Video game violence with some Charles Bronson thrown in

Rating: 5/10 (23 November 2017)

This film is nothing more than a reimagining of those old movies from the 70s where some evil people kill a guy's wife/family/dog/whatever and he goes on a bloody vendetta. The Outlaw Josey Wales comes to mind, or basically any Charles Bronson film, with a touch of Taken and The Usual Suspects thrown in. There is no time to get to know any of the characters, they have zero depth, which is fitting since Keanu Reeves lacks the ability to portray three-dimensional characters. As the body count piles up, Willem Dafoe's character drifts in here and there, but he isn't given much to do except look pensive and drift away again. This is the perfect film to watch if you just want to zone out and not think very much, there are no challenging ideas for you to struggle with, just lots and lots of stabbings, shootings, and head-bashings. It must have been incredibly easy to write the script for this film.