John Wick: Chapter 2
Movie, 2017, John Wick, Set in Days later
John Wick: Chapter 2 is #2 of 6 in release order and #3 of 6 in chronological order in the John Wick.
The story
John Wick is forced out of retirement by a former associate looking to seize control of a shadowy international assassins’ guild. Bound by a blood oath to aid him, Wick travels to Rome and does battle against some of the world’s most dangerous killers.
John Wick: Chapter 2 recap
John retrieves his Mustang from Viggo's brother Abram's chop shop and makes peace with him. Then Santino D'Antonio, an Italian crime lord, arrives holding a blood marker John owes him: the debt that let John retire. John refuses, and Santino blows up his house. Under the rules of the High Table, John must honour the marker. Santino orders him to kill his sister Gianna, so he can take her seat on the High Table. In Rome, Gianna kills herself rather than be killed, and John shoots her as she dies. Santino immediately puts a $7 million bounty on John to tie up loose ends, and her bodyguard Cassian hunts him. John fights his way through assassins across New York.
John Wick: Chapter 2 ending explained
John tracks Santino to the Continental, where Santino has taken refuge, and shoots him dead in the lounge, breaking the rule against business on hotel grounds. The Continental's manager Winston declares John excommunicado, cut off from the High Table's services, but gives him an hour's head start before the bounty, now doubled and global, takes effect. Chapter 3 picks up within that hour.
Post-credits scenes
No. There is no post-credits scene.
Where to watch John Wick: Chapter 2
John Wick: Chapter 2 is streaming on YouTube TV in the US. You can rent or buy it on Amazon, Apple TV, and Google Play.
Ratings
IMDb 7.4/10, Rotten Tomatoes 89%
Where it fits
- Release order: after John Wick, before John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum.
- Chronological order: after John Wick, before John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum.
What to watch before John Wick: Chapter 2
John Wick (2014), which John Wick: Chapter 2 (2017) continues.
Cast
- Keanu Reeves as John Wick
- Common as Cassian
- Laurence Fishburne as Bowery King
- Riccardo Scamarcio as Santino D'Antonio
- Ruby Rose as Ares
- Lance Reddick as Charon
- Peter Stormare as Abram Tarasov
- Bridget Moynahan as Helen Wick
- Franco Nero as Julius
- John Leguizamo as Aurelio
- Ian McShane as Winston Scott
- Claudia Gerini as Gianna D'Antonio
Directed by Chad Stahelski.