The latest installment in the "John Wick" series opened last weekend to a whopping $73.5 million, and while I've watched Baba Yaga shoot, stab, run over, and blow up dozens of bad guys every few years since 2014, that didn't stop me from watching him speeding in front of a triumphant car. I couldn't help but be super excited to watch him throw a trowel straight at the guy.

I was ready for superior martial arts and gun-fu, but what I wasn't ready for was a one-shot overhead shot sequence pulled straight out of a video game.

According to director Chad Stahelski, the shot was inspired by the 2019 Hong Kong Massacre. In a film that is already nearly three hours long, he wanted to break up the sequence and try something new. Incendiary bombs threw super-heated particles all over the screen, actual stuntmen shot fire everywhere, Keanu Reeves himself performed the entire sequence as if it were one continuous ballet of violence, and the results were extraordinary.

"The Hong Kong Massacre" itself was inspired by extraordinary films. With its full influence from John Woo's films, "The Massacre" has all the hallmarks of a classic John Woo film. With a flimsy plot and stylishly ambiguous cutscenes as a backdrop, it's basically like "Hotline Miami" on the set of "Hard Boiled." With guns blazing, neon signs raining down hard, and tea houses (opens in new tab) full of men trying to shoot you, this game (opens in new tab) is a simple but satisfying top-down shooter.

As for the movie, it does not disappoint. Donnie Yen does an excellent job as the blind martial artist Kane, and Scott Adkins' Kira, played by Frank Miller's Kingpin (too bad they couldn't replicate his battle in Ip Man 4!) ), which is probably a nod to the "Ip Man 4. Reeves continues to impress with his dedication to his craft (opens in new tab), and producer Erica Lee confirmed (opens in new tab) that a video game is in the works.