Title: They Shouldn’t Have Killed His Dog
Series: Standalone
Author’s Name: Edward Gross/Mark A. Altman
Publisher: St. Martin’s Press
Genre: Movie History
Page Count: 288 Pages
ISBN: 978-1250278432
Author or Book Website: N/A
Link to Amazon purchase page: Amazon.com: They Shouldn’t Have Killed His Dog: The Complete Uncensored Ass-Kicking Oral History of John Wick, Gun Fu, and the New Age of Action: Gross, Edward, Altman, Mark A.: Books
Link to Goodreads: They Shouldn’t Have Killed His Dog: The Complete Uncensored Ass-Kicking Oral History of John Wick, Gun Fu, and the New Age of Action by Edward Gross | Goodreads
Release Date: N/A
How I Got the Book: Review Copy
Summary of the Book:
There have been iconic moments in the action movie genre over the years, but nothing has come close to matching the kinetic, balletic gun-fu of the John Wick films.
In They Shouldn’t Have Killed His Dog: The Complete Uncensored Ass-Kicking Oral History of John Wick, Gun-Fu and The New Age of Action, bestselling authors Mark A. Altman and Edward Gross take you behind the scenes of a franchise that includes three films with more on the way, while exploring the action classics that led to John Wick as well as the films it inspired, like Atomic Blonde. They bring you right into the middle of the action of the John Wick films, detailing how the seemingly impossible was achieved through exclusive interviews with the cast, writers, directors, producers, stuntmen, fight choreographers, cinematographers, studio executives, editors, critics, and more. Together, they break down key action sequences while also providing a look back at the road the action genre has taken that led to John Wick, and a look at the character itself, an anti-hero who carries on the grand tradition of Clint Eastwood’s Man with No Name, but with a twist — and a never-ending supply of ammo — while showcasing the enduring appeal of the action movie as well as John Wick’s unique reinvention of the genre.
My Personal Review: I received a copy of this book for a fair and honest review. I have to admit I got this book because I am a fan of the films themselves. I got a deeper look into what made them possible and what inspired them. There was so much I did not know and it makes me appreciate the books so much more. It has me taking a whole new look at them and wanting to watch them all over again. There is so much from the people who work on or acted in the films. I enjoy books like this that tell more about something I already love.
My Rating of the Book: 5 Stars
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