What a waste of talent

Rating: 5/10 (7 February 2015)

I wanted to like this movie. I like Keanu Reeves (Point Break is one of my all-time favourite movies) and this got good reviews on IMDb. I don't expect too much from the plot of an action movie, just that it sort of makes sense and there are really good action scenes. However, this script was so terrible that I just could not suspend my disbelief.
The production values are very good and the cast is great but this movies just doesn't make any sense. The action scenes, which are the best part of the movie, are just too routine to be very interesting.
!!!!SPOILER ALERT!!!!
The plot, such as it is, is that Keanu Reeves' character, John Wick, is a retired hit-man. The son of the man that Wick used to work for comes to Wick's house and beats him up, kills his dog and steals his car. Lots of revenge killings and mayhem then ensue.
Prior to the son attacking John Wick, they have a brief altercation at a gas station where the son asks how much Wick's car is and Wick says it's not for sale and they both call each other a bitch in Russian.
Literally every single other person in the movie instantly recognizes John Wick (including a police officer who comes to his door) and knows that he is a hit-man even though he has been retired for 4 or 5 years. However, neither the son nor his entourage recognize John Wick and the son has not even heard of him. Wick also doesn't recognize the son of the man he used to work for, or any of the son's goons, even though he speaks to him in Russian at the gas station.
The problems with the script continue from there.