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You girls should react to "Shoot'em up". Clive Owen, Monica Bellucci and Paul Giamatti starring this movie. It is a completly over the top, John Woo style movie that features the craziest sex scene ever. Oh and it is a reminder why you should eat your vegetables, especially carrots. Oh and you wont get a breather watching this one.
Babba Yagga is a Russian folk figure. She's an old witch who lives in a house in the dark forest. If you see her or her house it's too late. You're dead, you just don't know it yet.
The killing of Daisy was actually a stroke of genius for this kind of movie. With a character like John Wick being able to deliver the level of revenge that he is capable of, Daisy's death gives the writers a blank check. After that, John Wick can do no wrong.
@itzryder8409 Honestly, this may be the first time I had seen anyone suggest that people didn't pick up on what the dog represented. It's quite obvious. John Wick literally expresses it in the movie. However, many other things could have represented the same thing. If someone stole her wedding ring, would it have had the same impact on the audience? Not likely. It's the intersection of the killing of the dog AND what the dog represents that gets the audience so invested.
Really highlighted how much people like dogs more than people Movies kill off loved ones, parents, etc all the time, and no one got as mad as when Daisy was killed in this movie
The actor deserves huge kudos. My dog practically died in my arms from getting hit by a car, and it screwed me up for years. If I saw the script, I'd have spit in the director's face. It takes a lot of strength to act that part.
Dinner reservations = cleanup. One coin per body. Continental is OFF LIMITS. "No Business = No killing." Heavy penalties will commence as Ms. Perkins found out.
Wick: Let's use the dinner reservations code so that nobody would know that I am ordering body disposals. Investigators listening in: Hey maybe it's that house where we got the three hundred noise complaints from
Not only did he do his own stunts because he knows jujitsu, but he bought each stuntman a motorcycle out of his own pocket to show his appreciation to them for doing a good job. He didn’t have to do this. Keanu Reeves is known in Hollywood for being a very nice guy and a very honorable and generous person.
Only stunt Keanu didn't do was getting thrown from the upper floor of the club. He was actually running a fever that day, but still did the scene. Because he was sick, they drew the line at that particular stunt. Everything else was Keanu.
Most people don't read the clipboard on the cage, THAT dog was scheduled to be put down. Loved ya'lls reaction and look forward to the next 3. I subbed to see it
Fun Fact: When John goes to the Club to kill the kid and starts with the bodyguard outside, He says, "You've lost weight" and Francis Replied "Over 60 pounds". This was actually a test AND a code between the two. John was testing him to see if he would help him (which is why he lets him go and tells him to take the night off) and Francis replies Over 60 pounds (or 27 kilograms), a code for nearly 27 security guys/henchman protecting the boy. This is also being used in the military forces around to world too. VERY cool way to again show us how much of a badass and how respected John Wick is. Also thee one thing I like about Keanu Reaves is the amount of effort he puts into a role. You can find videos of his training sessions for these movies where he spends countless time at a gun range training with all sorts of guns to the point where he knows how each gun he handles will behave IRL and will actually handle them accordingly for things like checking to ensure the weapons are not jammed. You will see him handle a pistol in the second John Wick movie where he will kinda toss the gun in his hand a little to press down on the chamber because the pistol he is using at that time is known for having bullets getting jammed and is checking the chamber to make sure it is clear enough to fire. Keanu also went through 4 months of training, 5 days a week, 8 hours a day to bring his character to life. He also went through Judo, Japanese Ju-Jutsu, and Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu. So Keanu is that accurate and deadly in real life. You can find a few videos of his trainings with a company known as Taran Tactical. Keanu also had help from former Navy SEAL and CIA Contractor Shawn Ryan.
Keanu Reeves did many of his own stunts. There are videos on RUclips where he practiced for weeks with the stuntmen he ‘fought’ on screen, earning their respect and admiration. I think he bought motorcycles as gifts for all the stuntmen afterwards. There are also videos of him on a gun range, shooting live ammo, going through an obstacle course, reloading ammo at incredible speed to continue shooting. John Wick spared Francis the doorman bodyguard, because he gave him a ‘heads up’ info. The amount of weight he lost was codeword for how many gunmen were inside the Red Circle protecting Iosef. Did you recognized Iosef as Theon Greyjoy from Game of Thrones? The new dog was scheduled to be put down. In the end John Wick saved someone.
The only stunt for which Keanu used a double in this movie, was being dropped down on his back from that balcony in the club. The rest of the movie is all him. Such a badass, and still one of the gentlest souls roaming this planet.
John doesn't have an in with the cops, the cops just know better than to interfere with anyone from that world or they would suffer heavily. Also, that particular cop knew John personally and knew better than to question past hearing "just working some stuff out" because he knew the man was supposed to be retired
To me it felt like so long as they only kill each other and not civilians, the cops stay out of it. Just like with the Continental, this world's got rules.
In real life the mob and the local cops a gentleman's agreement. The mob wanted to keep a low profile so their crimes were money laundering, tax evasion, gambling, robbery. Dealing drugs was forbidden in the mob because it brought harm to civilians and the local cops would have to act. Those mob guys caught by their bosses dealing drugs were killed. The local cops also knew the mob guys had rules and if those rules were broken then the mob would deal with them. It was the FBI that went after the mob. Watch movies like The Godfather, Goodfellas and Casino and you will see the relationships the mob had with law enforcement.
also if you notice there is never really any collateral damage in these movies. besides the dog everyone killed was "under the table" even the idiot didn't kill john in the beginning because he didn't know john wasn't a civilian
I keep wondering, given how the Wickverse includes so many hit men you don't expect, if Jimmy is under the Table. BTW, watch his hand when he tells John he'll leave him be.
The gold coin he gave the hotel front desk wasn't payment for the room, just a tip for desk manager. The gold coins represents a "favor", not really a monetary value, whether it be for a drink, entry to a club, or something else. The value in gold at the time was around $1500 per coin, USD, though in the universe of the films that isn't important.
It a brilliant piece of writing. As soon as the gangsters killed the dog the audience is 100% invested and behind EVERYTHING John does from that moment on.
@@ricovargas9775 I still think of how young he was in House of Buggin' and in To Wong Foo, Thanks For Everything Julie Newmar when when Wesley Snipes and Patrick Swayze kept referring to him as "little Latin boy" when they first met him.
My cousin invited my brother and I to see this in the theater when it came out. None of us really expected the movie we got. We went into it thinking it was going to be just a dumb generic action movie that happened to have Keanu in it. Everything changed when the dog died (which was legitimately shocking at the time).
I've watched a bunch of reactions to this one, and no one ever seems to pick up that Daisy used the last of her strength to crawl over to John. Hence the blood trail on the floor. They didn't put the pupper next to him.
