History YMMV / JohnWickChapter2

* SugarWiki/DevelopmentHeaven: Expanding on the preparation he did for [[Film/JohnWick the first film]], Creator/KeanuReeves put himself through intensive training in weapons and close-quarters combat techniques in order to perform many of the action scenes himself and top his stunt performance from the first film. In particular, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tpr8oqyjKIc this footage]] shows him running through a close-quarters training course using live ammunition with ''startling'' (and appropriately Wick-like) efficiency.

* SugarWiki/HeReallyCanAct: Both Common and Creator/RubyRose play assassins/badasses quite convincingly.

** The gun shopping scene. It's CompetencePorn of the highest level combined with AwesomeMusic and OneSceneWonder. What's not to love.

* NightmareFuel: Bordering on ParanoiaFuel, [[spoiler:the reveal that there are ''thousands'' of assassins and hitmen employed by the [[MeaningfulName Continental]]; nearly every person is a possible threat if you have a bounty on your head as scene in the subway scene.]] Jonathan ''MOTHERFUCKING'' Wick himself is terrified at the end, [[spoiler:he's dead meat for killing D'Antonio on Continental grounds and everywhere he looks dozens of [[TheyLookJustLikeEveryoneElse hitmen disguised as people]] are being informed of his bounty.]] It looks like he won't be able to survive to the end of the film as he runs with NO safe place or home to go to, [[spoiler:NO allies to help him]], and NO way to reverse his mistake.

* SignatureScene: The Gun shopping scene. It's CompetencePorn of the highest level combined with AwesomeMusic and OneSceneWonder. What's not to love.

* LoveToHate: Creator/RiccardoScamarcio as Santino. He's a SmugSnake of the highest order and Scamarcio really sells it in a way that get's under the audience's skin without being annoying or over-the-top. While one might have felt bad for Viggo and even Iosef to an extent, Santino almost wears his lack of sympathetic traits (or rather, sympathetic traits he doesn't immediately snatch away with his next line of dialog) with pride.

** Ares, and deliberately invoked by the director, as mentioned on the [=DVD=] commentary: [[spoiler:Ares spends most of the movie trying to present herself as an equal to John, only to get regularly dismissed by him, to her annoyance, since she is far more personal and less detached and professional. The only point where he finally shows her any respect is after he fatally wounds her. Director Chad Stahelski talks about how after all the formidable physical foes John has faced so far, that it would be unrealistic of someone with [=Ares/Ruby Rose=]'s light frame and stature to pose a drawn-out challenge; John uses his size advantage to keep her at arm's length and safely from her knife strikes, and uses his strength advantage to eventually overpower her.]]

** To a lesser extent, [[spoiler:Ares does not put up half the fight [[ClimaxBoss Cassian]] does]], and deliberately invoked by the director, as mentioned on the [=DVD=] commentary: [[spoiler:Ares spends most of the movie trying to present herself as an equal to John, only to get regularly dismissed by him, to her annoyance, since she is far more personal and less detached and professional. The only point where he finally shows her any respect is after he fatally wounds her. Director Chad Stahelski talks about how after all the formidable physical foes John has faced so far, that it would be unrealistic of someone with [=Ares/Ruby Rose=]'s light frame and stature to pose a drawn-out challenge; John uses his size advantage to keep her at arm's length and safely from her knife strikes, and uses his strength advantage to eventually overpower her.]]

** To a lesser extent, [[spoiler:Ares does not put up half the fight [[ClimaxBoss Cassian]] does]], though this too seems to be intentional: [[spoiler:Ares spends most of the movie trying to present herself as an equal to John, only to get regularly dismissed by him, to her annoyance, since she is far more personal and less detached and professional. The only point where he finally shows her any respect is after he fatally wounds her. It's also a simple fact that Keanu Reeves is not a small man while Ruby Rose is average height and slender; even assuming they were of equal skill John's weight and power advantage would make a victory over her more likely.]]

