For those who haven’t seen them yet, the John Wick films are stylized neo-noir stories about revenge, gangsters, hitmen, and last but not least, guns.
In a recent Empire podcast with director Chad Stahelski, Reeves discusses how he’d like to see the third chapter begin,
I think the opening of the film should be Wick just trying to escape from New York. Literally trying to get off the island. Maybe he asks [Lawrence Fisburne’s character] the Bowery King for help. Maybe John Leguizamo comes and helps me out. ‘John, I can’t do it, you’re excommunicado!’ Maybe the High Table shows up. And then the High Table starts firing guns. And then maybe this kind of thing starts to happen between the High Table and Continental? Maybe John is the activator of this confrontation, and perhaps there’s a war? Wouldn’t that be awesome?!
The films were praised by shooters around the globe for the incredible attention to detail often ignored by most action flicks. To better prepare for the role, Reeves trained with world sport shooting champion Taran Butler.
Take a look at Keanu’s most recent training video released by Taran Tactical earlier this month. If you’ve seen the films, it’s clear his training paid off!