The Dog part was worse than though, because the blood trail shows that Daisy was not killed outright, but through pain dragged herself to John, because he was her source of comfort, but he could not give her any because he was unconscious. John woke up seeing this and imagined her fear and pain and himself being helpless yet again when someone he loved was dying. And in this case he could not even be there for her.
also, I could not believe that Alex never caught on that the sniper was Johns friend and helping him out... He saw the girl entering the room and missed to alert John and then he literally killed the person trying to choke John out and left when John was safe.
Fun fact: Keanu Reeves really took intensive gun training. He honestly could really take people down. He is really good. You can watch the videos of some of his training. At the end of the videos he always criticizes himself. Says he could have done this or that better. In the meantime everyone else is saying how awesome he did. He's pretty humble.
Not to mention the hand to hand combat and the driving. Naturally with moments in fight scenes there was a stunt double, but with the driving, that was all him.
34:25 this is a technique that's sometimes referred to as "sheathing the blade". John accepted and controlled where the blade would enter his body (where he had the previous wound), taking the advantage away from his opponent. This is considered a last line of defense type of thing, but is a completely legit tactic.
Keanu Reeves' acting during his monologue to Vigo about Daisy and Helen is simply phenomenal. The way his voice goes from despair to rage is just amazing
Indeed, he "brings it" to everything he does. He's just really pure to himself (and his art obviously) and that comes into any facet of his life. So Flippin happy he's found love and how happy it makes him. You go Keanu!! 🐑
Keanu is a master of subtlety in his acting. he doesn't have to be overly dramatic or give huge monologues. he can convey everything with a look or just a few words. a truely dying art
Honestly, the first John Wick movie is my favorite movie that I've seen so far. That very very sad opening, then the mechanic slapping the ignorent son is the turning point that makes me think wait how dangerous is John actually. Then the phone call between Viggo and the mechanic with the simple "oh" when Viggo heared the reason why, I don't know why but that just gives me chills each and every time.
95% if not all of the gun play is accurate. He reloads or trades weapons when needed which is rare in film (yay never empty magazines). And he also went through three gun (competition shooting) training for the movie, not just standard weapons training. Keanu is a legit badass.
@@Lesevesel keanu has his training videos up of where he learned to shoot and reload on tac courses it is legit badass... he trained so much for the john wick role
The dinner reservation for 12 was him calling the cleaning crew and letting them know how many bodies they have to take away, and the weight loss thing was the bouncer telling Wick how many guards were inside the club.
@BlueShirt This actually makes sense. In this ultra-wealthy world of assassins, coins that would have monetary value if glimpsed by outsiders standing in for services, the number based on severity and quantity of the service... In all honesty, it evokes the actual purpose of money more purely than the modern world tends to do.
Alex: “if this fucking movie has the dog die I swear to god..” Me: oh he’s not ready Alex: “aww I had a dog named daisy” Me: 😳he’s definitely not ready
I saw this movie on opening night all those years ago and i'm still not ready. it was the first time during a movie that I took shit personal. I woulda killed that kid myself.
One thing no one noticed: most of the people in the John Wick universe are carrying modern day handguns, but Marcus’ (Wilem Dafoe’s) is actually a Browning Hi-Power, a handgun from World War II. This may signify how long Marcus has been part of this world.
@@Werewolf914 my heart dropped when they killed the little puppy, but the tears poured like a waterfall when it showed the puppy had crawled to him for comfort bleeding to death!😭 it still breaks me no matter how many times I see it.
Just a little fun fact so you can appreciate the new dog even more: in the background you can see that this dog was meant to be put down. So he didn't just take a dog, he fucking saved it
@@theicephoenix No. Of course they didn't, that would have been all over the news media almost instantly. And would have been all over social media instantly.
The cop part where Jimmy takes his hat off is a clear sign of respect to John, he knows who he is, what he is capable of and wants no part and just to go in peace.
And the cop checks: Is John getting 'back into the business'? Cos that's bad, bad news. No, he's just dealing with loose ends. Oh, okay. That might not be so bad.
Some notes: Reservation for 12. 12 bodies to be taken care of. The hotel concierge is named Charon, which in Greek mythology is the ferryman of the dead. The world building in this movie and the sequels are amazing Keanu has publicly stated he would make Wick movies for as long as fans want They are working on a prequel to the movies. Called "The Continental" and will follow other assassins across the world. Keanu has already stated he will be in a few episodes if they ask and will play Wick as his younger self before meeting the wife. If you want a laugh go look up honest trailers of john wick with the directors.
"The more I learn about people, the more I love my dog". Mark Twain. The weight loss thing was John asking how many bodyguards were in the club, when Francis answers with a number he's buying his life.
what a lot of people miss about the dance floor is that John Wick's shots are ON THE BEAT of the song, he's so damned good at what he does that he can disguise his shots in the middle of a crowd
That, and the camerawork. On Iosef, the camera is shaking to induce a feeling of panic that Iosef felt, but on John, the camera is calm and focused, just like John. I gotta say, I find it impressive how certain camera angles and movements can make one feel sometimes.
Also note the lighting. During the Red Circle scenes when Wick is in blue light he is getting the hits in but when in red light the opponent gets some hits in on John. I didn’t notice this until I had watched the film several times. So much effort went into the little details.
So True. Barriers definitely throw off the trajectory of pistol rounds. It's exactly why the New Mexico Highway Patrol switched to the .357 sig cartridge. Its necked down giving it a higher velocity allowing it to shoot straighter through glass windshields. Good call my friend! 👍
@@kevinwhite3231 , except he didn’t…. He was using a Glock 26 then switched to an H&K P30L….. It’s the same caliber. The difference is barrel length and potentially the specific type of ammunition that is loaded in the two firearms. What you saw was possible bullet deflection because of the glass.
The thing with Francis outside the Red Circle was code. When John asked if Francis had lost weight, he was really asking how many operatives Viggo had placed in the club to protect Iosef. Because Francis told him without any further trouble, John let him walk. This is why Francis goes on to thank Wick, he was thanking him for sparing his life in that moment, the inevitable shit storm that was to come, or both.
One of the things I love about John Wick is the build up of his legend before he even touches a gun. All the allusions to his past and how people react to his name. I heard someone describe John Wick as a sequel to a movie we've never seen and don't need to see. All the interesting history of the assassin world is so neat.
Alex's initial perplexity to how supporting characters in this film react when John Wick's name is mentioned is exactly what the directors, Chad Stahelski and David Leitch, wanted out of the audience. It made John Wick into a standard in the art of cinematic world-building. This movie neither dumbs down everything (by having a narrator explain things) nor does it employ flashbacks that muddle the flow of the plot. The world is presented to the audience in the form of interactions between characters, and the attentive audience is taken on an exhilarating ride through this alive, yet invisible world of assassins.
19:25 - Actually, the "weight loss" line was Francis speaking in code (there is A LOT of code speak in the John Wick movies). The subtitles on the screen say "Over Sixty pounds" but he says Kilograms. When you convert 60 Pounds to Kilograms you get 27.21554 Kilograms. Francis is telling John there are at least 27 hostiles inside the Red Circle. This is why John lets Francis live (telling him to take the night off) since Francis gave John information on how many people he would have to deal with.
