The John Wick franchise presents superb action thriller movies featuring the antihero protagonist John Wick, a retired legendary assassin who sought a solitary life after marrying his wife, Helen. Unfortunately, the comfortable life he built with his wife crumbled after her death, with Wick in a state of grief. Soon after Helen’s demise, John Wick’s past caught up to him, drawing him back to the world he left behind, following several unfavorable events and circumstances.
Keanu Reeves's depiction of the John Wick role is incredible and is undoubtedly one of the reasons the John Wick franchise is successful. Interestingly, the trilogy is about to be extended since chapter 4 of the smash-hit series has been confirmed for 2023. The fights and kills in the John Wick movies are among the best developments the franchise offers. From John Wick's legendary fights with a pencil to his death matches with mafia bosses, here are the most awesome kills in John Wick.
10 The Art Museum – Santino D’Antonio’s Death (Chapter 2)
Betrayal is a recurring theme in Chapter 2 of the John Wick movies, with characters like Santino D. Antonio affirming what it's like to betray the people closest to you. The battle at the Art Museum resulted from Santino betraying John Wick, whom he hired to kill his sister by placing a 7 million dollar marker on his hand.
After obtaining information of Santino’s location from the Bowery King, John Wick launched an assault with the 7-rounds-loaded Kimber 1911 45 ACP. The gun battle progresses at a fast rate, with John hunting down Santino. In the end, John Wick murders all of Santino's henchmen in the museum before heading towards the Continental Grounds to end Santino, cementing his excommunicado status.
9 The Bike Brawl (Chapter 3)
The bike brawl on the bridge kicked off after the intense pursuit of John Wick by Zero and his students, following the Adjudicator's orders to eliminate John Wick. However, it takes more than just riding on bikes to eliminate the skillful assassin. Even on a bike, John Wick pulled off daunting stunts using a blade to attack the bikes of his pursuers.
What should have been a case of enclosing and capturing using bikes turns out to be an extended series of literal bike clashes leading to John Wick's escape to a temporary safe haven: Continental Grounds. As usual, the bike brawl resulted in the death of many bikers who fell prey to John Wick's blade.
8 The Reclaim Of John Wick’s Car (Chapter 2)
As a man with a taste for classic cars, John Wick’s favorite car is the Mustang, which was stolen from him in Chapter 1. Chapter 2 opens with Viggo's brother visibly afraid of John Wick’s attempt to reclaim his stolen car, an item among his inventory. As expected, John Wick did recover his stolen car, allowing viewers to experience heart-racing action, featuring the assassin using his car as a weaponized craft for battle.
Although the car received damage, it was a major tool John Wick used in killing a good number of Viggo brother's men. Midway through the action, John Wick had no choice but to handle things the old-fashioned way, starring his guns and martial arts moves.
7 The Underground Battle (Chapter 2)
Before killing Gianna D’ Antonio, John Wick obtained heavy weaponry from the Continental’s vast armory. Loaded with ammunition, John Wick placed his large guns in an underground location beneath the Catholic Church residence, where his assassination attempt took place. After Gianna's death and Santino's betrayal, John Wick puts these guns into good use, killing a good portion of Santino's men in style.
Although there is no specific spectacular kill in this scene, the shootout as a whole presenting John Wick’s one-man fight against a horde of armed men was nothing short of awesome.
6 The Horse Riding Saga (Chapter 3)
Two things that make John Wick a successful assassin is his versatility and adaptability. The typical human reaction to an overwhelming obstacle is to either panic or to let the obstacle subdue oneself. However, John Wick does neither. Using a horse to make up for his incompetency, he managed to kill a lot of mercenaries who were after his head for the $15,000,000 bounty claim.
Apart from using the horse to fight, John also kills mercenaries on bikes while riding a horse. This stunning scene is an ideal appraisal of how quick John Wick adapts to unfavorable situations.
5 John Wick’s Fight With Cassian (Chapter 2)
John Wick’s fight with Cassian was inevitable the moment he was involved in Gianna’s death. Cassian grieved his ward’s death and swore to avenge her demise by killing John Wick. Confident in his fighting skills, Cassian’s first battle with John Wick occurs just outside of Continental Grounds. Unfortunately, the battle ended with the Romanian manager stopping them.
The battle soon resumes on a train, revealing John Wick engaged in a fierce knife fight which ends with a blade in Cassian’s aorta. Although Cassian was among the few characters that matched John Wick’s fighting skills, his fate was no different from Wick’s past victims.
4 The Death Match At The Library (Chapter 3)
Chapter 3 of the John Wick movies started with John Wick seeking a safe haven from bounty hunters, all after the hefty price Winston placed on his head. Stopping at New York's library to retrieve a few items he needed, John encounters Ernest, a huge man who tries to kill John Wick.
The sudden, unexpected battle ends in an interesting manner. Using a large book, John Wick kills Ernest – without using any guns or knives. Only John Wick can pull off killing someone at a library with a book.
3 The Death Of Iosef (Chapter 1)
Hunting down Viggo's son, Iosef, was the main goal of John Wick in the first movie of the franchise. Despite all of Viggo's attempts, this from happening, the inevitable occurred in a spectacular manner as the Boogeyman paid Iosef a visit to avenge the severance of his last emotional connection to his wife.
In the supposed secure location Josef was hiding, John Wick easily sniped the Viggo-assigned bodyguards effortlessly, showing just how diverse his gun skills are. Closing the event with John Wick putting a bullet in Iosef's stomach, John Wick Chapter 1 used this moment to show viewers John’s unyielding nature when he has a goal in mind.
2 John Wick’s Battle With Zero (Chapter 2)
Although the John Wick franchise is mostly about gun-driven action and violence, it also supplies a good deal of martial arts. The final fights in John Wick Chapter 3 are enough to attest to this fact. The incredible fights featuring John Wick and Zero’s students paved the way for the final battle of the sequel.
The martial-arts-oriented fight between Zero and John Wick showed John Wick's ability to learn quickly, even during battle. Zero might have stood a chance against John Wick if he attacked him alongside his subordinates. However, it seems pride was more important than practicality for the Executioner's watchdog, as his poor decision led to his death at the hands of the Boogeyman.
1 The Pencil Kills (Chapter 2 & Stories)
Even before John Wick pulled off his notable feasts in the movies, viewers already had an idea of John Wick’s abilities. The popular story that goes around among the Russian crime lords like Viggo is that John Wick killed three men in a bar with a pencil. Although this feat might sound incredulous and overstretched at first, John Wick Chapter 2 showed fans a renewal of this legendary feat.
While escaping bounty hunters, John Wick managed to kill 2 men with nothing but a pencil, affirming the truth of the stories passed around among infamous members of the criminal underworld.
John Wick 4 has been scheduled to premiere in theatres on March 24, 2023.