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JAMIE EAST AT THE MOVIES

John Wick: Chapter 2 is bloody, gruesome, dumb, daft — and really good fun

Keanu Reeves' legendary assassin is back with a vengeance

John Wick: Chapter 2

(15) 122 mins

WHAT moisturiser does Keanu Reeves use and can I get it on Amazon?

This is a very welcome return to the John Wick saga.

 Keanu Reeves reprises his role as the titular assassin in John Wick: Chapter 2
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Keanu Reeves reprises his role as the titular assassin in John Wick: Chapter 2Credit: AP:Associated Press

While I can promise no dogs get hurt this time, the same can’t be said for anyone else.

It’s a bloodbath.

We catch up with John pretty much straight after the end of the first film, where the most dreaded assassin ever is still cross at having his car stolen and is hell-bent on revenge.

Every bullet, every bone crunch, every crash, every punch reverberates from your skull to your bowel and there are barely 50 lines uttered throughout the film, so if intellectual nourishment is your thing, look elsewhere.

But if Neo reunited with Morpheus in a two-hour John Woo/Hugo Boss/Gillette advert floats your boat, this bloody, gruesome, dumb, daft and really good fun movie is ready and waiting.

P.S. Watch out for the oddest Christopher Eccleston cameo ever.

Sun rating: 3/5 stars

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