John Wick 2 (5 Stars)

In the second John Wick film the viewer is led further down the rabbit hole. In the first film we were introduced to a parallel world of honour killers, knights if you will, that exists alongside our normal everyday world in New York City. In the second film we find out that this world is much bigger. It's also present in other countries and other major cities, like Rome. A High Table with 12 members rules over this world. Yet another reference to knighthood? Apart from the hotels there's a retro style business company that operates with a 1950's style telephone exchange and 1970's style computers. Style is the key word for this parallel world. It's all about style. Most of it, anyway. On a rooftop in New York we find Laurence Fishburne ruling over a mini-empire of highly trained assassins disguised as homeless people; or maybe they're homeless people trained to be assassins. Whichever way round it is, they don't share the good style of the rest.

I can give away the end of this film, because it will be impossible to understand the third film without knowing what's already happened. The main rule of the Continental Hotel is that no business should be conducted on its grounds. Business means killing. John Wick breaks this rule by shooting the High Table member Santino in the head while he's eating. As a punishment he's excommunicated and is no longer allowed to use the hotel or any of its services. A bounty of $14 million is put on his head, and now he's alone with nobody to help him. The only friend he can rely on is his beautiful dog that he's never even given a name.

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