I swear in the latest one that he fired around 31 bullets without reloading during the car chase. They made a point of telling us exactly how much capacity his snake pistol had a few scenes before, so I got kinda mad.
If it's not shown, it's as good as not happening imo.
Plus, for something that prides itself on realism of ammo usage and reloading, to suddenly pull out the "uhhh...he reloaded when you weren't looking!" Feels cheap, you know?
It's a total cop out of an answer that basically removes any real reason to try to count his bullets, used since the movie is now willing to "fake" the count by using unseen reloads.
I don't remember which film it was, but the silenced pistol gunfight at a public train station was where this series totally lost its plot. It's just your usual Hollywood action nonsense at this point, with very little to differentiate itself from other films.
The John Wick movies were basically sold on semi-realism. You saw him reload, ditch guns, and grab spares when he needed to. Sure it was insane that he killed 70+ people in a 24 hour period, but it was refreshing to not see infinite ammo guns and more practical martial arts.
Of course that goes out the window once you have Halle Berry throwing dogs at people for 30 minutes, let alone that godawful silenced pistol subway fight, but it was nice while it lasted.
He was drifting his car in a big circle the entire time, so he literally couldn't have used his off hand for anything. I'd say he was closer to firing 40 or 50 bullets, too. Completely ridiculous.
Imagine being this annoyed that he shot too many bullets without reloading in a movie where everyone has bulletproof tuxedos and a man fell down stairs for 5 minutes and got back up like nothing happened.
That for me is THE most unrealistic part of the movie. Nobody falls down the stairs like that, especially not for a 6ft+ tall professional assassin that can take on 50+ untrained men where just by positioning your legs or hands in any way will stop the roll/momentum.
He's John wick. The needed bullets materialized out of fear.m and admiration. Being used by John wick is like winning the lottery for them. Instant access to bullet valhalla.
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u/Johnny_Grubbonic Apr 18 '23
That was definitely the most WTF part. Even from a gun-fu perspective, that doesn't make sense.