John Wick Changed Action Movies And You Barely Noticed
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- Опубликовано: 27 май 2024
- When people first saw the trailer for John Wick, they might have thought it was just another revenge-based action movie, but the film actually went on to change action movies, albeit subtly. The genre was really struggling when the first Wick film came out, as the majority of big-budget action films of the day focused on explosions and effects instead of characters and choreography.
Now, countless films are being compared to John Wick, and the film itself has spawned a successful franchise and given Keanu Reeves a much-needed career boost. Let’s take a look at the ways in which John Wick changed action movies.
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Exactly
U can say that a million times over
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Looper John Wick is a legendary action movie, when you have other movies wanting to do the same thing as that movie has done, it means they respect the material and they want to have that winning edge, just like John Wick has and that is badass!
EXACTLY
You missed what I feel is the most significant change John Wick made to action movies -- his efficiency of style. No more pummeling a bad guy for ten minutes, exchanging witty one-liners. No more spinning around and showboating. Just dropping bad guys with a quick, ruthless effectiveness -- what a REAL professional killer would surely do!
Did you miss Bourne Identity?
Actually, while Bourne's fights are entertaining and exciting, they are the opposite of Wick's style. Wick engages just enough to take out (kill) targets, with minimal physical interaction. Bourne's object is NOT to kill, so he has extended fight scenes, including much physical interaction.
@@pcbacklash_3261 To be fair, that's because Bourne is hoping to interrogate them in a few cases. Bourne also prefers fewer, more professional killers against one another rather than dozens of faceless bodyguards, resulting in fights that wax and wane in either direction before Bourne goes the extra mile and wins out. For examples of longer John Wick action scenes, see John Wick's standoffs with Perkins, Cassian, and his encounters with the various assassins of New York. Those fights were far faster than his fights with Perkins or Cassian, but they were also not even close to being his equal. Perkins had the advantage of surprise and a badly injured Wick, while Cassian could be argued to be within the same ball park as Wick, while still needing a lot of catching up to do to be a true equal.
I agree totally. He came off as being shockingly brutal at first, but then that's the whole point if you're an assassin, isn't it?
PLGRN8R too much shaky camera
John is a man of focus, commitment, and sheer will something you know little about.
That's what you get when you stay away from women
Wasnt there an f-word somewhere in there?
@@Cal94 that's viggo's brothers' version you are talking about.
This is what viggo said
Main weapon: Glock 17
Secondary weapon:
*HIS BARE FUCKING HANDS*
Secondary weapon: Book
Glock 34 actually. Also heavily modified by TTI, as JW2 is a commercial for the company.
Nope my main weapon is HK P30-L COMPENSATOR WITH AP ROUND NOT GLOCK 17 DO YOUR RESEARCH BOY
Yeah... Pencils
@@heartless604 yeah... thrown by hand.. u bet
They really turned Keanu Reeves into a John wick
Not they he himself portray character such a way that
He become John wick to us .
Even neo
We really have shortage of such actors who r dedicated so much to there assigned role and portray as if they really r like that in real life.
That’s how I feel about Jon Bernthal as the punisher in the series on Netflix
whos neo again?
He was still Neo, first
@@ROCK_UNIVERSE97 Neo from the Matrix.
As a gun person I was really happy to se an action move where they actually ran out of ammo and had to reload. Props to Keanu for training in 3-gun too!
he putting the finger in the trigger when he is not shooting makes me nervous tho
Props?? what 10 years years old!!
Yeah, except three-gun is a game and not a method of combat. Also the fact that it was only there because of TTI, who the movie was a commercial for.
Go watch Taran Butler's videos. He trained Reeves for the movie. I would love to train with him. Ive even started using center axis relock (the method that is partially used in the movie) and gotten away from weaver and isosceles methods in my own shooting. I love it and would recommend it to other shooters.
yeah that's a great detail!
John- Tell them,
tell them all..
Whoever comes,
whoever it is..
I'll kill them,
I'll kill them all..
Winston- Of course you will..!!
