Prologue: Russian Nightclub 48:00-50:00

The Russian Nightclub “fight scene” in John Wick became almost instantly one of the greatest set pieces ever put on film. It’s the ultimate expression of what “Gun-Fu” should be. (Gun-Fu is a term from the Christian Bale movie Equilibrium that posits a kind of close combat martial art with hand guns involving an instantaneous, […]

30 Seconds of Wick: Siege of Casa Wick summary

Apologies on the missed week — my world kinda exploded and I was just working on getting one foot in front of the other. I’ll be posting three separate entries this week, this one, a “prologue” to the Russian Bathhouse fight and then the first entry of that altercation I wanted to break down what […]

30 Seconds of Wick Chapter 6: Slasher (31:30-32:00)

This is the last segment of the Siege of Casa Wick, the first fight of the movie. And it’s the least dynamic, least athletic and most interesting bit of the fight. Because it’s here, in this moment, the audience first sees exactly what kind of movie John Wick is. It’s only superficially an action film. […]