John Wick: Chapter 2
February 8, 2017 in theaters
John Wick is forced out of retirement by a former associate looking to seize control of a shadowy international assassins' guild. Bound by a blood oath to aid him, Wick travels to Rome and does battle against some of the world's most dangerous killers.
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"You stabbed the devil in the back. Now the devil wants his due."
DID YOU KNOW?
Common trained in martial arts for six months to keep up with Keanu Reeves in their fight scenes.
THE VERDICT
Synthesized from published reviews
A confident expansion that trades the first film's focused grief for a wider look at the mythology underneath it. The Continental world-building is handled with just enough detail to feel lived-in without becoming exposition-heavy, and the Rome sequences deliver action choreography that matches anything in the original. It lacks the emotional core that made John Wick's premise so affecting, but as a showcase for what the franchise could become, it makes its case thoroughly.
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