One of the best dialgouges ever :D
Ankit Chauhan **course you will**
Takes it to a new level altogether.
Waiting for that...
What I love about John Wick is how he doesn’t feel invincible, like in most other action films. He gets shot, he breaks bones, and you can tell what he’s doing is actually taking a lot of energy/focus.
just like bourne
Why the hell he is not killed by so many shooting henchmen ?? Totally impossible ....totally unreal ...!!! He doesn't wear any armor ??If he gets shot he should get medical aid within 2 hrs otherwise he will bleed out and die but they make him fight for long killing others that is practically not possible even for biggest fighters that is Soldiers and Army people
@@onidoremc9490 you clearly haven't watched any of the John Wick movies. Wick wears a special suit lined with silicon carbide threaded padding, so its bulletproof. And his past defines him as a man who ended many Russian cartels while he worked under Viggo. What did you expect from such a character.
What attracted ME to John Wick was the realism regarding firearm capability and capacity.
"With a fookin pencil" 💀✏
😂😂😂
Jackie Chan does it with anything he sees
With a FOOKING BOOK
They don't even save the pencil sharpener he probably eraser side
"Who foken doez dat?"
Keanu changed action movies forever. He did it with the matrix and he did it again with John wick. Think about it, so many things have matrix references, people will be referencing john wick in movies for years too.
BrownPower92 ehhh... Point Break?
Connor McCartney Yea, just pointing out that this isnt the first movie that's changed action movies. Hes had plenty before that set some kind of bar for others to try and imitate
Yeah but I love Equilibrium for Gun Fu for American films.
Hahahahaah, that film inspired the Fast & Furious films
He changed action movies in the 90's with Point Break.
I love how a lot of ppl just knew him as the guy who played Neo and now everyone knows him as the guy who plays John Wick. Really awesome comeback for him! He really deserves all the great praise that’s coming his way 👌👌
I loved how many times John Wick reloaded. Most gun movies, you never see that.
Once in a while but John Wick constantly does it.
Who is excited for John Wick 3?
Michael Martin excited? Nooo I am fucking hyped😆😆😆
Especially after they announced that the guys from The Raid are gonna be in it !
Guys from the raid!? Can't wait for it!!
ME!!!!!
What's the release date ?
Keanu Reeves, the never-aging dangerous Vampire.
he's a god
Thanks to his asian ancestry
Handsome as alwa6s
Oh, he ages alright, just a tad slower than most westerners, thanks to clean and healthy life style--most notably good diet (no red meat, lots of rice, veggies, fruits, and water) and does not overindulge in anything.
@@bhoqeem1975 clever!
The opening introduction to john wick's character was also sick
“they called him baba yaga"
“the boogey man?"
“well john wasn't exactly the boogey man......he's the person you send to KILL the f***ing boogey man" I can still feel the chills
Above all, the best thing that John Wick has changed is the filthy and distracting shaky cam showing worthless talents of actors in action movies! Thank you so much, original creators.
Rahul Samanta John Wick changed cinematic gun play of recent, long wide takes have been going on in Asia forever!
Nope for long shot and Shaky camera you should be thankfull to the Asian Movie Director because John Wick is not the first actions movie that change Hollywood too stop Using Shaky Camera, hell even Quentin Tarantino is the first USA Director that implements non Shaky Camera Fight scene
Not just getting rid of shakey cam, but ditching the John Wu style stage-wushu for actual effective fighting and actual gun techniques.
Nope, The Raid film series from Indonesia changed that first. Such an underrated film series...
@@keyboardcommando5146 thats cause the action stars can actually fight. they dont need to use crap camera work to fake it. John wick directors had Keanu train for the role, which i've heard he overdoes for his roles, which is a good thing.
I love how he double taps and makes sure to finish them off
gabe the dog thats how i use to play fps games xD
Keanu is the glimmer of class and spirit that Hollywood USED to have. He's the type of guy I would do my best to ignore if seen in person, just out of respect for his privacy.
