It's a matchup for the ages, two of the world's most legendary hitmen in a one on one brawl
to the death.
John Wick vs Agent 47, which professional killer reigns supreme?
Before we find out, let's meet our contestants.
John Wick was born a gypsie orphan, or a child thief living in an impoverished Mexican village,
depending on where you get your lore from- movies or comic books.
What is generally agreed on is that upon reaching adolescence, John joined the US Marines, where
he became proficient in a number of different firearms.
His talents for violence led him to become a professional assassin nicknamed “The Boogeyman”,
as he was widely feared for his lethality.
Eventually he joined the Continental, a sort of club made up of elite assassins with its
own rules of conduct.
Consider it like the bounty hunter's guild from Star Wars, but less dumb.
John eventually joined up with a Russian outfit known as the Tarasov Mob, becoming its leader's
main hitter.
All that changed when he met a woman and he left the business in spectacular fashion-
killing all of his boss's enemies in a single night.
Turns out though that the ultimate hitman is cancer, because after a few years of happy
bliss, John's wife succumbed to the terrible disease, leaving him with a puppy to help
him mourn.
Nothing at all tragic happened to that puppy and John lived happily ever after.
Agent 47 is more science experiment than man, being the result of a very expensive genetic
engineering project that used genes from five different men.
As one of a set of clones, Agent 47 was the most successful, and spent his childhood learning
how to kill with various weapons as well as his bare hands.
Agent 47 didn't just stop with learning to kill though, he became a master of infiltration
and disguise, able to penetrate into any social group or security to eliminate his target.
Eventually 47 joined the International Contract Agency and became one of its most prolific
agents, until he was sent on a series of contracts to secretly kill his five genetic fathers.
Uncovering the plot at the end, 47 kills his creator and flees, finding a new life in the
quiet Sicilian countryside.
47 is tracked down though and forced back into the world of killing when his new mentor,
a Catholic priest, is kidnapped and used as collateral to make him kill again.
47 is thrown back into a life of violence, taking out criminals, warlords, and other
clones like him.
Our two combatants share a tragic backstory- Wick was either an orphan or watched his whole
village get murdered because of his stealing, again depending on where you get your lore,
and Agent 47 is a test tube baby bred for killing.
We suppose professional killers don't come from happy, well adjusted households, or maybe
certain writers should stop relying so heavily on tropes.
Alright, so how do the two killers match up?
Both Wick and 47 are skilled martial artists, as well as equally proficient in firearms
of all calibers.
Both men are extremely well trained with blades of all sizes, from knives to swords.
Both men are also at peak human physical and mental fitness levels, though Agent 47 has
an advantage in this area as he was genetically engineered to be stronger, faster, and more
intelligent than the average human.
While not possessing superhuman strength by any means, Agent 47 is slightly stronger than
John Wick thanks to his test tube baby origins.
On a job, Wick has a much stronger moral compass than Agent 47, absolutely refusing to accept
any collateral damage in the form of innocents.
Agent 47 on the other hand is more than willing to allow a few innocents to die, even if he
does generally do his best to prevent unnecessary death.
In a matchup to the death, Wick's stronger sense of morality may be his downfall, as
Agent 47 will clearly recognize Wick to be the deadly threat that he is, and be more
willing to sacrifice innocents in the ensuing battle than Wick would be.
Agent 47 also has an advantage over Wick in his ability to retain his composure no matter
the circumstances.
Wick is prone to fits of rage, and while this makes him a very fearsome opponent, it also
lets him be easily manipulated into throwing himself into extremely dangerous situations.
With a keen mind for psychological warfare, it wouldn't take Agent 47 long to learn of
Wick's history- most notably the dog incident- and then recreate it in a way that compromises
Wick's calm.
Perhaps defeating Wick is as easy for Agent 47 as loading a bus full of beagle puppies
and then driving it off a cliff, enraging Wick and thus easily leading him into a trap.
Which assassin would truly come out on top may be difficult to determine, as ultimately
both men are some of the best professional hitters in the world.
However, Agent 47 has all the advantages here.
He is faster than a peak-human, with better reflexes, has greater strength, heightened
senses, greater endurance, and even a small and limited healing factor.
These alone mean that Agent 47 is simply far more survivable in a combat scenario, but
even a healing factor wouldn't matter much if Wick simply puts a .308 round through his
head from five hundred yards away.
This is why picking a clear winner is so difficult, but if you play the odds then the odds are
simply more in favor of Agent 47 given his genetic engineering than the normal, if very
physically fit, human that is John Wick.
However, Wick has one advantage that might be hard for Agent 47 to match- he does have
a network of professional assassins that he might be able to call upon for help in his
fight against 47... if his ego doesn't get in the way.
Agent 47 may have a few friends, but is at the end of the day, a solo player.
In a group matchup, the combined threat of Wick and his fellow top assassin friends may
be too much for him to handle, but one on one our money's on Agent 47 all the way.
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