Editor's note: I've seen the movie dozens of times and this is the second reaction to it that I've edited, and I've not thought of that until someone mentioned it during the video premiere. With all the emotions going on during that time, It's easy to miss details like that. But it's definitely quite the touch by the filmmakers.
@RuntotheMovies Yeah...first time I saw it in theaters I noticed that. It makes the whole thing that much more poignant and brutal. All Daisy wanted to do in her last moments was get back to her human.
@@fuzzyjefe1972 It's because it's not definite. Blood on the floor can also be them dragging Daisy's corpse to him. Because if Daisy uses her last bit of strength to crawl to John, wouldn't the blood trail be parallel to her body, not perpendicular?
@@Valkross9 not if she was only able to move sideways due to broken bones or inability to get up. You’re assuming she has the ability to use both front paws, which would have made the blood parallel. If she couldn’t and had to wriggle her way to him, it would have been perpendicular like it was.
"Dinner reservation for 12" = "I have 12 bodies to dispose of, come pick them up" If somebody is listening on the phone line, nothing out of the ordinary if you don't know "the code".
I mean that's a really cool detail and all but just two seconds before that, they were louder than the Battle of Stalingrad and the cop saw all the carnage. And John was just left. It hasn't spoiled my enjoyment of the film, but I did notice there is a bit of a discrepancy going on there
31:53 About 45 years ago, I wrapped a big foam filled pillow around the barrel and cylinder of a .38 caliber revolver and fired out of curiosity to see how much it would muffle the sound of the gunshot (it was surprisingly quiet), and despite the hot gas escaping from the muzzle and from the cylinder gap, it didn't set the pillow on fire.
Yes to reacting to all 4 John Wick movies. FYI: - Keanu Reeves trained hard at martial arts and gun handling. He did almost all of his own stunts. The biggest exception were most of the car stunts. - The dog he rescued at the end had a clipboard on the cage stating it was was scheduled to be put down.
@@willdallas53 Amen to that, and Michael Nyqvist was marvelous in this movie as the Russian mob boss. His delivery was epic. "...a fuckin' pencil." It's so sad that Nyquist passed away in 2017 to lung cancer, he was a great actor and only in his 50's.
Not only did Keanu do most of his own stunts, but he famously became a pretty profoundly good gunman for the role. He spent weeks practicing tournament style shooting skills, including weapon switching and reloading. He's probably better with a gun than the average soldier at this point 😂
I watched a video of his firearms training. Someone claiming to be ex-Marine commented on the video that Reeves was doing elite-level military gun drills, and looked good enough to compete.
Taran Butler, who helped train him, is a world champion shooter, and he said that Keanu is probably a Master level shooter. That’s on a scale from D to A, then Master and Grand Master at the very top.
Just some facts about the movie: The puppy was next to John because she crawled with all her strength to die by his side Each of those coins have a value of $2000 - $5000 The reason John's friend (Willem Dafoe) accepts and asks " if the contract is exclusive " is to make sure no one harms John When Francis tells John how much weight he lost he is actually telling him how many guards are inside And the dog that John keeps at the end, on the clipboard on his kennel it actually read to be euthanised Really loved the reaction
The dog Joh took from the vet's was scheduled to be put down, so he got a second chance at life from John. Of course, that meant he wasn't kidnapping someone else's dog, but I wonder if it also was meant to recall how Helen (symbolized by the puppy Daisy) was like John's second chance at life.
Marcus did not kill Perkins because she was on Continental grounds and he followed the rules. Thus the warning shot for John's sake. Great reaction ladies.
Keanu describes it as, "I do action, but not stunts." He went on to say that he does everything up to the point that a crashes into him. That part is done by a stunt man. Did you notice that as soon as the police officer saw the body, he took off his hat to cover up his body cam.
He not only did most of his own stunts, but the Gun Fu is real and he has won speed and accuracy shooting competition's. He's is a very down to earth guy. Very friendly. Their are videos of him in public everywhere. His kindness is well known.
The first time I watched this movie I noped out when they killed Daisy. At the scene where John buries her poor little body I literally hit stop and eject and returned the DVD to Netflix. It wasn't until a few years later when I got back into MMA and my coach encouraged me to give it another try that I rented it again. Even then I skipped ahead past that whole sequence. It's a great movie, with a lot more depth than people give it credit for, but that part ...
27:34 That is the look of a doctor who's used to his patients tearing out all the hard work he put into stitching them up. "These young assassins these days, they appreciate when you hand over the pain meds, but do they at least take a look a the nice stitching you did on them? No! They just tear it out like it's so easy to sew up skin! Assassins today!' 😠
I don't think alot of people didn't realize at the end when he was going home with the dog, he walked past the spot where his wife collapsed. Enjoyed your reactions
The "thug" who was supposed to kill Daisy in "that" scene...felt awful about it, and spent a lot of extra time with the puppy, eventually adopting it himself. The actual dog's name is Andy, and he's still a happy beagle. The dog John takes from the shelter was scheduled to be euthanized, which is why John picked it. It also happens to be Keanu Reeves' real-life dog.
3:05 "It's a creaturrre!" The warm, sentimental part of me thought that was an adorable reaction. The sarcastic part of me though "You make it sound like it could be a xenomorph from 'Alien.'"
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Yes, Keanu Reeves has become kind of famous for being about as good or better than most career stuntmen. So he does almost everything himself in these movies. The way they include long shots with reloading is one of the really cool things about these movies. The sequels explore the bigger world that's hinted at here, like with Jimmy the policeman knowing what's going on but not bothering him about it. There's kind of a secret hidden world of these assassins that some people know about but most of the public doesn't. And yes, as you guessed, there is a special Continental hotel in most major cities.
He always does his own stunts... In the matrix, he gave everyone of the motorcycle stunt guys with him, a hand crafted Rolex each.... In this movie, his motorcycle stunt guys got their very own bikes that his company made...
the coolest thing about these movies is the world building. A fully functional criminal underground with traditions and codes of bahavior and assassins honor. Really pulls you into this story.
@@RuntotheMovies I am super excited for you guys to react to the other 3 movies, also after the other 3 there is a 3 part mini series called The Continental, it’s a prequel series to the movies and it’s really good, it’s set in New York 1970’s
17:37 "Dinner reservation for 12" was code for "12 bodies to be disposed of". Later, at the Red Circle, when the doorman tells John how much weight he’s lost, he’s actually tell him how many guys are inside, waiting for him. That’s why John lets him go. Everything in this world is in code.
The Bouncer ("Francis") was WWE Legend Kevin Nash ("Diesel"). "Perkins" (Adrienne Palicki" is Known from the Sci-fi Series "the Orville". Those "Doubloons" were the currency of the Continental and the "Table" it serves under. Each One is worth between $2000 to $5000, and Unique coins are made for the High Council and management.
