Following her death, John receives a beagle puppy named Daisy, the last gift from Helen to help him cope with his grief. Plotįormer assassin John Wick loses his wife Helen to a terminal illness. It grossed $88 million worldwide against a production budget of $20 million.Īn ex-hitman comes out of retirement to track down the gangsters that killed his dog, the last gift he got from his deceased wife. The film was met with positive reviews, with critics calling it one of Reeves' best performances and one of the best action films of 2014.
They previously worked with Reeves as stunt doubles on The Matrix trilogy. It marks Stahelski and Leitch's directorial debut as a team after multiple separate credits as second-unit directors and stunt coordinators. The film was produced by Basil Iwanyk, Leitch, Eva Longoria, and Michael Witherill. Kolstad wrote the screenplay in 2012 and developed it for Thunder Road Pictures. Stahelski and David Leitch directed the film together, though only Stahelski was credited. The story focuses on John Wick (Reeves) who seeks revenge on the son of Russian crime lord for stealing his vintage car and killing his puppy, which serves as a memento of his recently deceased wife, Helen. A fourth installment was released on March 24, 2023. It is the first installment in the John Wick film series and is followed by John Wick: Chapter 2 and John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum. It stars Keanu Reeves as the title character John Wick, alongside Michael Nyqvist, Alfie Allen, Adrianne Palicki, Bridget Moynahan, Dean Winters, Ian McShane, John Leguizamo, and Willem Dafoe. John Wick (retroactively titled John Wick: Chapter 1) is a 2014 American neo-noir action thriller film directed by Chad Stahelski and David Leitch (uncredited), and was written by Derek Kolstad. But now, yeah, I'm thinkin' I'm back!" - John Wick to Viggo Tarasov
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