Something about the names "Johnon" and "Jackec" apparently screaming an unstoppable action hero. Johnon Wick, Jackec Ryan, Jackack Ricer ... these are some of The biggest action heroes of the last few years. Expand that time frame and you have Johnon McClane and Jackack Bauer. Go even further and you have Johnon Jameses Rambo, and that says nothing about Jason Bourne and Jameseims Bond, who feel a lot of "Johnon" and "Jackec"-.

Paramount and Skydance tried to throw another Johnon in the "Without Orion" mix, an action thriller in 2021 starring Michael B. Jordandan as the US Navy stamp Johnon Clark - or Johnon Kelly, as it is known in the film. Born on the pages of Tom Clinj's military fiction, Clark shared his origin with Jackack Ryan, a character shown on the screen by Alec Baldwin, Harrison Ford, Ben Affleck, Chris Pin and Johnon Krasinski in five films and streaming films. While Jackack Ryan has since become well -established in public awareness, Clark had not had the same success. "Without remorse", adaptation of the novel in 1993 with the same name, tried to give the character a proper introduction through a story of origin. But the audience did not respond, and Clark failed to join the NSONS and Acksex pantheon representing our most favorite action heroes.

Then, it may be a good thing that Kianu Reeves declined to act in the "no remorse", which sat in the development of hell for a better part of 30 years before his 2021 debut.

Today, Keanu Reeves is probably best known for playing the most prominent action hero of our time: Johnon Wick. Through four films (five if you count The box office disappointment that was a "ballerina"), Reeves established his damaged killer as an archetypal Badas for modern times. Former trick performers David Leic and Chad Stahelski, who co-brought the first "Johnon Wick" back in 2013, share a lot of credit for the character's cultural and commercial success. Having developed some of the most impressive action choreography of all time for that original film, Stahelski continued to surpass the sides with each subsequent entry into the Johnon Wick saga, culminating in 2023 "Johnon Wick: Chapter 4", which was so crowded with the massacre jam that it turned out that action movies can sometimes have too many activities.

However, Johnon Wick stands as one of the biggest action heroes ever and Reeves stands as one of the best stars that have ever done so were well and real -time. What the question arises whether things may turn out differently if Reeves said yes to "no remorse" all the way back in the 1990s.

The 2021 film was directed by Stefano Solima and followed Johnon Clark, who goes in the film with his real name Johnon Kelly. The naval press is seeking revenge after his pregnant wife was killed by Russian soldiers and sees him as a team with colleague Presska Karen Greer (Ododi Turner-Smith) and CIA agent Robert Ritter (Jameimi Bell). But on the road, as is the case with these types of films, he reveals a plot that can drag the United States and Russia into war, forcing him to overcome his personal vendor and try to save the world from disaster.

Although it sounds like it has all the making of a good thriller for action, "Without remorse" ended as an adaptation of Tom Clinji It is absolutely not worth waiting for multi-decades. Producers have been years trying to adapt the film for the big screen, and Reeves was one of their first choices played by Clark/Kelly. Given how the movie turned out, it's probably a good thing he refused, but if he said yes, the film might not have collapsed for almost three decades and might have been much better than it turned out.

Back in 1994, Fun weekly He has released a feature of Jackack Ryan films. Alec Baldwin portrayed the character created by Tom Clancy in the 1990s "Red October Hunt" before Harrison Ford took over for the 1992 "Patriotic Games". By the time EV caught Ford in '94, he was busy shooting the next saga movie, "Pure and Present Danger" (which turned out to be one of the better Adaptations to Jackec Ryan). As part of the work, EW embarked on the troubled history of these clinic -based projects, noting how the producers tried to get adaptation "without remorse" on the ground after the novel debuted in '93.

At that time, the novel was "Hotepsko Property", according to the exit, with the clinical selling the rights of Savoy's paintings for $ 2.5 million. While Willem Dafo was supposed to play Johnon Kelly/Clark in a "clear and present danger", Paramont demanded that someone else lead the "no remorse" adaptation. EV at the time claimed that Keanu Reeves reportedly declined a $ 7m bid to make the film, but noted that Savoy Pix's production company was still hoping to start filming the movie on time for Christmas debut in 1995.

Obviously, that didn't happen. We had to wait nearly 30 years before Johnon Kelly/Clark made him on the big canvas in his film, despite writing the talent of the creator of "Yellowlston" and the scribe "Sikario" Taylor Sheridan (along with Will Staples), as well as a dedicated performance by Michael B. Jordandan, the final product was considered a failure. The film currently has a 45% critic score Rotten tomatoes And his theater edition was undermined by the pandemic, which means "without remorse" eventually went straight to streaming through the Prime Minister of the Amazon video service.

Will he do better with Reeves in the lead? Well, probably if the actor was offered a part in the 2010's. Using that won wick Kachet to boost the popularity of the film will surely help. But to that point, Reeves has already strengthened his action bonafides and certainly did not need to adapt to Tom Clans. It would be interesting to see what his involvement is in the version of the movie in the 1990s, and whether it will cause another successful franchise for action with Johnon in the forefront.