Scored entertainment-first on WhatSphere's content-balance model 3
Its writer stated on the record that "i have two dogs: Loki and Isis, Sometimes, when they are not here, I find myself a bit off and that's where the story came from, and hell… who doesn't love a g…" 1. Its narrative-universality assessment registers 8 of 10 2. Taken together, the content-balance model places it entertainment-first at 7 of 100 3. Relative to the expected cast make-up for its production origin, on-screen representation registers above the baseline for mixed-heritage and White and below it for Black and Hispanic 4.
- 1Creator statementwriter: "I have two dogs: Loki and Isis. Sometimes, when they are not here, I find myself a bit off and that's where the story came from, and hell… who doesn't love a good, old-fashioned, assassin flick!"The Action Elite, Derek Kolstad interview source ↗
- 2Narrative universalityNarrative universality 8 of 10; identity centrality incidental.WhatSphere content assessment. Narrative universality 8/10 -> advocacy signal 22
- 3Content balanceAdvocacy 7 of 100, tier entertainment-first.WhatSphere content-balance model, score_version 1. Swaps: 0 race, 0 gender, 0 critical -> 0
- 4RepresentationRepresentation vs production-origin baseline: mixed-heritage 77, White 76, Black 26, Hispanic 28.WhatSphere representation model, score_version 1
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Age: 45 — age-balanced
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Ex-hitman John Wick comes out of retirement to track down the gangsters that took everything from him.
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Advocacy Over Time in Action
The average advocacy score of Action titles by release year, with this title marked. Higher is more advocacy-driven.
| Year | Average advocacy | Titles |
|---|---|---|
| 1964 | 3 | 2 |
| 1965 | 4 | 3 |
| 1966 | 0 | 4 |
| 1968 | 2 | 2 |
| 1970 | 0 | 2 |
| 1971 | 0 | 4 |
| 1972 | 3 | 2 |
| 1973 | 2 | 9 |
| 1975 | 0 | 3 |
| 1977 | 4 | 2 |
| 1979 | 2 | 3 |
| 1980 | 4 | 5 |
| 1981 | 4 | 3 |
| 1982 | 1 | 5 |
| 1983 | 3 | 7 |
| 1984 | 4 | 11 |
| 1985 | 2 | 7 |
| 1986 | 2 | 10 |
| 1987 | 2 | 14 |
| 1988 | 1 | 4 |
| 1989 | 1 | 10 |
| 1990 | 1 | 5 |
| 1991 | 1 | 9 |
| 1992 | 2 | 8 |
| 1993 | 2 | 11 |
| 1994 | 2 | 14 |
| 1995 | 3 | 11 |
| 1996 | 1 | 9 |
| 1997 | 4 | 13 |
| 1998 | 2 | 10 |
| 1999 | 3 | 13 |
| 2000 | 1 | 11 |
| 2001 | 2 | 20 |
| 2002 | 3 | 17 |
| 2003 | 4 | 14 |
| 2004 | 3 | 19 |
| 2005 | 4 | 18 |
| 2006 | 3 | 23 |
| 2007 | 3 | 18 |
| 2008 | 3 | 22 |
| 2009 | 4 | 9 |
| 2010 | 7 | 8 |
| 2011 | 5 | 12 |
| 2012 | 9 | 10 |
| 2013 | 7 | 16 |
| 2014 | 10 | 9 |
| 2015 | 10 | 16 |
| 2016 | 20 | 9 |
| 2017 | 14 | 17 |
| 2018 | 15 | 20 |
| 2019 | 16 | 18 |
| 2020 | 14 | 13 |
| 2021 | 14 | 25 |
| 2022 | 20 | 32 |
| 2023 | 17 | 25 |
| 2024 | 12 | 32 |
| 2025 | 5 | 35 |
| 2026 | 5 | 30 |
| This title (2014) | 7 | 1 |
● This title (2014): advocacy 7 · explore Action →
Cast & Crew
Chad Stahelski (director) · Duane Manwiller (director)
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