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How did John Wick change the action genre? Why is Keanu Reeves the perfect choice to play a brutal, emotionally wounded killer? Why does director Chad Stahelski cite Bernardo Bertolucci, Wong Kar-Wai, and Amélie in his franchise? And what is the secret to the action scenes in his films? In this video essay, we analyze how John Wick, the most important action franchise of the decade, works. Watch John Wick 4 on Kinopoisk with a Plus subscription: https://clck.ru/34iuJB 00:00 — What this video essay is about 00:57 — Action 01:49 — Rule 1: Clarity 03:03 — Rule 2: Attention to choreography 04:09 — Rule 3: Action down-to-earth 05:54 — Hero 15:16 — Style ⚡️For your convenience, we have created another channel in Telegram to contact you – https://t.me/kinopoisk_videoessay. There we will post links to the video essay and interesting materials on the topics of the analysis.