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adamircz t1_j9lo7cb wrote

Reply to What are some of your favourite spiritual successor films? by theg721

John Wick has quite a bit in common with 80s Action films, mainly Rambo

Badass man of few words with a dark past that includes an impressive killcount

Gets wronged by a lowlife jerkass, and this pulls him out of retirement.

First movie is just the protagonist taking revenge, second movie is him being sent on a mission by a guy who betrays him

There is the sense of loss and mourning for a dead wife/squad

And then, one of my favourite ingredients, the great character archetype of an older friend who knows what the protagonist is capable of and unsucesfully tries to warn the villains not to mess with him. Also, both of these old friends end up needing the hero's help in the third film

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lucia-pacciola t1_j9lkta4 wrote

Reply to Examples where movie marketing actually helped the watch experience? by FlavoredTaters

I dunno what the actual marketing for John Wick was, but all I knew going in was that it was supposed to be some kind of movie by stuntmen, for stuntmen. Just a stripped-down, back to basics, totally practical slugfest with the tiniest thread of plot.

I was there for it, and was pleasantly surprised when it turned out to be all that, and more.

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mikevago t1_j9lklhp wrote

Reply to What are some of your favourite spiritual successor films? by theg721

This isn't the same cast, but there's a fan theory I love that David O. Russell's Three Kings is a stealth prequel to The A-Team. It's about an army team that goes AWOL and steals gold, which is what the A-Team were accused of on the show.

And the characers map: Clooney=Hannibal, Wahlberg=Face, Cube=B.A., Jonze=Murdoch.

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