John Wickthey shouldn’t have touched the dog
Although it may seem superfluous to mention it, the story of John Wick it’s not a true story. The adventures of this former hit man who came out of retirement to avenge the death of her puppy Daisy, a posthumous gift from his late wife, were born from the mind of screenwriter Derek Kolstad alone. But he was inspired by reality to define his character and, above all, the reason for revenge ?
In fact, today perceived as brilliant, this idea of avenging the death of your dog with great violence and a record number of deaths initially had nothing obvious. Moreover, the studios originally thought this element of the story was unnecessarily cruel and could go away, which directors Chad Stahelski and David Leitch happily objected to. Only on this assumption, therefore, the great saga carried out by Keanu Reeves that we know today developed. And this story of a cowardly murdered dog is strangely and strongly echoed to a piece of news that occurred in the United States in 2009.
The war hero is back on duty
Marcus Luttrell is a famous man in the United States. Former Navy Seal famed for being the sole survivor of Operation Red Wings. From this counterinsurgency operation in Afghanistan in June 2005, Marcus Luttrell made a bestseller, The survivor (Lone Survivor in VO), released in 2009. Then the story was adapted to the cinema in 2013 by Peter Berg with Mark Wahlberg in the title role Blood and tears.
But 2009 isn’t just the year Marcus Luttrell’s story was published, it’s also the year he lives. an event very close to the beginning of the story of John Wick. Retired from the Navy in 2007, he moved to Texas and took in a young Golden Retriever, named DASY, acronym of the initials of his comrades who fell in Afghanistan. On the evening of April 1, 2009, while he was at home with his mother, she overheard one shot. After making sure the house is safe, he goes out to find DASY dead, pulled down. Nearby he sees a vehicle which he suspects is that of those responsible. He then told the Houston Chronicle :
I can tell that he had tried to escape, because there was a trace of blood. When I saw she was dead, I had only one thing on my mind: “I have to neutralize these kids.”
A chase at almost 200 km/h
Marcus Luttrell then seizes his 9mm pistol and engages in a chase with DASY’s attackers, with both vehicles reaching close speeds 200 km/h. Throughout the chase, the veteran is on the phone with authorities, and ultimately it’s the police officers who end up intercepting the car and its two occupants, Alfonso Hernandez and Michael Edmonds.
After the fact, Marcus Luttrell told Fox News:
He wasn’t just a pet, he meant everything to me. I considered her my daughter.
A reality that was an argument for Stephanie Stroud during the judicial investigation, assistant prosecutor in charge of prosecuting the perpetrators of the crime:
For Marcus Luttrell it was so much more. It was the symbol of what had happened to him. He remembered his companions, because the dog bore their names. For Marcus Luttrell it was not just a simple dog.
The two perpetrators of the attack, Alfonso Hernandez and Michael Edmonds, were respectively sentenced to 2 years in prison and 5 years in prison with suspended sentences, Edmonds having pleaded guilty.
Coincidence or inspiration? The mystery remains
To date, neither Derek Kolstad nor the other writers involved in the John Wick saga have established any connection with the story of Marcus Luttrell. But the latter having had strong publicity at the time of publication The survivorthen the following years with its adaptation Blood and tearsit is very likely that this story reached Derek Kolstad’s ears, and that he was inspired by this attack on a dog to give depth to his character John Wick.
In fact, whether it’s Marcus Luttrell’s DASY or John Wick’s Daisy, the two dogs have a therapeutic function, and are there so that the two men do not forget who they have lost. In the case of the former Navy SEAL, his brothers in arms, and in the case of John Wick, his wife Helen. We will probably never know to what extent the reality of the news and the fiction of the cinema may have mixed on this point, but we can at least draw a profound truth from it: don’t touch the dogs !
Source: Cine Serie
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