John Wick

[OldMadBrit]

Went to see it last night mostly because of the positive reviews and strong cast.

What utter crap. Its devoid of plot, script and emotion. Just one long fight scene with a couple of car chases thrown in to break the monotony. :thumbdown

Kind of like a Statham movie without the gripping dialogue and pathos :laughing in fact I would go so far as to say that it made a Statham action movie seem like a Shakespearian masterpiece in comparison. :wow

 

[V4]

but they killed the dog...:x

 

[corpsedub]

Seems exactly how the previews depicted it. Figured it would be garbage
Now on the subject of stateham... Stop me whislt im walkin again and ill cut your jacobs off! :wow

 

[MikeL]

After I saw it, I told everyone that you don't go see it for the acting. Some parts actually made me cringe because the acting was so bad.

But the fight scenes were awesome. Go see it for epic fights, not for acting or plot.

 

[MysterYvil]

I really enjoyed playing Legend of the Five Rings and 7th Sea, but I can see how a movie about a game designer might only have niche appeal.

 

[TwoBit]

Yeah it sucked!

 

[channelcat]

garbage.

 

[sanjuro]

Here is the best thing about John Wick: the hero gun

 

[Johndicezx9]

but they killed the dog...:x

Unlike Keanu's career, it isn't really dead.

 

[Toast]

^^^ Sweet KSG


It sounds pretty much like the "plot" to the Equalizer :thumbdown

 

[Karbon]

It was a ham fisted revenge movie with terrible mma/street fighting scenes and fetishistic tacticool gun play.

The cinematography was decent, not Hoyt Van Hotema quality or Roger Deakins, but decent.

Spend that $10 and buy a 6 pack, stay at home and watch Collateral instead.

 

[Corb]

I didn't hate it.
I made a thread not that long ago about how Hollywood can cash in on so many versions of the same basic concept.
Ex badass that has calmed down gets fucked with and he goes in a murderous rampage.
"Commando" with Arnold is the oldest movie I remember seeing on the same line, but since then I've lost count.
Some are better made than others, this one is middle of the road. I never expect Keanu Reeves movies to be Oscar worthy. Hes only one step above Nicolas Cage

 

[sanjuro]

I have a theory called Lunch Room.

I came up with it when Rob Roy, Braveheart, and First Knight came out in the same year.

In 1993, all the film execs are in the same restaurant having lunch, and they overhear that this studio is making a film about medieval knights, so they go back and greenlight a similar theme.

In 1984, Mel Gibson did a farm film, The River, and there was another film called Country too.