Film Theory: John Wick Literally CAN’T DIE!

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    John Wick CAN’T die! Now, if you’ve seen John Wick Chapter 4 you may not believe that since he was clearly shot at the end of the movie. But, we’re not buying it. NO! After falling off buildings and getting hit by cars, John Wick would not simply die from a few bullet wounds. There’s something bigger going on with Keanu Reeves, and we’re about to find out…
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  • @IllegalCheeseCake.
    @IllegalCheeseCake. 11 місяців тому +11210

    Mat really walked out of that movie theater experiencing the first stage of grief

    • @oxosoleil
      @oxosoleil 11 місяців тому +647

      Which is funny because the John Wick franchise is an opera about the 5 stages of grief

    • @britneycampbell5114
      @britneycampbell5114 11 місяців тому +128

      Just like when he finished Breaking Bad.

    • @Cammyboy19091
      @Cammyboy19091 11 місяців тому +21

      @МеаtСаnуоn 🅥 bro wtf

    • @RevanXIII
      @RevanXIII 11 місяців тому +23

      @МеаtСаnуоn 🅥 reported for misleading link

    • @iSpoofy0ff1c14l
      @iSpoofy0ff1c14l 11 місяців тому +6

      @@RevanXIII I also reported it

  • @nicobambino191
    @nicobambino191 11 місяців тому +10569

    Silly Film Theory- if he died, the franchise would end

    • @SgtFrogger
      @SgtFrogger 11 місяців тому +481

      @@DJILMarioBrosMusicyou know what’s not here? Your father

    • @johnmcwick1
      @johnmcwick1 11 місяців тому +99

      No, I am your father.

    • @ej_22
      @ej_22 11 місяців тому +29

      Not really

    • @KalosChampionThunder
      @KalosChampionThunder 11 місяців тому +93

      @The FiIm Thoerists 🅥 ur not real u took Matpats name but used a v to look like the checkmark to fraud him
      Edit: I POSTED THIS REPLY A COUPLE HOURS AGO HOW IS IT ALREADY AT 28 LIKES ESPECIALLY AS A REPLY AND NOT A COMMENT

    • @user-ql2uf3zk6s
      @user-ql2uf3zk6s 11 місяців тому +9

      Honestly at this point I’m confused that mat may be doctor who :-:

  • @maybenaught
    @maybenaught 10 місяців тому +1856

    I think John Wick was only alive out of pure will. Once he achieved his mission, there was nothing left to do, and therefore, he died. It's poetic.

    • @biechardalip5972
      @biechardalip5972 9 місяців тому +40

      He died the Julius Caesar way out

    • @UncleJimmyBob
      @UncleJimmyBob 9 місяців тому +23

      sounds like darth maul and darth vader strategy

    • @kidshaldeman2091
      @kidshaldeman2091 8 місяців тому +69

      Same. I feel like he could’ve powered through those injuries with no issue, but by that point he had already spent the entire movie coming to terms with the fact that the only way out from under the High Table is in death. Plus, he really didn’t have anything left. Most of his friends were dead, Helen was gone, his house was destroyed and he would most likely continue to be dragged back in if he kept living. So he probably was just ready to die.

    • @anthonywiththew
      @anthonywiththew 8 місяців тому +15

      Exactly, he got his freedom and he doesn’t have a reason to be alive anymore

    • @Emerald29
      @Emerald29 8 місяців тому +18

      @@kidshaldeman2091 But didn't he have the whole thing about him wanting to live so that he can remember it all. Going by that, even losing everything at the end, no way he wont power through to the injuries

  • @jalbnv
    @jalbnv 9 місяців тому +291

    The John Wick that died at the end of CH 4 was the loving husband. The movie even starts with the elder telling John to forget about finding his wedding band. The events of this series happened because he couldn't grieve properly and let go of his wife, the dog she left him, their home, his car etc. The montage on the steps was him letting go. In this universe the legend of John Wick (baba yaga) literally cannot die. Maybe he's finally accepted that.

  • @blake7285
    @blake7285 11 місяців тому +3969

    I like that Keanu Reeves was outed as an immortal and he started to age. Dude is deff an immortal and is just letting his look change to move on to a new identity.

    • @bloodtrap3340
      @bloodtrap3340 11 місяців тому +134

      @The FiIm Thoerists 🅥 You misspelled theorist, and that V isn't very varified.

    • @Christrulesall2
      @Christrulesall2 11 місяців тому +75

      They say in alot of ancient traditions that a truly good soul actually slows down the aging process. I believe keanu is one of these people. When i saw the clip of him on the subway, i knew right then there was something different about this guy.

    • @Talking_He4d
      @Talking_He4d 11 місяців тому +19

      He just grew a beard

    • @jonokai
      @jonokai 11 місяців тому +22

      There can be only One.

    • @NotStardom
      @NotStardom 11 місяців тому +14

      Just in fyi there is more then one type of immortality one in which you can't get hurt but it doesn't mean they can't age or the other way around although ik ur just jokin or smth lol

  • @starcherry6814
    @starcherry6814 11 місяців тому +2000

    *Movie rules 101*
    A character is never truly 'dead' until you see the *body*

    • @StoryLover-7
      @StoryLover-7 11 місяців тому +150

      And after we see the body is still could be unsure, if the person is truly dead.

    • @terraprint9183
      @terraprint9183 11 місяців тому +56

      Even then that's a bit iffy
      We see will's body in stranger things and the entire point of the first season was that he was still alive

    • @OPM07
      @OPM07 11 місяців тому +27

      “ deadpool “
      The Exception

    • @ihavekalashnikovyoudomath9275
      @ihavekalashnikovyoudomath9275 11 місяців тому +63

      Movie Rules 102
      A character is _isn't_ dead until you see the body. When you see the body, it's now _most likely_ dead.

    • @lewishamilton.f1.44
      @lewishamilton.f1.44 11 місяців тому +9

      ​@@terraprint9183only that wasn.t will that was just a fake look alike cuz remember that scene where hopper cuts open his skin and finds out that there is actually wool or some kind of wool stuffed inside him

  • @dopeboyfresh
    @dopeboyfresh 10 місяців тому +165

    I was watching part 4 the other day. My grandfather walked in at the end and said, "Well John Wick is dead, huh!?" My response was, "He's survived worse."

    • @nettiepete5508
      @nettiepete5508 7 місяців тому +4

      You are the best person in every moletvers!!!!!?

  • @ButchersNailsEnjoyer
    @ButchersNailsEnjoyer 9 місяців тому +49

    The fact that first 3 movies take place in just 2 weeks shows how absolutely relentless Wick is

  • @DarkKyugara
    @DarkKyugara 11 місяців тому +4760

    For once MatPat is making a theory about a character being alive instead of dead. I think there's a first time for everything, indeed.

