John Wick [Blu-ray + DVD + Digital HD]

Product Description

A man called John Wick is grieving the loss of his beloved wife; Helen that has recently died of an illness. He goes to her funeral and receives the condolences from his old friend Marcus. At home, John receives a special delivery which is the last gift from his wife, an adorable puppy that becomes his pride and joy. One day, John goes to the gas station in his '69 Mustang and the Russian; Iosef Tarasov asks the price he wants for his car. John advises that the car is not for sale and returns home. During the night, Iosef, who is the son of the powerful Russian mobster Viggo, breaks into John's house with other gangsters and beat John, kill his precious dog, and steal his car. Iosef learns that John Wick was the unbeatable hit man who used to work for his father. Known as the guy you hire to kill the Boogy Man, Iosef soon realizes that he messed with the wrong person. Now, John Wick has lost everything he loved and wants the head of Iosef. Viggo decides to protect his son at any cost ...

Top Reviews

If you enjoy action movies and you've never watched this movie
by John Ringo (5 out of 5 stars)
December 24, 2016

Must See movie. John Wick is one of those action films which that defines a genre. While the reality of the combat may be argued by the combat cogniscenti, the quality of the characterization, the plot and the action raised the bar to such an extent it is hard to find an equal. If you enjoy action movies and you've never watched this movie, you're wrong.
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The classic John Wick, master assassin, on a mission to seek revenge on a mobster's son!
by JJCEO (5 out of 5 stars)
January 25, 2018

John Wick is grieving and angry, very angry. His wife just passed away. In addition the son of a Russian mobster just broke into his home, beat him up with the help of his gang, stole his car and killed his new puppy that was a gift from his dead wife.

John is a retired master assassin for the mob and he was the best in the world at his trade. He is called the Boogeyman in some circles as you never see him coming and you stand no chance to stop him.

He is coming after the mobster's son and nothing can stop him from seeking and getting his revenge.

This is a bloody and violent movie and if you like that style of film then this is one you should own. I purchased the BluRay version with the DVD and also a digital HD movie with it. I downloaded a VUDU HDX and I streamed it to my digital projector. Both the HDX digital movie and the BluRay disc had excellent video and audio.

I liked this film and gave it 5 stars for being entertaining and action filled.

I am glad that I purchased it to add to my video collection.
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Both John Wick movies have become my favorite action movies since The Matrix.
by Zero Ehxe (5 out of 5 stars)
August 14, 2017

I'm not a big fan of over-the-top action movies. I was a police officer for 7 years, and I've been in a lot of fights and dangerous situations. Most of the movies I see are so fake, they're hard to watch. When you watch John Wick, you'll see the main character wrestling with foes to get their guns away, running out of bullets mid-fight and having to reload, and most fights end up on the ground, just like they do in real life. When he suffocates someone, it takes them a while to die, and the actors struggle for their lives in a believable way. It's all-around good acting from the main cast and everyone that's just there to get the body count higher. The stories in John Wick and John Wick 2 are great. In the first, John Wick tries to retire from his assassin career after his wife dies of an illness. She gives him a dog so he can love something when she's gone, and he finds a way to have hope through his relationship with the animal. That is until someone breaks into his house to steal his car and kills the dog, causing him to get back into his old ways to get revenge. It's a believable setup and the love and loss of his wife and then dog are heart-wrenching. There is a main set-piece that deserves special mention as well: the Continental Hotel. It's run by the shady element John Wick comes from, and is filled with people like him, but there's one special rule to the place, that no "business" can be conducted on the premises. This makes the hotel a sort of sacred ground and gives it its own life, as it features prominently in both the first and second movie. What also makes the world of the John Wick movies feel real are the use of gold token coins. John has a lot of them, and they're accepted as currency in different places and by different people. When he pays someone in a coin, it makes the world feel like it has existed long before we see it, that the ecosystem didn't just start when the viewer arrived to see it like some movies do.

