John Wick himself is utterly terrifying. If he wants to kill you, he will kill you. Especially if you deserve it. No matter how rich or powerful you are, how many bodies and guns you throw at him, how far or how fast you run, John Wick will kill you.
We may be cheering John on for his quest of vengeance more or less, but from his targets' perspective, it's like having a Robot Soldier akin to The Terminator hunting them down ceaselessly and being nearly as unstoppable. John Wick manages to be both awesome and chilling to behold.
Chapter 1
The home invasion scene with Iosef and his gang. John is given a real beating with a blunt weapon and has to watch his new dog get senselessly killed. Thankfully, this is Iosef at his worst and the tables start to turn with John getting ready to hunt him down.
When John brushes the floor to remove Daisy's blood stains, he slowly looks up giving a Kubrick Stare to indicate the beast in him has returned to grant his revenge. And it's a very creepy Kubrick Stare, with his irises lacking any light reflection, looking almost pitch black, lifeless, like a doll's eyes which gives off Uncanny Valley.
The best two examples of this occur during the club scene, in particular the scene where John knifes the bald guy to death, his hand over his mouth and staring straight into his eyes as the life leaves them; as well as John giving the mother of all Death Glares to Iosef as he kills the guys trying to go after him, just before executing the guy he's got on the floor, his eyes never leaving him. This is the moment when Iosef truly realizes just how terrifying and dangerous Wick is, and just how badly he's fucked himself by pissing this guy off. Iosef can only flee as if being pursued by a Killer Robot assassin.
John becoming truly enraged during the interrogation scene. For most of the movie, Keanu Reeves has portrayed John as a Noble Demon who can otherwise be perfectly normal and just another person on the street. So seeing him becoming a screaming mess can be quite unnerving. Especially cause we know John is more than willing to live up to the threat. He has a bag forced over his head to suffocate him. Marcus is there to save him with his sniping skills, but it's left a little vague if this was where John would have died without his mentor to save him, or if John could have found a way to break free otherwise.
John: People keep asking if I'm back, and I haven't really had an answer. But now... Yeah... I'm thinkin' I'm back! So you can hand over your son!OR YOU CAN DIE SCREAMING ALONGSIDE HIM!!
The scene where Iosef is finally done for usually has him whining that "It was just a fuck'n..." before getting shot in head, making the scene feel cathartic, but in the version of the movie edited for the USA channel to remove the swearing, this scene ends up more eerie than the original cut, as Iosef doesn't even speak and just gets a Boom, Headshot! without even saying a word.
creepy Kubrick Stare, with his irises lacking any light reflection, looking almost pitch black, lifeless, like a doll's eyes which gives off Uncanny Valley.
