

Their fight leads them into the reception area of the Rome Continental Hotel, which, like the New York Continental, prohibits conducting any "business" on its grounds. After killing most of the henchmen, John is again pursued by Cassian. John flees to the catacombs, where he is double-crossed by Ares and Santino's henchmen, who intend to tie up "loose ends" by killing him. As John leaves, Gianna's bodyguard, Cassian, recognizes John and upon realizing that he was sent to kill Gianna, attacks him. As Gianna dies, John shoots her in the head to fulfill the marker. Faced with certain death, Gianna chooses to take her own life by slitting her wrists. In Rome, Italy, John infiltrates Gianna's coronation and confronts her in a dressing room. Santino sends Ares, his mute bodyguard, to observe John's mission. John reluctantly accepts his commitment and meets with Santino, who tasks him with assassinating his sister, Gianna, so he can claim her seat at the "High Table", a council of twelve high-level crime bosses.

John survives and travels to the Continental Hotel in New York City where Winston reminds John that if he rejects the marker, he will be violating one of the two unbreakable rules of the underworld: no killing on Continental grounds, and honoring every marker. Santino retaliates by destroying John's house with a grenade launcher. Santino presents the marker to demand services from John, who declines. In return, John swore to a "marker", an unbreakable vow symbolized by a " blood oath" medallion. John is visited by the Camorra crime boss Santino D'Antonio, who reminds him that he was the one who helped John complete his "impossible task", which allowed John to retire and marry Helen. John dispatches Tarasov's men in a violent rampage that heavily damages the Mustang, but spares Tarasov under the promise of peace, and returns home. John Wick recovers his stolen Ford Mustang Mach 1 from Abram Tarasov, brother of the late Viggo. A sequel, titled John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum, was released on May 17, 2019. The film grossed $171.5 million worldwide against its $40 million budget, twice the $86 million gross of the original film. It received generally positive reviews from critics, with praise for the action sequences, direction, editing, visual style and the performances of the cast, particularly Reeves. The film premiered in Los Angeles on January 30, 2017, and was theatrically released in the United States on February 10, 2017.

Principal photography began on October 26, 2015, in New York City. The plot follows hitman John Wick (Reeves), who goes on the run after a bounty is placed on him. It stars Keanu Reeves, Common, Laurence Fishburne, Riccardo Scamarcio, Ruby Rose, John Leguizamo, and Ian McShane. It is the second installment in the John Wick franchise and the sequel to the 2014 action film John Wick. John Wick: Chapter 2 (also known as simply John Wick 2) is a 2017 American neo-noir action thriller film directed by Chad Stahelski and written by Derek Kolstad.
