With stakes that escalate and action that starts big and gets bigger, watching the John Wick franchise has ed the billion-dollar club at the box office, and has become one of the most popular and highest-grossing action movie franchises in Hollywood history – and each movie has received positive reviews from critics to boot.
Each John Wick movie is bigger, bolder, and more impressive than the last, with higher stakes and more epic action. John Wick has the Red Circle nightclub massacre, John Wick: Chapter 2 has the mind-bending hall of mirrors set-piece, John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum has the battle for the Continental, and John Wick: Chapter 4 has John’s Herculean journey up the stairs of Montmartre. With an Ballerina and John Wick 5 in the works, it’s the perfect time to binge-watch all the John Wick movies in order.
John Wick (2014)
The original John Wick film sees the titular ex-assassin returning to the criminal underworld to exact revenge when his adorable puppy – the last remaining connection to his late wife – is brutally murdered. The first John Wick movie set a high bar for the franchise with its beautifully simplistic, deeply personal stakes, and signature kinetic long-take action sequences. Reeves made the title character a widely adored cinematic icon right out of the gate, committing wholeheartedly to both the stunts and the emotions. John Wick left the door open for sequels but could’ve just as easily been a solid standalone story.
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John Wick: Chapter 2 (2017)
The first John Wick sequel, John Wick: Chapter 2, sees John locked in a battle of wits with a ruthless mafia kingpin named Santino D’Antonio. While there are no bad John Wick movies, John Wick: Chapter 2 is arguably the weakest in the series. It’s a little too preoccupied with worldbuilding and its adventure-of-the-week storyline feels more like filler than the other films. But it still has plenty of eye-popping action sequences, like the catacombs shootout, and a tantalizing cliffhanger that sets the stage for the threequel: John is declared excommunicado and, therefore, fair game for other assassins.
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John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum (2019)
Following on from John Wick: Chapter 2’s cliffhanger ending, John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum sees John on the run from every hitman in the world as a bounty is placed on his head. With axe throws, dogs in bulletproof vests, and a horseback chase through the streets of New York, John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum is one of the most gleefully over-the-top entries in the franchise. The John Wick threequel ends with another cliffhanger, setting up the next movie: John teams up with the Bowery King to take down the High Table once and for all.
- Available to stream on FuboTV and Tubi with ads
John Wick: Chapter 4 (2023)
The overarching saga of the John Wick movies in order sees its latest installment with John Wick: Chapter 4. John makes the ultimate sacrifice to free the world’s assassins from the Marquis de Gramont’s iron-fisted rule. With John Wick: Chapter 4, Reeves and co. set out to top everything they’d done before, and succeeded irably. From the overhead Dragon’s Breath firefight to John’s march up the Montmartre stairs to the final Good, the Bad, and the Ugly-style showdown, John Wick: Chapter 4 is jam-packed with masterfully staged, delightfully cartoonish action sequences. After thrilling non-stop action spectacles, the emotional final scene hits in the feels.
- Available to rent on Apple TV and Prime Video