It was confirmed by Kevin Hart that Francis was John's driver back when he was in, thats part of how he knows him and part of why he lefts him live. It's also confirmed that the cops look the other way, hence the "noise complaint" scene.
@@unluckydiablo9502 - Now that's interesting as I did NOT know that part (Francis being John's driver). That would fully explain why they knew each other pretty well, especially since John had worked for Viggo in the past.
Correct. It was his only means of telling him to duck as there was someone behind him. Marcus couldn't take the person down himself, otherwise he would have violated the conditions of the safe haven himself. John Wick could because he would have been acting in self defence.
The funny thing about so many people missing that detail, is that its literally in the song played for him. Every time we deal with Marcus the song "Killing Strangers' plays, with the lyrics "We're killing strangers so we don't kill the ones we love".
i never understood how you could NOT understand that. Its so very obvious. He has a perfect shot lined up, and misses by several inches, from less than 500 feet away. And coincidently, it's just when an assassin comes into the room. Everything lines up a little to perfectly for John for it to be an accident. Same with the killing of the guards that are ready to kill him. Its obviously sniper work, and Markus is the only one we have seen, that preferres a sniper rifle
He's also introduced as a friend in the first act. If you think maybe he'd betray for the 2 million, after the Continental save, it should be clear by then. It's a great movie, however this reactor and I couldn't fathom the currency system and it really distracted me, because I'm a giant dork.
That scene at 29:30 just sets the tone for the series perfectly. No special effects or CGI was needed even, just pure acting drove that scene. Love it.
This is probably the best I've ever seen for creating a feel for how awesome and fearsome a character is. By having everyone react to John the way they did this, you it made his skills believable. As a writer, I seriously geeked out on how they introduced John to us.
To those of you who are wondering, John Wick's "impossible task" was to kill all of Viggo Tarosov's rival crime lords in a single night. John accomplished this task with the help of another up-and-coming assassin, Santino D'Antonio, who comes to collect on this debt in the second movie.
Everything you said was good EXCEPT, for giving out spoilers about future movies, which was a "no-no". I mean, AH has even mentioned that he knows there are sequels, and he really likes this one, so it is QUITE likely that he'll be watching them. So, at this point, AH and other people who have not seen the sequels, should NOT be gaining that information here.
One thing I didn't see mentioned yet was that the writers wanted to find a way to give the good guy a blank check on killing bad guys without making the audience feel uncomfortable with the amount. Killing a puppy gift from his dead wife did the trick.
Because everyone can relate. You kill an innocent, and helpless creature, you and everyone you know deserves to be buried. It's also a perfect revenge story lol
“All I see when I see (Willem DeFoe) is the Green Goblin!” Bruh, you need to see more of his movies. This man deserves to be known as being a great actor, not as a great role he filled that one time. 😂
Indeed. But sometimes, you recognize an actor as someone from the first movie you saw them in. I for example would always recognize Daniel Radcliffe as Harry Potter, Keanu Reeves as John Wick, Ian McShane as Winston, or Robert Downey Jr. as Tony Stark
@@YAH93 The difference being those actors played those characters for years on end. Willem DaFoe played the Goblin one time and made a few cameos since. He’s also great in this movie, American Psycho, Boondock Saints, and dozens of other roles.
Reeks dad was played by an amazing actor called Michael Nyqvist that unfortunately passed in 2017. Great swedish actor with the standards and talent as Peter Stormare and Stellan Skarsgård in my eyes. I met him ones at random when he did a play in Stockholm and I was so happy! Will never forget how happy he was, so warm and kind
Doesn't matter how many times I see these films, there's always something new and I still feel EVERYTHING all over again. Sign of a great, well-made film. Waiting for 4 to come out with barely contained excitement.
One thing I love about this is movie is that we actually see him reload and the gun run out of bullets. A lot of movies it seems like they have infinite bullets
One of the big reasons this movie looks so realistic and awesome is Keanu trained like a MADMAN with some real shooters for this. Theres videos online of him shredding a 3 gun course.
The beauty of this is that you can see all the old guard know and respect / fear John but the newer thugs don't know or believe the stories, which is why they're willing to fight him.
You completely misread Green Goblins role. He warned John by shooting the pillow. He saved John by killing the goons when John was tied up. He was John's friend and looking out for him.
4:03 bacon grease. 4:18 never understood why his wife didn’t have kibble delivered with the puppy. 12:57 Keanu went through massive weapons training and martial arts training for this film. They don’t have unlimited bullets in this movie. A 7 round magazine gets reloaded or tossed after 7. 14:35 code for “I need 12 bodies removed”. 19:23 Francis told him how many were in the club by weight loss. 22:03 Keanu did this scene with a high fever. He did all but the fall off the balcony. They used the lights to hide the switch. 34:34 he directed the knife to a previous wound to bring him closer. 34:59 I love how the video of his wife talking to him that fit at the moment 35:42 the dog was set to be put down so he gave it a second chance like he’s hoping to have.
such great story telling with such little exposition. The baba yaga speech is basically everything we get for the entire movie but we learn so much through out
11:40 Fortis Fortuna Adiuvat translates roughly to "Fortune Favors the Bold" or "Fortune Favors the Brave". In THIS case, it's a marker of those who've served in certain regiments of the US Marines.
i love how the cop reacts in the beginning. i think it was the cinema wins channel who said "when the towns people complain that the dragon is burning things in his cave you dont ask the dragon to stop, you thank the dragon for not burning anything OUTSIDE the cave" XD
One smaller detail that I love is that when Viggo calls John, he first has to look him up in his ledger because he doesn't remember his number off-hand, by contrast, when John calls the cleaners, we don't even see him stop to think about it, he just remember their number instantly
The dog he saved at the end was going to be put down, as indicated on the paperwork on the kennal. Marcus was always protecting John. He shot tge pillow in the continental to warn John that ge was in danger.
@@mmkay3296 I know it's spelled that way. I try to throw in a grammar mistake or a spelling mistake in my comments to see if there's a grammar/spelling police in the comment section lmao!!!
Beyond the sequels for this movie, if you want something similarly as awesome, I suggest Nobody and Extraction. Both of them have enough influence from John Wick that you could argue that they're set in the same universe.
Nobody has the same writer. Definitely worth it for the soundtrack alone, but it still has the long shot action sequences instead of the chop cuts and shaky cam that Hollywood is so inundated with.
@@Dilirium23 If you don't like the constant chop cuts and shaky cam, go old school, Shaw Brothers Martial Arts films. Yeah they're cheezy on the surface, but when you're watching in the original languages and reading the subtitles the acting performances are better than average. But they really shine in the fight choreography. Long cuts, distanced cameras, very few stuntmen. Look for Five Deadly Venoms, Invincible Shaolin, Shaolin Master Killer (also known as The 36th Chamber of Shaolin), Shaolin Challenges Ninja, Deadly Mantis, and lots more from the same studios.
14:22 The "Dinner reservation" was code. John called the clean up crew and let them know in advance he had 12 bodies that needed to disappear. When he handed the old man coins as they left, he gave 12. One coin per body.
