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 & 6 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 Bogeyman 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--as in this lethal ballet of bullets--no one can make it out in one piece.

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Plot Keywords:

one man army | sequel | hitman | one against many | violence | 

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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

Gross USA:

$92,029,184

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$171,539,887

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

This marks the third sequel appearance over the course of three months for Ruby Rose, who also appeared in Resident Evil: The Final Chapter (2016) and xXx: Return of Xander Cage (2017).

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Goofs

After John and Cassian finish their drinks at the bar, Cassian pays for the drinks and leaves. John then encounters Ares sitting in a chair. Ares communicates with John through sign language. She has at least one error and that is her very last sign. She intends to sign the phrase "Round three". However, the sign for "three" is not performed by flashing your index finger, middle finger, and ring finger (that is the sign for the letter "W"). The sign for the number 3 is shown with your thumb, index and middle fingers.

She was not signing "Round Three" but was rather signing John's name (or more accurately his initials "JW" which is very common in sign language when both parties know who you are talking about in order to shorten the number of character signed) with the pinkie making a swirl in the air for "J" and the index finger, middle finger, and ring finger for "W". This corresponds perfectly with the on-screen sub-titles.

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Quotes

John Wick: You wanted me back... I'm back!

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Alternate Versions

British version was cut (23 seconds were removed from the suicide scene) by local distributor Warner Bros. to secure a 15 rating (an uncut 18 rating was available).

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Connections

Follows John Wick (2014)

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Soundtracks

Chaconne
Written by Tomaso Antonio Vitali
Performed by Stepan Grytsay
Courtesy of Stepan Grytsay

User Reviews

Great Action Movie!

Wow, this is one of the best action movies that I have seen in quite some time. It is really what I was hoping for in a good old fashion action movie that was done entirely on hand to hand combat and gun shootings. This is a wonderful kick-ass movie where the killings were done so brutally with lots of bloody scenes. It also kind of remind me of the various one man army movies in the 80s played by Sylvester Stallone or Arnold Schwarzenegger. If you have seen John Wick the original (which I hope you have seen it before you see this one), then you will be amazed with this sequel. It was bloodier, more fighting, more assassins trying to kill John and longer running time. What I can say is this is an even better version than the original movie. Although in term of story, there is a bit of a more complexity in the sequel as opposed to the simplicity of the original movie.

All the fighting scenes were choreographed wonderfully according to my opinion. The guns shooting scenes were entirely cool. I loved all of them and there were no fighting scenes that took too long to finish. Keanu Reeves' portrayal of a retired hit-man who had no choice but to come back was really spot on. There were also some minor characters from the original movie who appeared in this sequel and also new character played by Laurence Fishburne whom I believed would play a large part in chapter 3. Yes, there would definitely be another sequel based on the ending of this movie, which really made me so excited and cannot wait for it to be released.

Aside from the very cool amazing action sequence, the sound effects of this movie was very good such as the sound of cars screeching, guns blazing and the voices of John and Cassian's heavy fight which I thought sounded very original. My recommendation if you want to watch this movie, it should be watched in a theater with good sound system.

Since there were many bloody brutal killing scenes (including 1 suicide scene), the Indonesian censorship body had given 21 years above rating. So yeah, this movie is definitely not for kids. For those of you who want to enjoy a pure action movie with Keanu Reeves as the main star, this one should not be missed. Don't forget to watch the original movie first so you would understand the story line. But for those who do not really enjoy this kind of movie (or cannot stand the bloody fight scenes), then this might not be suitable for you.

This is one heck of a movie and I for one truly enjoyed it and would recommend this movie to any fans of action movie.

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