John Wick: Chapter 2

"Never stab the devil in the back!"

2017 2h 2m EN

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★7.3TMDB · 14,694

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Synopsis

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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.

“Never stab the devil in the back!”

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Cast

Keanu Reeves
John Wick
Common
Cassian
Laurence Fishburne
Bowery King
Riccardo Scamarcio
Santino D'Antonio
Ruby Rose
Ares
Lance Reddick
Charon
Peter Stormare
Abram Tarasov
Bridget Moynahan
Helen Wick

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Chad Stahelski
Writers: Todd Harris, Derek Kolstad
Languages: English, Hebrew, Italian, Russian
Countries: United States of America

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MONEY

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Made its money back 4.3× over at the box office.

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2 / 8

ERA

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Released 9 years ago.

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3 / 8

WORLD

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Dialogue crosses 4 languages: English, Hebrew, Italian, Russian.

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4 / 8

CINEMA

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Part of the "John Wick Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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5 / 8

CAST

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300+ people credited in cast and crew — a small city's worth of labour.

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6 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Directed by Chad Stahelski, shot by Dan Laustsen. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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7 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Original score by Tyler Bates. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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8 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Editor Evan Schiff shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Chad Stahelski directs. Dan Laustsen behind the camera. Tyler Bates scores. Evan Schiff cuts. Made its budget back several times over at the box office. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English, Hebrew, Italian, Russian.

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1Made its money back 4.3× over at the box office.
2Released 9 years ago.
3Dialogue crosses 4 languages: English, Hebrew, Italian, Russian.
4Part of the "John Wick Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
5300+ people credited in cast and crew — a small city's worth of labour.
6Directed by Chad Stahelski, shot by Dan Laustsen. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
7Original score by Tyler Bates. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
8Editor Evan Schiff shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
9Keanu Reeves and Common and Laurence Fishburne carry the top of the cast.
10Marketing tagline: "Never stab the devil in the back!".
11IMDB entry: tt4425200 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
1214,694 TMDB user ratings logged — serious cultural footprint.
13Classified under 19 themes, including "martial arts", "assassin", "rome, italy", "hitman".
14Released under 12 different titles around the world.

The technical file

Cinematography: Dan Laustsen
Original score: Tyler Bates
Editing: Evan Schiff
Production design: Kevin Kavanaugh
Costume design: Luca Mosca
Makeup / hair: Kerrie Smith
VFX supervisor: Paul Linden
Sound: Andy Koyama
Stunt coordinator: Marc Désourdy
Runtime: 122 min · 2h 2m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Budget: $40,000,000
Box office: $171,539,887
Return: 429% of budget
Original language: EN
Certification (US): R
IMDB: John Wick: Chapter 2 (2017)

Part of

John Wick Collection

A neo-noir action thriller film series that follows Jonathan 'John' Wick, a former assassin, who comes out of retirement seeking vengeance for the theft of his vintage car and the murder of the puppy his deceased wife left to him.

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CuriousAstronaut2017-02-25
★ 9/10
~NO SPOILERS~ This movie essentially starts right after the first one ends, right at the top-down view of New York City. Dark humor abounds, bullets rip through head and bodies, and Wick is unstoppable. This film should be held as the gold standard for action movies. There is very little camera shake during fights and Reeves clearly has spent a lot of time preparing for this role. You can see nearly every take-down, every gunshot, and Wick has to reload at inconvenient times in a realistic fashion which also adds to the hilarity of the following kills. Overall the acting performances were solid. Reeves isn't known for having an extremely wide range, but his devotion to making this movie a kick-ass martial arts production is second to none. I felt the villain was a bit on the weak side though, but he did his role justice. Ian McShane's character remains the strongest especially combined with the last film. The lighting is superb! There's a red-blue theme that is in nearly every nightclub and darkly lit areas and its absolutely lovely to look at. Overall cinematography is very good. Definitely worth seeing!
Gimly2017-05-15
★ 7/10
Grows the world. Grows the legend. But the story itself and the man himself remain firmly retreading the steps they took in the first outing. Not too harsh a criticism though, 'cause that one was damn good too. Final rating:★★★½ - I strongly recommend you make the time.
Dark Jedi2017-06-24
★ 6/10
I was really hoping I would like this movie. I so enjoyed the first one. However, when the credits started to roll at the end I found myself wondering “What the fuck happened?”. Be warned that the rest of this review might contain a spoiler or two. One thing I really liked about the first movie was, as you can read in my review about that one, that it was a no bullshit, kill the bad guys and no emotional regrets, kind of movie. John Wick went all out for revenge and at the same time we got introduced into this cool world of assassins, safe havens, hidden “shops” for guns, classy tailors providing bullet proof costumes etc. etc. In this movie he is forced onto a job by a real asshole. He is constantly reluctant and walks around with a sad puppy face all the time. Of course said asshole screws him halfway through the movie and that would have been a good time to start get back on track with some decent payback story but unfortunately the script writers thought otherwise. After some more of the same shit no one really wins in the end (although one of the two adversaries suffer a more “permanent” setback than the other). Worse is that, in my opinion, in their eager to put together some crap drama this movie essentially screwed up the possibilities for a John Wick 3 unless they pull some rather big surprise rabbit out of the hat for that one. There are plenty of action in the movie of course but also her I feel that it was a bit too over the top. No one, absolutely no one, seems to be able to shoot straight except for John Wick. This makes the action feel more like a parody a’la Kill Bill than a more serious action, revenge movie. Yes it is cool to watch but only up to a point. Heck, if this would have been a Star Trek (TOS) episode Hollywood’s entire supply of red shirts would have been used up on a single movie. While I am bitching I should perhaps also mention that the amount of beating that John Wick seems to be able to absorb is … unbelievable. I did enjoy the movie but not at all as much as I hoped I would. To me it has a completely different spirit than what I remember from the first one and the ending is, again to me at least, not a happy one. Having said that the action sequences are as cool, crazy but cool, and violent as they are unbelievable. I found it a bit sad that they wrecked his nice car though. Overall a enjoyable movie but no match for the first chapter and I cannot bring myself to give it more than 3 out of 5 stars.