Good, but could have been great

Rating: 5/10 (4 April 2016)

If you start a drinking game where everyone takes a shot whenever someone in John Wick gets shot in the face, there's a good chance at least one of you will be admitted to the ER with acute alcohol intoxication. I see this film as an opportunity missed. Keanu looks amazing at 50 and definitely carries the sad action antihero role well. The technical aspects of this film are excellent. The action sequences flow beautifully in their cartoonish brutality, but the film falls short in the execution of the script. A story this silly should not take itself so seriously, if only they had more fun with the ludicrous plot and dialogue. I mean, you've got the mayhem guy from the Allstate insurance commercials playing a bad-guy executive secretary, surely that's good for a joke somewhere? An 80's action movie in 2014 needs a little more effort to make me laugh with it rather than at it. I'd only recommend it if you are willing to turn your brain off for a couple of hours and enjoy the ride.