A lot of people don't realize that each of those gold coins are typically one troy ounce (slightly over an ounce) a piece. Today, that is $2000 a coin. When the movie was made, gold was at, roughly, $1200 a troy ounce. He paid $14,400 to dispose those bodies.
@@TheTurinturumbar That's how specie currency originally worked. Fiat (paper) currency was originally backed by an equal amount of actual gold in a government vault. However, the US and UK abandoned the gold standard in the 1930s.
@@benn454 Indeed. That does not, however preclude the possibility that these coins can buy goods, services or products that no other form of payment can. In a growing market the value would be higher than it's constituent gold. Right? Seems logical to me. Like you could buy a bar of gold with a single coin maybe.
@@TheTurinturumbar Maybe. As far as I know, the coins' value is never definitively established. The characters treat them more like you would goods in a barter system than anything else. Any time you need someone to do something for you, you give them a coin, regardless of the nominal value of the favor.
@@benn454 yeah, like to get through the door cost a coin as did the removal of a body and mopping up after. Seems a bit more thought should've gone in to it. Could argue that the door was for identification though.
8:20 - They didn’t do it. The implication is that the puppy literally dragged her dying body to be next to John before she passed. You can tell by the blood trail, making the situation all the more heartbreaking…
The Wick films are the pinnacle of hit man action movies. Want to see an early version of the theme? "Grosse Pointe Blank" from 1997 with John Cusack is extremely good! He uses a pen, not a pencil 😀
keanu reeves does do his own stunts and he's been a black belt in jiu jitsu for years. also the actor that killed daisy felt so bad about that scene he played with the dog while on set all the time.
Love the scene with Jimmy - takes his hat off as a sign of respect and that he is there as a man, not a threat. *(Noise complaint? 2 or 3 visible bodies, Jimmy knows there are more he can't see). Night John.
yeah reeves spent months in pre-production training hard in martial arts and weapons combat. by all accounts, he was a great student without any ego you might associate with a movie star. by the time they started filming, his movements from a jiu-jitsu lock to simply drawing or reloading a gun were very authentic looking. as others have pointed out, there are a bunch of videos showing these BTS training footage
You can see from the trail of blood on the floor that Daisey actually crawled over to him while she was dying and wanted to be with him in her final moments. The kid felt disrespected. That's why they did what they did.
That cleaner who you mentioned was in a classic Schwarzenegger movie called Commando. His character was named Sully and Arnold got to deliver one of the most unforgettable lines to him
This movie is almost perfect except for 3 things: 1. Baba Yaga doesn't mean boogeyman. It literally translates to something like "grandmother witch." 2. Theon Greyjoy yells at his friend to stop playing video games, presumably because the sound of gunshots is getting to him, except his friend is wearing giant headphones so Theon wouldn't be able to hear anything. Seeing as how nothing else is happening, it would actually be pretty quiet where he is. 3. I wish they had given John a reason to stab himself, like he sees Vigo reaching for a concealed gun or something and can't deal with the knife situation in time. Because as it stands, John is wrestling with an old man and despite the fact that the old man isn't overpowering him in any way, John lets himself be stabbed, almost certainly just so we can have the opening scene with John "bleeding to death."
Producer's note: thanks for watching with us! The Russian spoken in the film oftentimes doesn't line up with the subtitles. For example, when the subtitles say "it was just a f-n dog," Yosef actually says "go f-k yourself." Also, the lullaby his father sings when the hitmen are hitting John's house is nothing like the translation on the screen.
John trained for months on everything practically. The cat driving, the jui jitsu, the guns, the choreography of the fights. He did not do the stunt where he’s thrown over balcony in the Red Circle. Dean Winters has extensive body of work. (He’s not just Mayhem). He was in Oz, Law and Order SVU. You should check him out in the Matrix 🤙🏽 This was the film 2 directors who were new. Willem Davoe said to them that he should be having a juice when Viggo comes by, because he’s an older assassin and has to keep up with the kids. The brand new directors 😮said ‘OK’ They were happy to take direction from good actors.
I know I am a bit late to the party, but I thought I would drop my tiny tidbit of random "did you know?" on this reaction. At the end of the movie in the closing scene...did you recognize that area? It's the same pier where his wife collapsed at the beginning of the movie. Can't remember where I heard this, but his wife was a veterinarian, and the vet office at the end of the movie was where she worked. That's why John drove there, he knew that place would have the supplies to patch himself up.
Omer Barnea, the actor who had to pretend to kill Daisy, was so traumatized by that reportedly when the director called cut he picked the puppy up and cuddled with it until he calmed down.
Your average nightclub volume is around 110db and a silenced 9mm should be between 120-130db. So that's between 10-25 ish times louder than the surroundings. So yeah. People would totally hear it but probably not recognise it.
That part where John spared Francis, he spared him because Francis revealed the number of enemies. "Dvadtsat' vosem' kilogramm" is Russian for "Twenty eight kilogram" which does work out to be over sixty pounds, but more importantly there were twenty eight security personnel in the club..
"Shooting in the club. How are people still dancing?" - Me: I think Ive heard a shot. Was that a shot? Why no one is screaming? [take a sip of my beer] - My friend: Yeah, it was a shot for sure. Dunno, I guess he missed. [he takes a sip of his beer] - Me: Crazy stuff, huh? [both keep drinking] But hey, here is Brazil LOL (but yeah, I thik that if someone died at the dance floor everyone would care A LOT)
Oh, and also, the scene in the Red Circle...note that John is an extremely effective killer with precision aim and no real wasted movements or actions. So when Iosef goes running behind the glass and John shoots at him and misses four times, what happened there? John missed deliberately. He doesn't just want Iosef dead. He wants him panicked, running for his life, scared for his very soul, and regretting ever having crossed the "fuckin' nobody" that turned out to be the devil incarnate, and only after he's terrified him to his very core and yanked every single semblance of hope from him does he want him dead. He could have killed Iosef at any point he wanted to in the Red Circle, but it wouldn't be as satisfying as letting him escape and living his last few days in sheer terror.
In the scene where the puppy gets killed, the actor/stunt man who played the guy that killed Daisy felt so bad about it - even though he knew it wasn't real - that he adopted the dog in real life.
Abby & Hannah Beagle Puppy named Andy portrayed Daisy is living normal life about 10+ years old. Actor, who portrays Iosef's goons cried after Daisy's death scene. Director yelled, cut! Actor went over and hugged the puppy. Iosef, Viggo's son is played by Alfie Allen of Game of Thrones fame.
Arguably the most BAD ASS introduction to a character ever. From Viggo's 'Oh' to Jimmy the police officer 'You uh, working again?' You know this character in those two interactions is Lord Bad Ass.
The continental has rules including not killing on the grounds, so it couldn't have been the bar he killed 3 guys with a pencil. Also, the coins aren't diblooms they are a known currency in the network run through the continental. Watching the other films will show how deep the network goes. Also, if you go on RUclips you can watch him training for the movies, he really did get proficient for them.
