adamircz t1_j9lo7cb wrote on February 22, 2023 at 9:40 PM

John Wick has quite a bit in common with 80s Action films, mainly Rambo

Badass man of few words with a dark past that includes an impressive killcount

Gets wronged by a lowlife jerkass, and this pulls him out of retirement.

First movie is just the protagonist taking revenge, second movie is him being sent on a mission by a guy who betrays him

There is the sense of loss and mourning for a dead wife/squad

And then, one of my favourite ingredients, the great character archetype of an older friend who knows what the protagonist is capable of and unsucesfully tries to warn the villains not to mess with him. Also, both of these old friends end up needing the hero's help in the third film

TheMelv t1_j9m0v2p wrote on February 22, 2023 at 11:01 PM

I always found them way more inspired by late 80s early 90s HK action movies. I've always felt the name John Wick was an homage to John Woo. The suits, the crazy choreography, the gun-fu, the almost mythical nature of the universe they inhabit all point more to the heroic bloodshed scene than Hollywood action movies.