What do you get when you merge James Bond, Hit Man, Shoot ’em up, The Bourne Identity, Fast & Furious? You get John Wick!
This no-nonsense hero starts out as a nobody who used to be a Gun-for-hire in the past. He left his violent ways when he fell in love and decided to get married, but then lost all hope when his wife died from illness. Life comes back to him in the form of Daisy. Daisy is a cute little puppy his wife sends him to gift him hope again.
Unfortunately, the Russian mafia’s boss’s son gets on John Wick’s bad side by killing his dog and stealing his car. The trauma of it all drives him out of retirement and back into the bull pen.
The thing about John Wick is that it is not simply a collection of one-sided fight sequences. John Wick gets the daylights kicked out of him as he goes up against the Russian Mafia. He bleeds, he cries, he struggles, AND the best part is that he actually runs out of ammo!
If you have seen any one of the Raid movies, then I promise you that you will LOVE John Wick. The fight choreography in John Wick, much like it was in Raid 1 and 2, is beyond amazing!
My wife hated John Wick of course. Mainly because they killed a cute little dog in it, and secondly because there was a very severe shortage of mushy stuff that made John Wick the absolute opposite of everything that a Chick Flick is. Every single guy in my office loved the movie though – from the nerd to the suck-up.
Another thing I loved about John Wick was that Keanu Reaves absolutely refuses to grow old. I mean the guy is 50 years old but he looks and runs like a 40 year old if not a 35 year old! There is a little bit of huskiness in his voice that gives him an old guy vibe, but I’m gonna let him off for that because I actually think he is trying to pull of a batman.
Here is the shortened version of a super cool infographic that some fellow John Wick fans made to summarize the kill tally. There is a detailed version of this infographic on imgur, but then that would spoil too much of the movie for you if you’re not one of the lucky lot who hasn’t already seen it.
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