One of my all time favorite movies

Rating: 9/10 (25 July 2015)

I'm a big fan of action movies and especially Keanu Reeves. He often gets crap over his acting skills (or lack thereof). I think hes well suited to action movies, where a lot of the time story is told through the action sequences and a bit more nuanced.
It's hard to find fault with this movie, and I've seen it at least 3-4 times. All the actors supporting or main do a great job. There is a lot of action in this movie, and the movie does start out a bit slow, but then picks up very quickly.
The action, gun fu and stunts are awesome, some of the best I've seen in a long time. You can tell they really practiced and tweaked the stunts a lot.
There are often long action segments with a brief intermission of story, which is how I like most of my movies.
The soundtrack is amazing as well, with Marilyn Manson contributing to the main theme of the movie and the composer for the movie doing a great job.
I would have liked to see William Dafoe's character expanded on some more but that may come in the second movie (in flashback sequences).