** On Website/{{Tumblr}}, a lot of people respond to stories of cruelty to dogs - even if it is near-literally PokeThePoodle - by posting gifs of John looking like he plans to murder someone. From this movie, specifically. (e.g., Film/{{The Avengers|2012}} putting one of the [[Film/AvengersInfinityWar Infinity Stones]] in a dog... which, Thanos learns only after he removes it, was John Wick's.)

** When John goes after [[spoiler:Santino in his museum]], the ensuing action scene is accompanied by a track best described as a thumping bass remix of Vivaldi's Storm, titled [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GKX0w7TYPpA "Presto Museum Battle"]].

* IronWoobie/TheWoobie:

* IronWoobie:

* TheWoobie: Just like the first film, John Wick falls into this.

** The Outro song, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RAL_JGlkhPE Plastic Heart]].

** When John goes after [[spoiler:Santino in his museum]], the ensuing action scene is accompanied by a track best described as a thumping bass remix of Vivaldi's Storm, titled [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GKX0w7TYPpA Presto Museum Battle]].

** The whole [[spoiler: bounty against John could be a part of Santino's 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.]] That, or [[spoiler: Santino really didn't know when to shut his mouth, being the SmugSnake he is, and thought that John wouldn't violate The Continental rules.]]

** John appears to show genuine remorse at having to kill [[spoiler: Gianna]] and even [[spoiler:holds her hand as she passes out from blood loss after cutting her wrists]].

* NightmareFuel: Bordering on ParanoiaFuel, [[spoiler: the reveal that there are ''thousands'' of assassins and hitmen employed by the [[MeaningfulName Continental]]; nearly every person is a possible threat if you have a bounty on your head as scene in the subway scene.]] Jonathan ''MOTHERFUCKING'' Wick himself is terrified at the end, [[spoiler: he's dead meat for killing D'Antonio on Continental grounds and everywhere he looks dozens of [[TheyLookJustLikeEveryoneElse hitmen disguised as people]] are being informed of his bounty.]] It looks like he won't be able to survive to the end of the film as he runs with NO safe place or home to go to, [[spoiler: NO allies to help him]], and NO way to reverse his mistake.

** On Website/{{Tumblr}}, a lot of people respond to stories of cruelty to dogs - even if it is near-literally PokeThePoodle - by posting gifs of John looking like he plans to murder someone. From this movie, specifically. (e.g., Film/TheAvengers putting one of the [[Film/AvengersInfinityWar Infinity Stones]] in a dog... which, Thanos learns only after he removes it, was John Wick's.)

*** And ''only'' when Wick replies no does Julius relax and welcome him to the hotel.

* MoralEventHorizon: John's refuses to work for Santino. He responds by burning the John's house down, If that wasn't bad enough he orders the assassination of his own ''sister''.

** On Website/{{Tumblr}}, a lot of people respond to stories of cruelty to dogs - even if it is near-literally PokeThePoodle - by posting gifs of John looking like he plans to murder someone. From this movie, specifically. (e.g., Film/TheAvengers putting one of the [[Film/AvengersInfinityWar Infinity Stones]] in a dog...which, Thanos learns only after he removes it, was John Wick's.)

* SugarWiki/HeReallyCanAct: Both Common and Ruby Rose play assassins/badasses quite convincingly.

** "John Wick kills 3 guys with [insert mundane object here]"[[labelnote:Explanation]]Since this second film finally makes a scene where John literally kills 3 guys with a pencil (a nod to the memetic line from the first film), this template phrase is used by fans thinking of how John Wick could [[MundaneMadeAwesome kill his enemies]] using ordinary otherwise [[MundaneMadeAwesome non-lethal items]] in the upcoming John Wick films. Examples include "eraser", "ruler", "crayon", "[[Film/JohnWickChapter3Parabellum book]]" among many others.[[/labelnote]]

* {{Squick}}: While a nice, humorous call back to the first film, the kills with the pencil are extremely slow, unpleasant, and painful looking deaths to watch. Gianna [[spoiler: slitting her own wrists]] isn't exactly fun to watch either.