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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Film Cast:

• John Wick: Keanu Reeves
• Cassian: Common
• Bowery King: Laurence Fishburne
• Winston: Ian McShane
• Santino D’Antonio: Riccardo Scamarcio
• Julius: Franco Nero
• Aurelio: John Leguizamo
• Ares: Ruby Rose
• Charon: Lance Reddick
• Abram Tarasov: Peter Stormare
• Helen Wick: Bridget Moynahan
• Gianna D’Antonio: Claudia Gerini
• Consiglieri: Wass Stevens
• Earl: Tobias Segal
• Jimmy: Thomas Sadoski
• Numismatic: Erik Frandsen
• Charlie: David Patrick Kelly
• Dr. Randall: Perry Yung
• Lucia: Youma Diakite
• Sommelier: Peter Serafinowicz
• Italian Tailor: Luca Mosca
• Seamstress: Midori Nakamura
• Cardinal: Mario Donatone
• Priest: Giorgio Carminati
• Pawnbroker: Elli
• Nigerian Man: Thaddeus Daniels
• The Operator: Margaret Daly
• Bartender: Christine Hollingsworth
• Concert Singer: Ciscandra Nostalghia
• Mr. Akoni: Chukwudi Iwuji
• Cheslav: Vadim Kroll
• Cartographer: Simone Spinazzè
• Earl’s Guard #1: Chris LaPanta
• Earl’s Guard #2: Guyviaud Joseph
• Waitress: Diane Gooch
• Switchboard Operator #1: Alisa Ermolaev
• Switchboard Operator #2: Kelly Rae LeGault
• Continental Female Assassin: Joan Smalls
• Creepy Homeless Man: Basil Iwanyk Sr.
• Ares Team #1 (uncredited): Airon Armstrong
• Brian Blackman (uncredited): Nico Toffoli
• Hitman (uncredited): Aaron Cohen
• Winston’s Personal Assistant (uncredited): Aly Mang
• Hotel Guest – Assassin (uncredited): Nora Sommerkamp
• ND Chinatown Pedestrian (uncredited): Marmee Regine Cosico
• Business Woman (uncredited): Nancy Cejari
• Switch Board Operator (uncredited): Kitty Crystal
• Cocktail Waitress (uncredited): Jennifer Dong
• Bartender (uncredited): Sidney Beitz
• Winston’s Guard (uncredited): Mark Vincent
• Special Ops Assassin (uncredited): Justin L. Wilson
• Opera Attendee (uncredited): Shade Rupe
• Assassin (uncredited): Heidi Moneymaker
• Assassin (uncredited): Angel Pai
• Assassin (uncredited): Johnny Otto
• Assassin (uncredited): Nobuya Shimamoto
• Russian Assassin (uncredited): Oleg Prudius
• Russian Gunman (uncredited): Alex Ziwak
• Gianna’s Bodyguard (uncredited): Bruno Verdirosi
• Gianna’s Bodyguard (uncredited): Ottaviano Dell’Acqua
• Ares Team #2 (uncredited): Tim Connolly
• Ares Team #3 (uncredited): Kenny Sheard
• Ares Team #4 (uncredited): Stephen Dunlevy
• Metro Assassin #1 (uncredited): Niko Nedyalkov
• Homeless Man in Chinatown (uncredited): Bill Walters

Film Crew:

• Casting: Suzanne Smith
• Unit Production Manager: Robert Bernacchi
• Special Effects Coordinator: Danilo Bollettini
• Music Editor: Richard Henderson
• Steadicam Operator: Daniele Massaccesi
• Stunts: Daniel Bernhardt
• Unit Production Manager: Vito Colazzo
• Executive Producer: Chad Stahelski
• Executive Producer: David Leitch
• Original Music Composer: Tyler Bates
• Production Design: Kevin Kavanaugh
• Special Effects Supervisor: R. Bruce Steinheimer
• Stunt Coordinator: Claudio Pacifico
• Art Direction: Chris Shriver
• Director of Photography: Dan Laustsen
• Costume Design: Luca Mosca
• Executive Producer: Jeff G. Waxman
• Stunt Coordinator: Jonathan Eusebio
• Foley Artist: Dawn Lunsford
• Foley Artist: Alicia Stevenson
• Producer: Basil Iwanyk
• Stunts: Krista Bell
• Stunts: Ottaviano Dell’Acqua
• Stunts: Gary Daniels
• Executive In Charge Of Production: Donna Sloan
• First Assistant Director: John R. Saunders
• Executive Producer: Kevin Scott Frakes
• Line Producer: Marco Valerio Pugini
• Art Direction: Saverio Sammali
• Stunt Coordinator: J. J. Perry
• Set Decoration: David Schlesinger
• Sound Re-Recording Mixer: Andy Koyama
• Key Costumer: Carmia Marshall
• Casting: Jessica Kelly
• Writer: Derek Kolstad
• Stunts: Tim Connolly
• Original Music Composer: Joel J. Richard
• Still Photographer: Niko Tavernise
• Stunts: Airon Armstrong
• Grip: Adam Hall
• Stunts: Jen Weissenberg
• Stunt Coordinator: Marc Désourdy
• Stunts: Panuvat Anthony Nanakornpanom
• Costume Supervisor: Augusto Grassi
• Makeup Department Head: Stephen M. Kelley
• Foley Artist: Dan O’Connell
• Makeup Artist: Ivy Ermert
• Second Unit Director: Darrin Prescott
• Foley Artist: John T. Cucci
• Armorer: Eddie Grisco
• Set Production Assistant: Alain Caporicci
• Stunts: Erica Kim
• Property Master: Vinny Mazzarella
• Script Supervisor: Shane B. Scott
• Sound Effects Editor: D. Chris Smith
• Camera Operator: Daniel Sauvé
• Gaffer: Bill Almeida
• Rigging Gaffer: Marco Sticchi
• Dialogue Editor: Daniel Saxlid
• Art Department Coordinator: Sha-Sha Shiau
• Hairstylist: Anna Hilton
• Editor: Evan Schiff
• Second Unit Director of Photography: Duane Manwiller
• ADR Editor: Kerry Dean Williams
• Steadicam Operator: Mark Schmidt
• Makeup Artist: Joseph Farulla
• Additional Photography: Fraser Taggart
• Hair Department Head: Kerrie Smith
• First Assistant Editor: Rick Derby
• Music Editor: Jen Monnar
• Makeup Artist: Sanja Milic
• Sound Re-Recording Mixer: Martyn Zub
• Location Manager: Enrico Latella
• Grip: John Keating
• Stunts: Chino Binamo
• Animation: Chris Ebeling
• Music Supervisor: John Houlihan
• ADR Mixer: Chris Navarro
• Stunts: Stephen Dunlevy
• Stunts: Kenny Sheard
• First Assistant Editor: Chris Tonick
• Rigging Gaffer: Clay Liversidge
• Second Unit Director of Photography: Robert Mattigetz
• Hairstylist: Susan Schectar
• Makeup Artist: Michael Tinger
• Set Costumer: Costanza Bastanti
• Associate Producer: Jennifer Madeloff
• Score Engineer: Joanne Higginbottom
• Special Effects Coordinator: Rick Thompson
• Camera Operator: Gregor Tavenner
• Location Manager: Len Murach
• Production Supervisor: John DeSimone
• Visual Effects Producer: Carrie Richardson
• Unit Manager: Simona Batistelli
• First Assistant Camera: Nicolas Marion
• First Assistant Camera: Marque DeWinter
• Production Controller: Stephen F. Newnam
• Visual Effects Supervisor: Paul Linden
• Visual Effects Coordinator: Adam Pere
• Set Costumer: Eldar Iskandarov
• Stunts: Robbie P Smith
• Production Coordinator: Yves Desjardins
• Post-Production Manager: Kimi Rosenthal
• Production Director: Ami Cohen
• Makeup Artist: Marianne Bobet
• Rigging Grip: Craig Vaccaro
• Location Manager: Benoît Mathieu
• Production Coordinator: Jamie Buckner
• Stunts: Vencislav Stojanov
• Second Assistant Director: Guy Efrat
• Visual Effects Supervisor: Mike F. Hedayati
• Executive Producer: Vishal Rungta
• Co-Producer: Holly S. Rymon
• Visual Effects Editor: Michael Gilbert
• Visual Effects Editor: Ryan Brassington
• Foley Mixer: David Jobe
• Set Decoration: Letizia Santucci
• Art Department Coordinator: Christian Giuliani
• Construction Coordinator: James Wendelken
• Property Master: Ken Goodstein
• Casting Associate: Kate Geller
• Assistant Costume Designer: Brian Hemesath
• Costume Supervisor: Jill Flowers
• Costume Supervisor: Erick Martinez
• Costume Coordinator: Alessia Pierantoni
• Key Costumer: Paul Thompson
• Set Costumer: Zakiya Dennis
• Set Costumer: Carmegie Dupuy
• Set Costumer: Carlotta Moricci
• Tailor: Lawrence Bell
• Gaffer: Francesco Zaccaria
• Rigging Grip: Michael A. McFadden
• Dolly Grip: Claudio Del Gobbo
• Dolly Grip: Chris DesRochers
• Dolly Grip: Stefano Di Pasquali
• First Assistant Camera: Bradley Grant
• CG Supervisor: Roy Malhi
• Special Effects Supervisor: Maurizio Corridori
• Visual Effects Producer: Molly Pabian
• Visual Effects Supervisor: John Stewart
• Key Hair Stylist: Betsy Reyes
• Key Makeup Artist: Joanna McCarthy
• Makeup Artist: Anna Stachow
• Stunts: Ryan Hanna
• Key Grip: Charlie Marroquin
• Stunt Double: Jackson Spidell
• Key Makeup Artist: Gillian Chandler
• Third Assistant Director: Ariane Collman
• Grip: Dustan Lewis McBain
• First Assistant Director: Luigi Spoletini
• Grip: Massimiliano Dessena
• Executive Producer: Qiuyun Long
• Post Production Assistant: Eric Van Dyn Hoven
• Grip: Andrea di Benedetto
• Grip: Mauro Faina
• Stunts: Daniel Hargrave
• Stunts: Niko Nedyalkov
• Dialect Coach: Elizabeth Zackheim
• Production Coordinator: Shawn Sendio
• Animal Wrangler: Madison Lanting
• Animal Wrangler: Kim Krafsky
• Dialect Coach: Carlos A. Garcia
• Production Coordinator: Willy Faso
• Production Accountant: Carmela Compagnone
• Production Accountant: Diana Ascher
• Driver: Marco Di Folco
• Driver: Dan Hobert
• Location Scout: Chris Cloud
• Visual Effects Editor: Kimberly Huston
• Color Designer: Kevin Krout
• Post-Production Manager: Matthew Evan Walsh
• Costume Coordinator: Taylor White
• Set Costumer: Simone Carlo Toniato Toso
• Set Dresser: Monika Herédi
• Stunts: PaiSen Wang
• Stunts: Jim Ng
• Stunts: Jason Mello
• Stunts: Kyle Mclean
• Stunts: Suo Liu
• Stunts: Marco Lascari
• Stunts: Stefanie Barry
• Stunts: Calvin Ahn
• Drone Operator: Marco Fabriziani
• First Assistant Camera: Chloé Giroux-lachance
• Grip: Kelly Marroquin
• Lighting Technician: Henri Normand
• Grip: Lorenzo Peyrone
• Camera Operator: Frank Rinato
• Drone Operator: Daniele Proietti
• Set Medic: Stephen P. Cannon
• Third Assistant Director: Federica Durigon
• Second Assistant Director: Alessandra Fortuna
• Second Assistant Director: Jeremy Marks
• Assistant Production Manager: Andrea Pugini
• Location Scout: Joe Barton
• Producer: Erica Lee
• Supervising Art Director: Cristina Onori
• Stunts: Bruno Verdirosi
• Set Medic: Jeruschka Argenziano