    • @YeoldCenturion
      @YeoldCenturion 11 місяців тому

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    • @YeoldCenturion
      @YeoldCenturion 11 місяців тому

      ua-cam.com/users/shortso3d7JR7kSD4
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    • @Dab-studios
      @Dab-studios 11 місяців тому +27

      Ahem Mario

    • @atomicnuggetistrash545
      @atomicnuggetistrash545 11 місяців тому +54

      Did you not see the breaking bad one

    • @moodmusix0
      @moodmusix0 11 місяців тому +8

      Also the Adam in saw theory

  • @zahaydes
    @zahaydes 11 місяців тому +3053

    I love how MatPat throws a spoiler warning then immediately hits us with a spoiler 😭 mans was quick with it

    • @plankton-sama260
      @plankton-sama260 11 місяців тому +94

      guy even sets up the spoiler IN THE TITLE AND THUMBNAIL

    • @rileyinscoe3558
      @rileyinscoe3558 11 місяців тому +20

      @Plankton-Sama the thumbnail, a little, but the title doesn't expose anything

    • @nakulchauhan8776
      @nakulchauhan8776 11 місяців тому +11

      It was literally a 2 second gap

    • @Angaurwen
      @Angaurwen 11 місяців тому +10

      @@nakulchauhan8776 it was literally the next frame. 2 seconds maybe if you were only listening and not watching.

    • @eggvr.940
      @eggvr.940 11 місяців тому +3

      😢

  • @renantasy
    @renantasy 10 місяців тому +88

    I like how it also fits to the John Wick from the PD2, since it's a game that u can actually heal yourself just from killing enemies (and maybe can also explain why the rest of the crew seems to have similar abilities)

    • @Lightna
      @Lightna 9 місяців тому +9

      He basically did introduce the PAYDAY gang to the wider underworld and they are working. Their services can be for hire for the right conditions and it seems like it usually is because you get Continental coins for your troubles. But on the other hand, it can be written as noncanon at least until we find out if Starbreeze collabs with the John Wick crew again since PD3 is going to the Big Apple.

  • @level3xfactor
    @level3xfactor 10 місяців тому +124

    Maybe it's just me but... I would have been surprised if the movie ended WITHOUT him "dying". Whether he stays that way or not. I think it was pretty clear that was gonna happen with the overall arc of the four films and the specific thematic elements in 4.

  • @platypusnoise
    @platypusnoise 11 місяців тому +2126

    I like to imagine these movies as video games turned into a movie. It really fits perfectly. Endless waves of enemies, they get stronger, John just walks away all he's injuries. It's basically just a game.
    Also yeah John's not dead, just the legend. Winston kinda hints it saying he could be anywhere

    • @TheAres1999
      @TheAres1999 10 місяців тому +92

      During this playthough, John got the rare "French" ending. In order to get that one, you have to do a lot of things just right, especially during the Osaka quest

    • @fuucaran
      @fuucaran 10 місяців тому +49

      It also has the same atmosphere as a video game. It seems all open and complicated, but really it revolves around 1 single thing (in John Wick it's assassins, in COD [for example] it soliders).

    • @shailonnoelle7175
      @shailonnoelle7175 10 місяців тому +17

      Well I mean you know their code words. Take me home could mean time to finish this plan and fake my death so this case will be closed and the high table saves face

    • @alexfernandez4978
      @alexfernandez4978 10 місяців тому +5

      Max pain

    • @Dom8o8
      @Dom8o8 10 місяців тому +21

      -He has the pills he takes to replenish his health.
      -He levels up weapons and abilities
      -Travels to different maps
      -Has boss fights

  • @thepianomaestro8859
    @thepianomaestro8859 11 місяців тому +480

    My only theory if he did die, is that he let himself die, and if he rly fully accepted it, completely satisfied with his revenge then, his healing factor wouldn’t work, mainly bc his mind can control what his body does, like some people with healing factor can die if they wanted to, it rly depends on the char

    • @John_Stephens43
      @John_Stephens43 11 місяців тому +27

      I think if he did die, it was in the first film and everything that follows is just a "fever dream." Rather than his life flashing before his eyes, it's his drive for revenge over the puppy. A case of the mind being willing and able, but the body soft and weak.

    • @valpro4604
      @valpro4604 11 місяців тому +9

      ​@@John_Stephens43 That's not how that works.

    • @irionuchiha3823
      @irionuchiha3823 11 місяців тому +1

      @@valpro4604 that's not for you to decide

    • @peph9750
      @peph9750 11 місяців тому +1

      @@John_Stephens43 Ash Coma theory moment

    • @valpro4604
      @valpro4604 11 місяців тому +3

      @@irionuchiha3823 Yes it is. That would be such a fucking reach to make and would make no sense

  • @Nireni
    @Nireni 10 місяців тому +57

    Him being some type of mutant is the only thing that makes sense to me about that series. The amount of damage John Wick takes and gives always felt supernatural if not something within the freaking matrix.

    • @aleisterlavey9716
      @aleisterlavey9716 9 місяців тому +4

      John Wick is the prequel to Constantine. 😂

    • @Venitas1000
      @Venitas1000 3 місяці тому +2

      take into account his upbringing. his "mother" specifically teaches that life is pain and so she pushes them to the breaking point every chance she gets so the pain and injuries dont matter. Only the goal. the pain will never end. its a part of life.

  • @VanguardRaven
    @VanguardRaven 10 місяців тому +61

    The fact that you can hear JW's breathing while he's sitting on the steps and having his memory flashback, but then the breathing stops as he flops over, has me believing that he did actually die. I hope I'm wrong, though.

  • @Alsier72712
    @Alsier72712 11 місяців тому +716

    You're right about his most serious injury being at the start of the first movie, but it's not when he's hit in the head. It's when they killed his puppy. That hurt the most.

    • @TheRezro
      @TheRezro 11 місяців тому +14

      As side note. Some people have especially hard heads and as experienced assassin he could be smart enough to fake his lost of consciousness. One missed opportunity is that during hit in the rail it could bend or break. This actually would absorb lot of force. And if could happen if it was poorly maintained.

    • @oyaoya5661
      @oyaoya5661 11 місяців тому +8

      Emotional wounds are still wounds

    • @grymns
      @grymns 11 місяців тому +6

      ​@@TheRezro was he waring a bullet proof vest? That might also add on to the odds if survival

    • @pranatidubey6384
      @pranatidubey6384 11 місяців тому +4

      TRUE,he should have died of heartbreak

    • @chasemishio1781
      @chasemishio1781 11 місяців тому +3

      I don't think he'll heal from that one

  • @rael1hp
    @rael1hp 11 місяців тому +1075

    My dad introduced me to this franchise by telling me it was a movie about how a dog can change a man's life.

    • @gogauze
      @gogauze 11 місяців тому +48

      This is similar to how I was conned into watching Shakespeare in Love.
      I was told that it's a sweet romantic comedy, and then that ending annihilated me. I suspect that the person who sold me that line just wanted me to suffer like they did; which is fair.

    • @GameyMcGames
      @GameyMcGames 11 місяців тому +19

      Well... he isn't wrong.

    • @jasvindersidhu9627
      @jasvindersidhu9627 11 місяців тому +16

      Your dad's not wrong though, but its also like saying a horror movie is about a Shakespeare poem

    • @tacomn
      @tacomn 11 місяців тому +1

      @@gogauze I mean come on… It’s Shakespeare 😂

    • @gogauze
      @gogauze 11 місяців тому

      @@tacomn he wrote comedies too!

  • @MusicLover-my6fo
    @MusicLover-my6fo 7 місяців тому +6

    Vigo describes John Wick as a man of "unbeatable levels of determination, strong will and a presence of pure focus." Could you imagine what John Wick could do with a Green Lantern Power Ring? He'd be unstoppable.

