The John Wick Trilogy: John Wick Chapter One
Jul 20, 2021•57 min•Ep. 60
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Episode description
After a career that's included great comedies, romance films, award-winning dramas, and seminal action films like The Matrix, it was indeed John Wick that broke the mold and put Keanu Reeves back into the A-List star category.
Why is that? What is it about this action/revenge story that feels so new and fresh? What makes it stand out against a tired and sometimes samey genre? And finally what makes it so badass? Listen in as we break it all down!
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Topics Discussed
- The cast and crew that got John Wick made
- The choice to start the franchise with an already established world
- Our two main villains in Viggo and Iosef Tarasov
- The New York City setting
- How does this stack up against other top-tier action films?
- Our favorite bits of the movie's lore
- The final third act
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