For all the horror you will encounter in Wicked City, it's got some cool moments and characters.
* Taki's fight when saving Makie after she's captured, especially when he punched through a demon's head, and when he's able to break the ribs of the demon holding him with his ribs on the tarmac.
** How [[ScrewTheRulesImDoingWhatsRight he went back for Makie despite knowing it'll get him thrown out of the Corps]] is pretty damn awesome.
* Makie, despite her constant victimization, has her moments. Her end of the movie power up is fine, but she also saves Taki at the airport, is able to stop and restrain a demon that knocked out both Taki and another Black Guard agent, even if she didn't do it until after the... fingers, and broke a space-time barrier while getting fuzzle-dumplinged.
** The fact that she kept fighting after the... fingers can be seen as Makie's ''[[WillNotBeAVictim refusal]]'' [[WillNotBeAVictim to take said victimization dumped on her.]] Considering [[CrapsackWorld the type of world]] she and Taki are dealing with, [[PluckyGirl that's pretty hardcore.]] And it's reinforced when, after Taki helps her, ''she keeps going on''. As proved by her [[spoiler: giving the BigBad the fatal blow with her FemmeFatalons.]]