Originally published at: The John Wick franchise has earned a billion dollars at the box office. | Boing Boing
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Keanu is my spirit animal.
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He’s got a reputation for being a really nice guy on the set to both cast and crew.
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People seem to really like watching one guy shoot hundreds of other guys in the head for hours at a time.
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Yep. And that really matters in choosing favorite celebrities. Nice people are heroes in real life!
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Well, in fairness, he shoots them in the chest sometimes. Got to mix it up.
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I guess that’s certainly part of it - but I think what makes the Wick series a bit different than other shoot-em-ups is the sheer ridiculousness of it… Sort of reminds me of the Evil Dead franchise, which is a blood bath, but such a ridiculous bloodbath that you can’t mistake it for reality… There is a bit of unreality to both franchises that make the violence less “real” if that makes sense?
Anyway… I’d watch a Flamingo remake of evil dead…
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I just think it’s odd that Austin Powers is still the only movie to even acknowledge that henchmen have families 
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bang bang bang, etc. I don’t get it
Empowered by Adam Warren is all kinds of problematic; but it does give some attention to the Henches and Henching. #Thugboy
Have you seen “Brain Dead”? It is a shame that the Director never seemed to get much work after this; I’d have loved to see a “Brain Dead II: Brain Deader”
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I’ve joked at times that studios acknowledge Reeves is not a particularly good actor. But they keep hiring him because he keeps the cast and crew happy.
He’s costarred with people known to be difficult on a set. Dennis Hooper and Anthony Hopkins come to mind.
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This time, they killed his dog, stole his car, and offered him a whole lotta money.
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He’s a great body-language actor
He usually gets cast in roles where they don’t expect him to talk very much
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The director, Chad Stahelski, is incredibly good at getting the most bang for the buck. Chapter 4 was the most expensive Wick film to make at $100 million.
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