I find it cool that Viggo's number 2 man is the actor who also plays Mayhem from the State Farm ads. When the Mayhem guy is worried about you you are at a whole nother level of badassery.
This is one of my favourite movie franchises!! One of the best parts is that you can count the rounds he uses before he reloads, I hate when a movie gives a character unlimited rounds and they are just shooting everything in sight without a care without reloading once
There wouldn't be a John Wick franchise without this trilogy, because it changed the action genre for ever! The Bourne Identity (2002) The Bourne Supremacy (2004) The Bourne Ultimatum (2007) I bet you gonna like it! 💥🔥👌🏼✌🏼
I absolutely love the Continental Hotel, and want an entire series about it. Chad Stahelski, who directed this movie, was a stunt man. He took over for Brandon Lee in the Crow when Lee died,
They are making a series about the continental , it’s going to be about how Winston became in charge and it’s supposed to be starring Mel Gibson last I heard
4:30 there is actually a name for that urge. It is called cuteness aggression. Where you see something so adorable that you that it triggers aggressive impulses in you. There is a few explanations for this behavior. Some think that the cuteness simply overloads your brain, and causes you to go into fight or flight mode. Since we don't see them as an actual threat, we often default to fight mode. Others just think it is a carry over from when we were still hunter gatherers, and seeing small helpless looking creatures triggers our hunter instincts.
I remember I used to borrow movies occasionally from a friend and when I got this one just from the cover I thought it was gonna be a vampire movie. Thats the type of vibe I got off the aesthetic from the disc. Once I saw it it surprised the hell out of me. Easily one of my fav movie franchises
Can we all just take a second to appreciate just how much of a badass Keanu Reeves is!? I mean I know it’s nothing new for him and he’s not the only actor who does the same thing but holy shit dudes work ethic is astonishing to me. Training for absurd amounts of time, all because he’s committed to doing as much as possible himself. It’s awesome…that’s what im trying to say 😅
I'm not a big action movie buff, but sometimes I'll put one on just to mindlessly pass time. I did this with Wick, and ended up being surprised by how much the movie impressed me. Usually action scenes are just flashy, totally unrealistic sensory blasts, but I loved the fact that Wick always shoots everyone a minimum of Twice. He makes sure opponents are down and out of the fight. He doesn't kill someone and walk away leaving a perfectly good fully loaded weapon by the corpse when he himself is almost out of ammo. Little details like that make me actually pay attention to the action stuff instead of just letting it roll across my eyes.
One of my favourite things about this movie is that keanu was intensively trained on how to use guns and i can’t remember if it was the 1st 2nd or 3rd movie but in one of them he straight up throes a gun at someone once he’s out of ammo showing that he’ll always find a way to fight using what’s at hand rather than having a magic gun that never runs out of ammo along with aimbot where all his hots always hit the head
*Little fun fact* Keanu Reeves actually had the flu while filming the club scene, and yet he still did a large majority of his own stunts and combat. It’s also in talks that Keanu allegedly used a lot of his own personal grief and trauma into shaping John Wick’s character, but this has yet to be confirmed.
3:57 The directors put a little bacon grease on his beard so the dog gets attracted to the sent. Also fun fact about Francis 19:10 the conversation about him losing 60 pounds was him telling John how many guards are in the building.
One of my favorites! Not because it's a super deep story or anything, but the sheer effort that these people put into making this movie with the training and the choreography is unreal. Love the reactions, love how into the Marvel shit you're getting, love coming back multiple times a week to check things out with you. Hope you're truly having fun doing it. Also, gooch.
What people don't comment about this movie series is what makes them shine over any other ever created movies: the elegance in the scene composition. They're not just mere action movies with a magnificent storytelling rhythm, they are a truly masterpiece on composition.
John Wick's real nickname is Seryi Volk . You can hear it especially in the second film, It means Gray Wolf in Russian. Baba Yaga is a powerful witch. Even she's afraid of The Gray Wolf.
The "dinner reservation for twelve" is code for "I need you to come clean up a dozen dead bodies from my home", which, for obvious reasons, you can't just blatantly say over the phone. The coins are the currency that the assassin's guild uses internally. I hate that you missed that Marcus was actually protecting John when he shot his pillow as Perkins was sneaking into his room and when he shot the one guy while John had the bag over his head. Check out the videos of Keanu doing tactical training for these movies. Guns, knives, and martial arts. He learned how to do everything. No gun was shown firing more bullets before reloading than they would actually be able to fire in real life. And that wasn't a "bracelet" we kept seeing. It was the dog's collar.
"gooch" I love this movie. They tried really hard to make the shooting scenes as realistic as they could. Keanu did a ton of training (there's videos of that which are amazing), plus he actually is seen reloading his gun repeatedly, something that sometimes gets missed in other action movies. And yeah, the part with the dog gets me every time.
Another gem like this is "The Accountant" Ben Afleck, John Bernthal and Anna Kendrick... Also has the bearded dude from the nightclub too.. Another "must watch" movie, think there's plans for a sequel to that too..
YES! The Accountant with Ben Affleck and Jon Bernthal was AMAZING and has that strong "John Wick" vibe! And I've seen John Wick at least 5 times. I've seen The Accountant three times and still find it amazing!
The director of this movie was Brandon Lee's body double in The Crow after he passed. It was where he fell in love with fight choreography. That's a movie you NEED NEED NEED to see, ASAP!!
John didn't let Francis live cause he was nice and really didn't care about how much "weight" he lost. It was code for how many guards were in the club, 60, it's why it was in bold letters. He let Francis live because he gave him important information on the situation he was going to face in the club.
The “weight” that he said he lost was actually the number of security guards that were in the nightclub. The front door guy was giving john some quick info.
Fun fact: Daisy the dog was cast because it was the cutest one. He is a boy, and his name was Andy at the time of filming. He was adopted and renamed Wick by his new family.
It blows my mind that after seeing Alex's reaction to John Wick none of the comments have mentioned checking out 'The Equalizer' with Denzel Washington. Another top tier action movie and I personally think that the fact The Equalizer is a much older dude makes is a bit more bad@$$. Would love a reaction in the future(:
The storyline and worldbuild of The Equalizer are a little less engaging for me, personally. The action in the first is quite good, but the ludicrousness of the second went too far.
The John Wick house is out here on Long Island in a very exclusive town called Mill Neck at the end of Horseshoe road right by the water.. --- The runway he practices on is at Republic Airport, Farmingdale, NY.. The fountain where Ms. Perkins gets hers is Bethesda Fountain in Central Park, New York...
While I can't imagine you actually want to be John, if you want to learn to handle yourself like Keanu did, that is a totally achievable goal. I'm good at weapons handling, but I know a few guys that are scarry to say the least. Really impressive. All it takes is time, training and discipline. I spent several years as a bodyguard, so I made sure to train. I'm probably rusty at this point.
@@alexhefnerstvmovievault No matter where you live, I'm sure there are courses that you can take. Having said that, it's easier in some states than others. Have fun and shoot straight.
