John Wick: Chapter 2 (2017)

After returning to the criminal underworld to repay a debt, John Wick discovers that a large bounty has been put on his life.

Director:

Chad Stahelski

Writers:

Derek Kolstad, Derek Kolstad (based on characters created by)

Stars:

Keanu Reeves, Riccardo Scamarcio, Ian McShane

4 wins & 5 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Keanu Reeves	...	John Wick
Riccardo Scamarcio	...	Santino D'Antonio
Ian McShane	...	Winston
Ruby Rose	...	Ares
Common	...	Cassian
Claudia Gerini	...	Gianna D'Antonio
Lance Reddick	...	Charon
Laurence Fishburne	...	Bowery King
Tobias Segal	...	Earl
John Leguizamo	...	Aurelio
Bridget Moynahan	...	Helen
Thomas Sadoski	...	Jimmy
Erik Frandsen	...	Numismatic
David Patrick Kelly	...	Charlie
Perry Yung	...	Doctor

Storyline

Bound by an inescapable blood debt to the Italian crime lord, Santino D'Antonio, and with his precious 1969 Mustang still stolen, John Wick, the taciturn and pitiless assassin who thirsts for seclusion, is forced to visit Italy to honour his promise. But soon, the Boogeyman will find himself dragged into an impossible task in the heart of Rome's secret criminal society, as every killer in the business dreams of cornering the legendary Wick who now has an enormous price on his head. Drenched in blood and mercilessly hunted down, John Wick can surely forget a peaceful retirement--but above all--in this lethal ballet of bullets, can he make it out in one piece?

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Plot Keywords:

one man army | violence | shot in the head | blood | sequel | 

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Taglines:

Never stab the devil in the back

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Genres:

Action | Crime | Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for strong violence throughout, some language and brief nudity.

Details

Official Sites:

Official Facebook Official Site

Country:

USA Hong Kong

Language:

English Italian Russian

Release Date:

10 February 2017 (USA)

Also Known As:

John Wick 2

Filming Locations:

New York, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$40,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$30,436,123, 12 February 2017, Wide Release

Gross USA:

$92,029,184, 27 April 2017

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$158,216,655, 20 March 2017

Company Credits

Production Co:

Summit Entertainment, TIK Films, Thunder Road Pictures

Technical Specs

Runtime:

122 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Surround 7.1

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.39 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Screenwriter Derek Kolstad previously wrote The Package (2013), in which the name of the main character was Tommy Wick. In 2014 he also wrote a short film titled The Forge: Subject Aries (2014). In this movie, Ruby Rose's character is named Ares.

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Goofs

When Cassian locates John Wick in New York City, he does so at Lincoln Center, where several of its well-known landmarks are plainly visible. Immediately thereafter, Cassian chases Wick into the subway -- except the station that they're in is the new Santiago Calatrava-designed transit hub at the World Trade Center site. The two locales are roughly 80 blocks apart, but are depicted as being adjacent to each other.

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Quotes

Cassian: So, you're free?
John Wick: Am I?
Cassian: No. Not at all. You killed me ward. Someone I was close to. An eye for an eye, John. You know how it goes.
John Wick: Yeah.
[They both drink]

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Connections

Featured in A Museum Tour with Sir Jonathan Wick (2017)

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Soundtracks

Plastic Heart
Written by Tyler Bates, Joel J. Richard and Ciscandra Nostalghia
Performed by Ciscandra Nostalghia

User Reviews

Hardcore! Keanu Reeves is relentless

"John Wick: Chapter 2" is first true great action movie of the year. Bigger and better. It takes everything you enjoyed about the previous film to a whole other level of excitement. For lack of a better word, it's f***ing hardcore. There's something beautiful about the scope, the choreography and the thrill of this film's violence, you just can't get enough of it. And Keanu Reeves is relentless.

In this sequel, John Wick (Keanu Reeves) is forced back out of retirement by a former associate plotting to seize control of a shadowy international assassins' guild. As you fans of the first film would know that there's a mythology, a secret underworld created for this and so the sequel reveals the wide reach of its extent. It goes global. Reeves is bound by a marker, a debt he made in the past, so he travels to Rome to pay it but in doing so squares off against some of the world's deadliest killers.

I think one of the things that makes "John Wick: Chapter 2" effective is that many of the creative talents return, and screenwriter Derek Kolstad doesn't rehash the first film, which is usually a mistake done by many sequels out there. They take John Wick to international stage this time around but this film is not about 'hey look we're setting him somewhere else,' it's still character-based, it's about this assassin who struggles between living by his code and wanting to leave this whole once and for all.

And this is every action fan's wet-dream, to tell you the truth because you have a character who basically can use anything, whatever he gets his hands on, to kill. So what you see is once again a mix of martial art and gunplay or gun-fu, and on top of that, you also get to see him use a car as weapon, for example. No shortage of surprises in "John Wick: Chapter 2." The fight choreographies are some of the most complex I've seen on the big screen, definitely the most badass since "The Raid," kudos to the stunt coordinators and also to the actors themselves who are committed to making those sequences look and feel like the perfect bloody dance.

In "John Wick: Chapter 2" the mythology expands and becomes multi-layered, this whole secret society of assassins is irresistible, luxurious, sexy, and lethal. It's so cool that pretty much anybody, any character, on the streets can be a potential assassin, you just never know who might launch at John Wick at any time. With John Wick, Keanu Reeves has found his latest iconic character, in addition to Neo, and Keanu delivers him like it's nobody business, tactical and precise. "John Wick: Chapter 2" is how action sequels should be made.