ACTION-PACKED SUMMER: John Wick Megasode (w/ Special Guest!)
An epic episode for an epic series.
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CONTENT WARNING: Discussions of violence, guns, murder, animal death.
One of the reasons we opted to do an action movie series was the specific purpose of watching the movies we’re covering today. The hype has been so massive, and ever-present, that we couldn’t ignore it any longer. And these movies did not disappoint. A lot of the talk is about Keanu Reeves, and rightfully so; these movies are the perfect blend of action, silence, and tension that Keanu is able to play so brilliantly. But the supporting cast, which at first glance could look like stuntcasting, is actually masterful. But it’s director Chad Stahelski, after a long career working directly with Keanu on so many of his best action roles, who really shines in these movies. His sense of action and creating scenes that use few special effects are mesmerizing, and he’s proven in these 3 films he’s a master director. We couldn’t just talk about one; we had to talk about them all, and special Keanu expert Andrew Gormley of Cool Breeze Over the Mountains joins us to wrap everything up. We’re watching the entire John Wick series this week on Macintosh & Maud Haven’t Seen What?!
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Intro and outro music taken from the Second Movement of Ludwig von Beethoven's 9th Symphony. Licensed under an Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Hong Kong (CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 HK) license. To hear the full performance or get more information, visit the song page at the Internet Archive.
Excerpt taken from “Princes of the Universe,” written by Freddie Mercury and performed by Queen. Copyright 1986 Queen Productions Ltd.
Clips taken from the film John Wick are © 2014 Summit Entertainment, LLC. All Rights Reserved.
Clips taken from the film John Wick 2 are © 2017 Summit Entertainment, LLC. All Rights Reserved.
Clips taken from the film John Wick 3 are © 2019, Artwork & Supplementary Materials, TM 2019 Summit Entertainment, LLC. All Rights Reserved.
