50 Fun Facts About John Wick: Chapter 2

The Bowery King in John Wick: Chapter 2 reunited Keanu Reeves with which co-star from the Matrix films?

Laurence Fishburne played Morpheus to Reeves's Neo, and this was their first film together since that trilogy. His part was first reported as a brief cameo.

Which weapon does Santino D'Antonio use to destroy John Wick's house early in John Wick: Chapter 2?

A grenade launcher is Santino's reply when John refuses to honor a blood oath. John survives the blast and heads to the Continental for advice.

The climactic shootout of John Wick: Chapter 2 unfolds inside which kind of museum art installation?

A hall of mirrors hides Santino's guards among endless reflections. One critic said the scene echoes Orson Welles's The Lady from Shanghai.

The assassin Rajah in John Wick: Chapter 2 is played by Yamamotoyama, a former professional in which sport?

Sumo wrestling made Yamamotoyama famous: at 265 kg he is the heaviest Japanese-born wrestler in the sport's history.

Chad Stahelski, director of John Wick: Chapter 2, first worked with Keanu Reeves in which job?

Stunt double was Stahelski's job for Reeves on a 1999 sci-fi hit, years before he directed him. Earlier he had doubled for Brandon Lee on The Crow.

Which breed is the dog John Wick rescued from a shelter and keeps beside him in John Wick: Chapter 2?

Pit bull is the breed John saved from being put down at the end of the first film. Unlike that film's beagle puppy, this dog survives the sequel.

In John Wick: Chapter 2, what is the blood-oath medallion that Santino D'Antonio presents to John Wick called?

A marker binds whoever swore on it, and refusing one is forbidden. John gave his to Santino in return for help with the job that let him retire.

Which classic muscle car does John Wick win back from Abram Tarasov's compound in John Wick: Chapter 2?

Ford Mustang, a Boss 429, is the car whose theft set off the first film. John gets it back and sends it straight off to be repaired.

In John Wick: Chapter 2, which status does Winston declare on John Wick for killing on Continental grounds?

Excommunicado strips John of every underworld privilege and resource. Out of friendship, Winston holds the order back for one hour so he can run.

Which rapper and actor plays Cassian, the bodyguard of Gianna D'Antonio, in John Wick: Chapter 2?

Common shared an Oscar for the song Glory from Selma two years before the film came out. Early reports billed his character as the chief villain.

Which Australian star of Orange Is the New Black plays the bodyguard Ares in John Wick: Chapter 2?

Ruby Rose appeared in three action sequels in 2017, also joining Vin Diesel in an xXx film and Milla Jovovich in Resident Evil: The Final Chapter.

Which Italian actor plays Santino D'Antonio, the crime boss who calls in a blood oath in John Wick: Chapter 2?

Riccardo Scamarcio had starred in Italian films since his first lead in 2004. Here he is the mob heir whose scheming drags John out of retirement.

Which star of the 1966 spaghetti western Django plays Julius, a Rome hotel manager, in John Wick: Chapter 2?

Franco Nero became a pop-culture icon as Django and later made a cameo opposite Jamie Foxx in Django Unchained.

Which Swedish actor, known from Fargo, plays the Russian crime boss Abram Tarasov in John Wick: Chapter 2?

Peter Stormare plays the last major figure of the Tarasov family, the uncle and brother of the two villains John killed in the first film.

Which British comic actor, the voice of Darth Maul in The Phantom Menace, plays the Sommelier in John Wick: Chapter 2?

Peter Serafinowicz, also Pete in Shaun of the Dead, plays a weapons supplier who serves the Continental's guests in Rome.

Which English actor, Al Swearengen in Deadwood, plays the hotel owner Winston in John Wick: Chapter 2?

Ian McShane won a Golden Globe for Deadwood. His Winston is a father figure to John who still enforces the rule against killing in the hotel.

Lance Reddick, Cedric Daniels in The Wire, plays which Continental Hotel concierge in John Wick: Chapter 2?

Charon greets guests at the New York hotel's front desk. Reddick played him in the first film and reprised the part in all three sequels.

Bridget Moynahan appears in John Wick: Chapter 2 as Helen, who is what to John Wick?

His late wife Helen died of a terminal illness before the first film. Retiring to marry her is what left John owing Santino a blood oath.

John Leguizamo returns in John Wick: Chapter 2 as Aurelio, the owner of which kind of business?

A chop shop for high-end cars is Aurelio's trade. He is an old friend of John, who trusts him to repair his recovered car.

In John Wick: Chapter 2, Santino D'Antonio is a boss of which real crime syndicate from the Naples area?

The Camorra is the Naples-based mafia and one of the oldest criminal organisations in Italy. In the film it doubles the price on John's head.

In John Wick: Chapter 2, Santino D'Antonio covets a seat on which ruling council of crime bosses?

The High Table is a council of twelve crime bosses whose word is law across the underworld. Even Winston's hotel must follow its rules.

In John Wick: Chapter 2, whom does Santino D'Antonio order John Wick to assassinate to settle a blood oath?

His own sister, Gianna, holds the family's place among the underworld's rulers, and Santino wants it for himself.

The Bowery King hands John Wick a pistol with seven bullets in John Wick: Chapter 2, one for each what?

Million of the bounty is the measure: Santino put a $7 million contract on John, and the Bowery King sportingly rations his bullets to match.

John Wick ends the subway fight in John Wick: Chapter 2 by stabbing Cassian in which part of the body?

