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The description of the trope says that it can turn a hero into an anti-hero, and John Wick takes his actions out of despair and clearly is willing to give up his life not in sacrifice but in reckless abandon in the first movie. He talks about grief pushing him over the edge and the dog being the only thing that was tethering him to normal life.
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"It is too easy being monsters. Let us try to be human." ~Victor Frankenstein, Penny Dreadful