Ngisho nalabo abangakaze bayibuke le filimu mayelana nokufa kwe-puppy ku "John Wich" yasekuqaleni. Kungumcimbi ukuthi iphuzu elidlulayo elinamandla okwedlule lalinokuthula kombulali ononya owenziwa nguKeanu Rivza ukuzophinda athathe izikhali zawo, "ngenxa yokubulala isilwane sakhe, ngenxa yalokho angakwazi ukubuyisana naye. ukulahlekelwa ngumkakhe amthandayo. Kuyathakazelisa ukuthi enqubweni yokuthuthukisa i- "John Uir", abakhiqizi besithombe bangabaza ngokungathi sína ukuthi i-clot stroke enenja ebulewe yayingumbono omuhle. Mayelana nalokhu engxoxweni ne-comicbook portal, omunye wabafundi bakaDerek Derek Collpse watshelwa:
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Kepha uKollyad kanye nabalingani bakhe lapho bebhekene nabaqondisi beCad Stachelsky nabakwa-David Litcha bengakulungele ukuya ezinguquko, ngoba kwase kudala bacabanga ukuthi bekungukubulawa kwenja okufunwa kuyo yonke le ndaba. Ngokubona kwabo, umlingiswa wenhloko-dolobha ngabe alahlekelwe ubuntu bawo ngaphandle kwenja, ngakho-ke uStachelski kanye noLitch balwa nokubonakaliswa kombono wokuqala. Abakhiqizi bebesenokuhleleka, kepha uma sekubuzwa imibukiso, kwaba sobala ukuthi iqiniso liyiqiniso ohlangothini lwabaqondisi:
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Ukuphuma ngonyaka ka-2014, "uJohn Weeke" wabuthana umxhwele uCashier owashukumisela abakhiqizi ukuthi banikeze ukukhanya okuluhlaza ekukhishweni kweSikvel. Okwamanje, izithombe ezintathu sezivele zingakapheli uhlaka lwe-franchise, kuyilapho i-premiere yengxenye yesine ihlelelwe ngoMeyi 26, 2022.