John Wick—another example of little boys playing with guns

Earlier this year, I wrote a column for The Big Click headlined “Little Boys Playing With Guns.” Yesterday I saw the film John Wick, and I think it’s another example of what I was discussing in the column—a silly, childish fetishizing of violence, crime and grief.

It’s particularly disappointing in this case because the film’s premise is compelling: John Wick is a retired hit man whose wife dies, and she arranges for a dog to be delivered to him to keep him compan...