It's not bad

Rating: 8/10 (18 July 2015)

Some of these reviews are a joke. Loosen your shorts people! I'm not sure what some thought they were going to get with Keanu in another action movie... a shoot 'em up, high body count, fast action, and shiny cars movie... But a classic, meaningful flick was never in the cards.
If you don't like gun fights, video games style action, or fast cars - you won't like this movie.
This movie is like a country song. He lost his wife, lost his dog, and lost his car - and then he gets revenge on the spoiled idiot mobsters son (it took me half the movie to figure out that was the guy from GOT, I knew his face I just could t remember who he was!) who had no idea who he was messing with.
Is it realistic? That depends on how much realism you expect to gain from AN ACTION MOVIE. Are they ever? Nope. Not one of them. It's got about as much realism as Kill Bill (which I love). That does not make it a bad movie. The thing I do like about this move - if nothing else - is they showed him reloading his weapons multiple times, action movies don't typically do that, so they get points for not having guns that never run out of bullets.
As for the acting:
Keanu - he did a great job with this. John Wick is stoic and not in a good place at all, and they messed with him on the wrong damn day! I actually prefer him when he's not the hero good guy. When he plays a darker role he seems more relaxed... Guess there's no hero pressure there.
My only complaint is Willem Dafoe & Ian Macshane didn't have bigger roles, but they did a great job with what they did have.
Im so tired of reviews blasting thrill-ride movies because they're not how the reviewer thinks an action movie should be. It's easy to criticize when you're not the one putting the work in. Is it perfect? Nope. But it's fun - if you like this brand of fun.