![]() That was really quite a remarkable and original scene that makes the film more memorable for me than it otherwise might have been. My favorite scene was the hit on Gianna D'Antonio (Claudia Gerini), not so much for the bullet to her head, but for the way she took control to demonstrate she would die on her own terms and not her brother's. Ian McShane's Winston had a nice way of putting things in perspective for Wick to show him that the repercussions weren't going to be personal. I also like the entire idea of this particular mob having a code that's inviolate, even for someone like Wick who crossed the line by taking out Santino D'Antonio (Riccardo Scamarcio) on Continental grounds. The picture maintained that same high level of consistency with the sleek settings and the richly detailed environs of The Continental. I do have to say that the opening scene of the brightly lit downtown Manhattan cityscape was about the finest cinematography you can hope to come up with just about anywhere. But I guess that's the whole point, suspend your disbelief for a couple of hours and just go with all of the over the top action the film makers can put together. Okay, I get it, Reeves is the star of the picture and has to come out on top, but I'd like a little more credibility put into these kinds of stories. Besides that, he almost never makes a wrong move when hunted by dozens of assassins all at the same time. Overkill? Maybe, but it was awesome.No doubt about it, "John Wick: Chapter 2" is a slick action thriller, but man, oh man, how can any one person absorb that kind of punishment? John (Keanu Reeves) gets shot, stabbed and hit by cars multiple times and postures a limp now and then to indicate he might have gotten just a little bit hurt. However, John isn't done with the assassin yet, as he pulls the book from the nearly dead giant, places it onto the table and smacks the assassin's neck against it, finally killing him. He whacks the assassin in the leg, hand, and throat before lodging the book into the Goliath's mouth, where John keeps hammering it into the assassin's jaw, eventually dislodging it. Smacking and slamming his head into bookshelves, Marjanovic puts up a deadly fight against John, at least until John uses his book against the giant. There, however, he is met with the Goliath professional basketball player Boban Marjanovic, who attempts to claim the 40-million dollar bounty on Mr. ![]() In a deathly rush, John searches for a hollowed out book holding a photo of his wife, some gold coins, a marker, and a bead necklace, that will come in use later. However, we were not ready for the kill that kicked off this action-packed sequel. Seemingly out for the count, as John walks away, the towering foe wakes back up, forcing John, without hesitation, to rapidly turn and headshot his opponent.īy the time John Wick: Chapter 3 rolled around, fans expected some truly unforgettable, brutal, and jaw-dropping kills. ![]() Much to John's and the audience's surprise, he doesn’t go down, leading John to cling on to the assassin's back and shoot him directly through the top of his skull. After trying to shoot John, he disarms his foe and begins to shoot at his fellow assassin numerous times. John tries to fend him off, punching, kicking and chopping at his foe, which doesn't exactly go John's way. The assassin puts up a good fight, clotheslining John, as well as sending him through a panel of glass. When avoiding assassins seeking the hit put on John Wick, the “baba yaga” comes face-to-face with a towering assassin, played by real life sumo wrestler, Yamamotoyama Ryuta. None, however, were more deadly, memorable, or as brutish as the sumo assassin John faced off against in Chapter 2. John Wick: Chapter 2 enhanced and deepened the already compelling and intricate world of the John Wick franchise, and added many more unique and deadly assassins.
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