"John Wick 2" - the film (2017), the actors who played the main roles in it, earned the recognition of viewers and critics. This is a picture of Chad Stahelsky about the journey of the title hero in Rome. In this Italian city, he will have to confront one of the most dangerous killers on the planet. The tape is a sequel to the movie "John Wick", released in 2014. The world premiere of the picture took place in February 2017.
Film work
After the success of the first part, it became obvious that it was soon necessary to start shooting the film "John Wick 2" (2017). The actors who played key roles in the first part, mainly managed to save.
Initially, it was assumed that Chad Stahelsky, who shot the first “John Wick” with David Leitch, will continue to work in a duet. But Leitch eventually abandoned the project, focusing on the thriller Blasting Blonde. Therefore, the picture "John Wick 2" Stahelsky worked independently.
As in the first part, Keanu Reeves played the main role. This time he worked on the same set with Laurence Fishborn. The audience has not seen this acting duo since the time of the cult tape of the Wachowski brothers "Matrix: Revolution."
The film "John Wick 2" (2017) actors attracted the very famous and popular. Riccardo Scamarcho, Common, Ruby Rose, John Leguizamo and others also played in the picture.
The plot of the picture
The plot of the film takes place approximately four days after the events of the first part. At the center of the story is the protagonist, former hitman John Wick. He is looking for his 1969 Ford Mustang car in the garage of Abram Tarasov and his partners. Not so long ago, this expensive car was stolen from him.
John engages in a fight with the people of Tarasov and prevails. But the machine, which served as the occasion for the conflict, is badly wrecked. As a result, John meets with Tarasov, the heroes decide to conclude a truce.
Meanwhile, Aurelio takes the Mustang, owned by John, to carry out repairs. And the chief of Camorra (the Neapolitan mafia operating in the USA) comes to Wick. Wick swore to him that he would help when the Mafia boss needed it. Santino now demands that John keep his word. He will fulfill the order for the murder. Wick refuses, trying to explain that he has retired from dirty business. But the Neapolitan mafia is inexorable. Santino himself shoots from a grenade launcher at John's house, destroying him almost to the ground.
Kill order
Wick is forced to agree. Before the assignment, he meets with the owner of the Continental Hotel in New York named Winston. He reminds him that in case of refusal of a blood vow, Wick will inevitably violate one of the fundamental rules of the criminal world.
The first says that there should not be any murders on the territory of the Continental Hotel, and the second - that the blood vow must be fulfilled.
John returns to Santino and tells him he agrees. It turns out that the Neapolitan conceived the murder of his own sister Gianna, in order to take her place at the head of the Board of Clans. This is a prestigious council, which includes only high-ranking and influential mafiosi. John is getting ready to complete the order. It is entrusted to the person Santino by the name of Ares to monitor it.
Murder in Rome
The action of the movie "John Wick 2" moves to the Italian capital. Wick is looking for Gianna at a party. Sister Santino realizes that her death is inevitable and decides to commit suicide. John makes only a control shot.
But leaving the crime scene is not so simple. The main character stumbles upon an ambush that Santino sent after him to cover his tracks. With difficulty, but John is able to deal with them. However, he is pursued by a personal bodyguard of Jannah named Cassian. A fierce battle unfolds between the heroes, which stops only when they fly through a window into the territory of the Roman Continental Hotel. After that, they begin to behave as if nothing had happened, calmly go to the bar. But in the end, Cassian swears that he will avenge the death of Gianna.
Return to New York
After completing the task, Wick returns to New York. Santino still wants to kill him. He even announces a seven million dollar reward to anyone who can defeat John.
Numerous hired killers try their luck, trying to earn a fortune, but find only their death. John, despite the fact that everyone announced his retirement, did not lose his former grip.
But ahead of him is waiting for one of the most dangerous opponents, who are not interested in money, but only blood feud. This is Cassian, who cannot forgive him of Jannah’s death. In New York, they accidentally meet in the subway. Their struggle resumes. Wick prevails, but respect for a strong opponent and professional pride do not allow him to kill Cassian. He leaves him alive.
At the same time, John was badly injured in the last battle, and in general the constant assassinations severely exhausted him. For help and support, he turns to an underground mafia named “The Pigeon King”. His people help the killer to his feet, supply an arsenal of first-class weapons and bring to Santino. John easily deals with his bodyguards and assistants, but the leader of the Neapolitan mafia himself is hiding in the territory of the Continental Hotel.
The Italian mocks the killer, who must abide by the rules of the underworld, and is not able to kill him in Continental. But Wick is unshakable, he takes out a gun and, despite Winston's entreaties, kills his enemy. So he violated the first rule - no killings at Continental.
Wick leaves the hotel. But the very next day he was brought to Winston, who tells the hero that Camorra doubled the award for the murder of the famous killer. Santino's death did not solve John's problem. Moreover, now he is losing his membership in Continental due to impudently breaking the rules of the criminal world. Winston's credibility allows him to give John a one-hour delay.
