In recent years, the action genre has taken a massive step in the right direction. And many of its most impressive advancements can be witnessed in some form or another through the John Wick franchise.
The three-film saga, whose plot can nearly be wholly summarized in 10 seconds, focuses more on the combat choreography than the dialogue and the story. This isn’t to say that the movies abandon those two lesser characteristics, but the soft-spoken, hard-handed aura of John Wick (played by a perfectly cast Keanu Reeves) makes him one of the most badass characters of the modern age.
At least a third of that fact can be attributed to stuntman-turned-director David Leitch, whose feature career began with the series’ first entry. Five years later, Leitch has taken the reigns of the Fast & Furious franchise’s latest project, Hobbs & Shaw – which begs the question: out of the two entities,...
The three-film saga, whose plot can nearly be wholly summarized in 10 seconds, focuses more on the combat choreography than the dialogue and the story. This isn’t to say that the movies abandon those two lesser characteristics, but the soft-spoken, hard-handed aura of John Wick (played by a perfectly cast Keanu Reeves) makes him one of the most badass characters of the modern age.
At least a third of that fact can be attributed to stuntman-turned-director David Leitch, whose feature career began with the series’ first entry. Five years later, Leitch has taken the reigns of the Fast & Furious franchise’s latest project, Hobbs & Shaw – which begs the question: out of the two entities,...
- 11/9/2019
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- We Got This Covered
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