At its core, this is a love story. And the puppy crawling to John's side is the most touching thing ever. Also, the dog at the end of the movie is Keanu's actual dog. The world of John Wick is one of violence and order, as organized crime has been for centuries. But it's hard for criminals to abide by rules. Iosef has no concept of boundaries, because he thinks his father's power will be his one day. Viggo understands what it takes to be powerful, but he cannot suppress his greed and ego. Most other people in Wick's world understand the importance of maintaining order. The cop, for example, knows that John kills a lot of bad people. It's worth noting that John was barely polite to Perkins - I suspect he was aware of her capability for breaking the rules.
The John Wick house is out here on Long Island in a very exclusive town called Mill Neck.. Right at the end of Horseshoe road by the water. -- The runway John practices on is out at Republic Airport, Farmingdale.. --- The fountain where Ms. Perkins gets hers is the Bethesda Prominade in Central Park. (Also called the Bethesda Fountain.)
15:10 Keanu Reeves spent a LOT of time training with firearms and performing martial arts specifically to make the John Wick combat and weapon manipulation as realistic as possible, huge respect for Keanus dedication to his craft and that aside everything I've seen about him shows he's a really classy guy 16:06 from Keanu himself, he doesn't do stunts he does action, every thing you see of John is Keanu up until the point he gets thrown off buildings or hit by cars 30:15 looks like Oxy, not an expert, could be wrong but based off of context it's safe to assume it's an opioid of some kind
I've watched this movie like 30 times and I didn't catch the daisy mug, daisy bracelet, daisy sticker on the card's envelop.... I knew he called the dog daisy, but that makes the gift even MORE precious.
Editor's note: same. Until Abby pointed it out, I totally missed it and this is the second reaction to this film that I've edited, in addition to seeing it a zillion times.
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don't know if you noticed. the dog he took in the end was scheduled to be put down.
You girls should react to "Shoot'em up". Clive Owen, Monica Bellucci and Paul Giamatti starring this movie. It is a completly over the top, John Woo style movie that features the craziest sex scene ever. Oh and it is a reminder why you should eat your vegetables, especially carrots. Oh and you wont get a breather watching this one.
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12 is midnight. he's asking for an appointment
Babba Yagga is a Russian folk figure. She's an old witch who lives in a house in the dark forest.
If you see her or her house it's too late. You're dead, you just don't know it yet.
"He's like maybe mid-30s, early 40's best"
"Thanks" - 63 year old John Leguizamo
John Leguizamo looks Good in "Violent Night" which was released last Year..... (it is a "Die Hard" Meets "Home Alone" Christmas Movie).....
30 😂 Bruh he looked 30 since the 90s.
@@nitrokid No Lies Told...... LoL
@@CoastalNomad he was looking good as luigi in the super mario movie of 1990 too x'D
He looks like a 59 year old
The killing of Daisy was actually a stroke of genius for this kind of movie. With a character like John Wick being able to deliver the level of revenge that he is capable of, Daisy's death gives the writers a blank check. After that, John Wick can do no wrong.
such a good point! there is no quicker way to people’s hearts . don’t know if i would have been as much on his team if the dog thing didn’t happen
I think anyone that loves animals can empathize with how the whole franchise played out. Anyone would want to take this kind of revenge.
@itzryder8409 Honestly, this may be the first time I had seen anyone suggest that people didn't pick up on what the dog represented. It's quite obvious. John Wick literally expresses it in the movie. However, many other things could have represented the same thing. If someone stole her wedding ring, would it have had the same impact on the audience? Not likely. It's the intersection of the killing of the dog AND what the dog represents that gets the audience so invested.
In my honest opinion the john wick series only gets better with each sequel which is extremely rare especially these days.
Really highlighted how much people like dogs more than people
Movies kill off loved ones, parents, etc all the time, and no one got as mad as when Daisy was killed in this movie
The actor who had to "kill" Daisy felt so guilty about it that every time the director said "Cut!" he would cuddle the dog.
The actor deserves huge kudos. My dog practically died in my arms from getting hit by a car, and it screwed me up for years. If I saw the script, I'd have spit in the director's face. It takes a lot of strength to act that part.
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Yep, I heard he adopted that dog.
Dinner reservations = cleanup. One coin per body.
Continental is OFF LIMITS. "No Business = No killing." Heavy penalties will commence as Ms. Perkins found out.
That remains one of the COLDEST damn scenes I've ever seen, idk why.
Just the completely clinical but ruthless execution.
Wick: Let's use the dinner reservations code so that nobody would know that I am ordering body disposals.
Investigators listening in: Hey maybe it's that house where we got the three hundred noise complaints from
@@randomlyfactual1943 Investigators: OH it's Wick's house.....
Yeah case closed I'm off for coffee.
Not only did he do his own stunts because he knows jujitsu, but he bought each stuntman a motorcycle out of his own pocket to show his appreciation to them for doing a good job. He didn’t have to do this. Keanu Reeves is known in Hollywood for being a very nice guy and a very honorable and generous person.
This was for the Matrix crew. For the John Wick's crew he bought watches.
Only stunt Keanu didn't do was getting thrown from the upper floor of the club. He was actually running a fever that day, but still did the scene. Because he was sick, they drew the line at that particular stunt.
Everything else was Keanu.
@@BunBun299 no he didn’t do any of the car stunts in the John wick series.
A guy I work with has ridden motorcycles with Keanu a few times. He, too, said that Keanu is a most excellent guy.
He also love motorcycles and has a motorcycle company
Most people don't read the clipboard on the cage, THAT dog was scheduled to be put down. Loved ya'lls reaction and look forward to the next 3. I subbed to see it
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And the dog was/is owned by Keanu (verified by "Google")
@@shelbyxyz its a rumor, keanu has no pets
Fun Fact:
When John goes to the Club to kill the kid and starts with the bodyguard outside, He says, "You've lost weight" and Francis Replied "Over 60 pounds". This was actually a test AND a code between the two. John was testing him to see if he would help him (which is why he lets him go and tells him to take the night off) and Francis replies Over 60 pounds (or 27 kilograms), a code for nearly 27 security guys/henchman protecting the boy. This is also being used in the military forces around to world too. VERY cool way to again show us how much of a badass and how respected John Wick is. Also thee one thing I like about Keanu Reaves is the amount of effort he puts into a role. You can find videos of his training sessions for these movies where he spends countless time at a gun range training with all sorts of guns to the point where he knows how each gun he handles will behave IRL and will actually handle them accordingly for things like checking to ensure the weapons are not jammed. You will see him handle a pistol in the second John Wick movie where he will kinda toss the gun in his hand a little to press down on the chamber because the pistol he is using at that time is known for having bullets getting jammed and is checking the chamber to make sure it is clear enough to fire. Keanu also went through 4 months of training, 5 days a week, 8 hours a day to bring his character to life. He also went through Judo, Japanese Ju-Jutsu, and Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu. So Keanu is that accurate and deadly in real life. You can find a few videos of his trainings with a company known as Taran Tactical. Keanu also had help from former Navy SEAL and CIA Contractor Shawn Ryan.
