Gun Safety Defines The John Wick Franchise As Much As The Weapons Do
Of the many weapons that mythic assassin John Wick has used to kill hundreds of bad guys over the span of four movies (a book, a pencil, a wire, a car door, a horse, an axe, drums), a gun still best defines him — and the series.
“No one does guns more than we do,” said “John Wick” director Chad Stahelski, a former stuntman. With the four films in the franchise, Stahelski has taken “gun-fu” (a balletic blend of martial arts and gunfighting) to new commercial and creative heights even as the use of guns on set has become hotly debated since the death of “Rust” cinematographer Halyna Hutchins.
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Instead of calling it “gun fu” I call it “Guns, F-U!”
The proliferation of weapons in that movie franchise seems to increase with every installment, and must make hoplophobes clutch their pearls then faint.