Have you seen the video where, sitting in the subway, he gave his seat to an old woman ? It does not look fake. He has no body guard, he is not high or drunk, just a quiet and polite guy on the city.
I have seen him in person! He was pretty low key, just a regular guy so I didn’t bug him at all. Just gave him a nod 😊
Agreed. He is such a dedicated and a professional actor. One of the reasons why he is my favorite actor tho.
@@coffeedense same here I have a great deal of respect for him, compared to a lot of the other actors. He doesn't bring politics into his movies, he just does movies, he doesn't do them to tell us what to do, he doesn't get up and tweet that he's this, and he's that, & we need to do as he tweets unlike others. He's just a person, he keeps his life private, and he knows that what he does can affect what people do. So he's very careful about what he says and does. What I like is that he is a real person and that he doesn't use his notoriety or fame to try and make us do something.
The only thing that he does is he does have charities, but he's so quiet about it that you don't know he has these charities. To me, he's like the old movie stars way back in the 30s and 40s who really didn't use their fame to get something and instead used it to help others. When he did the matrix at first, I didn't understand what was happening in it, but I have to admit it does have a cult following because of what it teaches, it teaches us to be very careful, not only about say, for instance, if we were attacked by aliens and whatever we would do, but also be careful about the world around us, what's real and what's not.
Just the other day I was talking to my husband that there was a beautiful rendition of Simon & Garfunkel's "Hello darkness my old friend" by a little girl on RUclips, and it was very haunting. It struck me, it's here. Talking all the time, but saying nothing, on Twitter Snapchat, Facebook, Instagram. WhatsApp. Putting our lives out for all to see talking, but not really speaking. These neon gods, really scary, oh, my husband, just looked at me and said, I never thought of it that way. I'm sure that when they wrote the song, they were just writing something that came from the heart, not realising that in their life time, they would see us doing this. Did you know one of the Google creaters has a church that worships as its God, a computer! Why not, it's perfect, it wouldn't make a mistake. Well, yes, of course, it would, all computers are programmed by a human being, it only knows what the human being put into it, even AI is created by th,e intelligence of the man who programed it originally.
I watched both of John wick movies in an airplane when I was coming to Canada. I was so impressed by these that I rewatched them nine times both. Waiting for the third installment.....
Trailer's out !
Just watched it
amen.
I saw the first JW also in a flight to Canada
John wick comes in May 24, 2019
oh we noticed.... from the overuse of the Bourne era quick cuts, now back to nice long wide takes where we can actually *see* what's happening
Well the quick cuts were made for actors who can't do the long shots and remember all the choreography.
Bale was only as good as Batman because of Nolan's quick cuts, making Bale look good. Bale can do long shots like he did in Equilibrium.
It worked for Bourne, failed with everything else.
CavemanJesus4Life that's why I said overuse... Bourne used it to heighten pace and the energy-- the cuts were deliberate, showing us what the director wanted...
everyone else starting doing it to hide things, not show us things...
much like post-matrix bullet time, which they still do now-- slow down and speed up time indiscriminately...
when they use camera tricks to hide their imperfections ("we'll fix it in post"), that's where they start going wrong....
The Bourne movies were badass though! The trilogy that is.
I love John wick too! These are the perfect movies for Keanu. I’m glad he’s making them because his career was taking a weird turn there for a bit!
ashley sterling The comment about the quick cuts being deliberate is somewhat similar to some of the 3d that I liked watching in 3D at the theaters, Tron 2 and Dredd. Dredd used it as a plot point and Tron used it to show more depth of feel in the cyber world (instead of objects moving towards you they move farther away). Too bad Tron 2 wasn't a better film 3D could have had a better run if it was.
ashley sterling hell 👍!!!!
John wick is very awsome
Prime pro gun fu:)
Keanu reeves is john wick which makes it better
Prime pro yes he is brother
Indeed
mad dog prefer hand to hand combat
Other action movies - *cut cut cut cut cut cut cut cut cut* in 3 seconds
John Wick - Entire fight in *one cut* before it changes the set
Pure art
John Wick has also changed how movies are financially made without a $200 million dollar budget which means they can actually turn a profit.