Thanks so much for these tidbits! We are absolutely looking forward to the sequels.
Keanu Reeves did many of his own stunts. There are videos on RUclips where he practiced for weeks with the stuntmen he ‘fought’ on screen, earning their respect and admiration. I think he bought motorcycles as gifts for all the stuntmen afterwards. There are also videos of him on a gun range, shooting live ammo, going through an obstacle course, reloading ammo at incredible speed to continue shooting. John Wick spared Francis the doorman bodyguard, because he gave him a ‘heads up’ info. The amount of weight he lost was codeword for how many gunmen were inside the Red Circle protecting Iosef. Did you recognized Iosef as Theon Greyjoy from Game of Thrones? The new dog was scheduled to be put down. In the end John Wick saved someone.
The only stunt for which Keanu used a double in this movie, was being dropped down on his back from that balcony in the club. The rest of the movie is all him. Such a badass, and still one of the gentlest souls roaming this planet.
As he’s said in many interviews, he doesn’t do his own stunts, he does his own action, he give props to those that do actual stunts.
He did firearm training with Taran Tactical and Taran designed the guns.
@@Dionysus026no. He doesn’t do car stunts. It’s a double when he gets hit by the car.
In 15 min. Wife .....dead. Dog......dead. Car.....Stolen. LET THE WRATH BEGIN
John doesn't have an in with the cops, the cops just know better than to interfere with anyone from that world or they would suffer heavily. Also, that particular cop knew John personally and knew better than to question past hearing "just working some stuff out" because he knew the man was supposed to be retired
To me it felt like so long as they only kill each other and not civilians, the cops stay out of it. Just like with the Continental, this world's got rules.
In real life the mob and the local cops a gentleman's agreement. The mob wanted to keep a low profile so their crimes were money laundering, tax evasion, gambling, robbery. Dealing drugs was forbidden in the mob because it brought harm to civilians and the local cops would have to act. Those mob guys caught by their bosses dealing drugs were killed. The local cops also knew the mob guys had rules and if those rules were broken then the mob would deal with them. It was the FBI that went after the mob. Watch movies like The Godfather, Goodfellas and Casino and you will see the relationships the mob had with law enforcement.
Jimmy (cop) and Francis (Kevin Nash) are my favorite Side-Characters..... They Understand and Respect John.... So he Respects them......
also if you notice there is never really any collateral damage in these movies. besides the dog everyone killed was "under the table" even the idiot didn't kill john in the beginning because he didn't know john wasn't a civilian
I keep wondering, given how the Wickverse includes so many hit men you don't expect, if Jimmy is under the Table. BTW, watch his hand when he tells John he'll leave him be.
The gold coin he gave the hotel front desk wasn't payment for the room, just a tip for desk manager. The gold coins represents a "favor", not really a monetary value, whether it be for a drink, entry to a club, or something else. The value in gold at the time was around $1500 per coin, USD, though in the universe of the films that isn't important.
Yep those coins are special hitman underground currency minted in the continental so unique in all the world to this underworld economy.
It a brilliant piece of writing. As soon as the gangsters killed the dog the audience is 100% invested and behind EVERYTHING John does from that moment on.
John Leguizamo was 53 when thus debuted. He ages well.
Indeed.
Aurelio would be the same age. He has a brief appearance as a little kid in the prequel Continental series that takes place 40 years earlier.
so, he's now 63? holly 💩 dude...
you now you're old when you see people getting older 🤕
@@MKGSS I still think about him from his House of Buggin days.
@@ricovargas9775 I still think of how young he was in House of Buggin' and in To Wong Foo, Thanks For Everything Julie Newmar when when Wesley Snipes and Patrick Swayze kept referring to him as "little Latin boy" when they first met him.
In an interview, Keanu Reeves said that he did over 90% of his own stunts in John Wick and he did close to 95% of his own stunts in John Wick 2.
I read where Keanu said he does action scenes, not stunts.
My cousin invited my brother and I to see this in the theater when it came out. None of us really expected the movie we got. We went into it thinking it was going to be just a dumb generic action movie that happened to have Keanu in it. Everything changed when the dog died (which was legitimately shocking at the time).
I can imagine the gasps in the theatre. Wish I could've seen it in theatre
@@waqaszahid544 Yeah, people were freaking out. They cheered when John killed Iosef.
I've watched a bunch of reactions to this one, and no one ever seems to pick up that Daisy used the last of her strength to crawl over to John. Hence the blood trail on the floor. They didn't put the pupper next to him.
Editor's note: I've seen the movie dozens of times and this is the second reaction to it that I've edited, and I've not thought of that until someone mentioned it during the video premiere. With all the emotions going on during that time, It's easy to miss details like that. But it's definitely quite the touch by the filmmakers.
@RuntotheMovies Yeah...first time I saw it in theaters I noticed that. It makes the whole thing that much more poignant and brutal. All Daisy wanted to do in her last moments was get back to her human.
@@fuzzyjefe1972 It's because it's not definite. Blood on the floor can also be them dragging Daisy's corpse to him. Because if Daisy uses her last bit of strength to crawl to John, wouldn't the blood trail be parallel to her body, not perpendicular?
They drug her there
@@Valkross9 not if she was only able to move sideways due to broken bones or inability to get up. You’re assuming she has the ability to use both front paws, which would have made the blood parallel. If she couldn’t and had to wriggle her way to him, it would have been perpendicular like it was.
"Dinner reservation for 12" = "I have 12 bodies to dispose of, come pick them up"
If somebody is listening on the phone line, nothing out of the ordinary if you don't know "the code".
I mean that's a really cool detail and all but just two seconds before that, they were louder than the Battle of Stalingrad and the cop saw all the carnage. And John was just left.
It hasn't spoiled my enjoyment of the film, but I did notice there is a bit of a discrepancy going on there
31:53 About 45 years ago, I wrapped a big foam filled pillow around the barrel and cylinder of a .38 caliber revolver and fired out of curiosity to see how much it would muffle the sound of the gunshot (it was surprisingly quiet), and despite the hot gas escaping from the muzzle and from the cylinder gap, it didn't set the pillow on fire.
"Please, tell us more." - Definetly not the FBI
@@bfahren Yep, ain't no Government Agents 'round here.....
They just get better and better. You get a peek into the underworld of where he grew up and worked in.
Yes to reacting to all 4 John Wick movies.
FYI: - Keanu Reeves trained hard at martial arts and gun handling. He did almost all of his own stunts. The biggest exception were most of the car stunts.
