There is the almost obligatory actor/director commentary, which is informative, however, it's the rest of the material that will keep fans busy for hours. One place I cannot fault this release is in the crazy amount of bonus material that Lionsgate have included, which does definitely add to my appreciation of the film. However, I recognize that I am in the minority and if you're willing to suspend your disbelief for a couple of hours, dig in and find out for yourself. It's a fun film, to be sure, but it went off the deep end for me very early on.
The two films feel like they come from different universes the first from a relatively grounded reality and the second from a world bursting at the seams with assassins and pigeon kings. I have to agree with him, I saw a lot of gushing over this film and how it ramps up the action (it does) and craziness (it does) of the first film, but I didn't think it was necessarily a step up. In John Wick: Chapter 2, there will be blood, oh, so much blood, gushing and spraying and collecting in pools on the ground, as bodies fall, one after the other and the other, an accumulation of corpses that should offend, except that none of it is real and all of it is outrageously entertaining for devoted fans of action movies. The ludicrous plot holes and superhuman tolerance for bodily violence are more about the rhythms of the punches and gun blasts and knife thrusts and less about logic and the natural laws of the universe in which everyone else lives. The action is (again) so over the top that it quickly gains escape velocity from reality. Instead of devising something entirely new, therefore, the decision was made to. The original was a marvel of construction and execution, which makes topping it a daunting task. Peter Martin reviewed the film upon it's cinema release earlier this year and wasn't 100% convinced that the film was necessarily a step of from its predecessor:
Keanu Reeves continues his adventures as the apex predator in John Wick: Chapter 2, now on Blu-ray from Lionsgate Home Entertainment.