Brah Jackie Chan wasn’t in the top five Hollywood earners for nothing, low budget high octane and many a broken bone! 😉
Brah that's not really that impressive.. Plenty of movies have done that.
deadpool one says hello it make like 8 times its budget lol.
They used their stuntmen for that, and dressed them differently. i saw them talk about it on some videos on youtube.
THinley Dhendup right that fool thinks they are going to use different people for every single character in the movie even characters that only appear for one scene its obvious they have their stunt people play more than one role, thats like thinking every single storm trooper in star wars are all different people LOL
john wick really did justice to the art, in the same way as equilibrium defined it.
Not many equilibrium admirers out there 😔
I liked equilibrium, hitman with timothy Olyphant and john wick
GUN KATA.
I wondered why Looper does not mention Equilibrium. The gun play there is unmatched even by John Wick, IMO.
Master piece there.
U forgot that badass backsong.
When i first watch john wick is the first one who take my attention is that badass backsong
Arif Igo are you referring to Killing Strangers, by Marilyn Manson? It’s the song that is played the most in the movie, though it’s often sped up.
Great song, so if you are, I agree.
@@DJTinyTim13 also on the hunt...
I appreciate all the training he actually does to prefect the character. He just doesn’t rely on cgi or winging it, he puts his body & mind through it. Keanu is awesome, the first movie where the fight scene on the dance floor, he was ill and done it like in 1 take
I’ve been sayin it for years. Again, Keanu is hands down one of the best actors of our generation. 💯
And it all started for me with Johnny Mnemonic... Reeves, was on my "must watch list" from that point on.
MasterMech77 definitely bro! It all started with Bill and Ted for me! 😆. I can’t wait for “B & T Face the Music”.
Player One
Absolutely... How the hell did I forget about Bill and Ted... saw that movie in the theaters when I was about 12 years old.... :P
MasterMech77 were getting old my friend 😂
Reeves may not be the great actor but he surely is the most dedicated and devoted of the generation.
Even Deadpool 2 recognized John Wick.
Robert Chesaro Deadpool 2 was directed by the same director of John Wick
Deadpool 2 is not even half as good as john wick and john wick 2.
Johan Chaw lol deadpool makes these movies look like shit
Johan and rei these .movies are 2 different types don't compare them one is an action superhero comedy and the other is more of a criminal action movie no need thrash talk either!
Besides the opening credits, was there another one?
I like john wick because he's just a quiet guy. like an assassin should be, he doesn't need no "badass" on liner on a phone clichè.
(looking at Disney's Marvel films. known for their one liners)
Keanu reeves had part in movies that changed cinematography at least twice.. Matrix trilogy was extremely influential and now John wick.. Got to love him
It's also worth noting that Kingsman came out shortly after this, and employed a similar style in their action scenes.
AGrayPhantom the church scene was so good
Kingsman was amazing aswell and definitely deserves to be mentioned here!
Credits to the Underrated director Matthew Vaughn
The Truth the success of the fiest film forced the second part
AGrayPhantom say what you will about the second kingsman but the beginning car fight scene was awesome
John Wick made you feel something so deep down that you were thirsty for blood before the action even started. The way it began with his wife made me feel so sad inside. Then then the dog makes you boil with rage. The perfect combination for a revenge plot.
Exactly. And I was already pissed off to begin with lol 😂
i never understood that, i mean i know its a stylish action movie but still so many murders just beacuse a dog got killed seems a bit excessive
that dog is a memento left by John's wife, which was his one and only love of his life (excluding his car perhaps).
yes i know but it was only a dog not his wife
it was a memento, it could be anything. also, if someone deliberately kill my dog, I probably gonna do everything I can to destroy that someone's life. in John's case, he's good at killing so he kills.
