History Film / JohnWickChapter2

* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: After the Bowery King helps John, he tells John that he's [[YouOweMe owed a favour]]. John warns him of this.
-->'''John:''' You don't want me owing you.

-->'''Cassian''': Good night? (Have you killed your target?)\\

* WhamShot: The scene where John and Cassian suddenly shoot at each other after a short "casual" conversation. Both then stand up, revealing that John isn't the only one with a [[BulletproofVest bulletproof suit]].

* MickeyMousing: The movie opens on the sound of a high performance car engine growling over a Creator/BusterKeaton silent comedy projected onto a building. When the comedian goes crashing through a window there's a simultaneous loud impact sound despite it being a silent movie. The camera then pans down to reveal a motorcyclist has crashed while being chased by John Wick driving his [[CoolCar Chevelle SS Aurelio]].

** In the ActionPrologue, John has, by the end of the last film, killed a Russian mob boss and his son, [[MookHorrorShow along with over a hundred of his men]], and, overall, brought TheMafiya in New York to its last legs, over a ''dog''. [[KnowWhenToFoldEm Viggo's brother is smart enough to accept the truce John offers]], just to avoid the further wrath of a guy who [[RunningGag killed a a guy with a damn pencil]]. In fact, when John gets there, it looks like Abram is already trying to get out of town just as fast as he can pack his operation up.

** The first film primarily deals with John Wick fighting the local Russian mob in New York. The second movie pits him against a international guild of master Assassins. The fight choreography and body count also rise drastically.

** Also, Viggo's brother appears and most of the audiance assumes that he's going to be a villain in this film at the beginning, only to make a truce with John and let him get his [[CoolCar 1969 Mustang]] back.

* BrickJoke: In the ActionPrologue, the NoodleIncident where John is said to having killed three men with a pencil is brought up again, and Abram Tarasov expresses doubts about its plausibility. In a fight during the second half of the movie, John proves that, yes, you can kill someone with a pencil.

* {{Kevlard}}: Among the assassins who try to collect on Wick's bounty, there is a guy played by sumo wrestler Yamamotoyama Ryūta who takes a lot more punishment his skinnier compatriots, absorbing a lot of blows and bullets before Wick manages to put a bullet between his eyes.

* {{Kevlard}}: Among the assassins who try to collect on Wick's bounty, there is a guy played by sumo wrestler Yamamotoyama Ryūta who takes a lot more punishment then then his skinnier compatriots, absorbing a lot blows and bullets before Wick manages to put a bullet between his eyes.

The film also stars Music/{{Common}} as Cassian, Creator/LaurenceFishburne as the Bowery King, Creator/RubyRose as Ares, Lance Reddick as Charon, Creator/PeterStormare as Abram Tarasov, Creator/BridgetMoynahan as Helen Wick, Creator/FrancoNero as Julius, Creator/JohnLeguizamo as Aurelio and
Creator/IanMcShane as Winston Scott.

* ExactWords: The Bowery King, caught between wanting to help John Wick for a pseudo-debt and pissing off a powerful crime syndicate, acquiesces to John's request to "give [him] ''a'' gun" by giving him a ''single'' gun, loaded with seven bullets -- reflecting the seven million dollar bounty on John's head.

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** Abram (played by Creator/PeterStormare) describes John as "[[ImplacableMan a man of focus, commitment]]", and then relays the story about John killing three men with a pencil to his henchman, saying that it was a story told to him by [[spoiler:his brother, Viggo]].

** Later on, we actually ''see'' John kill two assassins with a pencil.

* CrucifiedHeroShot: As per the religious symbolism, Gianna dies in this position.

** The Bowery King. An African-American contract killer on a roof with a bunch of doves? Becoming much more ambitious in their criminal ways after being rescued by someone they consider a mentor? ''Film/GhostDogTheWayOfTheSamurai''. Laurence Fishburne arming Keanu Reeves also calls back to ''Film/TheMatrix''.

* HollywoodHealing: Considering the film begins only four days after the first, John recovered from his nearly fatal injuries rather quickly. Much of the damage he takes through the course of the film is JustAFleshWound.

''John Wick: Chapter 2'' is the 2017 sequel to ''Film/JohnWick'' and the second film in the ''Franchise/JohnWick'' franchise. It was directed by Chad Stahelski and written by franchise creator Derek Kolstad, and was released on February 10, 2017.

''John Wick: Chapter 2'' is the 2017 sequel to ''Film/JohnWick'' and the second film in the ''Franchise/JohnWick'' franchise. It is directed by Chad Stahelski and written by franchise creator Derek Kolstad. It was released on February 10, 2017.

* AluminumChristmasTrees: Bulletproof clothing actually [[https://miguelcaballero.com/en/i-was-shot/ exists.]] It's fashionable too!

''John Wick: Chapter 2'' is the 2017 sequel to ''Film/JohnWick'' and the second film in the ''Franchise/JohnWick''. It is directed by Chad Stahelski and written by franchise creator Derek Kolstad. It was released on February 10, 2017.

''John Wick: Chapter 2'' is the 2017 sequel to ''Film/JohnWick''. It is directed by Chad Stahelski and written by franchise creator Derek Kolstad. It was released on February 10, 2017.

The film also stars Common as Cassian, Creator/LaurenceFishburne as the Bowery King, Creator/RubyRose as Ares, Lance Reddick as Charon, Creator/PeterStormare as Abram Tarasov, Creator/BridgetMoynahan as Helen Wick, Creator/FrancoNero as Julius, Creator/JohnLeguizamo as Aurelio and

''John Wick: Chapter 2'' is a 2017 action thriller film directed by Chad Stahelski and written by Derek Kolstad. Starring Creator/KeanuReeves as the title character, it is the sequel to ''Film/JohnWick'' and the second installment in the ''Franchise/JohnWick'' franchise.

Almost immediately following the events of the first film, legendary hitman John Wick is forced back out of retirement by Santino D'Antonio, who wants to use John's skills to propel himself to a seat at the High Table, a cabal of the world's most powerful criminal organizations. Bound by a blood oath to help Santino, John travels to Rome, where he must square off against some of the world's deadliest killers.

The sequel, ''Film/JohnWickChapter3Parabellum'', was released on May 17, 2019.

''John Wick: Chapter 2'' is a 2017 action thriller film directed by Chad Stahelski and written by Derek Kolstad. The sequel to ''Film/JohnWick'', it is the second installment in the ''Franchise/JohnWick'' franchise.

''John Wick: Chapter 2'' is a 2017 action thriller movie from the ''Franchise/JohnWick'' franchise.

Almost immediately following the events of ''Film/JohnWick'', legendary hitman John Wick is forced back out of retirement by Santino D'Antonio, who wants to use John's skills to propel himself to a seat at the High Table, a cabal of the world's most powerful criminal organizations. Bound by a blood oath to help Santino, John travels to Rome, where he must square off against some of the world's deadliest killers.

The sequel, ''Film/JohnWickChapter3Parabellum'', was released in May 17th, 2019.

* AnachronismStew: The administration office for the ultra-high-tech assassin organization is all paper records, typewriters, and ancient green-text computers with employees wearing uniforms to match the era of their tech. Said employees are also covered in visible tattoos and facial piercings that even most modern emploers wouldn't allow.

* LadyLooksLikeADude: Ares, played by the androgynous Ruby Rose, who was assigned female at birth but identifies as genderfluid.

** Winston, shocked, asks John Wick what he's done after [[spoiler:Wick breaks one of the sacred rules of the Continental and kills Santiano.]]