The first “John Wick” movie was an entertaining revenge film and this sequel aims to establish it as a franchise. It’s almost as good the first one but the problem is that the story feels really forced in this one.

John Wick (Keanu Reeves “The Devil’s Advocate”, “Speed”) is the skilled hitman that is once again dragged into the deadly world of assassins when he is forced to repay a debt. He is sent to Rome to complete his assignment before he is double-crossed. A price is put on his head and he will need all his skills if he is to survive.

Keanu Reeves did a really good job as John Wick in the first movie and he is fun to watch in this one too. I didn’t really find any of the villains very interesting, which was a problem I had with the first film. Laurence Fishburne (“Mystic River”) has a small role in the movie, which may excite some “Matrix” fans as they get to see Reeves and Fishburne share the same screen again. By far my favourite character was the one played by Peter Serafinowicz (“Shaun of the Dead”), who provides John Wick with his guns when in Rome.

“John Wick: Chapter 2” contains some very creative action sequences as we see John Wick kill people with everything from cars to pencils. In the first movie, Wick’s motivation was that he was getting revenge for the murder of his dog but in this one, it feels like the writers couldn’t think of much that would make him return. The ending sets things in motion for a third entry and I’m interested but at the same time, I fear the formula may have grown stale by that point. If you liked the first “John Wick” then this is more of the same thing.