  • @dooderman8361
    @dooderman8361 9 місяців тому +14

    I think the suit stain drying but no wound on his body absolutely confirms it, I mean the attention to detail in these movies is insane and that couldn’t have been by accident

  • @ShpingoShpongo
    @ShpingoShpongo 11 місяців тому +1079

    The grass on John’s grave was also green. Assuming that he was actually dead, and they visited his grave very soon after his death, his grave should be dirt because they buried him. Obviously there’s nothing under there if the grass is still green immediately after his death

  • @DaiNoShoujoNoYami
    @DaiNoShoujoNoYami 11 місяців тому +1091

    Fun fact: the John Wick films are bullet accurate, which means that the amount of bullets flying through the air is what would be flying through the air in a real firefight.

    • @horizontea
      @horizontea 11 місяців тому +28

      Not in John Wick 4. Did you really watched the movie or are just saying so because other do?

    • @QuinnEdens
      @QuinnEdens 11 місяців тому +72

      @@horizontea They all had extended mags, look at the mags hang from the guns
      Edit: The only one, I think, without an extended mag is John Wick lol

    • @N008Nightmare
      @N008Nightmare 11 місяців тому +38

      At multiple points throughout 4 i noticed that john went abnormally long without reloading. The fight at the arc really caught my attention, he was still using the viper he got from bowery king but at one point my count for shots fired without a reload was at 32. With a 21 round capacity magazine. Maybe i missed some reloads? Im planning to rewatch to specifically confirm/refute that and double check to make sure i didnt miss any reloads/weapon swaps.

    • @kpenis17
      @kpenis17 11 місяців тому +29

      @@N008Nightmare they were super focused on it in the first 3 so i would expect the same in the 4th, unless reloads got edited out

    • @N008Nightmare
      @N008Nightmare 11 місяців тому +15

      @@kpenis17 thats part of why ill be rewatching it to double check. It was something that caught my attention. Giving it benefit of the doubt by counting anytime not shooting with hands not visible as a reload. I think the fact that the first 3 were so good about it, and the sheer chaos of the fights, might have made it seem like he wasnt? Wont know for sure until i rewatch

  • @lindsey3448
    @lindsey3448 10 місяців тому +7

    Maybe Winston just ordered the grave plot to be made before the duel just incase everything didnt go according to plan and both himself and Wick got killed. Earlier in the film Wick asked if he would get those words put on his grave. Winston just ordered to have his wishes carried out before the duel to play it safe if things went south.

    • @KeanuReeves-zv5jp
      @KeanuReeves-zv5jp 6 місяців тому

      Thank You for always here with me in my sorrow and happiness, you will always be treasured and appreciated from the very core of my heart 🥰

  • @Spoopball
    @Spoopball 10 місяців тому +4

    ~to be fair~
    Keanu Reeves has been playing the character for almost a decade now.
    I don't think it's a stretch to think they'd like to leave while on top.
    Spin-offs seem to be in the works with "Ballerina" and "Caine"

  • @xotaic
    @xotaic 11 місяців тому +309

    I knew he didnt die because of the card scene. Everyone had their own set of cards where they all cheated. John pulled the deadman's hand. He literally cheated death.

    • @sarahbaiocchi
      @sarahbaiocchi 11 місяців тому +24

      I MISSED THAT COMPLETELY!!! O.O

  • @michaelleno5140
    @michaelleno5140 11 місяців тому +1593

    If keanu keeps making these movies ill buy every one. For real

    • @adrianr.2603
      @adrianr.2603 11 місяців тому +42

      @The FiIm Thoerists 🅥 blud wants to be a scammer so bad💀💀💀

    • @osmosisjones4912
      @osmosisjones4912 11 місяців тому

      Here is the full clip://ua-cam.com/video/zwfztTD14zw/v-deo.html

    • @osmosisjones4912
      @osmosisjones4912 11 місяців тому +3

      Take out his Bone marrow. Just Michael Miars

    • @bruhlol2744
      @bruhlol2744 11 місяців тому +3

      sadly i wouldnt

    • @becuaseimbored3481
      @becuaseimbored3481 11 місяців тому +1

      Consoomer

  • @relaxedfantasyreview
    @relaxedfantasyreview 10 місяців тому +6

    Can i just say, I love that you refer to an NCBI article? I use them for my college papers all the time. Perfect for biology research

  • @gonaye1
    @gonaye1 10 місяців тому +5

    3:44 this observation is BRILLIANT (and accurate)!!

  • @chadharger9323
    @chadharger9323 11 місяців тому +562

    Keanu was involved with a comicbook called Bezerk(or something like that). He helped with the plot and let his 'likeness' be used for the main character. . .and it's about a man who was born. . .ten thousand years ago and can't die.

    • @RevanXIII
      @RevanXIII 11 місяців тому +20

      for anyone interested its called BRZRKR

    • @casper2694
      @casper2694 11 місяців тому +33

      For a sec there I thought you were talking about the japanese manga Berserk by Kentaro Miura, whose MC Guts is seemingly unkillable aswell, although instead of being immortal, dude is just far too pissed off to die

    • @idriscorvus2237
      @idriscorvus2237 11 місяців тому

      Ain't that the comic that MoistCritikal got?

    • @agentjones6077
      @agentjones6077 11 місяців тому +2

      BRZRKR

    • @AldrickExGladius
      @AldrickExGladius 11 місяців тому

      I think you mean Highlander?

  • @globalmovement5141
    @globalmovement5141 11 місяців тому +634

    This video came at the right time. I literally just watched John Wick 4 and saw how thick his plot armor was.

    • @maxrebo2466
      @maxrebo2466 11 місяців тому +17

      @The FiIm Thoerists 🅥 Faker

    • @osmosisjones4912
      @osmosisjones4912 11 місяців тому

      ​@@TheFiImThoeristswhat about killing Michael Miars

    • @Punchinello-tp5sp
      @Punchinello-tp5sp 11 місяців тому +5

      yeah idk if they will make superpowers canon tho

    • @GamesRUs-bj2ut
      @GamesRUs-bj2ut 11 місяців тому

      Same here

    • @xd_Joliss
      @xd_Joliss 11 місяців тому

      same, yesterday

  • @stephenparallox
    @stephenparallox 5 місяців тому +12

    John is DEFINITELY alive! There were several hints, you mentioned a lot of them in this video. The other is that Winston kind of suggested that maybe John take a different approach, so he didn't keep getting hunted after. Brilliant if you ask me. Unfortunately, I think, that one dudes dog is gonna die or something for John to come back again.

  • @InternetGravedigger
    @InternetGravedigger 10 місяців тому +19

    When I first saw the title to this video, I wondered if it would get into the concept of quantum immortality, which is a thought experiment in quantum physics... that basically John Wick is so lucky that his luck will even prevent his death from ageing. Once he started talking about the duel, my theory now is that they both worked together to deliberately hit non-lethal areas to pull a fast one and allow Wick to fake his death.

  • @vancanninjaman1217
    @vancanninjaman1217 11 місяців тому +422

    The fact that John Wick is canonically connected to Payday and Hardcore Henry, both franchises that deal with superhero esque/supernatural abilities, helps MatPats case here

    • @James11111
      @James11111 11 місяців тому +32

      Wait Hardcore Henry??? I fucking love that movie! What's the connection to Wick?

