John Wick is probably one of the most popular modern action heroes. In his previous movies, he stylishly fought through his many opponents with exaggerated choreography. But how realistic are the films actually? An elite soldier explains it in a video.
What kind of video is it? The channel Insider has dealt with the four John Wick films in a YouTube video. An expert evaluates the films based on individual scenes regarding their realism. He rates the scenes on a scale from 1 to 10.
The expert in the video is the former elite soldier Tu Lam. He is a former member of the Special Forces from the USA. He is now retired. In the video, he analyzes various film scenes based on his experience.
A lot of Hollywood, but Reeves had good training
How does the expert rate parts 1 and 2? The video starts with the first film in the series. He praises the training that Keanu Reeves has undergone, both with weapons and martial arts. He finds the scenes from the first part solid. While the tactics shown are not always realistic, Reeves’ movements and postures are good. He also finds the use of darkness in many scenes successful.
However, he also criticizes some techniques. Among other things, the mouth-holding
when John Wick wants to take someone out quietly. Covering someone’s mouth with your own hand is too dangerous; you might lose fingers. Also, attacking secretly in daylight is not entirely realistic.
At the beginning of John Wick: Chapter 2, he criticizes the depiction of suppressors, which are simply not as quiet as portrayed. He generally praises a fight scene with knives in a subway, but finds John Wick’s stamina quite unrealistic.
John Wick takes hits after which he, according to the expert, could never continue fighting normally. He praises the weapons caches and the use of everyday objects in the 2nd film, but criticizes the fights in public. Overall, he rates part 2 worse than the first part.
Part 3 has the expert’s favorite scene
How does he rate parts 3 and 4? John Wick: Chapter 3 shows teamwork between Keanu Reeves and Halle Berry. The teamwork is not as good in every scene as one would expect from professionals. However, the use of special dogs is quite realistic and would also happen in real operations.
In part 3, there is also the expert’s favorite scene from the entire series. In an antique shop, John Wick uses all possible objects in his surroundings. Axes and knives are thrown and used in the fight. He finds that quite realistic. In a real fight, one would grab everything that is nearby.
The fight scenes on motorcycles, however, are rather unrealistic. Riding and fighting simultaneously is almost impossible.
The car fight scene from John Wick: Chapter 4 is also criticized by the expert. In this case, it is almost impossible, like with the motorcycles, to ride and shoot at the same time. In real operations, there would always be several people present to drive and shoot.
The expert criticizes John Wick’s cover, especially in part 4. Often he stands tactically disadvantageous, especially when he fights against multiple opponents at the same time. Also, the famous scene on the stairs is quite unrealistic. After such a situation, one could hardly continue fighting.
Which film does he rate the best? The best ratings are given to the scenes from the first John Wick film and that also makes sense. The first part was still a significantly more serious action thriller than the later sequels, which focus on stylish and indeed exaggerated action. But Hollywood doesn’t always have to be realistic. You can find more stylish action movies here: 5 movies like John Wick
