Keanu Reeves’ fans were astounded to see his prowess on the shooting range after a video recently resurfaced of his training for his blockbuster sequel John Wick: Chapter 3 — Parabellum.
In the video, which appears to have originally been shared around the time of that film’s release in May of 2019, Keanu does a run with what was described as a Sig Sauer MPX submachine gun.
The 59-year-old actor astounded a new set of fans with the clip, which shows him making the rounds of an obstacle course and showing nearly flawless marksmanship as he shoots multiple targets while on the move.
Several social media users joked that he ‘wasn’t pretending to be John Wick,’ but instead looked as if he could have been as deadly with a gun as his film character.
The video also featured his costar Halle Berry, 57, who stood behind him and timed his run through the course, after she appeared in her own shooting video at the time.
The clip appears to have starting making the rounds again on social media as fans marked the ninth anniversary of the first John Wick film’s debut in theaters on October 24, 2014.
The video begins with Reeves loading his weapon with Halle holding the timer behind him.
He’s dressed in a gray T-shirt with a tan baseball cap and dark pants, while she wears a black tank top and matching leggings, as well as black arm covers.
Both screen stars cover up with sunglasses and bright orange ear plugs for hearing protection, as the loud noise of the rifle’s fire could easily damage their hearing.
There’s a quick beep as she starts the timer, and then Keanu is off.
He quickly fires two shots into the torso of a white dummy, before turning and again firing at block white stands that are around the height of his imagined enemies.
He appeared to be using the double tap technique, by which he fired a second shot in quick succession after the first, as evidenced by most of the posts having two bullet holes in their torso areas.
The technique involves taking the second shot immediately after the first while the gun sight is still trained on the same spot.
In combat, the two shots would increase the likelihood of killing an enemy.