Fun fact: When John is asking the security guard if he'd lost weight, that's actually John asking how many enemies would be inside the club and the guard answered, knowing John was doing some word play with how much the guard weighed. I love when things are spoken in code. Just adds fun and mystery to the set situation.
If you liked the crazy world building they did with the complicated criminal underground in this one, wait until you watch part 2. They REALLY expand on that. It's amazing.
Came here from your Civil War reaction, Alex. As always, you made me feel Im watching this movie again for the first time! Cant wait for the next, and for Doctor Strange!
Since you liked John Wick - you’d also like Atomic Blonde. They are a bit connected with some production people, and Charlize Theron trained alongside Keanu Reeves for each of their movies. Atomic Blonde is (imo) as slick and brutal, and the soundtrack, tho different, is as good. Check it out.
21:42 "Real Life Time Crisis" *YES* THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT IT IS! I do not know why that pumped me up so much but it just gave me heavy nostalgia playing those arcade cabinets as a kid.
This movie was directed by stuntman, so they know how to do action. Chad was also Brandon Lee stuntman on The Crow and replaced him after the accident.
My favorite scene is when the cop comes for the noise complaint, he sees the bodies on the floor & just calmly asks John if he is working again. The cop knows better than to try & arrest John because John would just kill him. If he called for backup it would just get even more cops killed so he just says good night & walks away.
Interesting fact: This movie is technically based on a real life event, the shooting of Marcus Lattrell(the Navy SEAL aka Lone Survivor)'s dog, he chased the group of "kids" that shot his dog one night across 3-4 different counties just north of Houston, someone once asked him why he didn't kill them, he was quoted as saying "I've already killed enough people."
This movie is so wonderful to see as a Swede as viggo is played by a great actor Michael nyqvist in one of the rare english movies he made and he was so great in it and he sadly passed of cancer 2017 so its nice seeing him in this role
Dont know if anyone's mentioned this yet (and I'm only a couple minutes into the vid), but the actor who was the thug that killed Daisy apparently spent the entire day of shooting the scene just holding and cuddling the dog, then adopted her afterward. So, happy ending in a meta sense. :) Also, the dog at the end was marked 'to be euthanized', so John actually saved the dog's life (and it's obviously an allegory for him saving himself/Helen saving him).
The Dog part was worse than though, because the blood trail shows that Daisy was not killed outright, but through pain dragged herself to John, because he was her source of comfort, but he could not give her any because he was unconscious. John woke up seeing this and imagined her fear and pain and himself being helpless yet again when someone he loved was dying. And in this case he could not even be there for her.
also, I could not believe that Alex never caught on that the sniper was Johns friend and helping him out... He saw the girl entering the room and missed to alert John and then he literally killed the person trying to choke John out and left when John was safe.
That was so horrid....omg 😭😭😭😭
Or the mobster dragged her over
@@justinmcbride8910 Dude is pretty dim
@@justinmcbride8910bruh fr. It's pretty obvious lol
Fun fact: Keanu Reeves really took intensive gun training. He honestly could really take people down. He is really good. You can watch the videos of some of his training. At the end of the videos he always criticizes himself. Says he could have done this or that better. In the meantime everyone else is saying how awesome he did. He's pretty humble.
Yes , he trains with Taran Tactical
Not to mention the hand to hand combat and the driving. Naturally with moments in fight scenes there was a stunt double, but with the driving, that was all him.
Wasn’t that humble when he flipped us all off at Sundance one year and told us to fuck off 😂
He also trained judo for I believe two years
So what…. He was practicing for a movie. Not real life. Just chill out and be entertained by the fake movie.
34:25 this is a technique that's sometimes referred to as "sheathing the blade". John accepted and controlled where the blade would enter his body (where he had the previous wound), taking the advantage away from his opponent. This is considered a last line of defense type of thing, but is a completely legit tactic.
I also saw it as a part of John wanting to die. Only getting the strength to live when watching the video with his wife
Fascinating to know
You are correct sir
@@cavemanpretzel9520but he drives to a place to get himself stitched up before he looks at the video?
@@cavemanpretzel9520 no. John had been previously injured in that same spot. He did it on purpose.
Keanu Reeves' acting during his monologue to Vigo about Daisy and Helen is simply phenomenal. The way his voice goes from despair to rage is just amazing
Indeed, he "brings it" to everything he does. He's just really pure to himself (and his art obviously) and that comes into any facet of his life. So Flippin happy he's found love and how happy it makes him. You go Keanu!! 🐑
Keanu is a master of subtlety in his acting. he doesn't have to be overly dramatic or give huge monologues. he can convey everything with a look or just a few words. a truely dying art
Honestly, the first John Wick movie is my favorite movie that I've seen so far. That very very sad opening, then the mechanic slapping the ignorent son is the turning point that makes me think wait how dangerous is John actually. Then the phone call between Viggo and the mechanic with the simple "oh" when Viggo heared the reason why, I don't know why but that just gives me chills each and every time.
It’s the fear in Viggos eyes when he says “Oh” dude looked like he just saw himself his son and his right hand die by pencil stabbing in that moment.
that OH sold me everything it was like a FUUUCK
95% if not all of the gun play is accurate. He reloads or trades weapons when needed which is rare in film (yay never empty magazines). And he also went through three gun (competition shooting) training for the movie, not just standard weapons training. Keanu is a legit badass.
Agree. I absolutely loved how it added to the tension of the gun fight.
@@Lesevesel keanu has his training videos up of where he learned to shoot and reload on tac courses it is legit badass... he trained so much for the john wick role
i dont understand why he holds the gun with right hand for shooting, he's lefty
ruclips.net/video/Xii9_oWQ7HY/видео.html&ab_channel=TaranTactical
@@beussta Otherwise it would be too easy for John Wick
The dinner reservation for 12 was him calling the cleaning crew and letting them know how many bodies they have to take away, and the weight loss thing was the bouncer telling Wick how many guards were inside the club.
I knew about the you've lost weight thing, but I didn't know that's what the reservation was. That's awesome
@@pixlv6384 I was the other way around. Got to like professional courtesy.
did not know the second part
@BlueShirt This actually makes sense. In this ultra-wealthy world of assassins, coins that would have monetary value if glimpsed by outsiders standing in for services, the number based on severity and quantity of the service... In all honesty, it evokes the actual purpose of money more purely than the modern world tends to do.
I knew about the reservation thing but not the pounds thing, man that’s sick
Alex: “if this fucking movie has the dog die I swear to god..”
Me: oh he’s not ready
Alex: “aww I had a dog named daisy”
Me: 😳he’s definitely not ready
😂🤣
The fact he had a dog named daisy made it so much worse to watch him watch this
Oh man, the cutest dog. It had to happen for it to be impactful for the story line, I'm sure but it's the worst thing ever. 🥺
I saw this movie on opening night all those years ago and i'm still not ready. it was the first time during a movie that I took shit personal. I woulda killed that kid myself.
😂😂😂
One thing no one noticed: most of the people in the John Wick universe are carrying modern day handguns, but Marcus’ (Wilem Dafoe’s) is actually a Browning Hi-Power, a handgun from World War II. This may signify how long Marcus has been part of this world.
