John Wick: Chapter 2 Film Review

Rating: 8/10 (20 February 2017)

The new action crime thriller film John Wick: Chapter 2 starring Keanu Reeves, Laurence Fishburne, Ian McShane, Ruby Rose, Common, John Leguizamo, Bridget Moynahan, Peter Stormare. In John Wick: Chapter 2 Keanu Reeves' legendary hit-man takes on the world's deadliest killers in this thrill-packed sequel. John Wick (Lebanon born actor Keanu Reeves - The Matrix films, Speed) isn't having much luck staying retired. Now a former associate of the unstoppable hit-man Santino D'Antonio (Italian actor Riccardo Scamarcio - Burnt, Effie Gray) is planning to take over the shadowy international assassins' guild. John is bound by a blood oath to assist him and reluctantly travels to Rome the capital of Italy or Roma as Italians call Rome to fulfil this obligation. Matters are complicated by the fact that someone has 'opened an account' on John himself, which means that every badass on the planet is now closing in! It's not long before the bullets start flying in this explosive sequel to the 2014 hit that reignited Keanu Reeves' action career with the biggest bang imaginable. That stylish spectacle's co-director, former stuntman Chad Stahelski, is back behind the camera for this second magnificent blend of superbly choreographed breathtaking action and witty one-liners. American rapper Common (Terminator Salvation, Selma) as Cassian and Amerian actor Laurence Fishburne (The Matrix films, Event Horizon) as Bowery King are among those joining the cast along with English actor Ian McShane (UK TV Series Lovejoy, US TV Series Deadwood) as Winston, Australian actress Ruby Rose (US TV Series Orange Is The New Black, XXX: Return Of Xander Cage) as Ares who is death and can only communicate by sign language since she can't talk like normal people with subtitles coming up on the screen so that you can understand what she is really saying for anybody out here who doesn't know or understand sign language that well, Italian actress Claudia Gerini (The Passion Of The Christ, Under The Tuscan Sun) as Gianna D'Antonio Santino's sister, American actor Lance Reddick (White House Down, The Guest) as Charon who runs a hotel somewhere in New York, Tobias Segal (The Drop, R.I.P.D.) as Earl, Colombian actor John Leguizamo (Die Hard 2: Die Harder, Kick-Ass 2) as Aurelio a friend of John Wick, American actress Bridget Moynahan (US TV Series Blue Bloods, Coyote Ugly) as Helen Wick John Wick's late wife who is only seen in snippets / flashbacks throughout the film when John Wick is remembering his late wife, American actor Thomas Sadoski (Wild, Loser) as Jimmy, American actor David Patrick Kelly (Flags Of Our Fathers, Commando) as Charlie, Italian actor Franco Nero (Die Hard 2: Die Harder, Django Unchained) as Julius, English actor Peter Serafinowicz (Spy, Guardians Of The Galaxy) as Sommelier, Nigerian actor Chukwudi Iwuji (Exam, Barry) as Akoni, Swedish actor Peter Stormare (8MM, Armageddon) as Abram a Russian mob boss, American actor Wass Stevens (The Wrestler, World Trade Center) as Consiglieri and Ukrainian actor Oleg Prudius who use to wrestle in WWE as The Moscow Mauler Vladimir Kozlov from 2007 until 2011 as a Russian assassin. Filming locations in John Wick: Chapter 2 include places like New York, New Jersey, Rome the capital of Italy in Europe, Montréal, Québec, Canada. Overall John Wick: Chapter 2 is a good action crime thriller film filled with lots of action, shooting, gory violence, people getting shot, stabbed, slashed, killed, murdered, chases on foot and in vehicles like cars and motorbikes, explosions, things getting blown up, wrecked, destroyed, fire, things getting burnt down, subway trains, heavy rain, good shots of New York City at night time with all the bright lights, good shots of Rome and the historic buildings it has that are stunning to look at, nightclubbing, loud music, people partying, drinking, smoking, guns, fighting, incredible fighting scenes that will leave you breathless, fast and furious action, on the edge of your seat stuff, sadness, loyalty, friendship, team work, togetherness, assassins, some funny moments and many other things throughout the film. So I will give John Wick: Chapter 2 an overall rating of 3 out of 5 stars and I will say John Wick: Chapter 2 is worth seeing if you like action crime thriller films like Run All Night, The Last Stand, Bullet To The Head, the Taken films, the Bad Boys films, Sabotage, Eraser, Commando, The Expendables films, Parker, the Transporter films, the Die Hard films, Face / Off, The Guest, Sicario, Edge Of Tomorrow, Looper amongst others. So if you get the chance to see John Wick: Chapter 2 in the cinema then you should go and see it sooner than later.