John Wick: Chapter 2 (2017) Poster

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Certification

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MPAA Rated R for strong violence throughout, some language and brief nudity.
Certification

Sex & Nudity

  • A woman is shown entirely naked. Filmed from afar.

Violence & Gore

  • Characters are often stabbed or shot during hand to hand combat.
  • John Wick kills two hitmen with a pencil by stabbing them in the ear and head. This is extremely brutal and graphic.
  • Cassian hits John Wick with a car, and then they engage in a long and brutal fight.
  • John Wick slices a man's groin, gore sprays out. Extremely graphic and disturbing.
  • 128 people die onscreen overall
  • Level of violence:7/10.
  • Lots of bloody violence throughout, everything is clearly visible. Gunshots to the head and body are shown graphically, with bloody bullet holes and graphic blood splatter, sometimes with brain matter. Hand to hand combat scenes are very intense, with violent hits and audible broken bones.
  • John is shot many times while wearing a bulletproof suit, but these shots still seem to hurt him and we see his bruises later. Not graphic.
  • A character slits her wrists just before John Wick shoots her in the head. Her blood oozes out into a pool she is sitting down. Very graphic, but fairly brief (full scene was cut in all versions except the British 4K version)
  • John is chased from a concert into tunnels beneath the concert, while shooting at hitmen the whole time, He shoots them with a big automatic shotgun. Blood and chunks of meat splatter everywhere after each man is shot. Fairly brief but unsettling.
  • John fights many hitmen attempting to claim a bounty on him. They attack in public places, and he kills them all in a very brutal fashion.
  • John Wick and Cassian have a shootout in public, followed by a knife fight. At one point, they are shooting silenced pistols at each other over the tops of unknowing pedestrians' heads, the fight ends with Cassian having a knife pierce his aorta, John says if he pulls it out he will bleed to death.
  • John Wick opens fire at a party, killing many henchmen by shooting them in the head and taking their weapons.

Profanity

  • 'Bitch' is said at least twice.
  • 'Fuck' is said 8 times, most early in one scene.
  • Cinemax content advisory: rated R for graphic violence (GV), brief nudity (BN), adult language (AL), and adult content (AC).
  • 'Shit' is said 5times.

Alcohol, Drugs & Smoking

  • John drinks several times throughout the movie, usually with other people.
  • At one point we see unidentified drugs among the goods being smuggled by a gang.

Frightening & Intense Scenes

  • The second half of the movie feels like a single, intense chase scene.
  • The criminal world is shown to act without any interference from law enforcement because the whole universe of the movie is deep within The Mafia.

Spoilers

The Parents Guide items below may give away important plot points.

Violence & Gore

  • In a hall of mirrors John kills at least 5 bodyguards by gunshots to the head, blood splatters are large and clearly visible. He then has a knife fight with Ares, the knife then punctures her chest and it is implied that she will die.
  • In one scene a women cuts her wrists and climbs in a bath, a pool of blood surrounds her
  • John Wick shoots at Santino D'Antonio sitting at a table as he taunts him, blood splatters all over the floor.

Frightening & Intense Scenes

  • Towards the end of the film, after breaking one of the rules of the high table to kill someone, John Wick finds himself on the run after his friend, Winston (who works for the High Table) is forced to abandon him and send people after him in order to keep his position at the high table. People may find this scene intense as John Wick finds himself on the run as phones start ringing around him, indicating he is about to be targeted by many people. Some people may also find this sad as they may feel how alone John Wick finds himself in that situation and is forced to fend for himself.
  • Gianna slits her wrists when John Wick is contracted to kill her. Can be upsetting for some.
  • John Wick kills 2 men with a pencil, the scene is very detailed and might be disturbing for some of the viewers.

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