What I absolutely love about this movie is it isn’t just a hitman/revenge movie. It’s an entire underground mythology. It makes it wholly original…
Alex: "I hope the dog won't die!"
me: _smiling and crying at the same time_
Me too...
It was tough watching Alex watch that. LOL😰
That's why I kept putting off this movie because my friend said it's like The Punisher only his Dog is killed and I didn't want to see it
@@Werewolf914 my heart dropped when they killed the little puppy, but the tears poured like a waterfall when it showed the puppy had crawled to him for comfort bleeding to death!😭 it still breaks me no matter how many times I see it.
Made all the worse by there being a dog on Alex's hoodie.
Just a little fun fact so you can appreciate the new dog even more: in the background you can see that this dog was meant to be put down. So he didn't just take a dog, he fucking saved it
Wait a minute, did they actually kill the dog in the filming??
he mean’t the pitbull at the end
@@theicephoenix No. Of course they didn't, that would have been all over the news media almost instantly. And would have been all over social media instantly.
I agree with Alex... Pitbulls are amazing dogs. If you've never owned one, you're missing out!
@@theicephoenix of course not, keanu took her to a screening, there are pics of them on a red carpet, I believe.
The cop part where Jimmy takes his hat off is a clear sign of respect to John, he knows who he is, what he is capable of and wants no part and just to go in peace.
i believe is for the body camera
Dude you got that wrong, watch the movie again. Jimmy takes off his hat after seeing the dead bodies...
And the cop checks: Is John getting 'back into the business'? Cos that's bad, bad news. No, he's just dealing with loose ends. Oh, okay. That might not be so bad.
Jimmy is smart.
Be like Jimmy.
Wowwwwwww
Some notes:
Reservation for 12. 12 bodies to be taken care of.
The hotel concierge is named Charon, which in Greek mythology is the ferryman of the dead.
The world building in this movie and the sequels are amazing
Keanu has publicly stated he would make Wick movies for as long as fans want
They are working on a prequel to the movies. Called "The Continental" and will follow other assassins across the world. Keanu has already stated he will be in a few episodes if they ask and will play Wick as his younger self before meeting the wife.
If you want a laugh go look up honest trailers of john wick with the directors.
I think the better prequel Title is " The Baba Yaga" and show's the prequel how badass he is before retirement and killed his dog
Any hints on when "The Continental" will air? I would defo watch this.
@@YAH93 bro it already aired last year
"The more I learn about people, the more I love my dog". Mark Twain.
The weight loss thing was John asking how many bodyguards were in the club, when Francis answers with a number he's buying his life.
This guy: I would be fine dying just not meaninglessly as part of another large pile of Baba Yaga’s kill count
what a lot of people miss about the dance floor is that John Wick's shots are ON THE BEAT of the song, he's so damned good at what he does that he can disguise his shots in the middle of a crowd
That, and the camerawork. On Iosef, the camera is shaking to induce a feeling of panic that Iosef felt, but on John, the camera is calm and focused, just like John. I gotta say, I find it impressive how certain camera angles and movements can make one feel sometimes.
Also note the lighting.
During the Red Circle scenes when Wick is in blue light he is getting the hits in but when in red light the opponent gets some hits in on John.
I didn’t notice this until I had watched the film several times.
So much effort went into the little details.
John actually didn't miss while shooting at Josef but the glass stopped the bullet, you can actually see the impact points on the glass tracking Josef
Yep. The glass was pretty thick that's why he switched to the bigger caliber pistol.
So True. Barriers definitely throw off the trajectory of pistol rounds. It's exactly why the New Mexico Highway Patrol switched to the .357 sig cartridge. Its necked down giving it a higher velocity allowing it to shoot straighter through glass windshields. Good call my friend! 👍
@@kevinwhite3231 , except he didn’t….
He was using a Glock 26 then switched to an H&K P30L…..
It’s the same caliber. The difference is barrel length and potentially the specific type of ammunition that is loaded in the two firearms.
What you saw was possible bullet deflection because of the glass.
I think the intention was to scare him, not just the glass. So he did miss on purpose
In case you haven't realized from the trilogy: Glass does not fare well in the John Wick Universe.
Marcus is a true friend to John. He's literally trying to save him life/soul everytime they interact
Willem DaFriend
Not only John's friend, writer said he is mentor and father figure for John
@@scottalynch Ok, you win. 😄
@@streamspoart2671 the writer is from my home town. The title character is named after the writer’s grandfather, John Wick
The thing with Francis outside the Red Circle was code. When John asked if Francis had lost weight, he was really asking how many operatives Viggo had placed in the club to protect Iosef. Because Francis told him without any further trouble, John let him walk. This is why Francis goes on to thank Wick, he was thanking him for sparing his life in that moment, the inevitable shit storm that was to come, or both.
One of the things I love about John Wick is the build up of his legend before he even touches a gun. All the allusions to his past and how people react to his name. I heard someone describe John Wick as a sequel to a movie we've never seen and don't need to see. All the interesting history of the assassin world is so neat.
Alex's initial perplexity to how supporting characters in this film react when John Wick's name is mentioned is exactly what the directors, Chad Stahelski and David Leitch, wanted out of the audience. It made John Wick into a standard in the art of cinematic world-building. This movie neither dumbs down everything (by having a narrator explain things) nor does it employ flashbacks that muddle the flow of the plot. The world is presented to the audience in the form of interactions between characters, and the attentive audience is taken on an exhilarating ride through this alive, yet invisible world of assassins.
Chad Strahelski was Keanu's double in The Matrix
We need more movies like this that do not spoon-feed us.
I don't think you can get a better introduction about John Wick from Viggo.
Exceptionally well described 👏
I think we all would of been cool with the 3 men in a bar with a pencil flashback though
19:25 - Actually, the "weight loss" line was Francis speaking in code (there is A LOT of code speak in the John Wick movies).
The subtitles on the screen say "Over Sixty pounds" but he says Kilograms.
When you convert 60 Pounds to Kilograms you get 27.21554 Kilograms. Francis is telling John there are at least 27 hostiles inside the Red Circle. This is why John lets Francis live (telling him to take the night off) since Francis gave John information on how many people he would have to deal with.
I never knew this! It makes so much sense!
I was going to mention that code as well. No point in rewriting it so I'll leave a like instead.
Cool! I never knew that! Thank you
It was confirmed by Kevin Hart that Francis was John's driver back when he was in, thats part of how he knows him and part of why he lefts him live. It's also confirmed that the cops look the other way, hence the "noise complaint" scene.
@@unluckydiablo9502 - Now that's interesting as I did NOT know that part (Francis being John's driver).
That would fully explain why they knew each other pretty well, especially since John had worked for Viggo in the past.
So many reactors don't get Marcus MEANS to miss and MEANS to help John.
Correct. It was his only means of telling him to duck as there was someone behind him. Marcus couldn't take the person down himself, otherwise he would have violated the conditions of the safe haven himself. John Wick could because he would have been acting in self defence.
I picked that up in the edit!
