{"id":7370,"date":"2019-05-13T17:49:34","date_gmt":"2019-05-14T00:49:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog-proxy.atomtickets.com\/movie-news\/?p=7370"},"modified":"2019-05-13T17:49:34","modified_gmt":"2019-05-14T00:49:34","slug":"the-top-10-greatest-kills-of-the-john-wick-franchise-so-far-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/atomtickets.com\/movie-news\/john-wick-best-kills-app\/","title":{"rendered":"The Top 10 Greatest Kills Of The John Wick Franchise&#8230;So Far"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">In the Wachowski\u2019s\u00a0<\/span><i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The Matrix<\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, a \u201creprogrammed\u201d Keanu Reeves looks at Laurence Fishburne and utters in amazement, \u201cI know kung fu.\u201d Fast-forward to\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Chad Stahelski\u2019s\u00a0<\/span><i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">John Wick<\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0and Reeves proves to know far more than simple kung fu. The\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">John Wick franchise\u2019s frenzied but fluid assassination choreography is the only current American equivalent to Indonesia\u2019s newfound onslaught of A+ foreign action cinema, movies like Gareth Evans\u2019\u00a0<\/span><i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The Raid<\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0and\u00a0<\/span><i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The Raid<\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a02, or Timo\u00a0Tjahjanto\u2019s\u00a0<\/span><i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Headshot<\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0and\u00a0<\/span><i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The Night Comes For Us<\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">. Actors who\u2019ve popularized martial arts forms such as\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Pencak S<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">ilat<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0will punch and kick circles around American-bred bruisers, as showcased when Iko\u00a0Uwais\u00a0made Mark Wahlberg look like a grunt-and-mumble chump in\u00a0<\/span><i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Mile 22<\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">. But the character of John Wick commands his brand of stateside grapple-and-gunplay (Reeves is proficient in\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">jiu-jitsu, judo, and more<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">). No expendable point-and-shoot action blueprints here.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">In honor of the underworld boogeyman who\u2019s logged more headshots than my younger cousin over his entire\u00a0<\/span><i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Fortnite<\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0career, let\u2019s take a look at John Wick\u2019s ten greatest kills so far. Hopefully, it&#8217;s a list that\u2019ll immediately require an update after\u00a0<\/span><i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">John Wick: Chapter 3 &#8211; Parabellum<\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0releases May 17th.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span data-contrast=\"auto\">1. Ms. Perkins\u2019 Membership Is Revoked (&#8216;John Wick&#8217;)<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1080\" height=\"608\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ZQqwsTgGcmM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">If there\u2019s one constant the\u00a0<\/span><i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">John Wick<\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0movies hammer home, it\u2019s to respect The Continental. Never, under any circumstances, should violent business be conducted within the hallowed hotel confines. Ms. Perkins (Adrianne Palicki) breaks this golden rule, which prompts a visit from Winston (<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Ian McShane) and four armed accomplices. They approach Ms. Perkins, boxing her in, as Winston informs her that she\u2019s no longer a card-carrying member of The Continental. Weapons raise and Ms. Perkins falls to the ground. In, out, on with life &#8211; such a straightforward but significant note that sets the tone for the larger assassin universe of the John Wick franchise.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span data-contrast=\"auto\">9. Marcus (&#8216;John Wick&#8217;)<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1080\" height=\"608\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Xy_-rgDqsRw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Willem Dafoe\u2019s exit from <em>John Wick<\/em> is a mercenary\u2019s honorable demise. His character, Marcus, ignores a contract on John Wick\u2019s head that would have saved a crime boss\u2019 son. The price he pays? A late night visit worth bruises, iced knuckles, and way more bullets than required to kill a man. But the lesson in it all? Marcus <em>still<\/em> goes out on his own terms. One of the more brutal glimpses of violence in John Wick&#8217;s universe that makes you question what loyalty is even worth these days.