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Sunday, October 26, 2014

MOVIE REVIEW: JOHN WICK







































An ex-hitman comes out of retirement to track down the gangsters that took everything from him.
Director: David Leitch, Chad Stahelski.

Cast: Keanu Reeves, Michael Nyqvist, Alfie Allen, Willem Dafoe
Release Date: Oct 24, 2014

Rated R for strong and bloody violence throughout, language and brief drug use 

Runtime: 1 hr. 36 min. 

Genres: Action, Thriller 

Review:

John Wick is a movie we’ve all seen countless times before.  The plot is paper thin, the characters are one dimensional and the story never surprises you.  So why is this movie so much fun?  Keanu Reeves is a stoic man of action who carries the film through some of the dead spots and excels in the awesome action sequences.  Those action sequences are wonderfully choreographed ballets of mayhem, reminiscent of classic Hong Kong shoot em ups.   Additionally, the film has a wonderful sense of humor.  Regardless of the body count, it never takes it’s self overly serious.  It’s the perfect kind of B movie that easily digestible and never loses track of what it’s there to do.    

B

7 comments:

  1. Good to hear that it delivers as a fun action flick. I never cared for Taken nearly as much as everyone else, so an entertaining one like John Wick seems to be exactly what I want to see for a pure action film.

    -James

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    1. Lots of strong action and it's not terribly long, it's an easy film to watch.

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  2. All the reviews have been unanimously praising the movie. Sounds like a must watch.

    B2B.

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    1. It's a straighforward fun movie with wonderful action, really delivers and doesn't mean to be anything more.

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  3. It's a lean, mean and extremely violent B-movie that's already being confirmed as the first part of a franchise in the making.

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