What is John Wick's IQ Score?

John Wick has an IQ Score of 128/200 on TV Intelligentsia's Intelligence Quotient framework, placing it in the Competent tier. The score breaks down to 39/50 Cognitive Stimulation, 14/50 Educational Value, and 46/50 Craft & Quality.

Is John Wick educational?

John Wick is low on educational value, 14/50 on TVI's rubric. Watch for entertainment, not for learning.

How does TV Intelligentsia calculate IQ Score?

TV Intelligentsia's current published formula is round((Cognitive Stimulation × 0.4 + Educational Value × 0.35 + Craft & Quality × 0.25) × 4), scoring titles from 0 to 200 across five tiers. TVI publishes a three-dimension breakdown only when those values reproduce the displayed composite. The framework is published at tvintelligentsia.com/methodology/.

John Wick IQ Score 128/200

John Wick has an IQ Score of 128/200 on TV Intelligentsia's Intelligence Quotient rubric, placing it in the Competent tier.

By Jordan Robinson, MD, MPH·Updated 2026-08-22·Methodology

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128/ 200

Competent

Engages without demanding much, watchable and reasonably crafted

Score Breakdown

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Cognitive Stimulation/50

Educational Value/50

Craft & Quality/50

IQ = round((Cognitive × 0.4 + Educational × 0.35 + Craft × 0.25) × 4) · How we score →

What these dimensions mean

Cognitive Stimulation: observable narrative complexity, conceptual density, ambiguity, inference, and sustained intellectual demands in the work.
Educational Value: the density and integration of substantive academic, historical, scientific, cultural, ethical, or practical information in the work.
Craft & Quality: production excellence in service of the work, its direction, writing, performance, and aesthetic intent.

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Why you should trust this score

Scored under Jordan Robinson, MD, MPH

Physician and founding editor. Maintains the adult catalog against the published rubric and reviews the rubric application.

Methodology

Published rubric, v1.3.1

Formula

round((C × 0.40 + E × 0.35 + Q × 0.25) × 4)

Database scale

2,606 titles, version-controlled

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The TVI Take

Chad Stahelski's revenge action invents a unique underworld mythology through disciplined violence and emotional motivation, following a widower's retaliation for stolen car and murdered dog. The exploration of grief and ritual within genre structure provides unexpected cognitive substance, while the innovative action choreography and John Wick's iconic emergence sustain strong entertainment value.

People & Production Chad Stahelski · Summit Entertainment · United States 25 connections

Direction & creation

Director

Chad Stahelski David Leitch

Writer

Derek Kolstad

Producer

Eva Longoria David Leitch Basil Iwanyk

On screen & sound

Selected cast

Keanu Reeves Adrianne Palicki Alfie Allen Bridget Moynahan Bridget Regan Clarke PetersSelected in source order; not represented as billing order.

Composer

Tyler Bates

Cinematography

Jonathan Sela

Production & release

Production company

Summit Entertainment

Distributor

Summit Entertainment InterCom

Country of origin

United States

Original language

English

Related works

Franchise

John Wick

Followed by

John Wick: Chapter 2

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John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum poster

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128

From the same franchiseJohn Wick: Chapter 2Competent

151

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166

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The Trailer

Official trailer, embedded from YouTube.

Characters Scored Here

People search for these characters by name. TVI doesn't invent fictional-character IQ numbers, but John Wick's score is the honest answer to how seriously the work treats each mind.

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