Reeves Calls John Wick 2 ‘3rd Degree Blackbelt’

So, Keanu Reeves has been talking up the highly anticipated John Wick 2.

In an interview with IGN, Reeves teased how Chapter Two, which travels to Rome — a clever move that leaves a lot of room to further explore the in-world mythology of the criminal underground — will delve deeper into that world and up the action at the same time.

“For us it was just what is the next chapter? What is the continuation of this story? Opening up the world – the underground world. The world behind the world in terms of the assassins. Kind of evolving the action – if the first one was a black belt, then this one is third degree black belt. It’s such a fun project and a great character.”

Cool cast too, with Laurence Fishburne also on board.

“Laurence has this fantastic role as a character in the Underworld called The Bowery King” Reeves explained. “He plays such a great character in the piece and he brings of course humour, intelligence, charisma and fascination – he’s such an incredible actor and it was a pleasure to work with him again.