Keanue Reeves is like that new guy at work that out works all the lazies and makes them look bad, so they have to up there game, and they hate him for it lmao
The third one is probably gonna be my favorite action movie. It's just 2 hours of eye candy and action
Best part of all this is that the shaky-cam fast-cut craze is finally dying out. No single aspect of film-making has ruined as many movies as that one.
Thank God. Shaky cam and the lack of choreography ruined many action films for me (eg.: Tanformers live action movies).
It didn't bother me when they do things like that as long as everything is easy to follow. I get used to scenes like that in Hong Kong movies too.
Darren Robinson tell me a better fight scene then
i dont mean to said john wick is the best but its still better than 90% of them by my standard
Zona Master watch the raid fight scane,,gun shot in every action movie is fake,,but hand to hand fight looks like a real
Graham Kennedy right its stupid
👑John Wick👑 is one of the best action movies ever made
Marwan_Elshemy and he is easily the coolest original movie character of this decade
jeo nacho I once saw Mr wick kill three men in a bar with a pencil.
A fucking pencil.
Danny Inoa
Who does that 😱😱😱
Mojo Khan its the fucking Boogeyman 🔥
Marwan_Elshemy my favorite line in John wick is" you asked me if I was back and I wasn't sure at the time but yeah I'm thinking I'm back !!!".
Just like how matrix change everything
First Matrix now this nice.
He is not the boogeyman... he was the man sent to kill the boogeyman.
amandeep singh whaaaaat????
No, in the first he’s clearly referred to as the boogeyman.
John Wick, a man of focus
sheer will and commitment
Qualities you guys know little about :D
Mission Impossible Fallout is most noticeably influenced by the Wick movies. Those fight scenes and the settings are so stylish and smooth, wonderful to watch.
Well that explains why its my 2nd favorite M.I movie to date. #1 is still #1 in my books! =)
Must admit . This is true. Just loved the bathroom fight scene.
That movie was sooo good
Such a great movie ! Loved it !
Stylish and boring, so unreallistic. Car chase looks like a bmw car advertising lmao.
John Wick Will Go Down In History As One Of The Best Action Movies Of All Time.
John Wick can also be compared to Jackie Chan type action scenes. Keanu Reeves was the perfect man to bring this to Hollywood.
I'm surprised that there was no mention of the film, "Equilibrium" with regards to "I know gun-fu"
Yep, too bad it's not as well known. Equilibrium is THE "gun-fu" movie. There was, and still is, nothing like it.
Equilibrium is amazing af
Equilibrium is underrated af!
My favorite Equilibrium and Hitman with Timothy Olyphant
Looper is probably someone from this generation so he wouldn't know much about that classic.
You can see similar attention to detail in the TV series Person of Interest. The protagonist is a former Special Ops/CIA agent and the choreography of the fight scenes is amazing. The star Jim Caviezel spent a lot of time at shooting ranges and speaking to actual operatives to give his work that extra authenticity.
Very good series. John Reese was amazing
It was tragic to have that show shutdown so abruptly..
Exactly. Sadly it wasn't a Kardashian show. And it was cutting too close to home with the theories.
Much as i miss POI... At least they got to end on their own terms, and after a decent run. American tv networks turn any cash cow into these undying medusas, like NCIS, spawning spinoffs like nobody's business, where the original really ought to have ended like 5 seasons ago... (Also remember that was a spinoff itself of JAG, that also lived an ungodly number of seasons past its best before date)
I think rockstar should make a game based on john wick
Yeah. Hitman franchise are not enough.
*Rockstar wants to know your location*
at least a games being made.
@@vikistefanus8510 it would be nothing alike.
@@vikistefanus8510 Max Payne 3?
Because of watching John wick, I have high expectations on action movies. I generally don't like guns or violence, but the way the wick plays the character in gun fights is so cool especially how he unloads a spent cartridge and loads another one in one flick. I enjoyed the Jason Bourne trilogy but after watching this John wick franchise, I am blown away!! Just pure action, minimal CGI scenes ( if any), raw skill and no sex scene that disrupt the main story line.