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><span data-contrast=\"auto\">8. Babysitter Duties (&#8216;John Wick&#8217;)<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1080\" height=\"608\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/CrLxWCxPlXM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The aforementioned Ms. Perkins, who\u2019s eyeing a contract on John Wick\u2019s head, ignores The Continental\u2019s rules when she busts into Wick\u2019s room and the two duke it out. She ends up bloody, almost dead, but Wick shows mercy by handing her off to another guest staying down the hall. Too bad Harry (<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Clarke Peters) doesn\u2019t fit Ms. Perkins\u2019 handcuffs to her properly, which means his slippery hostage is able to slide the metal rings off and kill Harry with a few silenced pistol shots to the head through a muffling pillow held in place.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span data-contrast=\"auto\">7. Not So Safe House (&#8216;John Wick&#8217;)<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1080\" height=\"608\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/k2-7vhPnqnE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Iosef\u00a0Tarasov (Alfie Allen) is the idiot who steals John Wick\u2019s car and kills his dog, because apparently, that\u2019s how the sons of Russian crime bosses act. After provoking the assassin nicknamed \u201cBaba Yaga\u201d thanks to him being the boogeyman even other assassins fear,\u00a0Iosef\u00a0holes up in the Tarasov safehouse. Guards everywhere, sniper scopes watching, while his buddy plays a first-person shooter video game with noise-canceling headphones on.\u00a0Iosef\u00a0becomes more frustrated with his clueless friend, so John Wick decides to help\u00a0Iosef\u00a0out by blasting the zoned-in gamer with a sniper round from countless yards away. Points for editing the cuts of video game screens with Wick\u2019s safehouse arrival.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><span data-contrast=\"auto\">6. Big Man Won\u2019t Go Down (&#8216;John Wick: Chapter 2&#8217;)<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1080\" height=\"608\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/QhqnsKlYqEQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">One of the random assassins John Wick encounters when Santino\u00a0D\u2019Antonio\u00a0offers his contract is a sumo-sized mass of meanness who starts by clotheslining the injured Wick. John tries multiple takedowns, including a kick to the groin, but that only leads to Wick being tossed through standing decorative plate glass. Wick\u2019s eventually able to hop on big daddy\u2019s back after a few shots to the gut, lodges a couple more bullets in his upper back, and then finally another in the dome. Surely no man could still counter, but nope, \u201cSumo Assassin\u201d (played by retired Japanese sumo\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Yama) tries to get back up once more &#8211; and takes one final bullet to the head.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><span data-contrast=\"auto\">5. Seriously, &#8216;Car Fu&#8217; Is A Thing (&#8216;John Wick: Chapter 2&#8217;)<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1080\" height=\"608\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/8UuHjjPPJH4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Wick\u2019s use of automobiles is but one of many weaponizations that baffles the mind, as he\u2019s able to speed around and whip cars like hammers. In one particular instance, Random Henchman #38 is limp-running away from Wick, who\u2019s driving a now beat-up muscle car. Wick punches into reverse and starts trailing the bozo. Once close enough, Wick pulls a 180-degree turn and body checks the\u00a0henchbro into a standing steel beam like the henchbro&#8217;s strapped to a rocket &#8211; all with his ride\u2019s frontside. It\u2019s so incredibly cool, and just one of many ways that Reeves\u2019 jack of all trades killer can deal out death.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span data-contrast=\"auto\">4. Necks Don\u2019t Bend That Way (&#8216;John Wick&#8217;)<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1080\" height=\"608\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/0qGtC-JtiUU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Walking into an 8am Fantastic Fest screening of\u00a0<\/span><i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">John Wick<\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, I had no way of knowing the\u00a0asskickery\u00a0that was about to unfold. The minute Keanu\u2019s house first comes under attack by\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Tarasov<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u2019s goons, it became clear that John Wick is no man to be tested. He goes about defeating thug after thug, but the kill that stands out in this sequence happens when an unnamed invader finds himself atop Wick\u2019s kitchen island, kicking frantically in defense. Wick positions the man laying upright, his head dangling over the surface\u2019s ledge. With one swift motion he brings his fist down on the hitman\u2019s head and snaps it completely back, along with every shred of my nerves. From that point, I <em>knew<\/em>\u00a0<\/span>John Wick<span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0would bring the pain.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span data-contrast=\"auto\">3. Gianna\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Betrayed (&#8216;John Wick: Chapter 2&#8217;)<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1080\" height=\"608\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/K0opOyvWRuk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">To fulfill his \u201cmarker\u201d debt to Santino\u00a0D\u2019Antonio, John Wick is instructed to kill his requestor\u2019s sister so that Santino can take her place at the High Table (the ruling council of the assassin underworld). Wick flies to Rome and interrupts Gianna\u2019s coronation ceremony, confronting the lavishly-dressed socialite as she\u2019s about to enter her spa-sized bathtub. Gianna knows why John\u2019s there and decides to take her own life by slitting her wrists, but Wick fulfills his end of Santino\u2019s request by landing one shot in the dying woman\u2019s head. It\u2019s a mercy kill, but so artfully crafted from candles flickering around the stone bathing chamber to Wick and Gianna\u2019s banter to the final overhead shot of Gianna\u2019s body turning crystal blue waters a deep shade of red.