    • @vancanninjaman1217
      @vancanninjaman1217 11 місяців тому +62

      @@James11111 John wicks is in Payday, hardcore Henry is in payday, therefore, John Wick is connected to Hardcore Henry

    • @JeannieLove
      @JeannieLove 11 місяців тому +87

      ​@@vancanninjaman1217Them by that logic, he's connected to Fortnite.

    • @flashallen4419
      @flashallen4419 11 місяців тому +17

      @@JeannieLove which is true, because that's the logic behind all the third party cosmetics in that game

    • @digital_oni
      @digital_oni 11 місяців тому +23

      @@vancanninjaman1217 the only one that canon wise has some logic to it is payday and john wick because you can find the payday gangs wanted posters in the background i forget which film though

  • @kenblade7244
    @kenblade7244 11 місяців тому +128

    My head cannon is that John Wick just has sooooo much Focus and Willpower that he can't die until he achieves his goals, and once he does by the end of Chapter 4, he just keels over cause he got nothing left.

    • @FallenAngelHiroko
      @FallenAngelHiroko 11 місяців тому +21

      Isn't really head canon when it's true. In the first one when they talk about how legendary Wick was and that the guy literally pissed off the wrong person, he spoke about how indominable his will was. Calling Wick a "superhero" is just lazy.

    • @Shiirow
      @Shiirow 11 місяців тому +4

      his will is just that ironclad that he is actually dead by the end of chapter 3 but his will wont allow the body to stop until the end of chapter 4 when everything has been resolved.

    • @stevenscott2136
      @stevenscott2136 11 місяців тому +3

      Okay, so he's the sort whose ghost would reanimate his own dead body and become a vampire or something if he felt the need. And there's your Chapter 5.

  • @cjsrandomstuff
    @cjsrandomstuff 9 місяців тому +5

    I felt that if he did actually die on the steps it was because he was finally able to die a free man and that was why he refused to die until then. But, it seemed strange how he said about going home, then next scene he's alone on the steps and collapses. That felt like a setup to make others believe he's dead but he isn't.

  • @marcoantoniodiazvaldes7983
    @marcoantoniodiazvaldes7983 7 місяців тому +6

    I like the idea that John Wick has super powers and how this powers are involved in a more realisitic setting. Not so exagerated like in a super hero movie but only enough super human for an action movie.

  • @subzeroab0
    @subzeroab0 11 місяців тому +961

    I don't think it was the injuries that killed him but rather nothing to live for. His mission was completed, his goals were all achieved. For once he was at peace allowing his body to stop as he passed away.

    • @Furry_Lord
      @Furry_Lord 11 місяців тому +73

      Nothing to live for? Oh man you don't know John Wick. He made promises. If he did not have anything to live for the franchise would have ended when his wife died. Did you even watch John Wick?

    • @Rurik_Luci
      @Rurik_Luci 11 місяців тому

      Or it could be all the bullets hitting him in the suit would have Liquified his insides and left them leaking out his asshole.

    • @gabrielpanagsagan9741
      @gabrielpanagsagan9741 11 місяців тому +26

      MAN I WANT MORE FILM, A FINALE, WHERE HE BRINGS DOWN THE HIGH TABLE ITSELF

    • @captain-generalothinus3640
      @captain-generalothinus3640 11 місяців тому +6

      But there's already plans for a 5th...

    • @MightyFartBomber1
      @MightyFartBomber1 11 місяців тому +11

      This would make sense if there wasn't a fifth movie on the way 😂

  • @bored_butter
    @bored_butter 11 місяців тому +431

    I always thought that the reason he died in chapter 4 was because he was free from the high table and could live his life in peace as well as he helped his last few friends. Basically meaning that he has nothing left pushing him to continue living, like the adrenaline in his body is gone and he’s tired from all the fighting that he succumbs to wounds that wouldn’t have killed him normally.
    At least that was the only reason i could think of that he could die

    • @didjterminator808
      @didjterminator808 11 місяців тому +11

      same, like Padme from star wars, he had completed his life and just gave up on living.

    • @WolfenMoony
      @WolfenMoony 11 місяців тому +7

      But John also said that he wanted to stay alive to remember his wife in peace.

    • @Gaellka
      @Gaellka 11 місяців тому +2

      but then john wick 5 is revealed..

    • @Underboy-jh6nr
      @Underboy-jh6nr 11 місяців тому +1

      ​@@Gaellka your kidding... Right?

    • @bearlyzeph
      @bearlyzeph 11 місяців тому +2

      @@Underboy-jh6nr no, but they also said it might not revolve around wick himself

  • @billybobjoe8549
    @billybobjoe8549 7 місяців тому +1

    Stage 1: Denial

  • @maidouzhouwang9904
    @maidouzhouwang9904 9 місяців тому +1

    At 7:13 when Matpat says he jumps out of the fourth story made me remember a friend who once fell out of the sixth story and survived and that was when we were little

  • @megagunner524
    @megagunner524 11 місяців тому +614

    Also for a predicted note, the idea that John would fake his death is mentioned slightly during one of the conversations about the rules, and last we checked the high table never agreed to remove his bounty, just that he no longer had to work for them

    • @SvElAdKe
      @SvElAdKe 10 місяців тому +40

      Not to mention that....come on do y'all really trust the Table to keep it's promises?

    • @YayaFeiLong
      @YayaFeiLong 10 місяців тому +73

      @@SvElAdKe They're huge rule sticklers, so...yeah, I would

    • @apartcube559
      @apartcube559 10 місяців тому +25

      Um yes they did agree to remove the bounty on him, that was one of John’s conditions

    • @MrDon967
      @MrDon967 9 місяців тому +16

      @@apartcube559 ya they removed the bounty he was given a clean slate.

    • @zelouskight24
      @zelouskight24 5 місяців тому

      I mentioned this to my dad when we watched it. He said it was covered in the deal. Man is delusional.

  • @crystalcat1002
    @crystalcat1002 11 місяців тому +551

    Ive been missing these science-based theories. You've been emphasizing on lore-based ones for a while now, and I'm glad to have some variety!

    • @thavrisco1632
      @thavrisco1632 11 місяців тому +18

      Science-based/reality-based theories have been and will always be the best

    • @mantis-manthegreat
      @mantis-manthegreat 11 місяців тому +3

      Finding the ideas for the science-based theories is much harder than the lore ones, idk how he has been able to do it for so long lol.

    • @ironkid9485
      @ironkid9485 11 місяців тому +2

      Oh yeah me to, the lore ones are fine but the science ones are definitely the best

    • @bunnybro5977
      @bunnybro5977 11 місяців тому +1

      Probably a necessity now since Austin left. There'd be a vacuum of science content on the channel

  • @giin97
    @giin97 10 місяців тому +4

    I didn't think Cain could tell what cards were there, he knew what they would be from the other hands dealt. Each hand had meaning, and they pointed out that dealer was a cheat that gave all 3 specific hands.

  • @shaden.l.m.9506
    @shaden.l.m.9506 9 місяців тому +3

    5:20 I came back to this video for a second watch JUST to find the gun fact. Thanks MatPat for making a writer's day slightly easier.

  • @SpammytheHedgehog
    @SpammytheHedgehog 11 місяців тому +819

    The John Wick series is gonna reach a billion dollars one day.

