There’s only so much that a filmmaker can do in a two-hour movie (even with a big budget) but a serialized TV series affords the team behind John Wick far more time and opportunity to explore the ins and outs of New York’s seedy yet elegant criminal underworld.
The John Wick universe has customs, currency, and firmly established rules that make it feel as lived in as our own real world.
While John Wick features a strong story, stellar characters, and some truly spectacular action, the thing that sets it apart from other action movies of a similar ilk is how thoroughly realized the world feels.
A John Wick television series is one of those million dollar ideas that we will always kick ourselves for not considering first, and Chad Stahelski’s comments to /Film pretty much sum up why it would work so well.