Westside Steve Posted January 16, 2015 Report Share Posted January 16, 2015 John Wick Lionsgate R. 101Min The studios like to hold off they're big releases until the holiday season gets a little closer and usually have something sitting around on the shelf to fill a gap in the release schedule. It seems that's what they've done with Keanu Reeves latest action thriller JOHN WICK. OK I know what you are thinking. O Keanu Reeves, this review is probably going to be another blistering attack. Actually, unlike Pauly Shore, I don't think Reeves is completely worthless. I don't believe he's a great actor and he often times seems to take himself too seriously and even more often accepts roles in less than stellar films. So as the season of love approaches allow me to offer an olive branch. I actually thought JOHN WICK could have easily been an entertaining couple hours of Good Old Fashioned revenge based violence. And Keanu Reeves was as good as anybody I could think of to play the sullen monosyllabic ex killer who like Michael Corleone, who thought that he was out but... Well you remember the quote. The film itself has something of a surrealistic feel to it, with an entire underground society of killers with their own specific but strict set of rules. Wick (Reaves) had been one of the meanest of the bunch but hung up his pistols to grieve the death of his beloved wife. You have all heard my dog theory as it relates to plot devices right? They select an innocent person, often elderly disabled or even a real dog, to be killed or brutalized by the bad guys to pump up the audience hate for them. In this case it's an actual dog that is killed by the son of a Russian mobster who had ironically been on decent terms with Wick. From that point on it’s just like my favorite James Woods line, "you die, the girl dies, everybody dies" That's really all there is to it all the way through the relatively predictable and slightly disappointing climax. I was hoping, since the kid was such an abject asshole, that Wick would have spent a little extra time killing him but oh well. They biggest problems here are the shoddy production values and second rate direction. I think with some cooler sets and a cutting edge director like SIN CITY'S Robert Rodriguez this could have kicked ass. As it is it seems more like a low budget quickie. And none of this is the fault of Keanu Reeves. There. I said it. C+ WSS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miktoxic Posted February 6, 2015 Report Share Posted February 6, 2015 man. i got the downlow from you and put in the dvd sleeve just mentioning it might have a bad thing happen in the front-end with a dog being hurt or killed. girlfriend said F that i can't watch it ....blah, blah, blah. so i watched it in the man cave. little tough there for a second cuz i'm an animal lover but it's not like they showed some bastarderdly deed like isis beheading someone. once past that and you can feel the energy of a good revenge movie, man it is all worth it. keanu reeves is as dumb as a nail but somehow he always pulls off this edgy tough guy/neo freak that is just faster and stronger or just fucking luckier than anyone else could be. i recommend this highly for a dude movie. chicks will love it once they get past the first 15 minutes. hell, they'll be the ones screaming to take out the bad guys. AND THERE IS A LOT OF THAT. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kvoethe Posted February 15, 2015 Report Share Posted February 15, 2015 Enjoyed it. Liked some of the concepts...wish they would have elaborated more. The coins significance..and why he had so many...I understand they are job tokens..would have liked some more history...the continental was a cool twist also. Like a safe zone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Cysko Kid Posted February 15, 2015 Report Share Posted February 15, 2015 Meh. Watched this the other night. Sort of blandly stared at the screen for an hour and a half and then removed it from the Xbox without any further comment and haven't spared it a thought one way or the other. That's the very definition of average/mediocre. C Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Cysko Kid Posted February 15, 2015 Report Share Posted February 15, 2015 Him killing theon greyjoy was somewhat satisfying. I hate that dude's face Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
larryfine Posted March 1, 2015 Report Share Posted March 1, 2015 man. i got the downlow from you and put in the dvd sleeve just mentioning it might have a bad thing happen in the front-end with a dog being hurt or killed. Boyfriend said F that i can't watch it ....blah, blah, blah. so i watched it in the man basement. little tough there for a second cuz i'm an guy lover but it's not like they showed some bastarderdly deed like isis beheading someone. once past that and you can feel the energy of a good revenge movie, man it is all worth it. keanu reeves is as dumb as a nail but somehow he always pulls off this edgy tough guy/neo freak that is just faster and stronger or just fucking luckier than anyone else could be. i recommend this highly for a dude movie. guys will love it once they get past the first 15 minutes. hell, they'll be the ones screaming to take out the bad guys. AND THERE IS A LOT OF THAT. Yep Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Browns149 Posted March 2, 2015 Report Share Posted March 2, 2015 Canoe is one,if not the top, overpaid actors of all time Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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