Ian McShane Talks About The Plot of JOHN WICK: CHAPTER TWO

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Deadwood star Ian McShane returned to HBO last night to appear on Game of Thrones (more on that here), and in an interview with Entertainment Weekly about that appearance, the conversation pivoted to one of his upcoming movies. In John Wick: Chapter Two, McShane will reprise his role as Winston, the owner of the Continental Hotel that serves as a meeting place for assassins. The actor offered some brief hints at what we can expect in the sequel, including what appears to be the driving force behind the plot this time around:

Well, I’m kind of the only one left from the first one. This is same kind of premise. It’s not like two years later, but pretty soon after the first one. Keanu [Reeves] is a great guy. They got this terrific Italian kid, Riccardo Scamarcio, who plays the chief villain, who’s excellent, and we have a lot of stuff together. And the guy who directs it, Chad Stahelski, is really smart. He’s been Keanu’s stunt guy for [nearly] 20 years and he’s studied muay-thai. He’s got every stunt man who’s available for [this film]. The action looks like it was done by somebody out of Hong Kong instead of Hollywood which I always think is a great sight.

And so, the story is again a vengeance premise, to some degree?
Keanu gets a new dog. But yes, it’s about what comes on him after that. It’s all about the assassin’s code, if you like. He’s killed a Russian gangster and now there’s a contract out on him, so it’s a continuation. I loved the first one. This could be even better than the first.

The idea of Wick having to face the consequences of taking a life seems like a potentially interesting wrinkle for his story, and I'm looking forward to seeing Reeves kick some more ass in the globe-spanning action of John Wick: Chapter Two. Here's the official synopsis:

Keanu Reeves returns in the sequel to the 2014 hit as legendary hitman John Wick who is forced to back out of retirement by a former associate plotting to seize control of a shadowy international assassins’ guild. Bound by a blood oath to help him, John travels to Rome where he squares off against some of the world’s deadliest killers. Lionsgate’s “John Wick: Chapter 2” arriving in theaters on February 10, 2017.