Worth a watch but pointless and exasperating

Rating: 6/10 (6 September 2015)

I found the film increasingly predictable and tedious as it went along, but it was still worth a watch in a noire/surreal sort of way, just to see what sort of stunts the director would pull off, but these comments are posted just to let you know that John Wick isn't half as good as it should or could have been.
The film didn't quite work. It didn't have enough tongue-in-cheek ridiculousness in it to classify it in the same breath as Kill Bill, and there wasn't enough technical believability to make it into a valid Matrix clone.
The film seemed to be centred around Wick (Neo) being the 'one' and having some sort of super power that made him bigger/better/faster than everyone else, but whereas I could believe that in other films, I couldn't believe it here. All he did was brood! Keanu Reeves didn't even look the part, nor tough enough, nor capable of half the things he did.
It was too far-fetched to be enjoyable, and even though credit goes out to the director for knowing the film was too far-fetched and playing to those strengths, but it wasn't original, cheeky or tongue-in-check enough to make it shine as anything other than an average and unrealistic Rambo/Commando type of action flick. Even the Russian gangsters were corny and clichÃ©d.
We've seen it all before, and if you want to make a ridiculous film like this work then you have to approach it in a completely OTT manner like Kick-Ass! Here they kicked Russian butt and kicked it some more, and it was ridiculous, and please remind me why John Wick even did it? Something to do with a puppy from his dead wife being killed and having interrupted the grieving process.
In the end it mildly insulted my intelligence in a Fast-and-the-Furious sort of way, but I'm still giving it 6/10 for its valiant attempt.