Wick Is Pain

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Wick Is Pain

2025

2h 6m

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Join Keanu Reeves, director Chad Stahelski, and the extended "Wick" cast and crew as they go behind the scenes of a billion-dollar franchise that almost never happened.

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Taylor Baker

Drink in the Movies

Oct 6

72/100

Wick is Pain, settles all that noise into a straightforward documentary about the labor of love and behind-the-scenes feuds that turned a little indie action film into another conglomerate film universe with its numerous spin-offs.

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John Stark

Mac the Movie Guy

Sep 7

69/100

Even without audio description, the die hard John Wick fan looking for the behind the scenes look will be treated to unfiltered opinions and tricks of the trade from those that made the thing they love (which do have audio description).

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Douglas Davidson

Elements of Madness

Jul 8

4.5/5

... Doe merely presents his subjects with a refreshing honesty about their experience that results in several stories that leave one feeling quite raw and exposed.

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Daniel Eagan

ScreenAnarchy

Jun 12

Even hard-core fans will learn a lot about what has gone into the Wick universe.

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Stephen Silver

The SS Ben Hecht

Jun 6

Is this a commercial for those movies, meant to tie in with the release of the spinoff Ballerina? Absolutely. Does it look a lot like a DVD feature? Sure. Is it too long, at over two hours? Certainly. But I still enjoyed it.

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Beth Accomando

KPBS.org

Jun 6

The only real shortcoming of the documentary is that it never asks Stahelski about the influence of silent film comedians — people he calls the first stuntmen — and never asks him to really delve into his cinematic style.

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Max W

5d

As with most things in life, success is the product of painful hard work and luck.

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Dinah H

Nov 29

Honestly it was good to watch but not my favorite movies.

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Bryan B.

@heybryan Nov 11

Great BTS of an awesome franchise. Must watch if you are a fan.

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Idodeclareindeed B

Nov 10

Great documentary with the lesson that the people who are truly passionate about a project that go the extra mile create the best art. I'm glad Dave left after John Wick 1, I think they were so concerned about their budget because all of their money was going towards his gum. Dave sure loves to chew gum. In every shot for the first 20 minutes, Dave has his mouth wide open like he's never had one person in his life go - hey, maybe chew with your mouth closed. No parents? He's never one thought - wow I chew gum like the most obnoxious football coach of all time, maybe I'll close my mouth. Nope, just keep smacking that gum. Take the gum away from Dave. Close. Your. Mouth.

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Jen H.

@Nifer01 Nov 7

If you like documentaries and you like John Wick movies. You'll love this.

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Jaret M

@JaretMorlan Nov 4

I'm not gonna pretend this is an earth-shattering documentary or even a revolutionary entry in the medium. But it IS wildly entertaining and informative about the making of arguably the greatest action franchise of the 21st century. But even more than that, it is a glimpse at, and a true celebration of, stunt work and those within the industry. This film provides a history on two of the leading men in action work, and shows stunt workers as artists and creatives, not just risk takers as they have been painted since film began. Perhaps only fans of John Wick will enjoy this, but I imagine anyone interested and passionate about the making of films will also have a blast. And, of course, Keanu just couldn't be more likable. Check it out!

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Join Keanu Reeves, director Chad Stahelski, and the extended "Wick" cast and crew as they go behind the scenes of a billion-dollar franchise that almost never happened.

Director: Jeffrey Doe
Distributor: Lionsgate
Genre: Documentary
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): May 9, 2025
Runtime: 2h 6m

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