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At the center of it all stands Reeves, a convincing embodiment of both the calm before the storm and its subsequent capacity for ruin.
What are people saying?
What are critics saying?
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Entertainment Weekly by Chris Nashawaty
John Wick, is not only a return to badass form for the actor, it's also one of the most excitingly visceral action flicks I've seen in ages.
83
John Wick won't redefine action movies, but it perfectly exemplifies what I want from an action film when I go. Have fun with the world, shoot the action well, motivate it in a way that doesn't feel cheap.
75
There are enough pleasures going on in John Wick to elevate it above just another dumb action movie.
75
Neither surprising or groundbreaking in any particular way, the movie gives us what we want and leaves it at that.
83
The A.V. Club by Ignatiy Vishnevetsky
Their use of Kaleida’s sparse, slinky “Think” — one of the most effective and eccentric sound track choices in a recent action movie — underscores the sense that what the viewer is watching is essentially a very loud and bloody dance piece.
80
The Hollywood Reporter by Justin Lowe
Distilling a couple of decades of stunt work and second-unit directing experience into 96 minutes of runtime, Stahelski and Leitch expertly deliver one action highlight after another in a near-nonstop thrill ride.
70
If you can stomach the setup, then the rest is pure revenge-movie gold, as Reeves reminds what a compelling action star he can be, while the guy who served as his stunt double in “The Matrix” makes a remarkably satisfying directorial debut, delivering a clean, efficient and incredibly assured thriller.
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McClatchy-Tribune News Service by Roger Moore
Reeves animates the action and the filmmakers surround him with wonderful co-stars; the quietly menacing McShane, the chop shop operator (John Leguizamo), the dapper “cleaner” (David Patrick Kelly of “The Warriors”) and the spitting, hissing Nyqvist.
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The Dissolve by Tasha Robinson
Keanu Reeves is the perfect figurehead for this kind of yarn, as he was in The Matrix: Emotionless, poreless, and polished, his character is more a graven idol of vengeance than a human being seeking it.