/blog\/famously-chill-dude-keanu-reeves-goes-on-a-killing-spree-in-john-wick-chapter-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Famously chill dude Keanu Reeves goes on a killing spree in John Wick: Chapter 2"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u2b50<\/span>\u2b50<\/span><\/p>\n\n\t\n<\/svg>\n<\/span>\n\n\n\t\n<\/svg>\n<\/span><\/span>\n\n\t\n<\/svg>\n<\/span>\n\n\n\t\n<\/svg>\n<\/span><\/span>\n\n\t\n<\/svg>\n<\/span>\n\n\n\t\n<\/svg>\n<\/span><\/span>\n\n\t\n<\/svg>\n<\/span>\n\n\n\t\n<\/svg>\n<\/span><\/span>\n\n\t\n<\/svg>\n<\/span>\n\n\n\t\n<\/svg>\n<\/span><\/span>Rating: 2 out of 5.<\/span><\/div>\n\n\n

I’m kicking myself for wasting a rare Sunday movie theater outing on stunt choreographer-turned director Chad Stahelski’s John Wick: Chapter 2<\/em>. I can’t deny the high craft and artistry that puts it near the top of its genre, but I’m just too sick and tired of gun culture as escapist entertainment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Give me a kung fu movie any day, where the fighting is beautiful and balletic. I just can’t turn off my brain and enjoy brutal MMA and\/or firearm combat, where the aim is to maim or murder. Granted, maybe my mood was negatively influenced by the psychopaths in the theater that applauded every time somebody our hero Johnny W. put a bullet through a brain or stabbed some guy in the groin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

OK, fine, I have to admit that Keanu Reeves<\/a> does execute one incredible gun-related trick that impressed even this pacifist: he one-handedly flips his hand around the back of a pistol, opens & closes the chamber, and flips his hand back to the grip. That was awesome.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Searching for other positive comments to make: Ian McShane<\/a> is, as usual, delicious. He’s in Shakespeare while everyone else is just in some dumb movie. I also always like Common (see also Hell on Wheels<\/em> and Selma<\/em>), and the reunion of Keanu and with his Matrix<\/a><\/em> costar Laurence Fishburne<\/a> is entertainingly hammy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I want to enjoy action movies like the popular John Wick franchise, but the gun worship spoils everything.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8632,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[22,2],"tags":[1772,35,2209,2071,935,596,2208,119,2210],"class_list":["post-8631","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-2-stars","category-movies","tag-1772","tag-action","tag-chad-stahelski","tag-common","tag-ian-mcshane","tag-keanu-reeves","tag-lance-reddick","tag-laurence-fishburne","tag-ruby-rose"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/chadossman.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/john-wick-chapter-2.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pa9lhB-2fd","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":5801,"url":"https:\/\/chadossman.com\/blog\/the-matrix-reloaded-is-the-best-matrix-movie\/","url_meta":{"origin":8631,"position":0},"title":"The Matrix Reloaded is the best Matrix movie","author":"Chad Ossman","date":"July 24, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"Conventional wisdom will tell you there is only one good Matrix movie, and it's called The Matrix. 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