History YMMV / JohnWickChapter2

* IdiotPlot: The entire movie hinges on Santino being TooDumbToLive. If Santino had found himself another hitman to kill his sister, or did not burn John's house down, or possibly try not to have John killed after the assassination and make him think he needed to defend himself, then at least half the movie could have been avoided. At least Iosef, from the first film, didn't know who John Wick is when he and his men antagonized him by killing his dog and taking his car.

* PanderingToTheBase: Lampshaded and downplayed. In the first film, one of the most memorable moments was Viggo's speech to Iosef about who John is. In the first scene, Abram gives a speech to his lieutenant that's nearly word-for-word identical -- except that the lieutenant is logically up-to-date on the assassin world and cuts him off midway with an annoyed, "Yeah, I know all this." Afterwards, the closest the film gets to pandering is when John kills two men with a pencil when he has a bounty posted, but it shows how John is getting more and more rattled by the constant attempts on his life.

* AwesomeMusic: Gianna D'Antonio makes one hell of an entrance at her party, complete with backing from a band.

* AlternativeCharacterInterpretation: The whole [[spoiler: bounty against John was part of one big ThanatosGambit to lure John into a trap because he knew that John wouldn't stop until he's killed. So him setting himself up to be killed at The Continental was one final middle finger to John since he knows that John will never be at peace.]]

* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: Cassian seems to bear no ill will toward Santino, despite the fact that ''he's'' the one who ordered the hit on Gianna and forced John into accepting the contract. They could have had John and Cassian team up to take Santino out, then end the film with the big showdown to settle things between them.

* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: Cassian seems to bear no ill will toward Santino, despite the fact that ''he's'' the one who ordered the hit on Gianna and forced John into accepting the contract. They could have teamed up to take Santino out, then end the film with their big showdown to settle things between them.

** When [[spoiler:Santino]] places a bounty on John, supposed innocent bystanders start pulling weapons on him while his back is turned. After a few such encounters, John is bordering on a nervous breakdown, scanning everyone he sees for a possible attack.

* TooDumbToLive: All of it could have been avoided if Santino [[spoiler: had found himself another hitman to kill his sister, or even just not have burned John's house down. At least Iosef, from the first film, didn't know who John Wick is when he and his men antagonized him by killing his dog and taking his car.]]

* EnsembleDarkhorse: The Bowery King, played by Creator/LaurenceFishburne. Despite [[OneSceneWonder his limited screen time]], he's a pretty memorable character.
** Also The Sommelier play by Peter Serafinowicz, who is noticeably prim, posh, and proud of his job, which is to sell implements of murder.

* OneSceneWonder: The weird themed assassins that come after John when he's trying to flee. They don't serve a grand narrative purpose like Cassian and Ares, but the Street Violinist DarkActionGirl and the Sumo Wrestler GiantMook both had memorable gimmicks and fights. The two gentlemen at the food counter are this to a lesser extent as they're not necessarily memorable so much as their deaths by pencil are. There's also regular One-Scene-Wonder Creator/PeterStormare as the delightfully terrified mobster Abram Tasarov.

** After [[spoiler:Santino]] places a bounty on John, supposed innocent bystanders start pulling weapons on him while his back is turned. After a few such encounters, John is bordering on a nervous breakdown, scanning everyone he sees for a possible attack.

* OneSceneWonder: The weird themed assassins that come after John when he's trying to flee. They don't serve a grand narrative purpose like Cassian and Ares, but the Street Violinist DarkActionGirl and the Sumo Wrestler GiantMook both had memorable gimmicks and fights. The two gentlemen at the food counter are this to a lesser extent as they're not necessarily memorable so much as their deaths by pencil are.

* EvenBetterSequel: Already has a 91% Certified Fresh rating on Rotten Tomatoes.

* TooDumbToLive: All of it could have been avoided if Santino [[spoiler: just find himself another hitman to kill his sister. At least Iosef, from the first film, didn't know who John Wick is when he and his men antagonized him by killing his dog and taking his car.]]

* CrossesTheLineTwice: [[spoiler:Santino forces John Wick into assassinating his sister, then tries to kill John Wick because "What kind of man would I be if I didn't avenge my sister's murder?"[[note]]Of course, the ''real'' reason is that John Wick isn't just going to let you walk away after you burn his house down. Still though...[[/note]]]]

* ParanoiaFuel: After [[spoiler:Santino]] places a bounty on John, supposed innocent bystanders start pulling weapons on him while his back is turned. After a few such encounters, John is bordering on a nervous breakdown, scanning everyone he sees for a possible attack.
** How about the final scene, where [[spoiler:Winston demonstrates the level of the Continental's power by ''casually replacing all of Bethesda Fountain's visitors with his people'', just to emphasize how badly Wick screwed up by breaking the rules?]]

* AntiClimaxBoss: Justified and deconstructed. [[spoiler:Santino goes down with even less of a fight than Iosef, who at least tried to run away when John cornered him. Santino simply sits and monologues until John shoots him. The very, ''very'' big catch is that John kills him on Continental grounds, the one place Santino thought John couldn't touch him. Due to breaking the laws of the Continental, John is excommunicated from the criminal underworld and has a bounty of ''fourteen million dollars'' placed on his head by the High Council.]]

** How about the final scene, where [[spoiler:Winston demonstrates the level of the Continental's power by ''casually replacing all of Central Park's visitors with his people'', just to emphasize how badly Wick screwed up by breaking the rules?]]

* EnsembleDarkhorse: The Bowery King, played by Creator/LawrenceFishburne. Despite [[OneSceneWonder his limited screen time]], he's a pretty memorable character.

* ParanoiaFuel: After [[spoiler:Santino]] places a bounty on John, supposed innocent bystanders start pulling weapons on him while his back is turned. After a few such encounters, John is bordering on a nervous breakdown, scanning everyone he sees for a possible attack.