History YMMV / JohnWick

** With ''Film/TwentyTwoBullets'', as each film features an AntiHero who tries to leave the underworld but who take a "beating" from a surprise attack and lose their dog to murder. Like John Wick, Charly Matei goes on his own rampage against those who wronged him. As ''22 Bullets'' predates ''John Wick: Chapter 1'', it might be enticing to see how they compare.

** With ''Film/TwentyTwoBullets'', as each film features an AntiHero who tries to leave the underworld but who take a "beating" from a surprise attack and lose their dog to murder. Like John Wick, Charly Matei goes on his own rampage against those who wronged him. As ''22 Bullets'' predates ''John Wick: Chapter 1'', it might be enticing.

** With ''Film/TwentyTwoBullets'', as each film features an AntiHero who tries to leave the underworld but who take a "beating" from a surprise attack and lose their dog to murder. Like John Wick, Charly Matei goes on his own rampage against those who wronged him.

** With ''Film/TwentyTwoBullets'', as each film features an AntiHero who tries to leave the underworld but take a "beating" from a surprise attack and lose their dog to murder. Like John Wick, Charly Matei goes on his own rampage against those who wronged him.

** With ''Film/TwentyTwoBullets'', as each film features an AntiHero who tries to leave the underworld but take a "beating" from a surprise attack and lose their dog to murder. Like John Wick, Charly Matei goes on his own rampage against those who wronged him.

* MagnificentBitch:

* NightmareRetardant: In the setup menu of DVD release (at least the release included in the ''Chapter 1 - 3'- box set) is a background image of John holding a handgun gangster-style while kneeling over a corpse and presumably looking over at Ioswf and John having a nonchalant expression expression like he's saying "Found your hiding place!" and not taking the situation seriously. Quite a contrast with how the scene actually plays out in the film.

* MagnificentBitch: [[TheQueenpin Maria]] is a charming [[TheMafiya Russian gangster]] working out of Texas. When John Wick starts attacking a group of her associates called the Three Bills, Maria starts scheming to make John work for her as a hitman. To this end, she allows John to lead the Bills into a trap and then saves them in exchange for [[BloodOath markers]]. She then uses the markers to force them to release the violent Calamity from prison in order to kill John. When Calamity backs John into a corner by taking hostages, Maria saves the hostages, allowing John to kill Calamity and the Bills in exchange for him working for her.

* EvilIsSexy: [[PsychoForHire Ms. Perkins]] is played by Adrianne Palicki with dark make-up and a generally more evil look, and the result is that of a sexy female assassin.

* CompleteMonster: [[{{YMMV/JohnWickChapter4}} Marquis de Gramont]] & [[YMMV/TheContinental Cormac O'Connor]. See those pages for details.

* CompleteMonster: [[{{YMMV/JohnWickChapter4}} Marquis de Gramont]], see that page for details.

** This movie also makes a nice twist on ''Franchise/ThePunisher'' with an underworld avenger instead of a vigilante fighting on in remembrance of his family. John Wick ends up bringing down two crime family enterprises, one being weakened due to losing two key figures.

** With ''VideoGame/MaxPayne''. Makes sense since both franchises are neo-noir crime thrillers with middle-aged, world-weary protagonists, who both have lost their love ones, have racked up massive bad guy body counts thanks to their insane shooting skills, and face against large criminal conspiracies trying to kill them. Interestingly, both characters have used pain killers to overcome severe injuries and both kill the son of a New Jersey mob boss for reasons that tie into their late wives. Max can't stand women being violently attacked after his Wife's murder, while John utterly hates disrespect towards Helen Wick.

** With ''VideoGame/MaxPayne''. Makes sense since both franchises are neo-noir crime thrillers with middle-aged, world-weary protagonists, who both have lost their love ones, have racked up massive bad guy body counts thanks to their insane shooting skills, and face against large criminal conspiracies trying to kill them. Interestingly, both characters have used pain killers to overcome severe injuries and both kill the son of a New Jersey mob boss.

** With ''Film/KillBill''. Both main characters go on a RoaringRampageOfRevenge after their lives get disturbed violently, with John Wick becoming enraged from a punk who disrespects mementos from his wife (especially killing his gifted dog), and Beatrix seeking revenge for the death of her unborn child. With ''Chapter 4'' featuring a combat chapter in Japan, the similarities became even more apparent.

--->'''Winston''': You got out once. You dip so much as a pinky back into this pond, you may well find something reaches out and drags you back into its depth.

* HilariousInHindsight: Seeing Creator/KeanuReeves play an unstoppable OneManArmy in this movie became darkly ironic when he played [[TheChewToy a completely helpless]] home invasion victim the following year in the thriller film ''Film/KnockKnock.''

** Did Viggo kill Marcus to taunt John Wick into killing him as a form of SuicideByAssassin after he went mad due to grief over his son's death ?

* FanficFuel: Many fans thought the setting was so well built that the movie must be the result of AdaptationDisplacement, but no; it's an original property all the way. The Continental and the universe built around it is just ''begging'' for stories to be told. [[http://www.ign.com/videos/2015/04/07/what-keanu-reeves-wants-from-john-wick-2 Even Keanu thinks so]]. This wish is going to be fulfilled with the developent of ''[[Series/TheContinental The Continental : From the World of John Wick]]''.