Principal photography began on October 26, 2015, in
New York City. The film premiered in
Los Angeles on January 30, 2017, and was theatrically released in the United States on February 10, 2017. It received positive reviews from critics and grossed $169.7 million worldwide, over four times its $40 million budget and nearly twice the $88 million gross of the original film.
Directed by | Chad Stahelski |
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Written by | Derek Kolstad |
Based on | Characters by Derek Kolstad |
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Music by |
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Cinematography | Dan Laustsen |
Edited by | Evan Schiff |
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Distributed by | Summit Entertainment |
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Running time
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Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | $40 million |
Box office | $169.7 million |
After Aurelio (
John Leguizamo) takes John's Mustang for repairs, John is visited by Italian crime lord Santino D'Antonio (
Riccardo Scamarcio). It is revealed that to complete his "impossible task"—which allowed him to retire and marry Helen—John asked Santino for help. As a form of contract, Santino swore John to a "Marker," an unbreakable promise symbolized by a "blood oath" medallion. Santino presents the medallion to demand services from John, but John refuses, claiming that he is retired. In retaliation, Santino destroys John's house with a grenade launcher.
Winston (
Ian McShane), the owner of the Continental hotel in
New York City, 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 Markers must be honored. John accepts his commitment and meets with Santino, who tasks him with assassinating his sister Gianna (
Claudia Gerini) so he can claim her seat on the "High Table," a council of high-level crime lords. Santino sends Ares (
Ruby Rose), his personal bodyguard, to surveil John.
In
Rome, John infiltrates Gianna's coronation party and confronts her. Faced with certain death, Gianna slashes her own veins, arguing that she should decide how she dies. At the last moment and as she is slowly passing out, however, John kills her to save her soul from damnation. While retreating, John is ambushed by Santino's men, who intend to "tie up loose ends" by killing him. After killing most of them, John is pursued by Gianna's bodyguard Cassian (
Common). Their brutal fight is halted when they crash into the reception area of the Rome Continental, which—like the New York Continental—prohibits any "business" on its grounds. As the two share a tense drink, Cassian vows revenge for Gianna's death.
After John returns to New York City, Santino opens a $7 million
contract for John's murder under the guise of avenging his sister, leading numerous assassins to attack John. Cassian confronts John once again in the subway. John wins the ensuing fight, but leaves Cassian alive out of professional respect. Injured and desperate, John seeks help from the underground crime lord The Bowery King (
Laurence Fishburne), whose subordinates treat his injuries and guide him to Santino's location. John kills Santino's bodyguards and mortally wounds Ares, but Santino is able to escape to the Continental. Santino smugly makes it clear that he intends to remain in its sanctuary indefinitely. Despite Winston's warnings, John shoots and kills Santino in the Continental lounge.
The next day, Winston sends for John and explains that, per the High Table, the contract on John has been doubled and offered globally. Winston declares John "
excommunicado" from the Continental, losing all access and privileges to underworld resources. However, Winston delays announcing John's excommunication and global bounty by one hour to give him a head start, and provides him with a Marker for future use. Before leaving, John says to Winston: "Tell them...tell them all...whoever comes, whoever it is, I'll kill them. I'll kill them all." As John leaves he notices strangers in the park staring at him, signalling that they might be hitmen. His pace quickens and he runs off into the distance with his dog, knowing that the world is coming for him.
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