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John Wick
(2014)
Revenge is all
he has left.
Director: Chad Stahelski, rated R for language and
intense violence
  Starring:
Keanu Reeves, Michael Nyqvist, Alfie Allen, Adrianne Palicki,
Bridget Moynahan, Dean Winters, Lance Reddick, Toby Leonard
Moore, Ian McShane, John Leguizamo, Willem Dafoe
DML Rating:
★★★★★★★★☆☆
- great
"Well... John wasn't
exactly the Boogeyman. He was the one you sent to kill the
fucking Boogeyman." –
Viggo Tarasov
Why watch this?
Reeves finally found the project that would resurrect his
career... with a bang.
Plot Summary:
John Wick, a retired hitman, is grieving the loss of his wife. A
final gift from her, a puppy, helps him find a new purpose.
However, his past catches up to him when a group of Russian
gangsters break into his home, stealing his car and killing the
puppy, forcing him back into the criminal underworld he left
behind. Seeking vengeance, John embarks on a brutal rampage
against those who wronged him.
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Dad's Preview:
John Wick is a very skilled, stoic hitman. When he decided to "retire",
his former employer's came for him. In their failed attempt to
rub him out, they kill his dog. Big mistake. The rest of the movie
is a graphic tale of bloody revenge, as
John resurrects his role as an assassin extraodinaire. Reeves
is at his sullen best as a murderer-gone-straight, whose past
won't let him move on. I particularly enjoyed Adrianne Palicki's
performance as Ms. Perkins, a
ruthless hit-woman angling to get her share. Then there is Ian McShane,
as Mr. Winston - I love that crusty old dude in
everything. For this one, you're gonna need a
calculator for the body count. Such are things around John Wick. |
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Summit Ent.
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