Many action movies in recent years have done their best to be the nextJohn Wick, but an exciting new action movie coming to Netflix this month looks like it could get very close to it. Netflix’s catalog of movies (both original and licensed) keeps growing every week, and one category that has gained a lot of attention is action. Netflix has had many hits but also many misses, and in the action genre specifically, most of those ups and downs have come from attempts to compete with one of the best and most successful action sagas in recent years:John Wick.
SinceJohn Wick’s release in 2014, many action movies have done their best to compete with itand take its spot, but none have achieved that yet. Over at Netflix, the platform has brought movies likeExtraction,Kate, the 2023 Korean movieBallerina, andKill Boksoon. While these have a similar vibe toJohn Wick, not all of them succeeded, and those who did aren’t exactly competition to Keanu Reeves’ saga. Now, Netflix’s next effort in this area isDemon City, and it looks like it will appeal to fans ofJohn Wick.
Demon City Looks Like A Great Netflix Action Movie For John Wick Fans
Demon City Is Very Similar To John Wick
Coming toNetflix in February 2025is the Japanese action movieDemon City. Directed and co-written by Seiji Tanaka,Demon Cityfollows Shuhei Sakata (Tôma Ikuta), a hitman who is about to clean up his act for his family. Unfortunately, the mysterious organization Kimen-gumi kills Sakata’s wife and daughter and frames him for their murders, and they also shoot him in the head. Twelve years later, Sakata is attacked again by the Kimen-gumi, but this time,his killer instincts take over and he sets out on a revenge missionfull of action and blood.
Demon Cityalready has strong similarities toJohn Wick, with their main characters being hitmen and the murder of a loved one (his wife and daughter for Sakata and his puppy for Wick) setting them on exciting and action-filled revenge journeys. However, and as seen in the trailer,Demon Cityincludes a plot twist reminiscent of action movies likeOldboyandKill Bill, but the results will surely be different.Demon Citylooks like a perfect Netflix action movie forJohn Wickfans, but it’s to be seen if it will be good enough to compete withJohn Wick’s franchise.
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It’s An Exciting Time For Netflix Action Movies
Netflix Is Bringing Some Interesting Action Movies
As mentioned above, Netflix has been bringing some interesting action movies in recent years, and 2025 won’t be the exception. Titles like 2023’sBallerinaandExtraction 2have boosted this branch in Netflix’s catalog, andDemon Cityhas the potential to bring more attention and success to it. At some point this year,Netflix will also release the action thrillerHavoc, written and directed by Gareth Evans.Havocfollows a detective who, after a drug deal goes awry, has to fight his way through a criminal underworld to rescue the estranged son of a politician, while also uncovering the city’s web of corruption.
Gareth Evans is the writer and director behindThe RaidandThe Raid 2.
Starring inHavocare Tom Hardy, Forest Whitaker, Timothy Olyphant, Luis Guzmán, Jessie Mei Lo, and more. BothDemon CityandHavoclook exciting and promising, and even if they end up not being direct competition forJohn Wick, they can start their own world over at Netflix the same wayExtractionhas been doing so.
