John Wick: Chapter 2
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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.
What critics thought
John Wick: Chapter 2 is widely seen as a worthy — even superior — sequel that expands the assassin underworld mythology while escalating the action choreography to near-absurdist heights. Most critics celebrated the world-building and kinetic craft, though a vocal minority found the relentless carnage hollow, arguing the film trades story and moral weight for an endless, numbing body count.
“For better or worse—though mostly for better—it's a full-scale assault on the senses, constantly pushing itself to greater feats of excess. At this rate, a third John Wick might trigger the apocalypse”
Scott Tobias·Uproxx
“The pleasures of John Wick: Chapter 2 may be even greater than those of its predecessor—itself a symphonic achievement in scrappy, balls-out, action filmmaking—because in this one, there's no puppy murder to endure...it's lovers of humankind who are put to the test. John Wick: Chapter 2 asks the classic pulp question—Are human beings worth saving?—and delivers, with the right proportions of joy and sorrow, the classic pulp answer: Sometimes, no”
Stephanie Zacharek·Time
“lacks the first film's domino-effect momentum”
Ignatiy Vishnevetsky·The A.V. Club
“a shameful example of Hollywood gun pornography”
Jordan Hoffman·The Guardian
Genres
Action, Crime, Thriller
Cast & Crew
Chad StahelskiDirector
Keanu ReevesJohn Wick
CommonCassian
Laurence FishburneBowery King
Riccardo ScamarcioSantino D'Antonio
Ruby RoseAres
Lance ReddickCharon
Peter StormareAbram Tarasov
Bridget MoynahanHelen Wick
Franco NeroJulius
John LeguizamoAurelio
Ian McShaneWinston Scott
Claudia GeriniGianna D'Antonio
Joel J. RichardComposer
Tyler BatesComposer
Derek KolstadWriter
Dan LaustsenCinematographyJohn 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.
What critics thought
John Wick: Chapter 2 is widely seen as a worthy — even superior — sequel that expands the assassin underworld mythology while escalating the action choreography to near-absurdist heights. Most critics celebrated the world-building and kinetic craft, though a vocal minority found the relentless carnage hollow, arguing the film trades story and moral weight for an endless, numbing body count.
“For better or worse—though mostly for better—it's a full-scale assault on the senses, constantly pushing itself to greater feats of excess. At this rate, a third John Wick might trigger the apocalypse”
Scott Tobias·Uproxx
“The pleasures of John Wick: Chapter 2 may be even greater than those of its predecessor—itself a symphonic achievement in scrappy, balls-out, action filmmaking—because in this one, there's no puppy murder to endure...it's lovers of humankind who are put to the test. John Wick: Chapter 2 asks the classic pulp question—Are human beings worth saving?—and delivers, with the right proportions of joy and sorrow, the classic pulp answer: Sometimes, no”
Stephanie Zacharek·Time
“lacks the first film's domino-effect momentum”
Ignatiy Vishnevetsky·The A.V. Club
“a shameful example of Hollywood gun pornography”
Jordan Hoffman·The Guardian
Genres
Action, Crime, Thriller
Cast & Crew
Chad StahelskiDirectorKeanu ReevesJohn WickCommonCassianLaurence FishburneBowery KingRiccardo ScamarcioSantino D'AntonioRuby RoseAresLance ReddickCharonPeter StormareAbram TarasovBridget MoynahanHelen WickFranco NeroJuliusJohn LeguizamoAurelioIan McShaneWinston ScottClaudia GeriniGianna D'AntonioJoel J. RichardComposerTyler BatesComposerDerek KolstadWriterDan LaustsenCinematographyRent & Buy
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