John Wick 2

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	Keanu Reeves	John Wick
	Riccardo Scamarcio	Santino D'Antonio
	Ian McShane	Winston
	Ruby Rose	Ares
	Common	Cassian
	Claudia Gerini	Gianna D'Antonio
	Lance Reddick	Charon
	Laurence Fishburne	Bowery King
	Tobias Segal	Earl
	John Leguizamo	Aurelio
	Bridget Moynahan	Helen
	Thomas Sadoski	Jimmy
	Eric Frandsen	Numismatic
	David Patrick Kelly	Charlie
	Perry Yung	Doctor
	Franco Nero	Julius
	Youma Diakite	Lucia
	Peter Serafinowicz	Sommelier
	Luca Mosca	Italian Tailor
	Midori Nakamura	Seamstress
	Mario Donatone	Cardinal
	Giorgio Carminati	Priest
	Elli	Pawnbroker
	Thaddeus Daniels	Nigerian
	Margaret Daly	Operator

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Director	Chad Stahelski
Writer	Derek Kolstad
Producer	Robert Bernacchi, Kevin Scott Frakes, Basil Iwanyk, Erica Lee, David Leitch, Qiuyun Long, Jennifer Madeloff, Marco Valerio Pugini, Vishal Rungta, Holly S. Rymon, Bo Shen, Jeff G. Waxman, Shixing Zhou
Musician	Tyler Bates, Joel J. Richard
Photography	Dan Laustsen

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My quick rating - 7,5/10. Pretty sure that is also what I gave the first one. Well, the retired hit-man is back. The commercial tells us so. I do appreciate this movie for a slightly different reason than the first one. Where the first did rely a bit more on the story and development of the character, which is a good thing, this one doesn't dabble too much into that and just goes straight at you with action. Another good thing. The sequences are strung together so well, it is just nice to sit there and take each moment in. I could do without taking a vulnerable Reeves and turning him into a bulletproof superhero, such as this movie did. Yes, before you say anything, I know fully well this movie is paying homage to the great action movies out of Hong Kong, but even John Woo may have questioned Keanus invincibility at points of this flick. But checking reality at the door to watch this is not a problem and a good time to be had. Director Chad Stahelski showed that his massive amount of time shooting stunts for more films than I can name (and he was tied with the much missed Brandon Lee as stunt double in "The Crow") pays off behind the camera lens. This may or may not be a spoiler, but I expect John Wick 3 to continue to go over the top. And a rumor of a Highlander redo? Sign me up.

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