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0One of the most meaningful deaths in the entire John Wick franchise thus far.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><span data-contrast=\"auto\">2. Ares Dies A Mortal Death (&#8216;John Wick: Chapter 2&#8217;)<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1080\" height=\"608\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/DD77tLjTk78?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Ruby Rose\u2019s mute bodyguard to Santino\u00a0D\u2019Antonio\u00a0gives Wick a run for his money on numerous occasions until finally becoming another kill list statistic. Why is it so memorable? Aside from the mirrored art installation museum setting (&#8220;Reflections Of The Soul&#8221;) and apart from the knife-swipe beatdown between Wick and Ares, it\u2019s the face Rose makes as John Wick slides a diamond-shaped dagger &#8211; currently stuck through her hand &#8211; deeper and deeper into her heart. Ares\u2019 eyes bulge a most furious size, staring at the Baba Yaga and signing the words \u201cBe seeing you\u2026\u201d as she lays propped against a wall, dying. Ares goes down fighting and Rose takes her lumps like an action megastar, but it\u2019s that parting gaze that seals the deal.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span data-contrast=\"auto\">1. The Disappearing Pencil (&#8216;John Wick: Chapter 2&#8217;)<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559740&quot;:276,&quot;335559991&quot;:360}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1080\" height=\"608\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/mlb8bSQzSxg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">In either an intentional or accidental homage to\u00a0<\/span><i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The Dark Knight<\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, John Wick shows two assassins in a public subway terminal his own version of the Joker\u2019s infamous \u201cmagic trick.\u201d It&#8217;s also a callback to the first movie, when Viggo Tarasov explained to his clueless son that John Wick once killed three men with a pencil.\u00a0 It\u2019s squeamishly brutal and so merciless, and will continue to impress\/upset me every time I watch\u00a0<\/span><i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">John Wick: Chapter 2<\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The brutal kill happens right after Santino\u00a0D\u2019Antonio\u00a0posts a lucrative bounty on Wick\u2019s head and the master assassin finds himself fighting off a new challenger everywhere he turns. Two contract killers double-team Wick but get handily defeated when Wick aerates their skulls with a sharpened pencil. First as Wick stabs Killer #1 in the face, slams his head on a counter sideways, and stabs the pencil into his ear &#8211; pushing down slowly and driving it deeper. Then to Killer #2, who gets one stab to the throat area, then Wick holds the eraser side of the pencil against a wall as he forcefully pushes his adversary\u2019s head back into the pointy stake. Should have just stuck to your crossword puzzle, Killer #1!<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em>John Wick: Chapter 3<\/em> is in theaters this week. Get your tickets with Atom.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the Wachowski\u2019s\u00a0The Matrix, a \u201creprogrammed\u201d Keanu Reeves looks at Laurence Fishburne and utters in amazement, \u201cI know kung fu.\u201d Fast-forward to\u00a0Chad Stahelski\u2019s\u00a0John Wick\u00a0and Reeves proves to know far more than simple kung fu. The\u00a0John Wick franchise\u2019s frenzied but fluid assassination choreography is the only current American equivalent to Indonesia\u2019s newfound onslaught of A+ foreign [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":7368,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[59],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7370","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-app"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/atomtickets.com\/movie-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7370","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/atomtickets.com\/movie-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/atomtickets.com\/movie-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atomtickets.com\/movie-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atomtickets.com\/movie-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7370"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/atomtickets.com\/movie-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7370\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7371,"href":"https:\/\/atomtickets.com\/movie-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7370\/revisions\/7371"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atomtickets.com\/movie-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7368"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/atomtickets.com\/movie-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7370"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atomtickets.com\/movie-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7370"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atomtickets.com\/movie-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7370"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}