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2014 saw the beginning of a new era of action with the release of John Wick, bringing on a career revival of sorts for lead actor Keanu Reeves who may very well be onto a new blockbuster franchise following the Matrix trilogy more than a decade ago. And to think now, his ceremonial re-emergence in the action genre comes equipped with much of the team behind Reeves’s action film performance since then, led by none other than second unit directors and stunt coordinators Chad Stahelski and David Leitch who led the way with the first film and have since succeeded on their own directing endeavors.
Keanu Reeves returns in the sequel to the 2014 hit as legendary hitman John Wick who is forced to back out of retirement by a former associate plotting to seize control of a shadowy international assassins’ guild. Bound by a blood oath to help him, John travels to Rome where he squares off against some of the world’s deadliest killers. Lionsgate’s “John Wick: Chapter 2” arriving in theaters on February 10, 2017
Some of those killers will ultimately include actor Common who takes to the pulpit as our main antagonist. Also starring are a mix of new and returning faces that include Reeves’ fellow Matrix cohort, actor Lawrence Fishburne, actresses Bridget Moynahan and Ruby Rose, and actors John Leguizamo, Lance Reddick, Ian McShane, as well as newcomers Laurence Fishburne, Peter Stormare and Riccardo Scamarcio, and with a script by returning scribe Derek Kolstad.
