Description
John Wick is an American neo-noir action-thriller created by screenwriter Derek Kolstad and starring Keanu Reeves as John Wick, a former hitman who is forced back into the criminal underworld he had abandoned. Director Chad Stahelski cited The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966), Point Blank (1967), Le Cercle Rouge (1970), and The Killer (1989) as influences for the series. The first film was released in October 2014; two sequels have since been released and a fourth film will be released in 2023. All films were considered critical and commercial successes, with a collective gross of more than $587 million worldwide.