Expect Next-Level Action And Drama In John Wick 2- Keanu Reeves

Keanu Reeves has been describing what we can expect from the highly anticipated John Wick 2. The stakes are high for the follow-up, after the surprise success of 2014’s John Wick.  

John Wick saw Keanu Reeves as the titular former assassin, grieving the death of his wife. When he crosses paths with the wrong people, Wick is pulled back into the hitman life, and goes on a quest for vengeance. It is a fast-paced, stylish action movie with a very high body count, and a performance from Reeves that many heralded as a ‘return to form’ for the actor. A sequel was quickly put into development, with many of the original team returning.

In a conversation with IGN, Reeves highlighted the evolution of the John Wick world and its action scenes in addition to new cast members Laurence Fishburne and Peter Stormare joining the tale as reasons to be excited. He said “For us it was just what is the next chapter? What is the continuation of this story? Opening up the world – the underground world. The world behind the world in terms of the assassins. Kind of evolving the action – if the first one was a black belt, then this one is third degree black belt. It’s such a fun project and a great character. Laurence [Fishburne] has this fantastic role as a character in the Underworld called The Bowery King. He plays such a great character in the piece and he brings of course humour, intelligence, charisma and fascination – he’s such an incredible actor and it was a pleasure to work with him again. Peter Stormare has more of a cameo in it but again he brings such fun and mystery and this mixture of groundedness and the surreal”.

Chad Stahelski who directed the first film with David Leitch returns to helm the sequel, with Leitch producing. Bridget Moynahan, Ian McShane, John Leguizamo and Lance Reddick also return to their onscreen roles alongside Reeves. John Wick 2 is currently scheduled for release on February 10th 2017.