  • @lykanaslupus
    @lykanaslupus 11 місяців тому +122

    Me: Starts the video and passes the spoiler warning because "how bad can it be?"
    Also me almost immediately: *Internal endless screaming*

  • @NGEBdraw
    @NGEBdraw 9 днів тому +1

    1:56 think about it, if he was still alive EVERYBODY would be after him and because he wants "retirement" he can't do it with everybody asking him to do something else for them so in John Wick fashion he pulls the uno reverse card of his "death"

  • @Otgel
    @Otgel 10 місяців тому +2

    The thing with him falling on his spine, is that your calculation only takes into account the energy at the moment of contact (as if his body is a dry plank)
    But his body doesn't just stop accelerating when his spine hits something, it keeps going, it would have 100% broken his back.

  • @dlr6642
    @dlr6642 11 місяців тому +204

    The whole idea of John wick having superpowers makes sense as John wick technically takes place in the same world as the payday games which itself has a person with the power of psychokineses in its live action videos

    • @SpaceCatJeffy
      @SpaceCatJeffy 11 місяців тому +59

      The Payday universe is wild. John Wick, Hardcore Henry, Hotline Miami, Scarface, and Point Break all take place within Payday's overall canon. What a terrifying world to live in.

    • @waifuwaffles7697
      @waifuwaffles7697 11 місяців тому +9

      ​@@SpaceCatJeffy Hardcore Henry is cannon to payday?????

    • @M644theawesome
      @M644theawesome 11 місяців тому +19

      Honestly surprised MatPat never did a Game Theory on the PayDay games

    • @M644theawesome
      @M644theawesome 11 місяців тому +4

      @@waifuwaffles7697 Yeah, the character Jimmy is from Hardcore Henry

    • @SpaceCatJeffy
      @SpaceCatJeffy 11 місяців тому +11

      @@waifuwaffles7697 Yep, based off the live action trailer and two of the heists, Payday takes place sometime before Hardcore Henry does. You can even see Jimmy's duct tape mask very briefly in one of the scenes in the actual movie.

  • @Kris.pyfries
    @Kris.pyfries 11 місяців тому +319

    I like the idea of John having some supernatural power and the evidence is there, but I’m surprised MatPat didn’t talk about the power of adrenaline cuz it seems like John is running solely on that until he frees himself

    • @Spoopball
      @Spoopball 10 місяців тому +6

      The cars driving into him and John getting up and walking away/fighting was a bit too much for me to believe he was just "a normal guy/human"

  • @andrewharper1609
    @andrewharper1609 5 місяців тому +1

    The amount of research you put into this is astounding. Good nob.

  • @1940Joker
    @1940Joker 8 місяців тому +2

    If we think about it, it actually makes sense that John would still be alive at the end of the franchise's fourth installment, since now that a fifth installment has been officially confirmed, John could definitely defeat and finish off the main antagonist of the franchise; The High Table.

  • @JHouston62
    @JHouston62 11 місяців тому +131

    It’s supposed to be modern day mythology, he completely filled out his character arc (personally they set him back for the fourth film to do this) but there’s nothing left for him to do. I would like it if he somehow managed to settle down and run a dog shelter or something like that but everything foreshadowed his death like the whole length of the film

    • @angsern8455
      @angsern8455 11 місяців тому +7

      Isn't that what Mr Nobody is trying to do? Do they become business partners or something.

    • @derekeastman7771
      @derekeastman7771 11 місяців тому +1

      Be cool if he is alive if some character in one of the spin-offs comes to him for help like he did to so many others.

  • @Greenhawk4
    @Greenhawk4 11 місяців тому +672

    Surprised he never mentioned how if John actually was dead and buried the grass wouldn’t have fully grown back yet as that’s clearly the first Time they visited his grave based on the dialogue also their dialogue probably means they (well only Winston initially) knew he was alive. The movie also focused on the dog turning it’s head to something meaning it was important and that John was probably watching from a distance.

    • @rizukie
      @rizukie 10 місяців тому +50

      yeah, the dog saw something

    • @dafilmqueen556
      @dafilmqueen556 10 місяців тому +23

      ​​@@rizukie it's always the dog in these movies. They know everything..😊

    • @buteocks4020
      @buteocks4020 10 місяців тому +2

      what if he had some kind of brace in his armor to help with back snapping

    • @Greenhawk4
      @Greenhawk4 10 місяців тому +3

      @@buteocks4020 what does that have to do with the comment?

    • @hoggerguy2151
      @hoggerguy2151 9 місяців тому +3

      Kinda reminds me of the start of gtav when Michael is watching his grave from a distance

  • @dylanthedinosaurking4009
    @dylanthedinosaurking4009 10 місяців тому +14

    I DO like the idea of John being far more durable/having rapid healing…but theres a flaw in the theory that I just thought of-if he has a healing factor…. Then how come he hasn’t regenerated the finger that he lost?

    • @watsobongo777
      @watsobongo777 9 місяців тому +11

      Mabye it’s because after it was cut off, they seared it with the hot scolding metal. I am no expert in this kind of area, so I could be wrong.

    • @SaidNoOne11
      @SaidNoOne11 3 місяці тому +1

      Maybe because it’s not an opened wound and once it was seared his body considered it “healed” idk. lol good point.

  • @mickyflint
    @mickyflint 8 місяців тому +1

    Also in the payday 2 lore both John wick and hard-core Henry are canon, so there's at least one storyline that could explain his enhanced abilities.

  • @dshadeproductions8258
    @dshadeproductions8258 11 місяців тому +378

    I LITERALLY said to my friend after watching this movie “I think John Wick is still gonna be alive” and he was like “bRo tHeY LiTeRaLlY BuRiEd HiM” and i still argued. I just sent this video to him. THANK YOU MATPAT.

    • @dshadeproductions8258
      @dshadeproductions8258 11 місяців тому +11

      @The FiIm Thoerists 🅥 bro why you pretending to be matpat

    • @qy-exotic7717
      @qy-exotic7717 11 місяців тому +1

      @@dshadeproductions8258 he is matpat

    • @Imthesoulofthes
      @Imthesoulofthes 11 місяців тому +9

      If you don’t see a Body…

    • @ArcaneSorceror
      @ArcaneSorceror 11 місяців тому +6

      @@qy-exotic7717 Only if they forgot how to spell the word theorist

    • @Daeneiracorn
      @Daeneiracorn 11 місяців тому +1

      @@qy-exotic7717 click the channel. no videos.

  • @lukacunningham342
    @lukacunningham342 11 місяців тому +409

    The fact you didn’t just say “The reason Wick has to be alive is because Kane is alive so Wick has to come back to finish him” is commitment to the job

    • @WebbedManiac
      @WebbedManiac 11 місяців тому +2

      What do you mean?

    • @jaishreesingh
      @jaishreesingh 11 місяців тому +1

      john wick 5 is already in early production

    • @justinquintela3369
      @justinquintela3369 11 місяців тому +8

      They're friends though?

