How Accurate is John Wick? Scene By Scene Breakdown

So, have you ever wondered how accurate John Wick actually is? Well Ben Slater over at Military Direct decided to find out just how accurate John Wick is. Here’s a question, have you ever held your breath when a character is under water? Also have you tried to count how many shots are fired during a shoot out? While it’s fun to figure out how many films are realistic, even when there’s some movie magic.

So, during Lockdown Ben Slater, Marketing Director of Military Direct, along with his team, combed through the biggest streaming services to find binge worthy films. While, the stand out films from this was the John Wick series.

Keanu Reeves plays an assassin willing to rip the world apart to retrieve his car and avenge his dog. With stunning action sequences, he takes on wave after wave of enemies with brutal fighting skills and lethal accuracy.

However, the team at Military Direct wanted to figure out just how accurate Mr John Wick really is.

They analysed scenes from across the franchise and employed a formula. While, they calculated his accuracy per gun fight and then for each film arrive at a total accuracy across all three films.

The Results

John Wick – Total Accuracy:

72.6 % across all three films.

Estimated Shots:

913

Estimated Hits:

663

Estimated Misses:

102

Film with Highest Accuracy:

John Wick: Chapter 2 – 84.1%

Most Bullets Fired:

John Wick: Chapter 3 Parabellum – 439 Bullets

Most Lethal Fight:

Continental Lobby Showdown – 208 Bullets Fired / 98.6% Accuracy

Most Lethal Weapon:

Technically, John’s most accurate weapon is a Pencil – 6 Kills / 100% Accuracy.

Most Lethal Gun:

John’s most lethal gun across the series (total bullets fired / accuracy) would likely be the Glock 26, which is used in multiple scenes across all three films.

By scene it would be the Benelli M4 Super 90 Shotgun used in the catacombs in John Wick: Chapter 2 with 100% Accuracy.

The full breakdown can be found below. While, the formula and the rules implemented for this analysis can be found here.

Furthermore, the overall analysis was made easy thanks to the clean cinematography of Jonathan Sela, the superb direction of Chad Stahelski and Keanu Reeve’s outstanding performance. John Wick delights in showing you how lethal he really is.

So, it turns out that John Wick really is very accurate indeed.

The Results: Scene by Scene Breakdown

Franchise Total Hits Misses Total Shots Accuracy
Overall Total 663 102 765 86.7%

John Wick 1

Scene Hits Misses Total Shots Accuracy Guns Used
House Invasion 19 1 20 95.0 % Heckler & Koch P30L
Club Scene 54 9 63 85.7 % Glock 26

Heckler & Koch P30L

Abduction 30 33 63 47.6 % Glock 26

Heckler & Koch P30L

Church Escape 5 0 5 100.0 % Kel-Tec KSG

Coharie Arms CA-415

John Kills Iosef 7 0 7 100.0 % DTA Stealth Recon Scout

Glock 26

Heckler & Koch P30L

Waterfront Fight 14 1 15 93.3 % Glock 26

Heckler & Koch P30L

Total 129 44 173 74.6 %

John Wick: Chapter 2

Scene Hits Misses Total Shots Accuracy Guns Used
Reclaiming the Mustang 2 0 2 100.0 % Heckler & Koch P30L
Concert Scene 41 0 41 100.0 % Glock 34
Catacombs 115 10 125 92.0 % TTI TR-1 Ultralight

Benelli M4 Super 90

John vs. Cassian 0 13 13 0.0 % Glock 34
Subway Chase 13 12 25 52.0 % CZ P-09

Smith & Wesson SW1911SC

Pencil

Museum Shootout 81 13 94 86.2 % Glock 17

The, Glock 26

Glock 34

Kimber Warrior

SIG-Sauer P320

John Kills Santino 1 0 1 100.0 % Glock 26
Total 253 48 301 84.1 %

 

Bonus: The Pencil – Subway Chase

Bonus Hit Miss Total Accuracy
Pencil 6 0 100.0 %

 

John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum

Scene Hits Misses Total Shots Accuracy Guns Used
Doctor’s Office 2 0 2 100.0 % Bond Arms Texas Defender Derringer
Horse Stable Fight 6 0 6 100.0 % Heckler & Koch P30L
Antique Shop 1 1 2 50% Remington 1875
Casablanca Shootout 61 4 65 93.8 %

(Ben Slater and the team at Military Direct)

Note to Journalists / Editors 

Military Direct is an online military store stocking everything needed for serving military personnel including regulars and reserves. They also cater to the public sector, providing tactical equipment and essentials for a wider audience. Military Direct is also part of Ammo & Company Group which provides traditional ceremonial attire and equipment for the British and Canadian Army.

For more information visit: https://www.military.direct/

 

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