But it also gives Kolstad the chance to expand on the mythology, introducing old friends (Common as rival hitman Cassian is impressively intimidating) and new debts (Riccardo Scamarcio as Santino D’Antonio, who calls in a favour from John, is suitably slimy). It gave rise to the delicious pun that they can conduct “no business on Continental ground”, made even more delicious by the fact that it was delivered by Ian McShane, playing the New York hotel’s manager. The first film dazzled with its hefty set pieces and tangible violence, but it also crafted a universe of killers for hire, all of whom meet up in Continental hotels around the world, a safe haven for getting your suit fitted, your weapons purchased and having a slap-up meal. Immediately, this world of eye-for-an-eye rules makes sense once more. When Wick declares his motivation early on, it’s both ridiculous and ridiculously simple – a burst of logic and absurdity that has the abrupt force of everything else the man does.
But writer Derek Kolstad and director Chad Stahelski are in on the joke. After getting revenge for the death of his dog in the first film, it was a running joke among fans what possible domestic damage could be wrought upon him to make him seek vengeance again in the sequel. Wick (Reeves), of course, is the unstoppable assassin who tried to get out of the criminal underworld, only for them to pull him back in. The only questions that matter have answers that end in gun shots and punches to the face. Why? That’s not a question that’s relevant in John Wick’s universe. That’s the moral of John Wick 2, one that’s made clear from the opening shot of a Manhattan building, with one of the silent film star’s movies projected on to the side of it. How do you follow a film like John Wick? With Buster Keaton.
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Watch John Wick Chapter 2 online in the UK: Amazon Prime / Netflix UK / Apple TV (iTunes) / Prime Video (Buy/Rent) / TalkTalk TV / Google Play Cast: Keanu Reeves, Riccardo Scamarcio, Ian McShane
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