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A Ranked Guide to John Wick–Inspired Movies
Hollywood has been trying to make the next John Wick for the past decade with a new generation of stunt-heavy, fistfighting action movies.
This woeful Jamie Foxx action-horror-comedy shares with John Wick a giddiness for world-building — in this case, dreaming up a reality in which bloodsuckers wreak havoc across the San Fernando Valley, prompting the need for a union of clandestine vampire-hunters whose sole purpose is to wipe them out. Produced by John Wick director Chad Stahelski — and scored by frequent collaborator, composer Tyler Bates — Day Shift is a typically junky Netflix offering, featuring the expected over-the-top action sequences alongside a glib sense of humor that suggests we shouldn’t take any of this too seriously. Violent Night(which was produced by Leitch’s company, 87North) eventually explains why Santa Claus is such an elite fighting machine, which is one of the movie’s more satisfying surprises, and between the escalating violence and sneaks-up-on-you heartwarming message about appreciating the magic of the season, this one-joke premise ends up being a little better than expected.
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