The action makes this worth a look

Rating: Null/10 (14 August 2015)

I have to make a confession before getting into this movie - I normally can't stand Keanu Reeves. Apart from playing a likable goofball in the "Bill & Ted" films and an okay performance in "The Matrix", I don't think he's a particularly good actor. Which is the main reason why I avoided this movie when it played in theaters. I decided to give it a look after hearing several positive reviews of it and after finding a copy I could check out for free from my local library.
After watching it, I am glad that I took a chance. For starters, Reeves gives an adequate performance. It certainly helps that he doesn't have a huge amount of dialogue, but what he is given he does deliver acceptably. However, he does a bravo job when it comes to the physical part of the role - he throws himself into the action, coming across both as a spectacular skilled foe while at the same time not coming across as outlandishly fancy - I could believe a man could be skilled enough to do everything he did. (It also helps that he gets wounded and hurt along the way, which prevents him from becoming unbelievably and annoyingly perfect.)
While I'm on the subject of action, kudos has to also go to director Chad Stahelsk for staging it successfully again and again. The gun fights and martial arts are spectacular. Praise has to also go to him for keeping the movie moving speedily along without any boring bits despite there not being a terrible amount of plot... and for the fact that the little plot there is will be familiar to many viewers.
I see they are making a sequel to this movie. If both Reeves and Stahelsk return, I'll definitely be seeing it.