John Wick (2014)

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Thugs steal the car and murder the dog of unassuming, grieving widower, only to discover that (uh oh!) he is a former mob assassin, the boogeyman to boogeymen, and he really needs to work through some issues.

I rather suspect that the success of Taken has poisoned the action flick well and this sort of curbstomp revenge fantasy is all that we'll get for a while, which is a little unfortunate; a John Wick (Keanu Reeves) can never be as sympathetic a figure as an everyman John McClane, no matter how ham-fisted the attempt at filling his life with emotional pain.

It all goes more or less as expected. By far the best reason to watch is the astoundingly well-choreographed gunplay, but Wick himself does have a pleasing emotional arc if you don't stop and think too hard about it.

- Sam - 2015-02-09 21:40:03