The funny thing about so many people missing that detail, is that its literally in the song played for him. Every time we deal with Marcus the song "Killing Strangers' plays, with the lyrics "We're killing strangers so we don't kill the ones we love".
i never understood how you could NOT understand that. Its so very obvious. He has a perfect shot lined up, and misses by several inches, from less than 500 feet away. And coincidently, it's just when an assassin comes into the room. Everything lines up a little to perfectly for John for it to be an accident. Same with the killing of the guards that are ready to kill him. Its obviously sniper work, and Markus is the only one we have seen, that preferres a sniper rifle
He's also introduced as a friend in the first act. If you think maybe he'd betray for the 2 million, after the Continental save, it should be clear by then. It's a great movie, however this reactor and I couldn't fathom the currency system and it really distracted me, because I'm a giant dork.
That scene at 29:30 just sets the tone for the series perfectly. No special effects or CGI was needed even, just pure acting drove that scene. Love it.
This is probably the best I've ever seen for creating a feel for how awesome and fearsome a character is. By having everyone react to John the way they did this, you it made his skills believable. As a writer, I seriously geeked out on how they introduced John to us.
To those of you who are wondering, John Wick's "impossible task" was to kill all of Viggo Tarosov's rival crime lords in a single night. John accomplished this task with the help of another up-and-coming assassin, Santino D'Antonio, who comes to collect on this debt in the second movie.
OOOOOH!! Thanks! I've always wanted to know.
That's awesome never would have known that
@@DoomedKnight It's right in the 2nd movie, without the backing of that particular crime family he wouldn't be able to " retire".
Everything you said was good EXCEPT, for giving out spoilers about future movies, which was a "no-no". I mean, AH has even mentioned that he knows there are sequels, and he really likes this one, so it is QUITE likely that he'll be watching them. So, at this point, AH and other people who have not seen the sequels, should NOT be gaining that information here.
@@StevesFunhouse what spoilers?
How does no one come to the conclusion that the professional sniper who had loads of time to kill John missed on purpose?
VKunia did, she predicted Marcus would help the moment he took the contract.
@@jeffreysmith236 I should have said most people. American Mom also predicted he would help.
Marcus didn't accept the contract until Viggo told him it was "open", so he knew other assassisins would be after him even if wasn't.
Most reactors do surprisingly.
he missed it on purpose to wake him up as the girl was sneaking in to kill him...
One thing I didn't see mentioned yet was that the writers wanted to find a way to give the good guy a blank check on killing bad guys without making the audience feel uncomfortable with the amount. Killing a puppy gift from his dead wife did the trick.
Because everyone can relate. You kill an innocent, and helpless creature, you and everyone you know deserves to be buried. It's also a perfect revenge story lol
“All I see when I see (Willem DeFoe) is the Green Goblin!”
Bruh, you need to see more of his movies. This man deserves to be known as being a great actor, not as a great role he filled that one time. 😂
Indeed. But sometimes, you recognize an actor as someone from the first movie you saw them in. I for example would always recognize Daniel Radcliffe as Harry Potter, Keanu Reeves as John Wick, Ian McShane as Winston, or Robert Downey Jr. as Tony Stark
@@YAH93 The difference being those actors played those characters for years on end. Willem DaFoe played the Goblin one time and made a few cameos since. He’s also great in this movie, American Psycho, Boondock Saints, and dozens of other roles.
Reeks dad was played by an amazing actor called Michael Nyqvist that unfortunately passed in 2017. Great swedish actor with the standards and talent as Peter Stormare and Stellan Skarsgård in my eyes. I met him ones at random when he did a play in Stockholm and I was so happy! Will never forget how happy he was, so warm and kind
Stellan Sarsgaard was the priest that was killed I believe,
Stellan Skarsgård oh yeh!@@philipbouchelle483
I loved this Millenium trilogy more than the american one
John asking about the guards weight was John actually asking how many guards in the club!! Love this movie and great reaction!💚🖤
I'm supposed to be a movie buff and yet I never noticed this. Dunno how.
*Dishonor*
Doesn't matter how many times I see these films, there's always something new and I still feel EVERYTHING all over again. Sign of a great, well-made film. Waiting for 4 to come out with barely contained excitement.
I can’t wait!
@@alexhefnerstvmovievault - you doing the other 2 next then?!🤔🍻
I have all 3 on blu-ray... close to the dvd player. When I feel the need to get some action... in goes John Wick.
Unlike just about all other movies with multiple sequels John Wick sequels just get better and better with each additional one.
One thing I love about this is movie is that we actually see him reload and the gun run out of bullets. A lot of movies it seems like they have infinite bullets
How many guns we packing one?
Me: one?!?! Bwahahahahahah yeah one..
In all 4 movies John kills a total of 439 people not counting the events before John wick 1
One of the big reasons this movie looks so realistic and awesome is Keanu trained like a MADMAN with some real shooters for this. Theres videos online of him shredding a 3 gun course.
Alex: "I hope the dog won't die!"
Us: "Oh, my sweet summer child..."
The beauty of this is that you can see all the old guard know and respect / fear John but the newer thugs don't know or believe the stories, which is why they're willing to fight him.
You completely misread Green Goblins role. He warned John by shooting the pillow. He saved John by killing the goons when John was tied up. He was John's friend and looking out for him.
As I was watching the edit I realized that! So badass!
Dafoe should have changed his name to Dafriend.
@@peterseaboldt1250 lol
@@peterseaboldt1250 Best comment in the whole comment section lmao
The song that played when he got his rifle was foreshadowing. "Killing strangers so they don't kill the ones I love"....
Alex: I’m already super attached to the pup.
Me:Who’s gonna tell him?
4:03 bacon grease. 4:18 never understood why his wife didn’t have kibble delivered with the puppy. 12:57 Keanu went through massive weapons training and martial arts training for this film. They don’t have unlimited bullets in this movie. A 7 round magazine gets reloaded or tossed after 7. 14:35 code for “I need 12 bodies removed”. 19:23 Francis told him how many were in the club by weight loss. 22:03 Keanu did this scene with a high fever. He did all but the fall off the balcony. They used the lights to hide the switch. 34:34 he directed the knife to a previous wound to bring him closer. 34:59 I love how the video of his wife talking to him that fit at the moment 35:42 the dog was set to be put down so he gave it a second chance like he’s hoping to have.
People don't talk enough about the soundtrack for this movie. Perfect song for every moment.
My favourite soundtrack is still from JW2
Plastic heart
Such a banger of a theme
💯
@@thomasanderson2384 YES! Added that to my Playlist.
such great story telling with such little exposition. The baba yaga speech is basically everything we get for the entire movie but we learn so much through out
11:40 Fortis Fortuna Adiuvat translates roughly to "Fortune Favors the Bold" or "Fortune Favors the Brave". In THIS case, it's a marker of those who've served in certain regiments of the US Marines.
i love how the cop reacts in the beginning. i think it was the cinema wins channel who said "when the towns people complain that the dragon is burning things in his cave you dont ask the dragon to stop, you thank the dragon for not burning anything OUTSIDE the cave" XD
One smaller detail that I love is that when Viggo calls John, he first has to look him up in his ledger because he doesn't remember his number off-hand, by contrast, when John calls the cleaners, we don't even see him stop to think about it, he just remember their number instantly
The dog he saved at the end was going to be put down, as indicated on the paperwork on the kennal. Marcus was always protecting John. He shot tge pillow in the continental to warn John that ge was in danger.
kennel
@@mmkay3296 I know it's spelled that way. I try to throw in a grammar mistake or a spelling mistake in my comments to see if there's a grammar/spelling police in the comment section lmao!!!
