Things you may not know about assassin John Wick (Part 1)

Let’s review the things you may not know about assassin John Wick, who is causing chaos in the Hollywood film industry in the past day.

The meaning of John Wick’s back tattoos

Before John Wick changed from a miserable husband back to a vengeful assassin and then returned to the world of crime he once wanted to abandon, the audience saw a bare back full of his tattoos.

These tattoos can be seen most clearly as a line of Latin words “Fortis Fortuna Adiuvat”, roughly translated as “If You Have the Guts, You Are Rich” (Kieu is everything for the tough, courageous people), a slogan once used in the military as a hint that John Wick was in the military. Will this past be revealed in John Wick: Chapter 2 ?

Connection to the movie The Matrix

One of the interesting things that audiences are looking forward to in John Wick: Chapter 2 is the reunion of Keanu Reeves with his co-star in the Matrix movie, Lawrence Fish. They have reunited many times since the 1999 film version.

In addition, there is another quite interesting Easter Egg which is Neo, the name of the main character in The Matrix is ​​also the character who appears in the game at the safe house. If you pay attention, you will see that.

Keanu Reeves plays most of the action scenes himself

Keanu Reeves is already famous in the Hollywood film industry because of his eccentric, carefree lifestyle. He often donates most of his salary to charity but still doesn’t buy a house, just lives in hotels, takes the subway and eats pizza like everyone else.

In this part 2 of John Wick, Keanu Reeves also showed off one of his differences by playing most of the risky action scenes. He participated in a few racing scenes, a few other fight scenes and in an interview, Reeves still admitted that he didn’t do much at all.

Payday 2

2 days before the movie was officially released on screen, John Wick released a character in Payday 2, an extremely popular first-person shooter game. This is the result of a collaboration between Lionsgate Films and Overkill Software.

The game tells the story of John Wick joining a gang of robbers whose target is a bank, a place of transit for prohibited goods, weapons, and even nuclear weapons. This game was released for the purpose of promoting this upcoming movie.

We already know that the plot of John Wick is inspired by comic books, but few people know that the film’s director was also invited to be a supporter for the Russo brothers to make the blockbuster Captain America: Civil. War.

Director Joe Russo once commented on Leitch and Stahelski: “We invited them to see if they could help us do some action scenes with Spiro Razatos. We knew that they were characters leading the industry with Chad and Dave… Because we know that it’s quite difficult for us to keep up with everyone when we move from Winter Soldier to.”

Eva Longoria’s presence in the film’s credits

John Wich has a cast of producers including co-director David Leitch, film producer James McTeigue (V For Vendetta), Basil Iwanyk and Michael Witherill but perhaps the most notable is executive producer Eva Longoria.

This mysterious character once made fans feel quite curious because in 2014, when interviewed about Eva Longoria, directors Leitch and Stahelski only said “We have never met her… but Thank you very much for the check.”

Gun-fu

One of the most interesting points of the film is that the filmmakers created a series of beautiful action scenes. These are not just simple fighting scenes but also beautiful interaction scenes with guns and bullets, so beautiful that people have to come up with a word “Gun-Fu” (like Kung-Fu) for them.

In fact, this is not a word that filmmakers came up with specifically for John Wick, but this is the word filmmaker John Woo used in the 1986 Hong Kong film – A Better Tomorrow. John Wick seems to have revived this concept in the hearts of fans and made many people feel extremely excited.