John Wick’s ‘Gun-Fu’ Action Style Was Originally Designed For A Jason Statham Movie

When “John Wick” embarked on theaters on October 24, 2014, the moviegoers lost their heads on the inventive amalgam of the combat film and hand -to -hand pistol. It was doubly impressive due to the apparently effortless installation of Keanu Reeves to make several of his own stunts. Obviously, no one was surprised that The star of the franchise “The Matrix” could fight and shoot convincingly, but the degree of difficulty seemed to be outside the graphics. Just when you think you have seen all the possible iteration of martial arts fight on the screen, the stuntman who has become a director that has become, Chad Stahelski, shows that there is still a lot of room for the launch innovation.

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If you are a hardcore fan of the genre, you know that the filmmakers have already mixed this game of cannons and these combat with melee before. The Wachowskis presented the idea for the first time in “The Matrix”, which inspired Kurt Wimmer to go completely Gonzo by inventing “Gun Kata” in his “ridiculous entertaining” balance “. Wimmer was so far ahead of the game that the now now deceased duo now died of Harvey and Bob Weinstein threw his film in theaters at the end of 2002 because, in part, they did not think that moviegoers would go to this new concept of action. “Equilibre” later became a cult success, but it would still take a decade for the studios and the consumer public to fully embrace the art of “Gun-Fu” (a term invented by the webmaster chud nick nunziata 23 years ago).

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Although Stahelski did not invent Gun-Fu, he undoubtedly worn it at the next level with the brilliant crew of 87Nthnh The first film “John Wick”. This combat style has not become more sophisticated on the consequences, so far, the suites and spin-off of unique television (“The Continental: From the World of John Wick”). For those who are curious about the origins and development of Gun-Fu over the years, there is a documentary behind the scenes on the path of director Jeffrey Doe entitled “Wick is Pain”, and one of the most surprising revelations of the film is that Jason Statham almost had the honor of introducing the discipline of Punch-Kick-Bang.

/ Ben Pearson de Film recently interviewed Stahelski on the documentary (which the filmmaker did not run or produced) and, at the end of their cat, noted that the action thriller of Boaz Yakin “Safe” was almost zero for the form 47north of this very fatal martial art. Although Statham does not shrink purple when it comes to making as much of its own waterfalls as possible, “Safe” turned out to be the right choice for the buffoonery of the crew.

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Stahelski clarified that they are in very friendly terms with Statham (47NTH made the waterfalls “The Beekeeper” by David Ayer), but admitted that the introduction of Gun-Fu in a relatively anchored film on an ex-shelter ex-girlfriend and an MMA veteran who finds himself protecting a young girl who is driven by criminal outfits such as the Russian crowd, the Chinese triads and the NYPD would have been checks for moviegoers:

“Logistically, it would be so strange for this film. Tonally, logistically, financially, it was never going to work. We were the most clumsy who launched it, knowing that there is no way that it was a large choice of character for him. A part of the Aikido, and the individual movements, of course. But myself, Jason, and Boaz the director,” yes, ” concern from there in there, when there is cool, but … “” Disarmements in the restaurant and everything that was there.

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Stahelski has also discussed how the development by 47NTH of new actions cinema techniques comes from “F *** ING About in the gym”. He shamelessly authorizes action in the universe “John Wick” has turned into a Looney Tunes combat style (which reminds the mind of Michael Davis, joyfully hazelnut “Trez” them with Clive Owen and Monica Bellucci). Perhaps they will be able to get Statham in the pleasure of Wick Gun-Fu somewhere on the line. This would feel like a missed opportunity not to lead him against Keanu before old aging this kind of bone section.