@@williamguenthenspberger riiiight.... hilarious 😐
@@mmkay3296 it is hilarious but whatever you want to believe and whatever you find hilarious doesn't bug me in the slightest.
@@williamguenthenspberger if you find that hilarious, youre the most boring person alive. But at least youre easily entertained. Cheap date 👍
Beyond the sequels for this movie, if you want something similarly as awesome, I suggest Nobody and Extraction. Both of them have enough influence from John Wick that you could argue that they're set in the same universe.
Nobody has the same writer. Definitely worth it for the soundtrack alone, but it still has the long shot action sequences instead of the chop cuts and shaky cam that Hollywood is so inundated with.
Nobody is a great movie
All awesome films
@@Dilirium23 If you don't like the constant chop cuts and shaky cam, go old school, Shaw Brothers Martial Arts films. Yeah they're cheezy on the surface, but when you're watching in the original languages and reading the subtitles the acting performances are better than average. But they really shine in the fight choreography. Long cuts, distanced cameras, very few stuntmen. Look for Five Deadly Venoms, Invincible Shaolin, Shaolin Master Killer (also known as The 36th Chamber of Shaolin), Shaolin Challenges Ninja, Deadly Mantis, and lots more from the same studios.
14:22 The "Dinner reservation" was code. John called the clean up crew and let them know in advance he had 12 bodies that needed to disappear. When he handed the old man coins as they left, he gave 12. One coin per body.
I find it cool that Viggo's number 2 man is the actor who also plays Mayhem from the State Farm ads. When the Mayhem guy is worried about you you are at a whole nother level of badassery.
This is one of my favourite movie franchises!! One of the best parts is that you can count the rounds he uses before he reloads, I hate when a movie gives a character unlimited rounds and they are just shooting everything in sight without a care without reloading once
There wouldn't be a John Wick franchise without this trilogy, because it changed the action genre for ever!
The Bourne Identity (2002)
The Bourne Supremacy (2004)
The Bourne Ultimatum (2007)
I bet you gonna like it! 💥🔥👌🏼✌🏼
YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Don't forget the spinoff Bourne Legacy underrated sequel Jason Bourne
Absolutely! These are a must!
To truly appreciate the car chase in the Bourne Identity, you need to see Ronin. It was done by the same team and then improved upon for Bourne.
@@Akaeus Nah, Bourne Legacy is pretty forgettable.
I absolutely love the Continental Hotel, and want an entire series about it.
Chad Stahelski, who directed this movie, was a stunt man. He took over for Brandon Lee in the Crow when Lee died,
They are making a series about the continental , it’s going to be about how Winston became in charge and it’s supposed to be starring Mel Gibson last I heard
@@JDams572 Well, that sounded good till the last part.
The tattoo across John wicks traps means “ fortune favors the brave” as far as I was told
4:30 there is actually a name for that urge. It is called cuteness aggression. Where you see something so adorable that you that it triggers aggressive impulses in you. There is a few explanations for this behavior. Some think that the cuteness simply overloads your brain, and causes you to go into fight or flight mode. Since we don't see them as an actual threat, we often default to fight mode. Others just think it is a carry over from when we were still hunter gatherers, and seeing small helpless looking creatures triggers our hunter instincts.
I remember I used to borrow movies occasionally from a friend and when I got this one just from the cover I thought it was gonna be a vampire movie. Thats the type of vibe I got off the aesthetic from the disc. Once I saw it it surprised the hell out of me. Easily one of my fav movie franchises
"I'd like to make a dinner reservation for twelve."
That's code-speak for:
"I need a cleanup crew to dispose of twelve bodies."
that plus the coins being payment is pretty obvious lol
After this, you need to watch Keanu Reeves doing shooting range drills. The dude made sure he knows his stuff for this movie.
Can we all just take a second to appreciate just how much of a badass Keanu Reeves is!?
I mean I know it’s nothing new for him and he’s not the only actor who does the same thing but holy shit
dudes work ethic is astonishing to me. Training for absurd amounts of time, all because he’s committed to doing as much as possible himself. It’s awesome…that’s what im trying to say 😅
Oh and I forgot to say it but this reaction was just awesome and got a few genuine chuckles out of me 😉 great video my dude!
Alex: Death within the first three minutes!
John Wick Movie: Hold my beer!
Movie death count: 77 kills
Appreciation for Keanu Reeves actually taking the time to train with the weapons his character was using in this and other John Wick movies
I'm not a big action movie buff, but sometimes I'll put one on just to mindlessly pass time. I did this with Wick, and ended up being surprised by how much the movie impressed me. Usually action scenes are just flashy, totally unrealistic sensory blasts, but I loved the fact that Wick always shoots everyone a minimum of Twice. He makes sure opponents are down and out of the fight. He doesn't kill someone and walk away leaving a perfectly good fully loaded weapon by the corpse when he himself is almost out of ammo. Little details like that make me actually pay attention to the action stuff instead of just letting it roll across my eyes.
Yeah I check out during action scenes in MCU movies because they're just a bunch of CGI flash, was not the case with this movie.
One of my favourite things about this movie is that keanu was intensively trained on how to use guns and i can’t remember if it was the 1st 2nd or 3rd movie but in one of them he straight up throes a gun at someone once he’s out of ammo showing that he’ll always find a way to fight using what’s at hand rather than having a magic gun that never runs out of ammo along with aimbot where all his hots always hit the head
*Little fun fact*
Keanu Reeves actually had the flu while filming the club scene, and yet he still did a large majority of his own stunts and combat.
It’s also in talks that Keanu allegedly used a lot of his own personal grief and trauma into shaping John Wick’s character, but this has yet to be confirmed.
3:57 The directors put a little bacon grease on his beard so the dog gets attracted to the sent.
Also fun fact about Francis 19:10 the conversation about him losing 60 pounds was him telling John how many guards are in the building.
The actor playing Ioseph felt so bad about the scene with the dog he'd actually spend time on set with the pup
One of my favorites! Not because it's a super deep story or anything, but the sheer effort that these people put into making this movie with the training and the choreography is unreal.
Love the reactions, love how into the Marvel shit you're getting, love coming back multiple times a week to check things out with you. Hope you're truly having fun doing it.
Also, gooch.
Not a super deep story but the world building is expansive and pretty creative. I really appreciate the lore within this franchise.
"If this farkin' movie has the dog die, I swear to God."
And with that, our unsuspecting Alex's fate was sealed, lmao.
What people don't comment about this movie series is what makes them shine over any other ever created movies: the elegance in the scene composition. They're not just mere action movies with a magnificent storytelling rhythm, they are a truly masterpiece on composition.
honestly a really good point!
