'John Wick 2' Photos Show Keanu Reeves's Stylish Killer, With New Puppy in Tow

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Keanu Reeves in ‘John Wick: Chapter 2’ (Summit)

John Wick was the best action film of 2014. In fact, it might have been the best action film of the decade. IN FACT, it might be the greatest thing man has ever created. OK, maybe that last statement is going a bit far — but there are few upcoming movies that genre fans are more excited about than John Wick: Chapter 2. And as the first photos from the film make clear, Keanu Reeves’s title character will be returning to his assassin-for-hire ways alongside a new pet pooch.

Watch Keanu Reeves Show Off His ‘John Wick’ Gun Skills

This time around directed only by Chad Stahelski (who helmed the first outing with fellow former stunt coordinator David Leitch), the eagerly anticipated sequel will — according to Collider — follow Reeves’s Wick to Rome, where he squares off against numerous killers while trying to prevent a rival from taking control of his assassin’s guild. What that specifically entails remains unknown, though if the first film is any indication, it’ll no doubt involve a healthy dose of “gun-fu,” the balletic style of firearms mayhem that allowed Reeves’s hero to mow down an unbelievable number of adversaries with righteous fury.

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Keanu Reeves — and his four-legged pal — in ‘John Wick: Chapter 2’ (Summit)

Reeves goes gunless in the John Wick: Chapter 2 photos above, but we do get confirmation he’ll be accompanied by the pit bull he acquired at the end of his last outing, and that he’ll sport some of the swanky designer threads that made him a paragon of action-movie style. The film will have a panel on Oct. 8 at New York City Comic-Con, where first-look footage and a Q&A are on the agenda; the sequel blasts into theaters on Feb. 10, 2017.