The director must either hate dogs or his audience

Rating: 8/10 (20 January 2015)

SPOILERS AHEAD The film has some cool elements, although some things are a bit over the top. There is drama, action and a very cool depiction of a civilized mafia sub-culture with rules and regulations and a lot of politeness.
What I cannot get over, though, is the setup of the film which totally ruined the whole experience and traumatized me.
We get to know this really cute dog, full of life, full of happiness. And then, after we fall in love with it, it gets killed - just like that. As a vehicle to make the audience empathize with the character of John Wick and disregard, nay, rejoice over, all his revenge-driven killings of everyone in his path, it is masterfully done. However, this does not at all quench my personal thirst for vengeance that I would like to visit on the writer/director of this movie for traumatizing me. There is a line, and it was crossed. I know it is only a film, but, unfortunately, my emotions are real.
If you like dogs at all, stay away.
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