I have a new sense of appreciation for John Wick and Keanu Reeves.
I haven't seen John Wick yet. But Keanu Reeves is seriously under-appreciated. Critics talk about his "vapid" stare and lack of expression. I see deep eyes and concentration. He's tall for an actor, and in good shape. No one here has mentioned The Replacements, but it's one of my favorite Keanu movies. Yeah, he can play a washed-up QB, and you can believe he might have played football.
No argument here. Keanu was able to take the ‘blank slate’ character of John Wick and give him a depth of emotion that we didn’t expect. He made the character believable, and took a plot premise which, on paper, seems kinda silly, and put so much sincerity and earnestness into the film, that we go along with the story, and it turns into an awesome thrill ride. So, I can’t wait to see what happens in John Wick 3.
Who's excited for John Wick 3 in 2019!!
MEE
In three decades or maybe two, John Wick will become an action classic.
The John Wick back story and universe building is simply amazing.
From The Matrix to John Wick. For a guy who likes to walk around looking bummy, Reeves certainly coming off mega big in these action series. Can hardly for John Wick 3 where... he will kill them, kill them all.
There's only one Baba Yaga
very much appreciate the non-shaky cam uncutness - and frankly richly colorful beauty - of the Wick world
I love John Wick because of Keanu and the dog. The technicalities are just bonuses.
John wick just finally gave audiences what we wanted for years. The hyper patriotic superhuman action movie bs was always corny as hell and boring. John sick and the raid actually made the action somewhat believable and realistic and used real martial artists or at least actors who were given months of training. Also little to no quick cuts.
What superhuman action?? You mean superhero action movies like The Winter Soldier or Spiderman 2 are boring??
I think he meant how most people are portrayed as basically superhuman in most action movies, as in, nothing can seriously injure them and they can beat just about anyone after only getting slightly beat up at most
Uh, no, the 80s and 90s was the era of the superhuman protagonist who kills armies of men (Arnold Schwarzenegger, Sylvester Stallone, Jason Statham, Wesley Snipes, Bruce Willis, Steven Seagal, etc. It's this era that the Expendables movies were making fun of, because it's ALL about the invincible protagonist) without barely taking a scratch. That stuff got toned down a long time ago. Hero's get banged up now, and almost killed, constantly in movies nowadays. People are acting like John Wick's movies is the first time that the protagonist gets his ass kicked. Hell, I'd argue that Wick's ability to survive the injuries he takes on is almost close to being on par with the whole "superhuman protagonist" genre that many claim Wick's movies depart from.
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John "Sick" ... lmao. Learn to spell you idiot.
Atomic Blonde took a page or two from this as well. Charlize did a majority of her own stunts and it made the scenes that more real and authentic.
Movie matics No shit, it has the same directors and Charlize Theron trained for the role with Keanu Reeves. Definitely will have more of the John Wick crew in there too.
Movie matics Only difference is John Wick is actually good
Tighernán atomic blonde was pretty decent what are you talking about
Movie matics
Atomic Blonde is basically John Wick but without the cool world building, and straight forward story.
Movie matics Except I actually remember the John Wick movies
Daredevil netflix series' fighting style, feels inspired from this too
I remember once, seeing an actor swing a right hook and the other actor made a show of being hit hard yet it was clear that there was at least a foot between the face and the punch. I literally saw the gap in-between! I remember quitely getting up, grabbing my stuff, leaving the theatre and never watching action movies again. That is until John Wick. It was such a refresher!
John wick 3 is gonna be epic
Epic
Surely
Dr. volcano - we can only hope it hasn't came out yet.
It took me until seeing the second movie to really understand the significance of the choreography. When I saw how hard he had trained in the months leading up to the movie, it made me excited. Especially since Keanu is extremely passionate about all the movies he does.
The Raid and The Raid 2 are my favorite action movies, the choreography and cinematography were insane, and they were brutal as hell
You captured why I love these films, great job!
John Wick has indeed influenced modern action, but let's give Mad Max Fury Road some credit for basically doing a proper revival of big scale action.
