A hitman played by Keanu
Reeves that is hunting gangsters, sign me up.
A retired hitman comes out
of retirement to find the gangsters that took everything from him.
Keanu Reeves(who is known
for his work on The Matrix, Speed, Point Break) plays John Wick, a
retired hitman who just lost his wife. After the death of his wife he
receives a gift from his wife that she arranged before she died. This
is a puppy named Daisy. Naturally he forms a strong bond with the dog
since it is the last thing his wife gave him. At a gas stations John
Wick meets three Russian gang members. The leader of the three,
Iosef(who is known for his work on Atonement, The Other Boleyn Girl,
Game of Thrones(TV-Series)), wants to buy John Wicks car and John
Wick refuses. The three gang members follow John Wick home, break in
and steals his car. They also killed his dog, something John Wick
doesn't take very well. After some investigating we learn that Iosef
is the son of Viggo Tarasov(who is known for his work on Mission:
Impossible – Ghost Protocol, The Girl in the Book, The Girl with
the Dragon Tattoo(The original swedish one)) who is the head of the
russian crime syndicate in New York and John Wicks former employer.
Viggo Tarasov knows how dangerous John Wick is and are rightfully
nervous. So now Viggo Tarasov is trying to protect his son Iosef with
all of his power in the Russian syndicate and John Wick is on his
way. John Wicks character doesn't have much of an arch but he doesn't
need to have one. He's fully trained when we first meet him, people
tell us how dangerous he is and what he can do. We know what he did
before and since he's retired there's probably not much more for him
too learn. Keanu Reeves is fantastic in his role as John Wick.
Probably his best role to date in my mind. He delivers the sadness,
the emotions and the action great. It's good to see Alfie Allen
outside Game of Thrones too, too see if he can play more than just
one part. I have too say that you really start to hate his character
for the thing he does in this movie and that is a sign of a good
written character and a good performance. He really gives of that
Russian feeling too. Michael Nyqvist shows yet again that he's a
fantastic actor in this movie. His character is really what you would
expect from a Russian mob boss but it works. This man is making his
name known as one of the best actors of today.
This movie is on my top 10
movies of 2014 list(please check it out if you haven't already) and
with good reason. It's a straight up action movie where the action is
front and center. When you make a movie where the action is so
important you have to do it right or the movie falls flat(and without
the camera-shake so you can see what is happening), and they do it so
right in this one. The hand to hand fights are great, as it should
since it's Keanu Reeves and the gun-play is fantastic. The ways John
Wick uses his guns are beautiful. He uses something that is called
the center axis relock shooting style and i have read that people who
knew how that is done was very impressed. We also have a great
supporting cast with people like Adrianne Palicki(who is known for
her work on Red Dawn, Legion, G.I. Joe: Retaliation), Dean
Winters(who is known for his work on P.S. I Love You, Hellraiser:
Hellseeker, 30 Rock(TV-Series)) and Willem Dafoe(who is known for his
work on Platoon, The Boondock Saints, Spider-Man) who all are
delivering in their roles.
If you want to see some
real good action then you can't go wrong with watching John Wick.
Having a run-time of about 100 minutes it's sure it doesn't overstay
it's welcome. That's a big problem some of these straight forward
action movies have, being to long with not enough content to fill the
time with. Also seeing Keanu Reeves on top of his game is great. If
you're wondering what to watch then pop this in, it's well worth it.
They have also said that they want to make a trilogy of John Wick and
the second one is announced and that makes me very excited.
TL;DR
Fantastic action-movie
with a great supporting cast and a Keanu Reeves that nails his role.
Great action and gun-play. Does not run to long. Good pacing. If you
like action-movies then you should see this one.
My question for you:
What do you want from John Wick 2?
What is your favorite Keanu Reeves movie?
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