The second movie's plot involves John Wick having to repay a debt he owes someone from when he first started his career. This forces him out of retirement until his debt is paid. The plot of the second movie isn't as motivating as the first, but the action is even better. There are more fight scenes, and the quality and duration is higher. The gunplay in both of these movies is outstanding. John Wick has supernatural aim with weapons, and it's not like other action movies where the heroes spray bullets everywhere and no one can ever hit what they're aiming at. Keanu moves like a police officer or a soldier, always aiming down sights and prepared for what is coming around the corner. He shoots people in the foot or chest to cause them to drop their guards so he can finish them off with a headshot. He's also not a "good guy", so he kills the people that are trying to kill him without a second thought. I often watch movies where the hero lets the bad guy go and regrets it later. This would never happen with John Wick, and I appreciate him more for that.

I rented the John Wick movies at Redbox, and after I had returned them I found myself thinking about the action sequences again and again. I had to buy them to add them to my collection, and they were just as good during the second and third viewings. They've topped my list of favorite action movies, and I recommend them to anyone who likes expert gun-fighting scenarios without being unrealistic or over-the-top with gore and explosions. I recommend both movies. You don't need to see the first to appreciate the second, but you really should see both as they're that good. Eleven out of five stars if I could.
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Entirely Too Much Gratuitous Gun Violence
by elaine (1 out of 5 stars)
December 30, 2018

Just another shoot'um'up movie.
If you want a suspense plot with some intrigue and substance skip this one.
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Action Packed Movie
by Sharon Lindo (5 out of 5 stars)
May 4, 2016

I thoroughly enjoyed this movie. This movie had everything. Suspense, romance, drama and action. It was fun hanging out on the set of John Wick 2. I got a chance to meet Keanu Reeves and the crew, can't wait to see the finished product.
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Be polite - always have a plan to kill everyone you meet.
by Tom Paine (4 out of 5 stars)
April 3, 2015

I enjoyed watching this so much a few weeks back, I watched it again a few days ago. I didn't buy the Blu-ray, not yet, but I may in a few months when I can get it cheaper through Amazon or some other reseller - meanwhile, watching it twice in a few weeks' time is enough for now.

Enough to ask one question: for a man who once killed 3 men with only a f**king pencil, what takes him to long to realize he has a backup pistol in his belt behind his back while he and the Russian punk kid's older brother are hashing it out in the club? Did the fifteen foot drop off the balcony pound some sense into him?

I found it fun, intense, really wished the directors had gone into a little more detail about his background, done a little more character development (like what's that private little hit-man's club all about anyway? Is this what Martin Blank's nemesis played by Dan Ackroyd - Grosse Pointe Blank - had in mind in a parallel comic-book minded universe?),they could have given us more of a glimpse into the characters played by John Leguizamo, for example. There's DEPTH there, briefly flashed upon when he grabs the gun being held to his head and says go ahead and shoot without a scintilla of fear. Who IS this guy and who owns him that he's that fearless in the face of imminent death? And he hits Viggo's kid and answers to Viggo in a tone like he simply said "hey you, get off my lawn" when Viggo could end him in very unpleasant ways, but doesn't.

There are layers upon layers of background, of RESPECT, of rules, a finely crafted code of honor among thieves (killers, dealers, power brokers) one wishes existed in our very own US Congress. Everything looks very finely polished from the outside and the chaos within is managed by contracts, permissions, RULES, honorable men. VERY unlike our US Congress (chaos on the outside, God knows what behind closed doors - or maybe it's the same thing and I'm reaching here for allegory that doesn't exist).

