John Wick (2014)
Action, Crime, Thriller • Directed by Chad Stahelski
Severe Violence
Violence Statistics
77
On-Screen Deaths
0.76 deaths per minute
a killing every 1 min
a killing every 1 min
Weapons Used
["Handguns", "Shotguns", "Knives", "Cars"]
Violence Context
["Crime", "Revenge"]
Film Details
Release Year
2014
2014
Runtime
101 minutes
101 minutes
Rating
R
R
Budget
Unknown
Unknown
Plot Summary
An ex-hitman comes out of retirement to track down the gangsters that took everything from him.
Reality Check: 0.76 On-Screen Deaths per Minute vs. Real U.S. Wars
The real U.S. wars whose per-minute death rate comes closest to this film's — the comparison is always per minute and every war figure is U.S. casualties, never raw totals.
American Civil War
0.24/min
a death every 4 min
1861–1865 • United States
620,000 U.S. deaths
World War II
0.16/min
a death every 6 min
1941–1945 • Global
418,500 U.S. deaths
World War I
0.11/min
a death every 9 min
1917–1918 • Europe
116,516 U.S. deaths