- The dog he rescued at the end had a clipboard on the cage stating it was was scheduled to be put down.
finding out who John is, through the stories of a Mob boss, is more scary, than John him self!
Exactly. There’s never been a better set up for a backstory ever.
@@willdallas53 Amen to that, and Michael Nyqvist was marvelous in this movie as the Russian mob boss. His delivery was epic. "...a fuckin' pencil."
It's so sad that Nyquist passed away in 2017 to lung cancer, he was a great actor and only in his 50's.
Not only did Keanu do most of his own stunts, but he famously became a pretty profoundly good gunman for the role. He spent weeks practicing tournament style shooting skills, including weapon switching and reloading. He's probably better with a gun than the average soldier at this point 😂
I watched a video of his firearms training. Someone claiming to be ex-Marine commented on the video that Reeves was doing elite-level military gun drills, and looked good enough to compete.
Taran Butler, who helped train him, is a world champion shooter, and he said that Keanu is probably a Master level shooter. That’s on a scale from D to A, then Master and Grand Master at the very top.
Just some facts about the movie:
The puppy was next to John because she crawled with all her strength to die by his side
Each of those coins have a value of $2000 - $5000
The reason John's friend (Willem Dafoe) accepts and asks " if the contract is exclusive " is to make sure no one harms John
When Francis tells John how much weight he lost he is actually telling him how many guards are inside
And the dog that John keeps at the end, on the clipboard on his kennel it actually read to be euthanised
Really loved the reaction
Thanks for watching with us and for these tidbits.
The dog Joh took from the vet's was scheduled to be put down, so he got a second chance at life from John. Of course, that meant he wasn't kidnapping someone else's dog, but I wonder if it also was meant to recall how Helen (symbolized by the puppy Daisy) was like John's second chance at life.
The cat's like: 'all this fuss over a dog!'
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Marcus did not kill Perkins because she was on Continental grounds and he followed the rules. Thus the warning shot for John's sake. Great reaction ladies.
Keanu describes it as, "I do action, but not stunts." He went on to say that he does everything up to the point that a crashes into him. That part is done by a stunt man.
Did you notice that as soon as the police officer saw the body, he took off his hat to cover up his body cam.
"Why would they do that to him? That's seriously messed up!"
Cat on lap: It's just a stupid dog. 😼
He not only did most of his own stunts, but the Gun Fu is real and he has won speed and accuracy shooting competition's. He's is a very down to earth guy. Very friendly. Their are videos of him in public everywhere. His kindness is well known.
A coin = a favor. It’s not about monetary value (revealed later in the series). It’s about favors exchanged.
The first time I watched this movie I noped out when they killed Daisy. At the scene where John buries her poor little body I literally hit stop and eject and returned the DVD to Netflix. It wasn't until a few years later when I got back into MMA and my coach encouraged me to give it another try that I rented it again. Even then I skipped ahead past that whole sequence. It's a great movie, with a lot more depth than people give it credit for, but that part ...
27:34 That is the look of a doctor who's used to his patients tearing out all the hard work he put into stitching them up.
"These young assassins these days, they appreciate when you hand over the pain meds, but do they at least take a look a the nice stitching you did on them? No! They just tear it out like it's so easy to sew up skin! Assassins today!' 😠
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The Doctor was the Keymaker from The Matrix.
42:28 John and his new dog walking past the same place where his wife collapsed from her illness.
Fun fact, the dog that he took at the end of the movie. On that piece of paper on the cage it actually says "to be put down". So he saved it
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I don't think alot of people didn't realize at the end when he was going home with the dog, he walked past the spot where his wife collapsed. Enjoyed your reactions
The "thug" who was supposed to kill Daisy in "that" scene...felt awful about it, and spent a lot of extra time with the puppy, eventually adopting it himself. The actual dog's name is Andy, and he's still a happy beagle.
The dog John takes from the shelter was scheduled to be euthanized, which is why John picked it. It also happens to be Keanu Reeves' real-life dog.
3:05 "It's a creaturrre!" The warm, sentimental part of me thought that was an adorable reaction. The sarcastic part of me though "You make it sound like it could be a xenomorph from 'Alien.'"
🤣🤣🤣 Editor's note: Abby and Hannah just recorded a reaction to Alien last week. It should be making its way to our Patreon within the next month or so.
****my reaction to Alien was much different than this puppy
@@RuntotheMovies please react to
The Mask Of Zorro (1998)
Mission Impossible (1996)
Blade(1998)
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1990)
Alien(1979)
Halloween (1978)
Iron Man (2008)
Spider-Man (2002)
Sonic The Hedgehog (2020)
Man Of Steel (2013)
Christine(1983)
Reservoir Dogs (1992)
Batman (1989)
Superman (1978)
The Terminator (1984)
The Thing(1982)
X-Men(2000)
Gladiator (2000)
Ghost Rider (2007)
The Matrix(1999)
The Mummy(1999)
The Lost Boys(1987)
An American Werewolf In London (1981)
Raiders Of The Lost Ark (1981)
Police Story(1985)
Enter The Dragon (1973)
Dirty Harry (1971)
The Outlaw Josey Wales(1976)
The Howling(1981)
A Nightmare On Elm Street (1984)
Big Trouble In Little China(1986)
Escape From New York (1981)
The Fog(1980)
The Shining(1980)
It(2017)
It Chapter 2 (2019)
First Blood(1982)
Dredd(2012)
The Raid Redemption (2011)
Ong Bak The Thai Warrior(2004)
Aliens(1986)
Star Trek (1979)
The Crow(1994)
Hellboy (2004)
They Live!(1988)
Scream (1996)
Bram Stoker's Dracula(1992)
Conan The Barbarian (1982)
Batman Returns (1992)
John Wick Chapter 2 (2017)
Batman v Superman Dawn Of Justice Ultimate Edition (2016)
X2 X-Men United (2003)
Spider-Man 2 (2004)
Blade 2(2002)
Pacific Rim (2013)
Godzilla (2014)
Mission Impossible 2(2000)
John Wick Chapter 3 Parabellum (2019)
Sonic The Hedgehog 2 (2022)
Mortal Kombat (2021)
Batman Begins (2005)
Rambo First Blood Part 2(1985)
Starman(1984)
The Phantom (1996)
Terminator 2 Judgement Day (1991)
Wonder Woman (2017)
The Incredible Hulk(2008)
X3 The Last Stand(2006)
Spider-Man 3(2007)
The Dark Knight (2008)
Superman 2 The Richard Donner Cut(1980)
Blade Runner The Final Cut(1982)
Hellboy 2 The Golden Army(2008)
John Wick Chapter 4 (2023)
Suicide Squad Extended Cut(2016)
Mission Impossible 3(2006)
Halloween (2018)
Scream 2(1997)
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Mutant Mayhem (2023)
The Amazing Spider-Man (2012)
Thor(2011)
X-Men Origins Wolverine (2009)
Mission Impossible Ghost Protocol (2011)
The Shadow(1994)
Scarface (1983)
Zack Synder's Justice League (2021)
Captain America The First Avenger(2011)
The Mummy Returns(2001)
The reason why the Alstate guy was laughing after shooting the gun was it only had 1-round in it. He realized it was Viggo's "way out".