    • @koji6745
      @koji6745 11 місяців тому +11

      Nah he wanted him to be free too
      (+ If youve seen the post credits scene, John wont be needed)

    • @lukacunningham342
      @lukacunningham342 11 місяців тому

      Oh, I didn’t know they were friends, haven’t seen the movie yet, it’s very expensive for a rental

  • @suntzuthegreatartofwar3088
    @suntzuthegreatartofwar3088 9 місяців тому +1

    10:25 read about this once somewhere.The human body bones are not made to endure harsh forces but each time they are broken they repair themselves they become thicker,stronger and denser to withstand the said harsh condition they were put in.John is a world renowned and feared assassin the top of the top so in theory during the course of his entire career let's say he fell off a few building during his first few rookie year of the job as a last ditch method of escaping or getting rammed out of a window that would mean his bone would have been broken and healed over and over again giving him some pretty big and tough bone and let's say as a rookie john didn't know how to minimize the damage of falling off a building so he may have landed or hit something against his back a few time explaining how he could still walk in chapter 4

  • @Calel_S
    @Calel_S 9 місяців тому +1

    This theory breakdown was mega fire. John Wick and The Matrix are two of my most favorite movie franchises of all time and Keanu Reeves is one of my all time favorite actors and he's not scared to do his own stunts like most other actors are. I 100% believe it is possible that he is some sort of special being. I also remember readin a theory a while back that John Wick and The Matrix could be connected and John could possibly be Neo which could explain his extraordinary physical traits. I love these sort of theories tho.

  • @gamezytoo1433
    @gamezytoo1433 11 місяців тому +117

    I really did expected him to appear behind a tree or something at his own burial.

    • @osmosisjones4912
      @osmosisjones4912 11 місяців тому

      Here is the full clip/ua-cam.com/video/O73CbP65GGs/v-deo.html

    • @tommyvercetti189
      @tommyvercetti189 11 місяців тому

      No thats a vin diesel thang

    • @zettai7152
      @zettai7152 11 місяців тому +2

      Michael De Santa type beat

    • @anipodat394
      @anipodat394 11 місяців тому +6

      @@zettai7152 John in Wickness Protection

    • @Made-In-Heaven
      @Made-In-Heaven 11 місяців тому +4

      bro is joeph joestar

  • @chrisblack9851
    @chrisblack9851 11 місяців тому +195

    I like how Caine stabbed one of the assassins with a pencil, a metaphor from the first movie when the dad of the guy who killed John's dog told him how he saw John killed 3 men with a pencil

    • @myria2834
      @myria2834 11 місяців тому +13

      Both in the first movie, and during the begining of the second.

    • @JakeyzPlayz
      @JakeyzPlayz 11 місяців тому +2

      @TheFiImThoeristshello The Film Thoerists! FAKE

    • @Dj0enderman3000
      @Dj0enderman3000 11 місяців тому +3

      John did also in the previous parts :)

    • @Ezberron
      @Ezberron 11 місяців тому +2

      I like to think that they implied that John learned this trick from caine. They were old friends after all...

    • @maxjohnson6502
      @maxjohnson6502 11 місяців тому

      With a fucking... pencil.

  • @BakedPotatoYT1
    @BakedPotatoYT1 8 місяців тому +9

    I think no one in the John Wick universe have any power. I think that Caine was able to "see" his cards because he's only partially/legally blind or something similar, that's why he has to put the cards up close to his face to "see" it.

    • @jk013x
      @jk013x 4 місяці тому +2

      Caine has no eyes...

  • @garyshelton2559
    @garyshelton2559 8 місяців тому

    In JW2, John goes to meet Winston on the rooftop. There is a moment where the building stonework is directly behind his head, which are wings. I've always figured that was foreshadowing John as the Angel of Death.

  • @paigemarcum5586
    @paigemarcum5586 11 місяців тому +328

    I really liked the idea of him dying at the end of his journey. He wanted to die a free man and be with his wife again, and I take a certain satisfaction from the idea that he did exactly that.

    • @candycottonwithapple
      @candycottonwithapple 11 місяців тому +19

      Me too, I loved the ending. He dying a free man was all he wanted.

    • @vivid_xyz
      @vivid_xyz 11 місяців тому +26

      Same. Also, I don't think he was killed. He actually *let himself die* because after he was liberated from the underground business, he simply done it. He was finished and his job was done, so John knew he could finally rest.

    • @micahphilson
      @micahphilson 11 місяців тому +19

      Honestly, I agree. I'm kinda disappointed they're continuing the saga, it was such a perfect ending, and even left you wondering if he was really dead.

    • @euzekielaguba6257
      @euzekielaguba6257 11 місяців тому +3

      💵💲💸

    • @pooldeadpool1535
      @pooldeadpool1535 11 місяців тому +3

      It was a bittersweet ending for me. On the one hand, his mission was complete, and he could finally rest and be with his wife. On the other hand, it ends the franchise. My first thought was that they use the tracker guy with the dog as the new face of the franchise and continue it that way. 🤔

  • @volatile6835
    @volatile6835 10 місяців тому +357

    I think another important thing to note is the fact that the high table is RICH and well connected. Not a stretch to say john got some of their best doctors and surgeries. Lets not forget about the drugs he could’ve gotten in between the movies.

    • @fearlesstay
      @fearlesstay 9 місяців тому +43

      that wouldn’t be possible after the second movie, because remember he got cut off from everything for breaking the rules. unless, said doctors also broke the rules to help John because they were good friends with him. so i can see your point.

    • @daydreamers8254
      @daydreamers8254 3 місяці тому +1

      @@fearlesstay he was reinstated in 4.

    • @mithruikka
      @mithruikka 2 місяці тому

      @@daydreamers8254 wasnt he only reinstated with the russian family? also at the end of the duel doesnt mr krabs say "your duty to the high table is concluded" or something like that?

  • @tasonjodd5151
    @tasonjodd5151 7 місяців тому +1

    15:30
    I guarantee John is a Ribs/steak (some kinda red meat) guy. My reasoning? He drinks Bourbon, which is a southern American (think Kentucky) form of whisky. And personally when I think of that area and food, Smoked Ribeye comes to mind immediately.

  • @chrismccarver2734
    @chrismccarver2734 7 місяців тому

    Just to mention the 10 30 marker, I'm pretty sure he could have enough control to slant himself to avoid a back break but it might result in a shattered shoulder blade and several broker back ribs

    • @KeanuReeves-zv5jp
      @KeanuReeves-zv5jp 6 місяців тому

      Thank You for always here with me in my sorrow and happiness, you will always be treasured and appreciated from the very core of my heart 🥰

  • @spankywzl
    @spankywzl 11 місяців тому +181

    If chapter 4 honestly does show us the death of John Wick, it does make for a pretty cool ending and closes the book in a pretty definitive and classic way. The only thing I would have liked to have seen was the impossible task; the mission that gave us the dead bodies upon which Viggo's entire organization was built.

    • @JHouston62
      @JHouston62 11 місяців тому +6

      They are making prequels and stuff, if I'm not wrong the impossible task would be John fighting the Italian Mafia since the Russian Mob beat them out in our timeline and he had to get a marker from the Italian (Santino?) seat at the high table probably to keep them from going after their kin, would be a cool thing to see!

    • @GrimmShadowsII
      @GrimmShadowsII 11 місяців тому +7

      ​@@JHouston62yeah a few years ago they mentioned a prequel TV series called The Continental following a young Winston. Haven't heard anything in awhile so I don't know if it's still a thing.

    • @_valor
      @_valor 11 місяців тому +4

      "those who cling to life, die"
      Apt

    • @TheBlackAntagonist
      @TheBlackAntagonist 11 місяців тому +6

      What if John Wick the Assassin died but John was reborn. Maybe this is him actually leaving the organization, a falsified death.