His aorta takes the blade and Cassian is left for dead on the train. The two had already fought across Rome before meeting again in New York.

After the coronation in John Wick: Chapter 2, John Wick's escape leads into which underground part of Rome?

The catacombs are where Ares and her men turn on John, hoping to tie up loose ends for Santino once the job is done.

After storming the compound in John Wick: Chapter 2, how does John Wick deal with its boss, Abram Tarasov?

He offers him peace and walks out, sparing Abram after beating every one of his men to get a stolen car back.

In John Wick: Chapter 2, Santino D'Antonio once helped John Wick complete which feat so he could retire?

The impossible task was the job John had to finish to leave the underworld for good. Santino's help is the debt he comes to collect.

Abram Tarasov, the mob boss in John Wick: Chapter 2, is the brother of which villain from the first film?

Viggo was the Russian boss John killed in the first film, along with his son Iosef, which is why Abram is so jumpy when John turns up.

As John Wick starts to run in the final scene of John Wick: Chapter 2, what begins happening around him?

Phones start ringing all around John moments after Winston sets the contract in motion, an hour before it takes effect.

The coronation party in John Wick: Chapter 2 was filmed near the ruins of which ancient Roman site?

Baths of Caracalla were ancient Rome's second-largest public baths, in use for some three centuries before falling into ruin.

Some New York City Subway scenes in John Wick: Chapter 2 were filmed in the metro system of which other city?

Montreal doubled for New York underground. The production also shot on location in Rome and used studios in New Jersey.

The New York Continental's exterior in John Wick: Chapter 2 is which wedge-shaped Lower Manhattan landmark?

The Beaver Building, at 1 Wall Street Court, was chosen for the first film because its location manager found it unique and different.

John Wick's house in John Wick: Chapter 2 was filmed in the village of Mill Neck, in which part of New York?

Long Island's Mill Neck supplied the house that Santino destroys early in the film, forcing John back to the city.

Keanu Reeves trained with the Machado brothers in which martial art for John Wick: Chapter 2?

Jiu-jitsu in its Brazilian form is the Machados' family trade: they are cousins of the Gracies, who founded the style.

Which Alice in Chains guitarist wrote and performed the end-credits song of John Wick: Chapter 2?

Jerry Cantrell wrote A Job to Do from John Wick's point of view. It was his first solo release since 2002.

Which Guardians of the Galaxy composer scored John Wick: Chapter 2 with Joel J. Richard?

Tyler Bates, a former lead guitarist for Marilyn Manson, returned with Richard after the pair scored the first film.

Which writer of John Wick: Chapter 2 created the series and named its hero after his grandfather?

Derek Kolstad worked on the first three films and later scripted Nobody, the Bob Odenkirk action thriller.

Which uncredited co-director of the first John Wick left Chad Stahelski to direct John Wick: Chapter 2 alone?

David Leitch stayed on as an executive producer and went on to direct Atomic Blonde, Deadpool 2 and Bullet Train.

Which Danish cinematographer, an Oscar nominee for Guillermo del Toro films, shot John Wick: Chapter 2?

Dan Laustsen joined the series with this film and went on to shoot the next two chapters for Stahelski.

John Wick: Chapter 2 ends with John Wick on the run, a story continued in the sequel with which Latin subtitle?

Parabellum begins immediately after this film ends. Its title comes from a Roman military saying about readying for war.

Which trait sets apart Ares, the bodyguard of Santino D'Antonio, in John Wick: Chapter 2?

She is mute and speaks only in sign language. Ares commands Santino's guards and buys him time to escape in the finale.

Which term for the shootout style John Woo pioneered in Hong Kong did critics apply to John Wick: Chapter 2?

Gun fu mixes the precision of kung fu with gangster-film gunplay, a blend Woo first tried in A Better Tomorrow.

John Wick's fearsome nickname among Russian mobsters comes from which figure of Slavic folklore?

Baba Yaga is a Boogeyman-like figure, and the name stuck to John during his years as the Tarasov family's most feared enforcer.

Which studio released John Wick: Chapter 2 in the US, two years after calling the series a franchise?

Lionsgate's chief executive said the company saw John Wick as a multiple-title action franchise months before the sequel was even greenlit.

Which animated film beat John Wick: Chapter 2 to first place at the US box office on its opening weekend?

The Lego Batman Movie won the weekend, yet the sequel still took more than twice the first John Wick's opening.

British censors cut 23 seconds from John Wick: Chapter 2 so that it could carry which certificate?

15 was the certificate granted once a suicide scene was trimmed; left intact, it would have pushed the film up to an 18.

Which mobile game added a parody hero called John Rick to promote John Wick: Chapter 2 on home video?

Pocket Mortys, the Rick and Morty game, merged the hitman with Rick Sanchez and had Justin Roiland voice the result.

Which Italian actress plays the newly crowned crime boss Gianna D'Antonio in John Wick: Chapter 2?

Claudia Gerini broke through with Italian audiences in the 1995 comedy Viaggi di nozze. Her Gianna is an old friend of John.

At which film festival was the newly greenlit John Wick: Chapter 2 put up for sale in May 2015?

Cannes hosts a huge film market each May, and the sequel was sold there five months before cameras rolled in New York.

Thomas Sadoski returns in John Wick: Chapter 2 as Jimmy, an acquaintance of John Wick with which job?

Police officer Jimmy appears in the first two films. Sadoski is better known as Don Keefer in HBO's The Newsroom.