I never caught that before, makes sense, Thanks
Yes, Keanu Reeves has become kind of famous for being about as good or better than most career stuntmen. So he does almost everything himself in these movies. The way they include long shots with reloading is one of the really cool things about these movies.
The sequels explore the bigger world that's hinted at here, like with Jimmy the policeman knowing what's going on but not bothering him about it. There's kind of a secret hidden world of these assassins that some people know about but most of the public doesn't.
And yes, as you guessed, there is a special Continental hotel in most major cities.
He always does his own stunts... In the matrix, he gave everyone of the motorcycle stunt guys with him, a hand crafted Rolex each.... In this movie, his motorcycle stunt guys got their very own bikes that his company made...
The cop saw what John did to the three men in a bar with a pencil. Jimmy is absolutely terrified of John.
Johns answer to the phone call and Jimmy is the smartest man here.
That moment you realize Daisy dragged herself over to John in her last moments. 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭
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"He's Maybe mid 30's..40 best" John Leguizamo was in fact in his early 50's when he made this film
i like the dog being named Daisy, it's perfect
the coolest thing about these movies is the world building. A fully functional criminal underground with traditions and codes of bahavior and assassins honor. Really pulls you into this story.
The 3 sequels are also fantastic. And other great action movies starring Keanu Reveves are Speed, Point Break and The Matrix
Thanks for watching with us! We have a reaction to Speed on the channel. Point Break is in the list for the future.
@@RuntotheMovies I am super excited for you guys to react to the other 3 movies, also after the other 3 there is a 3 part mini series called The Continental, it’s a prequel series to the movies and it’s really good, it’s set in New York 1970’s
You should definitely check out all four movies. They get more and more ridiculously over the top in a good way.
Absolutely loved sharing this experience with you.. Lovely reaction dears ♥
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thanks so much for your kind words!
17:37 "Dinner reservation for 12" was code for "12 bodies to be disposed of". Later, at the Red Circle, when the doorman tells John how much weight he’s lost, he’s actually tell him how many guys are inside, waiting for him. That’s why John lets him go. Everything in this world is in code.
The Bouncer ("Francis") was WWE Legend Kevin Nash ("Diesel").
"Perkins" (Adrienne Palicki" is Known from the Sci-fi Series "the Orville".
Those "Doubloons" were the currency of the Continental and the "Table" it serves under. Each One is worth between $2000 to $5000, and Unique coins are made for the High Council and management.
A lot of people don't realize that each of those gold coins are typically one troy ounce (slightly over an ounce) a piece. Today, that is $2000 a coin. When the movie was made, gold was at, roughly, $1200 a troy ounce. He paid $14,400 to dispose those bodies.
If they're only worth as much as the gold.
@@TheTurinturumbar That's how specie currency originally worked. Fiat (paper) currency was originally backed by an equal amount of actual gold in a government vault. However, the US and UK abandoned the gold standard in the 1930s.
@@benn454 Indeed. That does not, however preclude the possibility that these coins can buy goods, services or products that no other form of payment can. In a growing market the value would be higher than it's constituent gold. Right? Seems logical to me. Like you could buy a bar of gold with a single coin maybe.
@@TheTurinturumbar Maybe. As far as I know, the coins' value is never definitively established. The characters treat them more like you would goods in a barter system than anything else. Any time you need someone to do something for you, you give them a coin, regardless of the nominal value of the favor.
@@benn454 yeah, like to get through the door cost a coin as did the removal of a body and mopping up after. Seems a bit more thought should've gone in to it. Could argue that the door was for identification though.
And the award for the least amount of empathy shown during John Wick viewing goes to...
8:20 - They didn’t do it. The implication is that the puppy literally dragged her dying body to be next to John before she passed. You can tell by the blood trail, making the situation all the more heartbreaking…
The Wick films are the pinnacle of hit man action movies. Want to see an early version of the theme? "Grosse Pointe Blank" from 1997 with John Cusack is extremely good! He uses a pen, not a pencil 😀
keanu reeves does do his own stunts and he's been a black belt in jiu jitsu for years. also the actor that killed daisy felt so bad about that scene he played with the dog while on set all the time.
Love the scene with Jimmy - takes his hat off as a sign of respect and that he is there as a man, not a threat. *(Noise complaint? 2 or 3 visible bodies, Jimmy knows there are more he can't see). Night John.
This movie really captured the essence of a first-person shooter video game. Wick's all about the headshot bonus.
yeah reeves spent months in pre-production training hard in martial arts and weapons combat. by all accounts, he was a great student without any ego you might associate with a movie star. by the time they started filming, his movements from a jiu-jitsu lock to simply drawing or reloading a gun were very authentic looking. as others have pointed out, there are a bunch of videos showing these BTS training footage
the dialog lines between Vigo and Aurelio makes this movie a classsic. Great reaction girls
Thanks so much for watching with us!
You can see from the trail of blood on the floor that Daisey actually crawled over to him while she was dying and wanted to be with him in her final moments. The kid felt disrespected. That's why they did what they did.
That cleaner who you mentioned was in a classic Schwarzenegger movie called Commando. His character was named Sully and Arnold got to deliver one of the most unforgettable lines to him
Producer's note: we have a reaction to Commando here on the channel. Such a fun movie!
Keanu doesn't get thrown down stairs or get hit by cars. He dose pretty much everything else.
This movie is almost perfect except for 3 things:
1. Baba Yaga doesn't mean boogeyman. It literally translates to something like "grandmother witch."
2. Theon Greyjoy yells at his friend to stop playing video games, presumably because the sound of gunshots is getting to him, except his friend is wearing giant headphones so Theon wouldn't be able to hear anything. Seeing as how nothing else is happening, it would actually be pretty quiet where he is.
3. I wish they had given John a reason to stab himself, like he sees Vigo reaching for a concealed gun or something and can't deal with the knife situation in time. Because as it stands, John is wrestling with an old man and despite the fact that the old man isn't overpowering him in any way, John lets himself be stabbed, almost certainly just so we can have the opening scene with John "bleeding to death."
Producer's note: thanks for watching with us! The Russian spoken in the film oftentimes doesn't line up with the subtitles. For example, when the subtitles say "it was just a f-n dog," Yosef actually says "go f-k yourself." Also, the lullaby his father sings when the hitmen are hitting John's house is nothing like the translation on the screen.
Soo, Willem Dafoe was really Willem Dafriend?
