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Crime-thriller "John Wick brings Keanu Reeves back

by sam

If you're at all squeamish you may not want to see the not-quite-noir film "John Wick. y my count Keanu Reeves stabs, shoots and knives at least 70 victims in this mob oriented movie.

Starts ou with Wick meandering around his spiffy modern mansion, a retired former killer gone casual. He is a widower as his wife died of an illness but remembered to send Wick a puppy t love. It's delivered and it's love at first puppy smile.

Then some punks see Wick as a gas station and want to buy his 1969 Mustang, but Wick brushes them off. But they won' take no for an answer and break into his house, beat him up, shoot the puppy and steal his ca.

Turns out the leader is the son of Russian mobster Viggo Tarasov (Michael Nyqvist) who makes his son Iosef return the car (but can't do anything about the pooch.

But mess with Wick and kill his dog and you're in real trouble.

The rest of the film is a series of gory and bloody shootouts, with Wick winning all and killing at least 70, as mentioned before.

Nothing good comes out of all this except Reeves manages to look unhappy most of the time. He's not abad actor but isn't given much beyond scenes of successful mayhem. William Defoe appears as a friend and foe of Wick. The rest of the cast is acceptable for a B level thrill and the director Chad Stahleski keeps the blood flowing nicely.

Not a date movie and not much else either.

Cast

• Keanu Reeves [1] as John Wick

• Michael Nyqvist [2] as Viggo Tarasov

• Alfie Allen [2] as Iosef Tarasov

• Willem Dafoe [3] as Marcus

• Dean Winters [2] as Avi

• Adrianne Palicki [2] as Ms. Perkins

• Omer Barnea as Gregori

• Toby Leonard Moore as Victor

• Daniel Bernhardt [4] as Kirill

• Bridget Moynahan [5] as Helen Wick