So to sum this up;
Anone else notice JW wears a Tactle-neck?
That and the 1911 thing made me laugh.
In the same realm as the 1911 bit, it was good to see a realistic take on a shotgun in a modern gunfight.... especially since they gave him a semi, usually that turns into an endless unlimited-ammo blam-fest.
This is probably the best take on the movie- a "symphony of violence". You just got to take it at face value- an action flick with a barely-there story and better than average H2H and gunplay.
That being said....
I feel like both of them veered way more towards "comic book" than "gritty"- realistic, yes, gritty, no.
Assassin-bieber was just....odd, made a big deal out if her, then... nothing, really. Psycho assassin chick from part 1 was more fun...
I also got a kick out of how many hits he took to that bullet suit, and how many bruises/cracked ribs he didn't have afterwards....
However, I actually liked part 2 better. Yep. I said it.
I feel like they did a *slightly* better job at hiding the "we put a 3-gun stage into a movie" aspect, and I actually bought into the story slightly more. Ok, the secret society/Pirates' "code of the brethren court" thing is a little over the top, BUT,at least this time JW ended up fighting opponents of similar skill, so the "threat" when doing the action scenes felt a little more real- part 1, the bad guy and his henchmen, was just a cocky d-bag and the usual cannon fodder henchmen, and that kind of ruined part 1 for me, like..,.a lot...
The "50% of NY are assassins" thing, yeah... there can't be that many folks that need killing (although...*cough*)... however, that actually worked out really well in the end, if you take it somewhat metaphorically- less there are literally that many in the organization, more *anyone* could be in the organization...
Also given this "secret society of assassins", it would have been a perfect opportunity for an Agent 47 cameo- like JW walks into the hotel bar for a drink, and 47 is sitting down the other end of the bar, he looks over at JW and is like "rough night?" Can't believe they missed that crossover....
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