42:11 - rumor mill has it, the pit bull John “adopts” was actually Keanu’s, real-life dog.
John trained for months on everything practically. The cat driving, the jui jitsu, the guns, the choreography of the fights. He did not do the stunt where he’s thrown over balcony in the Red Circle. Dean Winters has extensive body of work. (He’s not just Mayhem). He was in Oz, Law and Order SVU. You should check him out in the Matrix 🤙🏽 This was the film 2 directors who were new. Willem Davoe said to them that he should be having a juice when Viggo comes by, because he’s an older assassin and has to keep up with the kids. The brand new directors 😮said ‘OK’ They were happy to take direction from good actors.
I know I am a bit late to the party, but I thought I would drop my tiny tidbit of random "did you know?" on this reaction.
At the end of the movie in the closing scene...did you recognize that area? It's the same pier where his wife collapsed at the beginning of the movie. Can't remember where I heard this, but his wife was a veterinarian, and the vet office at the end of the movie was where she worked. That's why John drove there, he knew that place would have the supplies to patch himself up.
Yes please definitely have Hannah and tori react to the rest of the John wicks.
Sorry meant Hannah and Abby really would love to see that. I know they would love the rest of them too.
That towel is dirty, is the best reaction i've heard on this scene!!!
Keanu did all the action scenes which is why they look so well choreographed. He did real fun training to be able to pull these scenes off
At the end in the shelter, if you read the clipboard the dog was scheduled to be put down.
"Something better not happen to the puppy"
The rest of us "uh oh"
lol the dad text was perfect
Rest In Peace Michael Nyqvist
Also Lance Reddick "charon" the concierge
RIP
Omer Barnea, the actor who had to pretend to kill Daisy, was so traumatized by that reportedly when the director called cut he picked the puppy up and cuddled with it until he calmed down.
I knew this reaction was going to be epic when you were so chatty at the beginning and talking about how cute the dog is 😂
Message for your cat: Blink twice if you're being held against your will...
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Your average nightclub volume is around 110db and a silenced 9mm should be between 120-130db. So that's between 10-25 ish times louder than the surroundings. So yeah. People would totally hear it but probably not recognise it.
That part where John spared Francis, he spared him because Francis revealed the number of enemies. "Dvadtsat' vosem' kilogramm" is Russian for "Twenty eight kilogram" which does work out to be over sixty pounds, but more importantly there were twenty eight security personnel in the club..
Abby should definitely see them all
"Shooting in the club. How are people still dancing?"
- Me: I think Ive heard a shot. Was that a shot? Why no one is screaming? [take a sip of my beer]
- My friend: Yeah, it was a shot for sure. Dunno, I guess he missed. [he takes a sip of his beer]
- Me: Crazy stuff, huh? [both keep drinking]
But hey, here is Brazil LOL
(but yeah, I thik that if someone died at the dance floor everyone would care A LOT)
Oh, and also, the scene in the Red Circle...note that John is an extremely effective killer with precision aim and no real wasted movements or actions. So when Iosef goes running behind the glass and John shoots at him and misses four times, what happened there?
John missed deliberately. He doesn't just want Iosef dead. He wants him panicked, running for his life, scared for his very soul, and regretting ever having crossed the "fuckin' nobody" that turned out to be the devil incarnate, and only after he's terrified him to his very core and yanked every single semblance of hope from him does he want him dead. He could have killed Iosef at any point he wanted to in the Red Circle, but it wouldn't be as satisfying as letting him escape and living his last few days in sheer terror.
Yes, Keanu does 98% of his own stuntwork. Really a humble guy, by the way. A beautiful human being!
In the scene where the puppy gets killed, the actor/stunt man who played the guy that killed Daisy felt so bad about it - even though he knew it wasn't real - that he adopted the dog in real life.
++ to Hannah for pronouncing it 'Willem,' actually quite rare for reactors of this film.
Also, the puppy John picks at the Pound is actually Keanu's real pet!
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Beagle Puppy named Andy portrayed Daisy is living normal life about 10+ years old. Actor, who portrays Iosef's goons cried after Daisy's death scene. Director yelled, cut! Actor went over and hugged the puppy. Iosef, Viggo's son is played by Alfie Allen of Game of Thrones fame.
Keanu does a lot of his own stunts, and the judo in this movie is legit. There's a RUclips video out there where judo guys analyze the moves.
Arguably the most BAD ASS introduction to a character ever. From Viggo's 'Oh' to Jimmy the police officer 'You uh, working again?' You know this character in those two interactions is Lord Bad Ass.
A stolen car is a big deal but killing a dog is Too far.
The continental has rules including not killing on the grounds, so it couldn't have been the bar he killed 3 guys with a pencil. Also, the coins aren't diblooms they are a known currency in the network run through the continental. Watching the other films will show how deep the network goes. Also, if you go on RUclips you can watch him training for the movies, he really did get proficient for them.
At its core, this is a love story. And the puppy crawling to John's side is the most touching thing ever. Also, the dog at the end of the movie is Keanu's actual dog. The world of John Wick is one of violence and order, as organized crime has been for centuries. But it's hard for criminals to abide by rules. Iosef has no concept of boundaries, because he thinks his father's power will be his one day. Viggo understands what it takes to be powerful, but he cannot suppress his greed and ego. Most other people in Wick's world understand the importance of maintaining order. The cop, for example, knows that John kills a lot of bad people. It's worth noting that John was barely polite to Perkins - I suspect he was aware of her capability for breaking the rules.
The John Wick house is out here on Long Island in a very exclusive town called Mill Neck.. Right at the end of Horseshoe road by the water. -- The runway John practices on is out at Republic Airport, Farmingdale.. --- The fountain where Ms. Perkins gets hers is the Bethesda Prominade in Central Park. (Also called the Bethesda Fountain.)
15:10 Keanu Reeves spent a LOT of time training with firearms and performing martial arts specifically to make the John Wick combat and weapon manipulation as realistic as possible, huge respect for Keanus dedication to his craft and that aside everything I've seen about him shows he's a really classy guy
16:06 from Keanu himself, he doesn't do stunts he does action, every thing you see of John is Keanu up until the point he gets thrown off buildings or hit by cars
30:15 looks like Oxy, not an expert, could be wrong but based off of context it's safe to assume it's an opioid of some kind
I m proud to say that "the father " in beard,is Swedish actor Michael Nykvist :-)
I google that he passed away 2017,only 57 years old..:-(
Not only did he do his own stunts, you should check out the video of him doing a 3 gun, live fire tactical course in training. He really is THAT good.
I've watched this movie like 30 times and I didn't catch the daisy mug, daisy bracelet, daisy sticker on the card's envelop.... I knew he called the dog daisy, but that makes the gift even MORE precious.
Editor's note: same. Until Abby pointed it out, I totally missed it and this is the second reaction to this film that I've edited, in addition to seeing it a zillion times.