Movie Reviews:

• CuriousAstronaut: ~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!

• Gimly: 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._

• Per Gunnar Jonsson: 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.

• Reno: **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 initial parts were average. I totally disliked that killing assignment Mr. Wick took in his hand, but what followed after made the film great, definitely not to be missed for that alone. Especially if you are an ardent action film fan. For me, that reminded me ‘Kill Bill’, but they are not the same kind, except the fighting concept with hundreds.

  Continued from a couple of days later where the previous narration had ended. Now the retired assassin, John Wick forced to take a final job, but soon he finds he was backstabbed. Every eye on the town on him and every gun pointing at him, there’s no way he could get out of it easily. So, he has to fight them all, just in order to survive. Then what comes later are even more aggressive screenplay that’s ends with left open the door for the third film.

  Now this became a stylish franchise. That’s what happens when a stuntman takes up the directional job for an action flick. He did not write it, but he knew exactly how to create them, technically perfectly. Besides, he got wonderful, dedicated actors to achieve that. Not just Reeves, but all were awesome. Believe the third film would be a kick-ass, particularly the pace that could match with likes ‘Crank’. Just watch it already and be prepared for the next, the mega finale.

  _8/10_

• Sheldon Nylander: 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 character communicates solely through sign language; in many cases, this kind of thing is used as a gimmick to make the audience remember a character when they have nothing else to distinguish them, but it’s not the case here and is used only as an aspect of the character; smartly done). Keanu Reeves…let’s the Reeves of old come through a couple times, with a couple of bizarre and inappropriate inflections. Ian McShane’s Winston expands a little bit, although he still refers to John as Jonathan, which is just wrong. If it’s supposed to be some kind of an in-joke with them, they don’t reveal anything about it. Again, I think there’s more going on with Lance Reddick’s hotel manager than they’re letting on. And I was a little disappointed that Peter Stormare wasn’t in more of the film, as he’s always fun.

  Again, the world is very wide, and almost seems like everyone is involved with this underworld. There is an indication that that’s not the case here and there, but we never get to meet anyone who doesn’t know what’s going on, which keeps some of that suspicion up.

  The plot follows a pretty basic structure. Actually, it follows a pretty rigid structure. In a two hour movie, it can be broken down almost exactly into half-hour sequences, something that struck me as a little odd. There are some minor plot twist. Nothing major or out of the blue, but at least there was an attempt.

  So now we come down to it. Is it better or worse than the first movie? Well, I would have to say “yes”. It definitely ups the ante and is a much bigger film than the first movie, expanding on the mythology and the characters. At the same time, it falls into the trap that a lot of these bigger, badder sequels fall into, which is that with the bigger scope, it feels like they have to use a bigger yoke on everything in order to keep in reined in and from going off the rails on its own. In fact, they may have expanded the world too quickly, going from a city in the first movie to the entire globe in the second. That rapid expansion makes that bigger yoke much more percpetible and, while the ambition is admirable, at times I wondered if they may have bitten off more than they could chew.

  Still an enjoyable action film, and if you liked the first film, you’ll most likely enjoy this one.