The John Wick franchise participated in the revival of action cinema and Keanu Reeves. All four films showed that traditional gunfight films could still have a bright future. The franchise has been able to perform at the box office while accumulating rather positive reviews. Keanu Reeves embodies John Wick, a contract killer in early retirement who decides to return to service when a Russian cartel steals his Ford Mustang and kills his dog. By scratching a little beneath the surface of the seemingly simple storyline, the films point to a universe much larger than just John Wick: the world of the Continental hotel. It is a place governed by its own rules that turns out to be a real empire for contract killers. In John Wick: Parabellum, the killer breaks free from the Continental hotel and must fight for survival alone with a big contract on his head.
Action films inevitably mean a lot of deaths. The outlet GeekTyrant had fun counting the number of deaths in the John Wick franchise.
The first John Wick (2014) features 77 on-screen deaths at the hands of John – a number that rises to 128 in John Wick: Chapter 2. John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum features 94 deaths on screen. As for chapter 4, there are no fewer than 128 victims of the Baba Yaga‘s gun.
In total, John Wick massacred, without flinching, more than 439 people. As for the future of the hitman’s adventures, chapter 4 casts a shadow over the franchise, which should nevertheless continue with the spin-off Ballerina led by Ana de Armas and the upcoming series The Continental.