?? not really
Yeah really.
yes really. it won an oscar for "best film editing" because it was able to edit large scale action scenes in a way where it was smooth and comprehensible enough for the audience to clearly see and register
Al O. honestly getting a oscar does not make it influential.
And what mrster say is "but let's give Mad Max Fury Road some credit for basically doing a proper revival of big scale action."
This is the part that i dont agree with it did not start a revival of big scale action it had some but there was movies right before it with it and movies right after it with big scale action and movies that did not use it.
Big hollywood movies after it did not follow it.
I specifically refrained from writing influenced but rather went for revival since it's something it can accomplish on its own. It alone showed that it was fully possible to have a big scale, comprehensible, almost fully practical action that could keep the people engaged in this day and age, something that's just not seen too much anymore.
R.I.P Michael Nyqvist. (The antagonist, sorta)
Legend :(
I can't agree more with you. I am obsessed with John Wick movies. The action scenes are beautifully choreographed. Mind blowing. I have become fan of Keanu Reeves forever.
Whatever they did..I love it. John Wick is amazing can’t wait for part 3
Gun-Fu?
Reminds me of Equilibrium with Christian Bale.
Gotrix2 that one is another level
Yes the "Gun Kata" was simply amazing in Equilibrium... too bad it was overshadowed by a few of the movies in the theaters at the time... One of my all time favorite action movies... and I still watch it from time to time... when I am in the mood for a fun to watch action movie.
Equilibrium didn’t invent it. It’s A BETTER TOMORROW by John Woo who originated this style whlch was inspired by samurais scene from Kurozawa.
Jo Montanee ...A BETTER TOMORROW from 1986 has some awesome action scenes, but the gun fights in no way can be considered "Gun Fu"... It is just plan shooting, a bunch of bad gus with a bunch of guns... There is not artistry to it, no redirecting the a person fire, using the their body as a shield, setting up the person you are engaging to allow the next action to smoothly flow through to engage the next target... A BETTER TOMORROW is a great shoot um up older movie from the late 80s... but Equilibrium and John Wick's fighting style are on a whole different level.
Yaasssss John Wick movies are so gooooooooooooooood.
I love Keanu Reeve as John Wick, and Constantine, of course
Very upset there wasn't a Constantine sequel.
Great video thanks for sharing!
I think John Wick took more inspiration from the Gun Kata used in 2002's Equilibrium.
lynxfx yeah that’s what it reminded me of too. Even the suit and cold stare when he’s killing.
Indeed
A lot of the fight scenes I feel is inspired by The Man From Nowhere
First, the Matrix. Now, it's John Wick.
Looper: John Wick is the slickest, most beautiful symphony of violence ever put to film.
The Raid 2: Berandal: Oh really?
the fights in the raid just look stupid tho, may look cool to someone who has never fought anyone.
The best thing about John Wick is that there's no need for lengthy exposition. You're left to piece the world together, not to mention, you get a good idea of who and what John is with very little but legends told by terrified mob bosses.
of course I noticed, as he made guns a freaking fighting style! 😁👍
That's been established a long time ago in Chinese action films did we watch the same video?.
And for those wanting to ignore Chinese/other Asian films, or even anything non-US, there's still stuff like Equilibrium...
I am going to watch a couple of John Woo stuff but I am sure the hand to hand plus close quarters gun is new to John wick.
LOL!!! no.
@@samuelraji8343 agreed.
Chad Stahelski and David Leitch should Direct Bond 26, a James Bond film with the John Wick Format
Sad Keanu That would be quite awesome!
Sad Keanu yeah! About time we see the best Mi6 agent shooting like one!
Or MAX PAYNE
The Bourne Trilogy: shit in many levels
John Wick: no shaky cams, impressive gunplay, one-take fight scenes, actually RELOADS, no "hey look its him on the CCTV footage; enhance image" scenes, and just complete badassery at its finest.
John Wick is one hell of an action movie.
