“Well John wasn’t exactly the Boogeyman, he is the one you sent to kill the f***kin’ Boogeyman.”

Trailer: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=2AUmvWm5ZDQ

John Wick, a retired hitman, is forced to return to his old ways after a group of Russian gangsters steal his car and kill a puppy gifted to him by his late wife.

Keanu Reevs’s is back with his fourth huge action movie character along with Neo from The Matrix, Jack Traven in Speed and Johnny Utah from Point Break. Now comes Reeves best and arguably now most iconic character to date. Alongside Ted and Neo.

John Wick is an absolute thrill ride from the very first second. With its compelling story and world building, intense music, great acting, stunning imagery and of course breathtaking action. John Wick arguably shaped the foundation of what modern day action scenes should be. I have spoke about this before on what an action scene should look like and John Wick is a perfect example of this.

John Wick is the deadliest and most badass movie character of all time. Keanu Reeves gives his best performance to date. Some criticise Reeves acting ability. But Reeves was born to play John Wick, as Reeves gives Wick a depth that only Reeves could pull as he demonstrates all the pain, anger and emotion John feels not just through his acting ability but more through the way he fights and shoots his enemies. Wick doesn’t want to kill, he has too, he is forced too, out of anger, survival and a debt he has to pay, he wants to live for the memory of his wife. Reeves had real life military weapon training and has previously practiced martial arts for his role as Neo in The Matrix. This gives John Wick another layer of realism to the character and the movie as a whole. Keanu Reeves gives the character so much depth and makes the audience care for the character. In every action scene we are nervous for John but he is the “Baba Yaga” nothing can kill him. But Wick is still human, by showing us he can get hurt, that makes us care about the character even more and giving the character further depth.

The world building in the John Wick is one of my favourite things about this series of movies. From the Continental hotel, to the cleaners, this fantasy like world that Chad Stahelski has created is by far one of the best out there.

I absolutely love the dialogue in this movie from lines such as “I’m thinking i’m back,” and “Well John wasn’t exactly the Boogeyman, he was the one you sent to kill the f**kin’ Boogeyman.” The writers really have done an amazing job creating quoteable and bad ass lines.

A huge aspect I love about the first movie is that it leaves John Wick’s past mostly a mystery and its that mystery that makes him so badass and what makes characters so scared of him.

Finally, the action, oh boy is this movie glorious in that regard. The cinematography, choreography, stuntwork, editing and direction all working simultaneously to create perfect action scenes, allowing us to see all the brutal and kick ass action. The style in this movie is known as Gun-Fu and it looks incredible. The John Wick series is perhaps the most fun I have had in a movie series in, well ever.

My only criticism of this movie is the major antagonist he fights at the end, he is like a 50-60 year old bloke there is no way he would stand a chance against John Wick, but somehow he does.

Overall John Wick is, all in all bad f***ing ass, the story, characters, world and gung-fu all work together to create an incredible and possibly a perfect piece of action cinema. Chad Stahelski has done an incredible job in making an iconic movie character outside of super heroes which, dominate most of modern cinema.

I rate John Wick a perfect 10/10. This movie is a must watch for anybody and everybody.

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