John Wick

  

If you love a full throttle, rip roaring bullet fest!  Then John Wick is for you. 

  

  It takes as much time setting up its elaborate action sequences as it does the world in which they happen and what a world it is too.  We are shown a criminal underworld where, if you are connected many powerful people know who you are and respect you.  John Wick was connected and was certainly respected,  but he got out.  He is the rare killer who has found peace and he is grateful for that peace.  When someone decides to destroy this peace he is more than capable of exacting a one man war of revenge.

   

  What I like about this film is its ability to bring a certain noir feel, while keeping to its action roots.  No easy feat unless you are Chad Stahelski (The Matrix) this director has sequences that flow so smoothly it puts other action films and their quick cuts to shame.  Keanu Reeves is on form as John Wick, moving so fluidly throughout the film and it comes across so natural, the only disappointment is that we have not seen him like this enough.  There is a feeling throughout that Reeves brought to the role that made you feel he was not to be trifled with.  A strong supporting cast including character actors Willem Defoe and Ian McShane do there bit to add to the over all depth.  While fans of Game of Thrones and The Wire get some pleasant reminders.  But Keanu steels the show, I honestly can't recommend this enough.  It easily ranks as the best action movie of 2014.  Judged as just a movie, it is simple in story structure, but what it does it does very well.  

On this basis it gets an easy 8.5 out of 10.

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