Or maybe your brain is too slow to comprehend the fast cut scenes. 😂
Keanu and Stahelski have really started something. Movies like Atomic Blonde, Bullet Train, Nobody (hopefully more).
Wide Angle , complete choreographed action pieces with the lead upfront doing it all. John Wick dare I say is now a Genre.
Blank character? Who wouldn’t like a lethal assassin in a bullet proof suit who likes dogs???
I wouldn't say I don't like him, but the only 2 things I remember about the character was he had a dog and that he speaks Russian poorly.
And is played by Keanu Reeves, who by all accounts is just the best dude IRL.
Yvaelle Deadass he has a motorcycle company and lives a normal life without getting fucked up and in trouble like other celebs. Not many like him
John Wick and The Raid series have set the bar for action films now.
As much as I like John Wick, the Man from nowhere did it first and much better. To this day I still haven't seen a movie pull off action as smooth as that movie.
Keanu Reeves has helped redefine the action genre twice already, first Matrix, now John Wick. He needs an award just for that. Can't wait for the next one :).
Gun-Kata. Equilibrium. 2002. John Wick 2014
Sean Pittaway it ain't a race bud. I could only remember by Christian Bale, not the title.
actually, the gun-kata is a style to optimize the use of gun. There is no melee with that style and christian's character in that movie had to train himself in close combat style (with the katana). But John wick is mixing melee combat with the use of a gun. So where John Preston had 2 combat style (melee and gun-kata), John wick has only one (close combat gun style)
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@@ZFAIRGENTLEMAN I will help you and I need wick's autograph and his bounty of 7 million dollars
@@nv_johan8711 *A Pencil?*
A fucking pencil
John Wick Let’s have a one night stand
@@ZFAIRGENTLEMAN lets not involve fortnite in this this is a mans movie
Dammit, now i have to go watch John Wick 1&2 AGAIN, its become a major addiction and this point, and still so damn satisfying!
The best gun-fu kata fighting was with christian bale in that movie about repressing Ur emotion in equilibrium wick was something else
You said it.. I felt in love with this movie the first time I watched it, not knowing it will become so fan favorite, I guess I have a knack for good movies ;)
We all notice and hope that more directors for action movies will follow in Wick's footstep.
Keanu Reeves is Awesome so respectful and likeable
Love the man so much
What John Wick does so well is to show us information rather than explicitly telling us. We've heard characters foreshadow how much of a threat he is. John isn't your run-of-the-mill assassin, he's a force of nature that is best left undisturbed. Then when the audience sees John goes into action, it's jaw-dropping to see. The world building is amazing as well; there are numerous locations, and the criminal underworld is so beautifully crafted.
These styles were used in Looper if anybody saw it.
Mark NiEls Looper was a great movie, it's underated in my opinion.
joe bricks yesssss, very underrated. No different than the shit we see now a days that manages to get high ratings... sad to see it bomb...
How Ironic 😂😂
I am pretty sure Equilibrium in 2002 was one of the better movies to use the "Gun Fu" well in that movie they called it the "Gun Kata"....
I saw it cause i was crazy about the actor at the time and it was an ok movie. Different level from John Wick.
just watch THE RAID: REDEMPTION (2011) and THE RAID 2: BERANDAL (2014) for you action junkie.
And a bit of Merantau and Manfrom Nowhere! Iko and Won Bin 😗
And The Night Comes For Us ;) (Also starring Joe Taslim and Iko Uwais from The Raid: Redemption)
Gun-Fu technique was initiated in movie Equilibrium.
John Wick made me love the action genre again. Looking forward for JW3.
first video of you guys ever so far - thanks nice infos
OMG... I love John Wick... I'm about to watch it over again...💖💖😳
Was just watching this excellent movie. Can't wait for part 3.
Thanks for this video, it’s awesome 👏
Nice, professional and convincing martial art choreography, no Shaky camera, no need for stunt man, make reloading/out of ammo beautiful part of fight choreography
I like that the action is not cut to shit
except it's sped up and looks fake as hell