Luiz must be smoking rocks again.
You need VFX for almost every comic book character - because they do things larger than life. Superman, Wonder Woman, Flash, Green Lantern, and Aquaman speak for themselves. Things like Batman grappling, gliding, and beating multiple perps to a pulp also require illusion.
You can't film Iron Man, Thor, or Hulk without VFX embellishment. It's ridiculous hyperbole.
Possibly unpopular opinion: Only the 1st John Wick movie was any good. The 'stories' of the last 2 made them boring. If you don't have a good story to tell - then it doesn't matter how practical the fight choreography is - it's gonna suck.
Also: The Raid is f^&*ing awesome.