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John Wick: Chapter 2

2017 2h 2m
Action Thriller Crime
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7.3/10
14,609 reviews
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John Wick: Chapter 2

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!"

Top Billed Cast

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

Detailed Critic & Audience Reviews

C CuriousAstronaut Verified TMDB Critic
2017-02-25

~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...

G Gimly Verified TMDB Critic
2017-05-15

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._...

D Dark Jedi Verified TMDB Critic
2017-06-24

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...

R Reno Verified TMDB Critic
2017-09-08

**All eyes on him and all guns pointed at him.**

It was not an attracting title for a sequel. The first film was good, completely an unexpected, but I was expecting this one, even though not as much as I was excited to see 'Jack Reacher 2'. That film was good, but did not meet with its first film's merit. And this sequel, really amazing. One of best follow-up flick and better than the original. That feat considered very rare in cinema and here is the one.

Entirely different than the first. I meant the storyline. A new action, a new adventure, and even on a bigger scale. Though the initia...

S Sheldon Nylander Verified TMDB Critic
2019-09-21

Picking almost right where the previous film ended, "John Wick Chapter 2" deals with the consequences of Wick's return to the assassin life and how he got out to begin with.

As expected, it expands on the mythology hinted at in the first movie, with the revelation that there's a high council of sorts, other Continental hotels around the world, and a very widespread network of assassins.

Also as expected, it ups the ante with bigger action sequences, and a much higher body count. We get to know more about some rival assassins played quite brilliantly by Common and Ruby Rose (whose charact...