A short summary and review

Rating: 8/10 (26 October 2019)

John Wick 1 is the first of three movies. It was released in 2014. The script was written by Derek Kolstad and the film was directed by Chad Stahelski and David Leitch. The main character, John Wick, was played by Keanu Reeves. The main antagonist, Viggo Torasov, was played by Mikael Nyquist.
The film is about an retired assassin (John Wick) whose dog was killed by the son of a Russian gang boss. Some time before John had worked for the russian gang as an assassin: He was the best. Because the dog was the last souvenir John had from his wife (who passed away early on in the movie) he goes on a mission to find and kill the dog murderer; But as you would expect, the mafia boss doesnt want that. Viggo goes on to send all his troops to assassinate John, yet he is very scared about his son Iosef. Iosef refuses the help as he is convinced that he doesnt have a problem... I am not sure if it is his arrogance or the fact that he doesn't know John Wick for who he really is.
The film is packed with action filled fight scenes, so it is a good movie. I like the film because it is never getting boring and the scenery is well chosen. It is also an important film, as it is the prequel to two other movies with similar success.