Why? Well, according to the Journal's report, Reeves himself "stripped" a good portion of John's dialogue in Chapter 4, with the support of franchise director Chad Stahelski, reducing his words by half and instead relying on body language and, of course, fighting.
John Wick's scarcity of dialogue in the franchise is meaningful. It reflects his personality and emphasizes the visual and auditory language of the film. His silence is a deliberate choice that adds to his mystique and intrigue.
Wick stays silent so as not to give away his position. John Wick is surrounded by much more talkative characters, allowing him to live in the silences.
John Wick is a man of few words. No really. A report from The Wall Street Journal reveals that Keanu Reeves' eponymous assassin says only 380 words across 103 lines of dialogue during “John Wick: Chapter 4,” which runs nearly three-hours long with its 169 minute runtime.
Wick says 410 words in the threequel, which is an average of 3.1 words per minute. It isn't only John who has very little dialogue in the movie, as only 20 minutes of the two-hour-and-10-minute movie features dialogue.
Summary. Keanu Reeves and his character John Wick share the same age in the first film, honoring the actor's birthdate. As the John Wick sequels have progressed, Keanu Reeves has grown older than his character. Originally, John Wick was supposed to be 75 years old, but Keanu Reeves portrayed him younger.
He has a large tattoo on his back with a Latin phrase written across praying hands holding a cross that reads, Fortis Fortuna Adiuvat. Wick is multilingual, having been seen speaking English, Russian, Hebrew, Italian, Japanese, Indonesian, Cantonese, and American Sign Language.
As the John Wick sequels have progressed, Keanu Reeves has grown older than his character. Originally, John Wick was supposed to be 75 years old, but Keanu Reeves portrayed him younger.
Parents need to know that John Wick is a brutally violent, frequently bloody thriller starring Keanu Reeves as an assassin. There's a very high body count: Characters are shot, maimed, stabbed, beaten, threatened, killed with firearms at close range, blown to bits in an explosion, strangled with bare hands,…
Summary. The decision to cut off John Wick's finger was initially made because they thought the third movie would be the last in the franchise. For Stahelski and Reeves, the missing finger symbolizes the character's inability to remarry and wear another wedding ring, adding depth to the story.
Basil Iwanyk and Derek Kolstad's action thriller franchise John Wick follows Keanu Reeves' titular and stylish assassin feared throughout the Russian criminal underworld as Baba Yaga — John Wick's nickname — which supposedly means boogeyman.
Everybody knows him, from beat cops and mechanics to club bouncers and hotel concierges. “Wick has so many friends in this world because, at the end of the day, he's inherently a good man,” the screenwriter Michael Finch explained. “And he's Keanu, so it's very hard to dislike him.”
Summary. "The Continental" prequel series fails to confirm the popular theory that Winston is John Wick's father despite numerous connections between the characters.
Played by Shamier Anderson, Mr. Nobody, also known as Tracker, is a bounty hunter with his sights set on Keanu Reeves' eponymous assassin, though bides his time taking Wick down until the reward hits a certain point.
The movie is full of groundbreaking action sequences, but it's also surprisingly emotional, as John is seen killed in a duel with Caine (Donnie Yen). The assassin shares his final words with his old friend Winston (Ian McShane), then is buried in New York with a headstone reading, "Loving Husband."
John Wick is highly skilled and deadly, but he is not invulnerable and can be defeated by other skilled assassins. Several movie assassins like Vincent, El Mariachi, and Léon possess unique advantages and abilities that could give them an edge over John Wick in a fight.
With "John Wick: Chapter 4," Keanu Reeves' hitman outdid himself yet again, adding a further 140 or so bodies to his tally. And with the fourth installment supposedly taking place six months or so after the third, that's 439 kills in about six months' time — a total most action heroes can't rival.
While the John Wick franchise is great at world-building, there has been nothing in the previous three movies that hinted toward Winston being John's biological father. Though the pair grew closer with each consecutive release, they were nothing more than allies in the John Wick series.
Master shooter Taran Butler was brought in to train Reeves, and by the end of it, Butler declared Reeves the best actor he's ever worked with in regard to his skills with a gun.
