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How do I know this? Because for all its flaws, the recent JAMES BOND movie, SPECTRE, had some truly sumptuous action, in Rome. How can that not look anything other than wonderful? The location writes itself.

Seriously.heвЂ™s a good actor.give him something toВ do? You could literally cut and paste McShaneвЂ™s lines, smile and calm, smooth, half menacing / half reassuring/not quite decided by directors presence from pretty much any trailer of late. Ah yes, McShane (itself sounding like a better action hero name than вЂWickвЂ™). SoВ maybe Fishburne is not meant to be the mentor. ThatвЂ™s like an IN-JOKE reference to THE MATRIX, right? It could be, were there any indication of actual THOUGHT invested here. вЂGet this man a GUN!вЂ™ says a sorta mentor, played by Laurence Fishburne. ItвЂ™s all just a bit of fun, right? Well, yeah, ok. So IвЂ™ll ignore those very basic failings in consistent character definition. Except that he spends much of this trailer assuring us he has left that world behind. But he loves his guns, yes? This is a fetishised, designer violence kinda movie: pure fun, right? Well, sure. So quite why he would even bother his arse getting a bespoke suit is simply beyond me. Because he is also still a hippy with long hair and a beard. Well, we see him getting fitted for a top of the range tailored suit. Indiana Jones is a clearВ yet effective composite of white and blue collar able to blend in at a black tie ball, lecture in his tweeds or then morph into a rough living cowboy style adventuring tomb raider for hire. McClane = blue collar hero in white vest, who simply wants terrorists to leave him alone so he can confront bigger problems with wife /kids/career/hangover. I mentioned James Bond and John McClane, via Indiana Jones.Д«ond is white collar: loves fine dining, beautiful women, high class, big stakes, outlandish action, via occasional вЂgritвЂ™. See, one rule of any character or fantasy is definition. Yes! This must surely be an enticing fantasy, right? No. Perhaps I am too sceptical and am simply not embracing the fun? Ok, fair enough. Instead, we are all TOLD that we of course MUST know (and by extension, love / care about /identify with / vicariously live through) JOHN WICK! Heck, even KeanuвЂ™s characters from SPEED or THE MATRIX or BILL AND TED would have a more welcome fanfare on return. Anyone would think this were James Bond, Indiana jones, John McClane. Yet the sequel trailers are all: get ready to return to this great world!вЂ™ вЂJOHN WICK!вЂ™. His world is not particularly original or enticing. The first film had immaculate action (its director has been poached to helm DEADPOOL 2) and a novel charm and it was good to see KEANU REEVES return to the genre as leading man.Д«ut this is not a legendary character with some mythology behind him. The whole marketing /viral packaging here PRESUMES a relationship to this eponymous hero that simply has not been earned. Hang on, you mean you did NOT know what happened in part 1? You DONвЂ™T know about JOHN WICK? NEVER heard of him? But they made at least ONE previous film, right?ДЄnd therein lies my point, exactly. We know his dog is not at stake ( yes, in part 1, in case you were unaware.Wick went to war.over a dead dog.and no thatвЂ™s not a spoof). And, whilst I am willing to be proven wrong, and everyone has indeed disagreed with me so far on this, that to me, is where JOHN WICK 2 is already so obnoxious, cynical and smug a product that I will be voting with feet and avoiding WickвЂ™s wake.

#JOHN WICK 2 MOVIE TIMES LUBBOCK SERIES#

That said, a franchise or a series is a world of difference away from simply your part 2 / first follow up.

If we stopped going, theyвЂ™d stop making.very simple. Only an idiot would bemoan the existence of a formula that people clearly WANT to see replayed, right? All those вЂoh why do they keep rebooting /remaking /giving us sequelsвЂ™ merchants: Hollywood makes them because people WATCH the product. Another week.another sequel! Which would be fine, in theory.

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