John Wick is the latest in a line of movies featuring dudes who no other dudes want to mess with, that's how crazy and good at murdering they are. It was just as good as any of them, and this one had the added bonus of starring Keanu Reeves. Where you been at, Neo? You were missed. I know his acting can seem a little wooden, but I thought he did a great job of being growly and angry and punchy in this movie.
John Wick is about a former contract killer who got out of the game for the love of a woman, who ended up dying of non-murdering-related things. After her death, to help him grieve, she sends him a puppy posthumously. This puppy's adorableness helps to start John Wick's healing process. At least, until Theon Greyjoy comes along and kills this poor puppy as revenge for Wick not selling him his vintage car and also because he is a dick. I knew this part was coming, and also knowing this movie was somewhat graphic, I was completely on edge waiting for some brutal puppy-killing scene. Thankfully, it is more implied than anything, so I didn't need to start crying right there in the theater.
John Wick then goes on a killing spree trying to find Theon Greyjoy (dude, Ramsey Bolton's got him locked up in the North and is totally taking care of it, don't worry) (am I mixing up my fandoms?), and it's pretty intense. The fight scenes are really well choreographed and super realistic. When someone gets punched or shot in the face, you feel it. When he shoots people, he doesn't just shoot in their general direction, hit them in the shoulder, and then they fall over dead like it seems in some movies. He shoots them several times and then in the head for good measure (aka zombie killing best practices).
Adrianne Palicki is also in the movie as another hitperson who is staying in the hitperson hotel where John Wick goes to get information on Theon's whereabouts. BTW, another cool part of the movie was the world they set up, where you call a cleanup crew after you killed a bunch of people and say 'I'd like to make a reservation for dinner for 12' and that's how they know how many bodies to bury; and where there's a hitperson hotel with no-killing rules and a cool club and sauna. Anyway, she was super kick-ass, and I kept wondering where her spin-off was. Where are all the cool hitwoman movies??
Anyway, in conclusion, John Wick was a pretty good time at the movies, no puppies were harmed in the making, and I need to write a movie where Adrianne Palicki is the one who kills everyone after her boyfriend dies and someone kills her kitten.
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