John Wick: Chapter 2 (2017) | How Woke Is It?

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John Wick: Chapter 22017

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What We Think

John Wick: Chapter 2 is refreshingly non-woke. It lets the action speak for itself, refuses to pander to modern ideological trends, and keeps its eye on providing a good time, not a lecture.

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Compromised:Narrative Integrity

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What is this?

John Wick: Chapter 2 stays laser-focused on action and world-building. There’s little indication that casting or character arcs were twisted for ideological points; personality and skill drive the story. Forced representation certainly isn’t a concern here.

Compromised:Cultural Foundations

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The film largely avoids lecturing audiences about tradition, gender, or family. Masculinity is depicted unashamedly, and there’s no attempt to undermine morality or traditional roles. The subject matter leans into classic action tropes without subversion.

Compromised:Ideological Monoculture

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There’s no real ideological lecturing or villainizing of traditional perspectives. Characters operate in a brutal criminal underworld where alternative worldviews are simply not the focus, and nobody’s getting sermons about identity politics.

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