#Commando arnold schwarzenegger hotel room scene series#

#Commando arnold schwarzenegger hotel room scene series#

The cyclical nature of violence is the Ouroboros wrapped around John Wick’s soul.īut, at the exact moment I was asking myself this question during John Wick 4, the camera's perspective shifted to a god's eye view, a long action sequence in which Keanu fights his way through a series of rooms in a decrepit building (watch below): As John Wick fights his way through a seemingly endless gauntlet of foes, we find ourselves asking, “Isn’t this what he’s trying to get away from?” And that, I think, is the point. I think the question we should be asking is this: if gun violence is depicted in art, then what is that artwork saying about gun violence? What are the John Wick films saying about guns, gun violence, and violence more generally? I think the answer lies in those existential questions I found myself asking in the theater: who are we? Are rules really all that separates us from the animals, or is there something else? Are we just organic machines of destruction, or are we capable of more? And, like the best films, in my opinion, the John Wick films focus more on posing questions than making statements. Guns are a malignant tumor in our society. And yes, I think comparing gun violence and cancer is a fair comparison. Cancer books and movies exist because cancer exists. Violent movies exist because violence exists. It is my view that blaming real-world violence on art that contains violence is a little like blaming cancer on The Fault in Our Stars : it’s blaming a symptom.

Because I think we can all agree that these movies, and all violent movies, books, and other forms of violent entertainment, are not for kids. But first, let’s assume that the people watching John Wick films are, for the most part, teenagers and adults, not children.