John Wick 4 & 5 Can Perfectly Revive One Forgotten Action Movie Trend
John Wick: Chapter 4 and John Wick: Chapter 5 can bring back an action movie trend that’s fallen by the wayside. John Wick 4's battle with the High Table will bring Keanu Reeves’ famed assassin anti-hero back into action, with all of the stunt work and martial arts fans have come to love from the franchise. However, there’s one type of action that John Wick has never cashed in on, and which the upcoming sequels are more than prepped to.
Specifically, the discipline of parkour would fit in perfectly with John Wick’s style of grounded but very physically astonishing action. Created in France by David Belle, parkour is a methodology of movement in which the practitioner, or “traceur”, navigates their environment in the most economical way possible. After being utilized here and there in action movies, parkour really caught on with the District 13 films. Being viewed as a cousin of sorts to more traditional martial arts seen in John Wick and other action films, parkour gained international recognition from the District 13 movies. Co-starring David Belle and Cyril Raffaelli of Kiss of the Dragon, District 13 and its sequel District 13: Ultimatum were packed with stunt-filled parkour foot chases like the world had never seen. Parkour quickly gained traction in action films, and would be featured in movies like Casino Royale, Live Free or Die Hard, The Tournament, Bodyguards and Assassins, and others.
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Parkour has not been as prominently utilized in action films in recent years, and the John Wick franchise could be the perfect place for it to make a comeback. With stunt performers from the 87 Eleven group on board and stunt veterans like David Leitch (on
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