John Wick has been trying to retire to the quiet life. A couple of hundred dead bad guys later we get to the sequel’s real story. It’s a wonderful chance for the filmmakers to wink at the audience and remind us that we’re all in it for the fun of it all. He gets to deliver the quiet warning about Wick, and there are some pretty sweet cuts to his facial expressions while he listens to the carnage of Wick taking out his thugs. That includes a pretty nice performance by Peter Stormare as another Russian mobster family member of last film’s kid. A few of the first film’s beats are reproduced here strictly for nostalgia. It gives you that quick introduction of the character and a reminder of what he can do and the legendary reputation he has earned. The first couple of minutes work as closure for the first film as Wick gets his car back. It took three years, but that possibility has turned into John Wick: Chapter 2. That led to a box office haul of $86 million worldwide and a respectful enough budget to make a sequel seem like a good possibility.
Along with their action star, everyone stuck to what they knew and refused to overcomplicate the whole thing. It would become the directing debut of the stunt team of Stahelski and David Leitch. There he teamed up with some stunt friends of his going back to The Matrix, and together they brought a new action hero to the screen that was as much graphic novel as it was action film. Keanu Reeves has enjoyed somewhat of a career renaissance thanks in no small part to the success of John Wick in 2014.
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