JOHN WICK Review Rating 2 / 5 Star

Banners- Summit Entertainment, Thunder Road Pictures, 87Eleven Productions and DefyNite Films

Producers- Basil Iwanyk, David Leitch and Eva Longoria

Directors- David Leitch and Chad Stahelski

THE STORY

John Wick (Keanu Reeves) is a former hit man who leaves the world of crime to be with the love of his love Helen (Bridget Moynahan) but returns after she is deceased, to take revenge from some Russian gangsters who messed with him and took everything away. What follows is a cat and mouse chase where the city of New York becomes the ultimate battleground for him against Vikko Tarasov (Michael Nyqvist), the leader of the Russian syndicate.

CRITICAL & TRADE ANALYSIS

The film released long ago in the States and other countries and was widely appreciated for its high octane action. The veteran stuntmen duo David Leitch and Chad Stahelski have made an impressive directorial debut with this revenge thriller. Keanu Reeves plays the title role brilliantly. Bridget is beautiful but has a short lived role. Michael Nyqvist is remarkable as the antagonist. The other cast supports well. Screenplay and dialogues are impressive. Editing is sharp. Cinematography is very good. Production and technical values are good. The publicity was average.

VERDICT

At the box office, the film is an average.

TYG-2 ‘TOM YUM GOONG 2’ REVIEW RATING THREE STAR

 

Banner: 

Indo Oversease Films

Producer: 

Somsak Techaratanaprasert, Prachya Pinkaew, Sukanya Vongsthapat

Director: 

Prachaya Pinkaew

Music: 

Howard Drossin

Khon, the elephant of Kham (Tony Jaa) has been abducted and he fights to find him. Framed from the murder, Kham goes on to run, but with help from his alleged victim’s daughter, Ping Ping (Jeeja yanin) and bumbling cop Sgt Mark (Petchtai Wongkamlao) he evade Interpol, thwart LC’s plan and rescue his beloved elephant khon.

The film is sequel of International blockbuster TOM YUM GOONG. The film focuses on the action as much as possible in Thai martial arts. From start to end the film is truly an edge-of-the-seat entertainer that successfully encapsulates a rather poignant tale of undying love between a man Kham and his pet elephant Khon amidst extremely stylized stunts in 3D format. 

Performance-wise, Tony Jaa is fantastic and does full justice to putting his life on the line as he effortlessly performs death defying stunts. Jeeja Yanin, Vismitananda, RZA and Marrese Crump and others are good. Director Prachya Pinkaew and action composer Panna Rittikrai have done good job. Cinematography is fair. Editing is okay. Production and technical values are good. Publicity in India is weak.

 

At the box office, the film has taken poor opening in both English (TYG2) and Hindi dubbed (HATHI MERA SATHI-2) version.

REVIEW
RATING:

THREE STAR