The film remembers that John is still very much in mourning over the recent passing of Helen (Bridget Moynahan) and the film even goes out of its way to show him wearing his wedding band on several occasions.
We’re not saying that John Wick won’t find a love interest after Chapter 2, but the series admirably avoided that familiar pitfall this time around.
While John Wick’s dynamic with Ruby Rose’s Ares certainly feels flirtatious at times, the film never lets John slow down enough to find a new romance.
One of the most annoyingly familiar tropes that we see pop up in contemporary sequels is the forced inclusion of a love interest to develop the central hero’s arc.