I agree with everyone who think this movie sucked.
The plot: they killed his litlle puppy that he got from hes dead wife, i like animals but kill like 50 people for a puppy(and his car) is ridiculous even if they are evil gangstas.
*spoiler*
it made me smile when he gets a new dog in the end, because it was so stupid.
How can K.Reeves ever come back after this?
I agree. I will no longer trust IMDB ratings. Snoozers like Winter's Bone, Under the Skin and John Wick have high ratings, while decent movies are underrated. I just watched a 5.2 bank robbery movie last night with Adrien Brody and Hayden Christensen, "American Heist", and it was actually quite decent (a 7 at least), and in fact, Brody's performance was even better than his Oscar role in the Pianist! Yet it seems everyone hated American Heist as "direct-to-DVD" crap. I don't get it. John Wick is formulaic, over-stylized crap:
1. Hero who is dark and mysterious, like anti-hero. Check.
2. Hero is such a bad-ass, his reputation precedes him. Check.
3. Bad ass hero has a soft spot (his dog). Check.
4. Russian mob. Check.
5. Filmed mostly at night. Check.
6. Secret club which has its own, outre rules. Check.
7. Mobster son with daddy issues. Check.
8. One-man army theme. Check.
9. Bad guys take turns getting taken out. Check.
I mean, seriously, the man goes in and kills practically an entire nightclub of Russian mobsters, and cannot take out the son who's sitting in the hot tub? Even while he's within shooting distance? HE escapes? Right.
And they couldn't even get a real Russian to play the mob boss. Instead we have to endure a Swedish accent? It was like, "We need a Russian mob boss. How about this guy? He sounds like Stellan Skaarsgard. OK!"
This blew chunks. And yet people loved it. No more, IMDB!
Well Keanu crying scene in the begginng said it all :)
I think this is a mix of Django with Taken and the "John" comes from Rambo.
It could be a nice movie but it has so many flaws it really looses all the fun.
Tom Cruise made a much better job with Jack Reacher, a dull movie but with with a reasonable plot. Not the kind of sh$% a professional hitman just goes along in the middle of nightclub wide open hoping not to get shot...
I must admit i was looking forward to this looking at the score on RT.
As the film progressed i thought that perhaps there would be more to the film than Keanu Reeves just shooting nameless goons in un-imaginative ways...but no, on it went with it's non-stop killing spree and to be honest it was getting rather boring and i was actually contemplating turning it off, but i persevered to the bitter end of this incredibly silly and humourless drivel.
I did perk up a bit when it turned out an overweight, middle-aged Russian mobster gave John Wick more trouble to kill than the other 300 or so mobsters and assassins he'd already slain....but that was more out of puzzlement...
Was it a millionaire who said "Imagine no possessions"?
It was that bad i couldn't believe my eyes at how this moronic tripe even made it into cinemas.
The makers did manage one thing though. They managed to make mindless violence actually boring.....surely a feat in itself?
Look forward to the sequel where i assume John Wick will kill more randomn goons in un-imaginative ways with no discernible plot to get in the way.....
Was it a millionaire who said "Imagine no possessions"?
It was that bad i couldn't believe my eyes at how this moronic tripe even made it into cinemas.
I think Keanu did a bad job, then its the killed my puppy thing, and bad acting all round. Brings down the movie big time.
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firstly, it's a body count of much more than 50, and any deaths that occur are more an escalation of action taken against him, I know he doesn't speak on the telephone,but I think he makes it clear that an apology isn't going to be enough. After 12 killers are sent after him, I think he is entitled to be a bit angry. I loved this film and the underground society that used gold coins to pay for everything. The code of the assassin. Not doing business at the hotel and what happens to you if you do.
Anyway I can't wait till John Wick 2 comes out next year.
Watched this again the other night,
and I think I liked it even more!
The score (7.2) still seems right,
I would give it a 7.5 if they would let me.
I would like to see the sequel ramp it up to an 8,
Which in my scoring system puts stuff up there with TAXI DRIVER.
I liked the whole 'JOHN WICK WORLD', the entire feel of the thing.
I want to see more!
Lets see what happens.
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Pffft, my suspension of disbelief has higher standards than that.
My sis lent me her Black Friday bought Blu Ray (BTW, the Dolby Atmos soundtrack on the disc..if you have the proper setup, is BOSS!!), despite great action, I wasn't "blown away"...I immediatly thought 5/10 (and that's being generous IMO)...to my susprise its currently 7.2 as of this writing!!! higher then MANY movies that I find superior. Oh well.
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