Another Keanu movie that changes how action movies are made 8.5

Rating: 8/10 (30 November 2019)

John Wick is one of those movies with a simple story line and not a whole lot of talking. How can a movie this simplistic deserve a 8.5 , Execution.
Keanu is always a likeable character, most likely because he is a class act in real life and it translates to screen. I also prefer that he not ramble on and like the Matrix, John Wick follows that formula.
John is an ex-hitman who managed to get out of the business by doing an impossible task. Why? For the love of a woman. She of course dies(of illness) in the time frame before the movie starts. His wife has a gift sent to him(after death), which she feels he will need as she is gone. It is an adorable pup.
Now, the son of a mob boss confronts John(not knowing he is who he is) and asks about buying his car. John says no . Junior boss and friends go to Johns house, give him a beating, kill the dog and take his car. Voila! Instant revenge movie. They build up John with the Boogeyman story. This is when you feel it in your gut. Strap in, all hell is going to break lose. And it does. Non stop action for the rest of the movie. Excellent choreographed fighting and gun play. Bits and pieces of the hitman underworld are revealed and never slow this movie down but add to the mystique.
So why is this movie a 8.5? I enjoy revenge movies. It raised the bar for gun fight/ fighting movies. Acting is well done and believable. It is not a one and done movie. I have seen it a half dozen times and if it is playing , I will most likely sit down and watch it again.