    • @abhinandandas3726
      @abhinandandas3726 11 місяців тому +3

      There is a comic book on that, read it to know what John did for Viggo

  • @Fr_On_God
    @Fr_On_God 11 місяців тому +331

    I believe John did really die after the final duel. Throughout the films, I imagine that John was only surviving off of adrenaline and sheer will. Obviously Cain's shots were not meant to be lethal, but after finally escaping the high table, he's done. John no longer needs to cling onto life.

    • @JANFU_Nova
      @JANFU_Nova 11 місяців тому +39

      yeah, you literally can't "sheer will and adrenaline" paralysis.

    • @kaiwilliams2181
      @kaiwilliams2181 11 місяців тому +51

      @@JANFU_Nova he’s just built different

    • @benwagner5089
      @benwagner5089 11 місяців тому +8

      @@JANFU_Nova Not to mention when you get knocked out, you can't will yourself to survive.

    • @ShadeSlayer1911
      @ShadeSlayer1911 11 місяців тому +12

      @@kaiwilliams2181 It's a skill issue.

    • @jackhall4767
      @jackhall4767 11 місяців тому +21

      Exactly. I felt like throughout the entire movie. John Refuses to die or give up. But when his main objective is over, and was able to set himself free. He finally accepted to die as John wick, a loving husband instead of Dying as The Boogeyman

  • @todd-makes-videos
    @todd-makes-videos 9 місяців тому +1

    I didn't realize how many Theory channels you have. Haha Good stuff all around!

  • @curtisking8393
    @curtisking8393 10 місяців тому +59

    I love how there's only 1 fall that should have killed him and we ignored how the suit probably improves his odds a bit on top of that

    • @galaxybird8063
      @galaxybird8063 7 місяців тому +12

      The suit prevents bullets from going through it’s not some magic armor that negate damage, when John got his suit the guy said that bullets won’t go through but it will be painful suggesting that the kinetic energy from the bullets are still going into him

    • @senseishu937
      @senseishu937 6 місяців тому +1

      That's not how bulletproof armor works bro.

    • @TheCompleteMental
      @TheCompleteMental 5 місяців тому

      Itd only stop his back from shattering if it was hard body armor, not soft.

  • @chadelliottfahlman
    @chadelliottfahlman 11 місяців тому +64

    Stahelski: "MatPat, I want to make John Wick 5 without sacrificing my creative integrity."
    MatPat: "Say no more."

  • @microphonejacket
    @microphonejacket 11 місяців тому +93

    One thing that seriously bugs me about these movies is that John Wick had hundreds, probably thousands of trained killers coming after him, AND NOBODY THOUGHT OF HIRING A SNIPER?!?!?

    • @d3fine0
      @d3fine0 11 місяців тому +6

      They did try and do this John Wick Chapter 2

    • @CloudzAllAroundMe
      @CloudzAllAroundMe 11 місяців тому

      They did this before

    • @Eric-dr5iq
      @Eric-dr5iq 11 місяців тому +3

      There was Marcus, but then again... I don't think that a sniper has worked well over someone who's just as skilled in distance more than he is at first to first combat.

    • @marmiteurs
      @marmiteurs 11 місяців тому

      ​shut @Don't Read My Profile Picture

    • @osmosisjones4912
      @osmosisjones4912 11 місяців тому +1

      Here is the full clip/ ua-cam.com/video/vgADXefQRdQ/v-deo.html

  • @aurorafauna4195
    @aurorafauna4195 6 місяців тому +2

    5:39
    What about internal bleeding?
    I don't think he actually died either, just saying

  • @Sterge08
    @Sterge08 9 місяців тому +4

    Pretty sure they went with this ending as Keanu Reaves did want a break from the franchise. They could always say that he died die her if he doesn’t want to do another film or he faked his death if he does.

  • @Cysubtor_8vb
    @Cysubtor_8vb 11 місяців тому +81

    Funny how, of all the dramatic falls and impacts John sustained, it's the often trivialized club to the head that's the most dangerous. And it's such a common storytelling trope, too.

    • @gogauze
      @gogauze 11 місяців тому +1

      For real. Knocking someone in the head is a fairly consistent way to disrupt, or outright stop, most autonomic processes.
      If you nail the right spot along the occipital bone, you can significantly disrupt someone's vision and coordination with a light impact. Folks who are trained to accurately strike with significant force, either hand-to-hand or with a weapon, can reliably unalive someone by causing cardiac or pulmonary arrest.
      And that's just the immediate consequences; well before we get to the long term problems associated with concussions and TBIs.
      Don't hit people in the head, especially if you don't know what you're doing, unless you're ready for them to be dead.

    • @derekeastman7771
      @derekeastman7771 11 місяців тому

      Nah, dude folded like a cheap Walmart cot landing on a bar or whatever in the middle of his spine after falling at least ten feet. Twice. Once at the end of three and once at some point in four. That’s paralysis or worse for a normal human, every time.

  • @petegeogaming303
    @petegeogaming303 11 місяців тому +21

    Make a video with a theory from Watchmen Director's Cut

  • @kaimedar
    @kaimedar 10 місяців тому +5

    Maybe he is immortal because this is just an off branch story of the Matrix. It has 2 of the main characters in it, his love of guns from both series, and the ridiculous stunts make it very believable.

    • @Lightna
      @Lightna 9 місяців тому +1

      I could buy it. Even with three suits suggesting they are on the Smith side of the aisle here and the High Table is the robot overlords

  • @BlackMysteries1
    @BlackMysteries1 6 місяців тому +2

    john wick has the best plot armor in existance

  • @ZOM-ZOMS
    @ZOM-ZOMS 11 місяців тому +12

    7:19 that noise 💀

  • @StridingLuna
    @StridingLuna 11 місяців тому +99

    “Those who cling to life, die”
    “Those who cling to death, live”
    I love the parallel between the lines

  • @kairasendo1175
    @kairasendo1175 9 місяців тому +4

    “To say that literally no one saw this coming is putting it mildly”
    After the end of 2, my mom, dad, and GF all agreed with me in that there’s no way John gets a happy ending… or at least lives through everything

  • @blendisherifi3739
    @blendisherifi3739 7 місяців тому

    Not only are the statistics on his side but I'm more than willing to bet that John Wick definitely knows how to do mid-air maneuvers, so he lands more safely.

  • @Destructocorps
    @Destructocorps 11 місяців тому +59

    To be fair, maybe his increasingly limited word count film to film partly comes from the concussion impact, he's thinking harder for fewer words

  • @deadman9335
    @deadman9335 11 місяців тому +39

    About the falls, he is also wearing clothing that is meant to take impacts for him even able to stop bullets at point blank ranges so he has a protective layer of flexible armor on his back every time he falls.
    Now onto the super powers aspect, it is also possible that John wick has him self a bone density and even a muscle density mutation. He is shown to take many hits that would normally cause a lot of damage to a person and continue going before they heal and I think that may have been do to his bones being denser than normal making them stronger which would make him heavier.
    Additionally as death battle points out, John wick has some level of super strength, and as someone who has a Myostatin muscle hypertrophy mutation, I can speak with experience on this subject. In my case I have about 1.3 times the amount of muscle strands per mm across my entire body or in other words, normal people have about 50 strands per millimeter and I have about 65 per millimeter. This allows me to lift and push weight like a professional body builder dispite the fact I am barely more fit than the average man and my weight would tell you otherwise as I weigh 220 pounds but look like your average 180 pound 5,10 male just because the extra muscle strands make me heavier. I have also learned that muscle helps soften impacts and having more of it would absorb more force than normally possible which would again explain another reason that John wick can take all that damage and keep moving.

