An epic action film that may go down as one of the best ever

Rating: 10/10 (12 April 2015)

With it finally getting a UK release I finally got a chance to see the much hyped John wick and my goodness did this film deliver. The premise of this film sees an ex hit man who has lost everything going after the men who took it all away from him. Now I have never been a huge keannu Reeves fan but I gotta say he fits this role perfectly. He was a badass who dished out allot of headshots on villains but also you connected with his character because you believed in what he was doing and in his motivations. The villain is the bad guy from mission impossible ghost protocol and he wasn't really that memorable in that film. But he is fantastic in this film he is a multi layered villain that provides a good adversary for John wick and you buy that he could do some of the terrible things that he does in the film. Willem Dafoe is in the film and even though his role isn't that large he is great in it and makes you care about his character as well as John wick. Adrianne pallicki is one of my favourite actresses to watch at the moment and she was great in this film. She was deadly, sexy and evil which made her an awesome character in this film. The only negative was the bad guys son was really annoying and yes I get that because he is meant to be but it felt over the top. If you had described the story to somebody before seeing this film they would tell you that it couldn't work. But it just does in this film the premise is so simple that it works and you really want John wick to succeed in his mission. The script is surprisingly really good and it actually had more humour then I expected which is surprising because the trailer made it seem like complete darkness. The style of this film is phenomenal, I have never seen a person hit more headshots in a film then John wick and the action scenes are great and a reminder of what good action films can be. Also what is great is the world building in this film with unique ideas given to this film that I think they can really build on in future films which I hope there is. Overall John wick is fantastic and is one of the best action films I have ever seen.