Finally, Wick asks Winston to tell everyone who decides to kill him that they will inevitably die. At this time, the news about the new amount of the contract, which will take effect in an hour, flies around the city. All killers and leaders of the criminal world were encouraged by the opportunity to earn such a lot of money.
The painting "John Wick 2" ends with an episode in which the main character, together with his dog, hastily leaves this city. This ending allows us to count on the release of the third part in the near future.
Keanu Reeves
The main role in the film "John Wick 2" (2017) actor Keanu Reeves played. He played John Wick in the first part.
Reeves is a popular Canadian-American actor. Glory came to him after the anti-utopian action movie of the Wachowski brothers “The Matrix”. Then he starred in the action movie Catherine Bigelow "On the crest of a wave", the dramatic thriller Taylor Hackford "The Devil's Advocate", the crime thriller David Ayer "Kings of the Streets", the comedy by Stephen Herek "The Incredible Adventures of Bill and Ted", the mystical drama by Francis Lawrence Constant : Lord of Darkness, Robert Longo’s science fiction film Johnny Mnemonic.
Most often, the actor was nominated for an MTV television channel award. Moreover, he is considered one of the leaders in the number of nominations for Golden Raspberry. This award in the United States celebrates the most unsuccessful cinematographic work.
So, he was nominated for the “Worst Actor” Award for his paintings “Johnny Mnemonic”, “Walk in the Clouds”, “Chain Reaction”, “Hardball”, “Sweet November”.
In 2005, he received the award as the worst actor in the first 25 years. By the way, the role in the first “John Wick” brought him a prize for restoring his reputation.
Riccardo Scamarcho
The role of the leader of the Neapolitan mafia in New York, Santino, went to the Italian actor Riccardo Scamarcho. The movie "John Wick 2" (2017) was his first notable work in American cinema. Prior to that, he mainly starred in Europe.
He played in Tom Rob Smith's English drama mini-series London Spy, the comedy drama Paolo and Vittorio Taviani The Decameron, John Wells drama Comedy Adam Jones (this was his first experience in America), and Abel Ferrara’s biographical drama Pasolini, Richard Laxton's dramatic biographical film, Effie
Common
Among the actors in the movie "John Wick 2", it is worth noting Common. This is the nickname of a famous rap artist. His real name is Lonnie Rashid Lynn Jr. He earned fame as a musician, and eventually began to actively act in films.
In the film "John Wick 2" the actors and the roles they play deserve the approval of many viewers and critics. Common plays the bodyguard of Cassian, the main antagonist and opponent of the protagonist. Moreover, the relationship between them is the most mutually respectful. As you recall, on occasion Wick does not kill Cassian out of respect for his courage and skill.
For Common, this movie role is not the first. He made his debut back in 2007 in the criminal drama Joe Carnahan "Trump Aces." By the way, he already worked on the same site with Keanu Reeves in Kings of the Streets.
Also noted in the detective thriller Louis Leterrier "The Illusion of Deception", the historical drama of Av Duverney "Selma", the superhero action movie of David Eyer "Suicide Squad".
In the film "John Wick 2" (2017), the actor showed himself in full glory, playing the role of a cold-blooded and faithful bodyguard.
Lawrence Fishborn
Lawrence Fishborn in the movie "John Wick 2" plays the king of "Bowler".
Fishborn is a famous actor who went down in the history of American cinema. He became the first black man to play a major role in the Shakespearean drama Othello. Together with Keanu Reeves, he starred in The Matrix and even received the MTV Channel Award in the Best Fight nomination.
His first significant work was the role of Tyrone Miller in Francis Ford Coppola's military drama Apocalypse Today. For his work in the film "What Love Is capable of," he was nominated for an Oscar, but did not receive a figurine.
Ruby Rose
In the film "John Wick 2" (2017), Ruby Rose played the role of Ares. This is Santino's assistant, who goes for John to Rome.
The actors and roles of the movie "John Wick 2" we reviewed. And it is worth noting that they received mostly positive reviews from critics and viewers. The work of the Australian actress was no exception. She is also known as a TV presenter, model and DJ.
She made her film debut relatively recently. In 2015, she played in the comedy drama Genji Cohen "Orange is the hit of the season."
In 2017, in parallel with the filming of the movie "John Wick 2", she played in the adventure thriller of DJ Jay Caruso "Three X: World Domination", the fantastic horror film of Paul Andreson "Resident Evil: The Last Chapter".
John Leguizamo
Another famous actor John Leguizamo got the role of Aurelio. In the picture "John Wick 2" he plays an assistant to the protagonist, who helps him fix the car and solve various everyday problems.
Leguizamo is an American actor of Colombian descent. On his account dozens of roles. In addition to the film "John Wick 2", viewers can remember him from the comedy thriller Nim Nurizadeh "Ultra Americans", the biopic of Michael Almereyd "The Experimenter", the comedy by John Favreau "Cook on Wheels", the detective thriller Brad Anderson's "Disappearance on Seventh Street".