John Wick:Â An International Raid
Crossover: The Raid: Redemption (2011), The Raid 2 (2014)
Chances are, you did see this one coming. If you didn’t, understand that John Wick NEEDS to find himself within Gareth Evans’ Indonesian action universe. The Raid: Redemption is martial arts mastery, and The Raid 2 only gets better. A third film has been teased by Evans, but with no recent news, here’s a perfect time to get creative!
Picture this – Wick is contracted by an international billionaire to take out an Indonesian mark. At the same time, Iko Uwais and his team are hunting said mark for arrest. You could spin it as two hunters focused on the same goal, one who needs a confirmed kill, the other who wants a clean takedown. Maybe Uwais and Reeves scrap a bit, but you’d also have some awesome scenes where they reluctantly work together until one walks away with an accomplished mission. The details are fuzzy, but all I can picture right now is a slow-motion John Woo shot where Uwais and Reeves are spinning back-to-back. Then some poor bad guy gets pummelled to oblivion. Crunch, smash, boom.
John Wick: An International Raid is too big to fail. Iko Uwais and Keanu in the same film? Done. Kung-fu (Pencak silat) versus Gun-fu? Let’s see it. International appeal with a domestic draw? Ugh, just IMAGINE the brutality that would swirl together as Uwais snaps bones and Reeves lands yet another headshot. Give it to me NOW.
