Russian Nightclub – T. G. Shepherd

30 Seconds of Wick Chapter 16: Annnnnndddd…scene (54:30-55:00)

T.G. Shepherd — Sat, 16 Nov 2019 06:08:15 +0000

I have to say I still find it a bit strange just how well the Wick fights scene fall into thirty second chunks, which is especially true about the fight AFTER this one. That being said, we end the action here at Red Circle neatly at the 55:00 mark with John staggering out of the club, people fleeing before him like he’s a kaiju. We opened at the point Kirill and John are grappling against a table...

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30 Seconds of Wick Chapter 15 (54:00-54:30): High Kicks Are For Rockettes

T.G. Shepherd — Thu, 14 Nov 2019 07:38:19 +0000

Wick is hiding behind a pillar, chest heaving from the pain of those torso shots he took in the last thirty seconds. Keanu looks sweaty and disheveled, one would assume partially from the high fever he was running when they shot this scene, partially to show that John’s calm and control are breaking down around him. His prey has escaped. His plan has failed. Now his priority is to escape and...

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30 Seconds of Wick Chapter 13: He’s Wearing Body Armor, He’s Not A Moron (53:30-54:00)

T.G. Shepherd — Tue, 22 Oct 2019 06:37:29 +0000

Sorry about the delay on new posts, crippling depression tends to cut my productivity. Anyhow, 53:30 opens as John Wick takes two bullets to the torso from Kirill and a goon and of course he’s wearing body armor. One thing about the Wick franchise that’s been very refreshing is its tendency to respect the physics of the weapons and environment … when they can. So Wick is knocked back...

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30 Seconds of Wick Chapter 12: That’s Certainly A Mustache (53:00-53:30)

T.G. Shepherd — Tue, 08 Oct 2019 03:19:30 +0000

I love this section of the fight, both for the nonchalant way they just let squib blood splatter across the perspex protecting the camera lens (happens multiple times throughout the movie) and for the way the stunt crew here works their asses off to make Keanu look like a god. On the strategy/tactics side of things as this section opens we see a move from the family of moves that I think is the...

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30 Seconds of Wick Chapter 11: Bringing BJJ to a gunfight (52:30-53:00)

T.G. Shepherd — Wed, 11 Sep 2019 07:56:36 +0000

There are a number of “Interesting Facts About John Wick” listicles out there. ( http://www.hollywood.com/movies/x-facts-you-didnt-know-about-john-wick-60646890/ served as source for me here) Among the things one learns is that Keanu Reeves had a 104 degree fever due to the flu during the shooting of the “upper floor” of the Russian Nightclub scene, which we are in the meat of.

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30 Seconds of Wick Chapter 10: Gunplay (52:00-52:30)

T.G. Shepherd — Thu, 29 Aug 2019 02:00:26 +0000

Well, Iosef made it upstairs and out another door. He’s about to miss out on one of the most chaotic, innovative and interesting fight scenes ever captured on film. It is a seamless integration of gunplay, physicality from both the star and the stunt team, hand-to-hand and realism. People RELOAD THEIR WEAPONS. The second floor of the nightclub is all padded columns and bright white light...

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30 Seconds of Wick Chapter 9: Dance Floor (51:30-52:00)

T.G. Shepherd — Tue, 27 Aug 2019 23:12:41 +0000

We’re about to get into the meat of the most iconic fight scene of this movie, the dance floor of the Red Circle. Iosef, clutching his towel and impotently waving a gun he never fires, staggers through the crowd of dancers, heading for security at the far side of the dance floor. For a moment, before the action kicks off John Wick is again framed as a horror movie monster, as the unstoppable...

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30 Seconds of Wick Chapter 8: Masculine vs Macho 50:30-51:00

T.G. Shepherd — Sun, 11 Aug 2019 23:55:43 +0000

I have this saying that I think is relevant to both Keanu Reeves and John Wick, and especially relevant in THIS thirty seconds of John Wick the movie. “A masculine guy knows he is a man; a macho guy is terrified he’s NOT.” (And let me be clear I don’t feel a man is defined by assigned gender at birth, sexuality, identity, physicality or income. I’m speaking of the abstract concept of “man” here.

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