John Wick. Chad Stahelski, 2014.
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Edition screened: Lionsgate Blu-ray, released 2015. English language. Runtime approximately 101 minutes.
Summary: Puppy murdered.
Details: The puppy is clubbed and killed 14:38-14:40. We then see Keanu Reeves, badly injured, holding and mourning his dead dog. The viewer, too, is maneuvered to love the dog and to be furious over its death.
John Wick provides a rare example of an animal’s death weighed appropriately, rather than quickly dismissed or used as a trampoline to worry about human safety.