But the qualities that made the first film a hit – neo-noir style, viscerally balletic action and Ian McShane at his most menacingly debonair – are still more than enough to see Chapter 2 through to the close and make a third entry an enticing prospect.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Jul 4, 2024

Despite offering wonderfully staged action that takes stunts to a new level, it lacks the emotional heart of the debut film.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | May 12, 2023

This sequel builds the world of the highly organized and codified High Table that John Wick had left, but now is forced to re-enter. The film answers the question: Is there honor among thieves? It's bloody, but no dog dies.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Apr 2, 2023

…if the element of surprise has gone, there’s plenty for genre fans to soak up in Chapter 2, not least Reeves’ impeccable, graceful presence as the world’s best assassin…

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Mar 20, 2023

John Wick 2 is everything everyone would want out of John Wick's sequel. [Full review in Spanish]

Full Review | Original Score: 8/10 | Mar 3, 2023

There is a beautiful rhythm to the violence, and the film never loses its self-awareness or tongue-in-cheek wit.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Aug 22, 2022

John Wick: Chapter 2 does exactly what good sequel should: it replicates aspects of the original while also expanding its mythology through a measure of novelty and one-upmanship.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/4 | Apr 5, 2022

The Raid movies make the John Wick films look like outtakes from Driving Miss Daisy by comparison.

Full Review | Original Score: 2/4 | Aug 17, 2021

As ever, it's the action that dazzles. Stahelski choreographs the killing sprees with gruesome elegance and the flick contains genuinely tense and unpredictable moments.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Apr 29, 2021

Hits all the right notes. It's a tad too long but fans of the original will be reminded of why they fell in love with John Wick in the first place.

Full Review | Original Score: 3.5/5 | Mar 4, 2021

The violence has become a shade more graphic, though it's also gained a self-awareness that lends to superior humor.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/10 | Dec 5, 2020

If you aren't excited for a third chapter when the credits start to roll, check your pulse; you might have died from shock.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Sep 24, 2020

A decent film for those seeking nothing more than escapist action devoid of CGI.

Full Review | Original Score: 2.0/4.0 | Sep 12, 2020

The elegance of this action packed sequel is marvelled and celebrated in its brutal 'gun-fu' violence. While it struggles to reach the heights of its surprisingly entertaining predecessor, John Wick: Chapter 2 certainly raises the bar for action films.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Aug 26, 2020

There's betrayal, murder, and when John Wick finds out he has a price on his head, he goes revenging and kills...well, everyone. Sound perfect, right?

Full Review | Original Score: A | Jul 2, 2020

John Wick: Chapter 2 does what any good sequel should: It ups the action, ups the stakes and keeps the story moving in a forward direction.

Full Review | Jul 1, 2020

As phlegmatic assassin John Wick, Reeve's svelte and photogenic demeanour is paraded with grace and pride. Director Chad Stahelski loves his leading man, understands his appeal and shoots him accordingly as a killer on a catwalk.

Full Review | Jun 20, 2020

The creative team blows open the doors to this secret world and allows viewers inside this dark world where Wick (the appropriately understated Keanu Reeves) made his home... And boy, do they make it fun again.

Full Review | May 1, 2020

John Wick: Chapter 2 isn't just a great action movie. It's one of the best action movies ever made, and it stands alongside other classics like The Raid, Mad Max: Fury Road and Hard Boiled.

Full Review | Feb 19, 2020

[Keanu] Reeves's Zen-like cool serves him well here. He's like an athlete resorting to muscle memory, lethal and lightning quick as he automatically falls into what he's done best.

Full Review | Jan 14, 2020