The film has style to burn, and oh! what violence–terrible, bone-crunching, glorious violence, beautifully orchestrated by director and ex–stunt man Chad Stahelski. Forced to take one last job, Wick treks to a drowsy, decadent catacomb nightclub in Rome, where he tangles with a sultry mob princess (Claudia Gerini) and her butt-kicking bodyguard (played, wonderfully, by Common). But Wick, the quintessential hit man longing for retirement, mostly gets around the old-fashioned way, as if willing himself to slow down.įat chance.
In the movie’s dazzling opening sequence, he does take a car for a spin (and a crash and a bang). In John Wick: Chapter 2, Keanu Reeves’ John Wick–whom we first met as the ruthless yet tender avenger in the surprise 2014 hit that bears his name–does more walking than driving.
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