    • @j.l.w9563
      @j.l.w9563 11 місяців тому +1

      Wow, very interesting. I did not know such a thing existed!

    • @Guildguy457
      @Guildguy457 11 місяців тому +3

      MatPat also erroneously factored in acceleration in the club fall. Horizontal to vertical momentum should have been on a parabolic calculation, not inertial-neutral. Also, like you, I carry a higher bone density, increased muscular torsion and with training one can have their muscle memory to just, "Go loose" when falling from heights. Yeah, John Wick is very alive after his falls.

    • @deadman9335
      @deadman9335 11 місяців тому +1

      @@Guildguy457 I only have increased muscle strand count not a bone density mutation but I have researched it. It is cool to see some else similar to me responding to my comment though.

  • @charlesmactaggart1676
    @charlesmactaggart1676 8 місяців тому

    I love it. It makes perfect sense and it makes for a good action movie, complete with "mistakes" that were actually intentional.

  • @jacobc246
    @jacobc246 5 днів тому +1

    He didn't die, but we will never know until he picks up his car Christmas 2030

  • @bollockjohnson6156
    @bollockjohnson6156 11 місяців тому +284

    Remember however, he was wearing armor during those falls, armor that reliably and repeatedly stopped small arms fire; most likely the armor material is capable of efficiently spreading impact force over its entire area. This would have certainly absorbed some of the impact during his falls...as a result the fall onto the fire escape would not be equivalent to concentrating all that force on his lower spine but over his entire torso.

    • @derekeastman7771
      @derekeastman7771 11 місяців тому +40

      My man folded like a cheap Walmart cot. Modern body armor really doesn’t do that all that well, it’s mostly steel plate. Sure, you’re slightly better off having a steel plate rammed into your spine than that little bar, but not much better off.

    • @trailmixgang
      @trailmixgang 11 місяців тому +7

      I agree with derekeastman but you made a good point.

    • @GamesRUs-bj2ut
      @GamesRUs-bj2ut 11 місяців тому +2

      Nice profile picture

    • @The_Natalist
      @The_Natalist 11 місяців тому

      He forgets the armor for the wounds too,

    • @tywilson5131
      @tywilson5131 10 місяців тому +17

      @@derekeastman7771 Late to this but... I always considered the armor they use in these movies to be super-advanced futuristic-type armor made from some innovative material. I just remember the characters in chapter 4 using their suit plating to block bullets like they were nothing which to that extent isn't something normal armor can do. If it's something like I've explained it has to play some type of unearthly positive effect on the damage wick has taken over the movies.
      Then again I'm no expert in body armor and I'm using my one watch of chapter 4 from months ago as my reference.

  • @tiagghho
    @tiagghho 11 місяців тому +94

    I love this style of oldschool theory.
    We all know that the lack of scars etc is just cause they dont care enough and it's supposed to be silly.
    But it's just so much fun to think that it actually has a deeper meaning

  • @user-zw6qd8vl4r
    @user-zw6qd8vl4r 3 місяці тому

    this makes so much sense. Easily one of the best theories on the channel. If this is actually cannon i'll be so happy!

  • @pbz4272
    @pbz4272 8 місяців тому

    Going about the power theory maybe when he was younger he was only found to be tested on maybe same thing with Caine but he lost his eye sight as a effect and maybe that’s why their friends they became friends during these experiments

  • @barrytremblay4906
    @barrytremblay4906 11 місяців тому +50

    MattPatt: John wick can't die. James Bond: Am I a joke to you?

    • @theburgerfryer
      @theburgerfryer 11 місяців тому

      Well, he probably wins against James bond mid diff He has not as much combat experience

    • @barrytremblay4906
      @barrytremblay4906 11 місяців тому

      @@diogoferreira7427 What no. It's a Death battle reference.

    • @theburgerfryer
      @theburgerfryer 11 місяців тому

      @@barrytremblay4906 Death battle was BS.

    • @barrytremblay4906
      @barrytremblay4906 11 місяців тому

      @@theburgerfryer what is that supposed to mean?

    • @theaveragegamer992
      @theaveragegamer992 11 місяців тому

      Kinda unfair to pit a fight with a realistic Assassin against a spy with futuristic weapons and abilities so death battle dropped the ball on that one if it was a battle without futuristic gadgets and based purely on skill bond would no doubt be double o dead

  • @beetle0164
    @beetle0164 11 місяців тому +39

    You should do a theory on how much Kevlar you need to make a near bulletproof blazer and suit. Found that a bit comical how everyone was safe from point blank shots

    • @cdoggo24
      @cdoggo24 11 місяців тому +8

      A UA-cam channel called hacksmith made the suit

    • @defiantnight2668
      @defiantnight2668 11 місяців тому +1

      I don't think it's kevlar but those bulletproof suits exist irl, small calibre rounds are very easy to protect against

  • @TheSoullessImmortal
    @TheSoullessImmortal 8 місяців тому

    9:40-9:45
    Yeah, about that, Matt. You could’ve said it was more than 5x that height and it would still work. 38 times 3 is 114 feet. But 38 times 5 is 190.

  • @tedhart1402
    @tedhart1402 10 місяців тому +3

    Matt Discovers Plot Armour😨

  • @koziak6076
    @koziak6076 11 місяців тому +132

    I never realised just how realistic the John Wick movies are!

    • @defiantnight2668
      @defiantnight2668 11 місяців тому +13

      They try to be very fun accurate! The first two movies were pretty attentive to detail on reloading and ammo count for each gun

    • @koziak6076
      @koziak6076 11 місяців тому +6

      @@defiantnight2668 I know, that's why I love them!

  • @codekeeper32
    @codekeeper32 11 місяців тому +53

    Would the bullet proof suit help to dissipate some of the force from falling on the fire escape?

    • @ironencepersonal9634
      @ironencepersonal9634 11 місяців тому +7

      Probably not, mostly because it's still flexible like normal fabric

    • @raptorjesus3894
      @raptorjesus3894 11 місяців тому +2

      IMO that is something else that should have been touched on. Whilst Johns suit is bulletproof, they make a clear point of telling and showing the audience that he still feels those shots. Whilst they wouldn’t penetrate him, his bones would be broken by the things he gets hit by.

    • @JGcd001
      @JGcd001 11 місяців тому +1

      Honestly those suits are the biggest macguffin of the whole series. But that being said, there are some instances that indicate body armor can make a difference in car accidents. Massad Ayoob has a good story about just such an occasion, so it wouldn't be too much of a stretch to assume the suits could help marginally

  • @vincentbeton
    @vincentbeton 10 місяців тому

    I am so glad you did not try to argue something like the Movies just happen in his head before he dies from his Injuries he took in the first one, explaining how he can be an unstoppable badass. Would be too easy of course too

  • @swatiinternationalindia5456
    @swatiinternationalindia5456 9 місяців тому

    When John wick steps on a lego, the lego feels the pain