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One day, Keanu walks in and goes, 'What are you stressing about?' He was like, 'What did you love about the first one? Just write about that'."

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Why. Isn't. This. Man. Writing. Scripts???

I have yet to see another actor with such accurate, repeatedly reliable storytelling instincts. He could do it all - if he wanted.

http://www.unilad.co.uk/film/heres-why-john-wick-2-is-actually-a-true-sequel-to-the-matrix/

https://www.redbulletin.com/uk/en/culture/why-john-wick-chapter-2-is-a-secret-sequel-to-the-matrix

https://www.amazon.com/John-Wick-Chapter-Keanu-Reeves/dp/B06XX7VWYP/ref=tmm_dvd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=

Ani, I love you :)

'Keanu Reeves, more magnetic than ever'

The actor [Ian McShane], speaking at an American Gods press event on Monday, talked about the John Wick films (which he also stars in) and what they meant for Keanu Reeves' career revival.
"I spoke to Keanu the other day," he said. "That was a real nice vindication, you know, Keanu's one of the nicest guys there is. And [John Wick] was kind of a nice vindication of that."
What McShane also appreciated about the sequel, John Wick: Chapter 2, was that it didn't imbue the tiresome patterns that most franchise sequels tend to follow. This led to some — perhaps justified — shade directed at my beloved Fast and Furious franchise and its stars, Vin Diesel and Dwayne Johnson.
"The second one, I think because it wasn't treated as a sequel, it was really a continuation of episode one," McShane explained. "It didn't go to a big backstory and explain all the characters again, which too many sequels do, you know? I mean who is interested in the Fate of the fucking Furious, you know? Who's interested in a fight between ... imagine a fight between Vin and Dwayne, the Rock and a hard place."

... from one of the answers:
As I said, holding a gun other than with the butt pointing at the ground is problematic for anyone but Wick. For him, the problem would be deciding 3rd nose hair, left nostril or 5th eyelash, right eye depending on how involved he thought you were in killing his dog. Personally, I'm gonna carry a doggie bone in case I meet him.

(lots of other more serious answers there.)