@Alex Hefner's TV & Movie Vault omg I'm your biggest fan ❤❤❤❤❤
John Wick's real nickname is Seryi Volk . You can hear it especially in the second film, It means Gray Wolf in Russian. Baba Yaga is a powerful witch. Even she's afraid of The Gray Wolf.
The "dinner reservation for twelve" is code for "I need you to come clean up a dozen dead bodies from my home", which, for obvious reasons, you can't just blatantly say over the phone. The coins are the currency that the assassin's guild uses internally. I hate that you missed that Marcus was actually protecting John when he shot his pillow as Perkins was sneaking into his room and when he shot the one guy while John had the bag over his head.
Check out the videos of Keanu doing tactical training for these movies. Guns, knives, and martial arts. He learned how to do everything. No gun was shown firing more bullets before reloading than they would actually be able to fire in real life.
And that wasn't a "bracelet" we kept seeing. It was the dog's collar.
"gooch"
I love this movie. They tried really hard to make the shooting scenes as realistic as they could. Keanu did a ton of training (there's videos of that which are amazing), plus he actually is seen reloading his gun repeatedly, something that sometimes gets missed in other action movies. And yeah, the part with the dog gets me every time.
I've watch the WICK joints MANY times, and love every minute of it. Watching your reactions as a first timer is GOLD. ... **subscribed**
Another gem like this is "The Accountant" Ben Afleck, John Bernthal and Anna Kendrick... Also has the bearded dude from the nightclub too..
Another "must watch" movie, think there's plans for a sequel to that too..
YES! The Accountant with Ben Affleck and Jon Bernthal was AMAZING and has that strong "John Wick" vibe! And I've seen John Wick at least 5 times.
I've seen The Accountant three times and still find it amazing!
The director of this movie was Brandon Lee's body double in The Crow after he passed. It was where he fell in love with fight choreography. That's a movie you NEED NEED NEED to see, ASAP!!
Thank you for this, it brought back so many memories. I hope your channel grows, I was surprised at your analytics.
Dinner for 12 is the amount of bodies that need removed mate ..superb as usual Alex 👍
This movie is a masterwork in "show don't tell" when it comes to it's world building.
John didn't let Francis live cause he was nice and really didn't care about how much "weight" he lost. It was code for how many guards were in the club, 60, it's why it was in bold letters. He let Francis live because he gave him important information on the situation he was going to face in the club.
The “weight” that he said he lost was actually the number of security guards that were in the nightclub. The front door guy was giving john some quick info.
29:16 I always enjoyed the "Game Over" sound effect they put in after this shot.
I was having a bad night, and this reaction changed it, I love it when there are thousands that enjoy the same details in the movies as I do ❤️
Fun fact: Daisy the dog was cast because it was the cutest one. He is a boy, and his name was Andy at the time of filming. He was adopted and renamed Wick by his new family.
It blows my mind that after seeing Alex's reaction to John Wick none of the comments have mentioned checking out 'The Equalizer' with Denzel Washington. Another top tier action movie and I personally think that the fact The Equalizer is a much older dude makes is a bit more bad@$$. Would love a reaction in the future(:
True. Denzel is great at that kind of role. Loved him in Man On Fire too.
@@ClockworkDave MOF was one of his first movies ive ever seen and hes been one of my favorites since!! Such a bad azz dude
The storyline and worldbuild of The Equalizer are a little less engaging for me, personally. The action in the first is quite good, but the ludicrousness of the second went too far.
Denzel is amazing in Training Day. So undearrated movie with great performances.
No. The Equalizer movie was a remake. Better movies out there.
The John Wick house is out here on Long Island in a very exclusive town called Mill Neck at the end of Horseshoe road right by the water.. --- The runway he practices on is at Republic Airport, Farmingdale, NY.. The fountain where Ms. Perkins gets hers is Bethesda Fountain in Central Park, New York...
"Take the night off" i love that
This movie is so badass!!! I definitely recommend continuing John Wick 2 & 3. Keanu Reeves is such a wonderful actor 👍👍👍
@Keanu Reeves I live around Atlanta GA. And yourself???
While I can't imagine you actually want to be John, if you want to learn to handle yourself like Keanu did, that is a totally achievable goal. I'm good at weapons handling, but I know a few guys that are scarry to say the least. Really impressive. All it takes is time, training and discipline. I spent several years as a bodyguard, so I made sure to train. I'm probably rusty at this point.
Weapons handling would be such a cool skill!
@@alexhefnerstvmovievault No matter where you live, I'm sure there are courses that you can take. Having said that, it's easier in some states than others. Have fun and shoot straight.
All you see when you see William Defoe is the Green Goblin? My dude, you need to add BOONDOCK SAINTS sir. Another action film for your list.
The scene where he kills his principal target with no drama should teach us all a very important lesson on focussing on the target.
Fun fact: When John is asking the security guard if he'd lost weight, that's actually John asking how many enemies would be inside the club and the guard answered, knowing John was doing some word play with how much the guard weighed. I love when things are spoken in code. Just adds fun and mystery to the set situation.
If you liked the crazy world building they did with the complicated criminal underground in this one, wait until you watch part 2. They REALLY expand on that. It's amazing.
Came here from your Civil War reaction, Alex. As always, you made me feel Im watching this movie again for the first time! Cant wait for the next, and for Doctor Strange!
Since you liked John Wick - you’d also like Atomic Blonde. They are a bit connected with some production people, and Charlize Theron trained alongside Keanu Reeves for each of their movies. Atomic Blonde is (imo) as slick and brutal, and the soundtrack, tho different, is as good. Check it out.
21:42 "Real Life Time Crisis" *YES* THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT IT IS! I do not know why that pumped me up so much but it just gave me heavy nostalgia playing those arcade cabinets as a kid.
This movie was directed by stuntman, so they know how to do action. Chad was also Brandon Lee stuntman on The Crow and replaced him after the accident.
All 3 john wick movies are awesome. You should check out the other 2 movies.
They are worth it
My favorite scene is when the cop comes for the noise complaint, he sees the bodies on the floor & just calmly asks John if he is working again. The cop knows better than to try & arrest John because John would just kill him. If he called for backup it would just get even more cops killed so he just says good night & walks away.
Right?! That’s such a great scene!
Interesting fact: This movie is technically based on a real life event, the shooting of Marcus Lattrell(the Navy SEAL aka Lone Survivor)'s dog, he chased the group of "kids" that shot his dog one night across 3-4 different counties just north of Houston, someone once asked him why he didn't kill them, he was quoted as saying "I've already killed enough people."
This movie is so wonderful to see as a Swede as viggo is played by a great actor Michael nyqvist in one of the rare english movies he made and he was so great in it and he sadly passed of cancer 2017 so its nice seeing him in this role
when people say they haven't seen john wick, you should just close your eyes for a moment, then look away and say 'oh', and leave it at that.
Dont know if anyone's mentioned this yet (and I'm only a couple minutes into the vid), but the actor who was the thug that killed Daisy apparently spent the entire day of shooting the scene just holding and cuddling the dog, then adopted her afterward. So, happy ending in a meta sense. :)
Also, the dog at the end was marked 'to be euthanized', so John actually saved the dog's life (and it's obviously an allegory for him saving himself/Helen saving him).