Empire Australasia August 2017

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WORDS CHRIS HEWITT

THE

EMPIRE

VIEWING

GUIDE

Chad Stahelski and Derek

Kolstad guide us through

the action sequel

JOHN WICK:

CHAPTER 2

00:08:02

START YOUR ENGINES __ Picking up four

days after the original, John Wick: Chapter 2

starts with a full-on fender bender as Keanu

Reeves’ assassin indulges in a spot of car-fu. “We

wanted to come up with something exciting and

different,” says director Chad Stahelski. “John

doesn’t, technically, kill anyone in the opening.

Although that’s open to interpretation when you

hit somebody with a car.”

What we said: “A brutal,

bruising bullet ballet of

a sequel that builds upon

the promise of the original.

Characters keep asking if

John Wick is back. Yeah,

we’re thinking he’s back.”

Notable extras: Deleted

scenes, featurettes and

a handy guide to Wick’s

kill count. A mere 116.

JOHN WICK:
CHAPTER 2
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RATED MA15+

THE

VERDICT