I knew this had to happen. Beyond the immaculate technical and narrative aspects, my favourite part of John Wick is exactly the way it represents a "rail shooter" style of action we don't see all that often in Western works. The badass protag is a badass not because he's better-equipped or better-powered, but because he's just THAT incredibly skilled and familiar with his one trusty handgun. It's an aesthetic that comes up much more often in Japanese works like Trigun, Noir and Cowboy Bebop, and one I've loved ever since Time Crisis.
TC is a "Parody" of western action movies like Commando or Rambo. In fact, I think that the Time limit concept would be a reference to Speed. The ending is similar to Jurassic Park.
I did the math, and if we were to use the point scoring system of the Time Crisis games from 2 and onwards, John Wick would have earned (somewhere around) *33,440 points* in this clip.
How many young female artists today have to sell sex with their music to be relevant? I love Billie Eilish because she swims upstream against the current, no skimpy pedophilic outfits, no sexual imaginings, and no twerking - just all pure talent!
The henchmen in this movie are so weak that they die only one shot of a handgun. Video game characters are way stronger than these henchmen. They can survive with 5 shots of handgun. 😂
