A Glean movie guide
The John Wick Blueprint
Beyond the Baba Yaga.
Masterful choreography, relentless revenge, and the world's most lethal professionals.
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The movie list
- 01
Nobody
From the creator of John Wick, this high-energy thriller proves you should never underestimate a quiet family man.
Hutch Mansell, a suburban dad, overlooked husband, nothing neighbor — a "nobody." When two thieves break into his home one night, Hutch's unknown long-simmering rage is ignited and propels him on a brutal path that will uncover dark secrets he fought to leave behind.
- 02
Atomic Blonde
A neon-drenched spy thriller featuring some of the most impressive long-take fight sequences in modern cinema.
An undercover MI6 agent is sent to Berlin during the Cold War to investigate the murder of a fellow agent and recover a missing list of double agents.
- 03
The Raid: Redemption
A relentless, claustrophobic masterpiece of martial arts that redefined the speed and impact of action filmmaking.
Deep in the heart of Jakarta's slums lies an impenetrable safe house for the world's most dangerous killers and gangsters. Until now, the run-down apartment block has been considered untouchable to even the bravest of police. Cloaked under the cover of pre-dawn darkness and silence, an elite swat team is tasked with raiding the safe house in order to take down the notorious drug lord that runs it. But when a chance encounter with a spotter blows their cover and news of their assault reaches the drug lord, the building's lights are cut and all the exits blocked. Stranded on the sixth floor with no way out, the unit must fight their way through the city's worst to survive their mission. Starring Indonesian martial arts sensation Iko Uwais.
- 04
Extraction
Chris Hemsworth stars in a tactically precise, visceral mission defined by an incredible 12-minute continuous shot.
A hardened gun-for-hire's latest mission becomes a soul-searching race to survive when he's sent into Bangladesh to rescue a drug lord's kidnapped son.
- 05
Monkey Man
A raw and stylized directorial debut that blends gritty underground fighting with a relentless revenge narrative.
Kid is an anonymous young man who ekes out a meager living in an underground fight club where, night after night, wearing a gorilla mask, he is beaten bloody by more popular fighters for cash. After years of suppressed rage, Kid discovers a way to infiltrate the enclave of the city’s sinister elite. As his childhood trauma boils over, his mysteriously scarred hands unleash an explosive campaign of retribution to settle the score with the men who took everything from him.
- 06
The Killer
The definitive 'gun-fu' classic that paved the way for John Wick’s signature style of cinematic gunplay.
Mob assassin Jeffrey is no ordinary hired gun; the best in his business, he views his chosen profession as a calling rather than simply a job. So, when beautiful nightclub chanteuse Jennie is blinded in the crossfire of his most recent hit, Jeffrey chooses to retire after one last job to pay for his unintended victim's sight-restoring operation. But when Jeffrey is double-crossed, he reluctantly joins forces with a rogue policeman to make things right.
- 07
The Equalizer
Denzel Washington brings cold, calculated precision to this story of a retired operative dismantling a syndicate.
McCall believes he has put his mysterious past behind him and dedicated himself to beginning a new, quiet life. But when he meets Teri, a young girl under the control of ultra-violent Russian gangsters, he can’t stand idly by – he has to help her. Armed with hidden skills that allow him to serve vengeance against anyone who would brutalize the helpless, McCall comes out of his self-imposed retirement and finds his desire for justice reawakened. If someone has a problem, if the odds are stacked against them, if they have nowhere else to turn, McCall will help. He is The Equalizer.
- 08
Sisu
A near-silent, bone-crunching survival film about a legendary soldier who refuses to die while hunting his enemies.
When an ex-soldier who discovers gold in the Lapland wilderness tries to take the loot into the city, German soldiers led by a brutal SS officer battle him.
- 09
Kill Bill: Vol. 1
Quentin Tarantino’s hyper-stylized tribute to martial arts cinema follows an elite assassin on a path of vengeance.
An assassin is shot by her ruthless employer, Bill, and other members of their assassination circle – but she lives to plot her vengeance.
- 10
The Man from Nowhere
A sleek and brutal South Korean thriller featuring incredibly precise knife-fighting and a stoic protagonist.
A reclusive pawnshop owner goes on a brutal rampage to rescue a young girl kidnapped by a criminal organization.