Larry Vickers on John Wick
Larry Just put up a video on John Wick.
https://youtu.be/BHF3Ewi78OY It's interesting what he says about Airsoft being used. |
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I saw that video not long after it was uploaded. I'd hate to contradict a professional who obviously knows his stuff, but while he did mention a lot of interesting things, I'm not convinced about all of what he said. For starters, he states that John Wick 1 was done completely with Airsoft pistols (although in this case, the one to blame more is the ISS guy who told him that), yet according to a couple of comments on the video (and according to my research as well), there's no Airsoft version of the H&K P30L in existence (there's only for the regular P30). Plus, he claims that the pistol's slide didn't lock back because it's an Airsoft gun, yet near the end of the nightclub fight, it does lock to the rear (okay, there are Airsoft guns that indeed have the locking feature, but still). On another note, he wrongfully says that Keanu picked up a Glock 26 from one of the henchmen and that he tucked it in his waistband, when in fact this G26 belonged to him from the beginning (it was his backup gun), and he carried it in an actual holster.
Anyway, even if Airsoft guns were used, it would only apply to the first movie. I hanged around a lot of relevant videos, Instagram posts, etc., and I'm pretty sure all guns in JW2 and JW3 are real :D |
These two other videos do it better
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5J5vQnxJf3w https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3nuagL-O4Xs |
I don’t think airsoft guns were used in the first movie, either. What I remember hearing is that they used electronic/solid plug blanks in real weapons. (See Forgotten Weapons’ interview with Charles Taylor from Movie Armaments Group for an explanation of how those work.)
Also, if he heard that rumor from his ISS contact, bear in mind that ISS didn’t provide the guns for the first movie, only the second and third. In the original movie, all of the guns came from The Specialists, Ltd., as far as I know. Quote:
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Eh, that last part was just a side note (not a big issue); still wanted to bring it up nonetheless, since it kinda affected what he later said about the probability of losing the pistol during the hand-to-hand fights, etc.
Anyway, back to the topic of what types of guns were used, we basically have the confirmation in BTS shots (like here and here) that they were indeed blanks |
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