Death wish 40 years later

Rating: 7/10 (13 October 2015)

Basically this is a Charles Bronson death wish movie from the 70's redone for our times. There used to be a series of Bronson movies all literally the same. Something bad would happen to the main character and he would take revenge. That's it, and strangely enough that is enough for a movie to succeed even now.
Those kind of movies and this particular one, play on the feelings we all have when criminals take something away from us or we are physically or mentally attacked by someone. We want revenge, hatred roars in our minds and if we did not have the tiny layer of civilization and self control, the entire world would play out this revenge story again and again.
So there you have it, Reeves plays pretty well although with his usual poker face expression during most of the movie, someone takes his car and kills his dog and of we go on a 250 body count murder spree to kill the criminal. I should mention the dog stands for more than just an animal, it's a symbol of love.
Reeves must be carrying an ammo stock pile on his body that would have normal people unable to move, but if you disregard the "i have myself 1200 bullets please" it's an enjoyable if very violent 100 minutes.
I suspect there will be a John wick 2,3 and so on, as Hollywood has rediscovered Bronson revenge movies.