The choreography in the home invasion scenes were amazing. Very detailed but could have been a little better. I thought they were too choreographed where real CQB (and HTH) fighting is uglier, MUCH FASTER and chaotic (having been in more than a handful of bar fights and brawls in my somewhat misspent youth and surviving one home invasion) but (kudos to the director here) not entirely one-sided as John really has to struggle in a few places, but hey, wait a second... night vision gear (especially the cheap Russian stuff) is available just about everywhere and cutting the power before a hit like this isn't just for NAVDEVGRU or other SPECOPS forces anymore. Just how stupid ARE the Russian "mafia" contract killers anyway? Don't they know their target is (DUN-Dun-dun...) JOHN WICK? And he JUST might have a pencil or two lying around?

Every time I make "dinner reservations" in the future I'm going to laugh, at least inwardly.

My favorite scene so far? The guy who played the brother in "Rescue Me" the one from the "Mayhem" insurance commercials, playing Viggo's "consigliere" getting capped. If only more lawyers could wind up like that...

It's a rare action film I find wishing it had been longer, but I could have watched another 30 minutes of John Wick, easily.

I'm really looking forward to a sequel (prequel?). Lot of undiscovered territory there. How DID he kill 3 guys with one pencil?
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Wickian Economics
by Mahatma Head (5 out of 5 stars)
February 10, 2017

I really liked this movie, although I feel guilty for saying so. On the other hand...they killed his dog! What I really want to comment on, though, is the high visibility the film gives to the use of gold coins by Wick and Vigo. This is not accidental or a random plot device. There's a war on cash going on in the real world, with governments everywhere working towards making all money digital. The alleged reasons are to diminish tax evasion and criminal activities. The real reason is to gain knowledge of and control over all transactions. If you don't believe this, search on "war on cash" and find out for yourself. Hollywood's culture warriors never met a globalist policy they didn't like. Watch the movie again, and note how they hit you in the face with the stacks of gold coins in Wick's and Vigo's safes.

Of course, the other side of this is that they're noting the historical role gold has played as money. In fact, as Alan Greenspan has noted (post-Fed), gold is the only real money. So perhaps there will be an unintended consequence here, as Wickians buy their own gold coins as a store of value. And really -- a one ounce gold coin as a cover charge? Wow!
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Puppy scene was terrible
by g0tr00t (1 out of 5 stars)
March 23, 2019

We stopped watching it. A completely pointless scene in the movie. Not having watched it until the end, I highly doubt that it was relevant to the rest of the movie.
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Not worth buying unless you are into high fives and tank tops.
by apartment owner (3 out of 5 stars)
November 6, 2017

Why does everyone go nuts for this movie? I LOVED Constantine (and Matrix and Man of Tai Chi... he plays dark so well lately.) and so many people recommended this that I figured I may as well buy it. Action scenes are solid but the story is crap. Minor spoiler alert but you get this is the first five minutes. World's greatest assassin is retired and the schmuck from GoT steals his car and kills his dog (he's had for one day) so he has to wipe out like 100 people. Wish I had rented it or found a copy someone had thrown out their car window in disgust. I know this will generate big paydays for him with future installments but the story-line is just weak.
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I had no idea how good this film is... You really should see it
by M. Stein (5 out of 5 stars)
February 6, 2017

Although this film is in the writer's own words a "simple revenge story", it is brilliantly written, acted, and shot. (BTW do you need another reason to watch when the supporting cast includes John Leguizamo, Willem Dafoe, Lance Reddick, and Ian McShane?!). The fight sequences are second to none, and excepting the bad-guy thugs (who are necessary for the high body counts), all the significant characters are three-dimensional and have histories with each other. They speak in a shared code that lends believability and ethics (or should I say humanity) to an otherwise nihilistic and horrific underworld.

John Wick is reminiscent of Clint Eastwood's protagonist in "Unforgiven" (1992) and other remarkable anti-heroes who, although they can never truly escape their past deeds, their painful and honest struggle to extract themselves (usually with help of a loved one), and their willingness to fight the evil of their former world provides the possibility of moral redemption. Needless to say, such richness raises these films to something far superior to mere revenge stories.

I cannot imagine that the coming John Wick sequel will be able to match the original's brilliance, but time will tell...

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