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CasandraComplexMar 23, 2022

REVENGE PORN is my summation of this film. I get the sensation of being emotionally manipulated to root for an ex mafia hit man when in reality, they are all despicable P.O.S.
Oh! They killed his puppy! Think for micro second.. John WickREVENGE PORN is my summation of this film. I get the sensation of being emotionally manipulated to root for an ex mafia hit man when in reality, they are all despicable P.O.S.
Oh! They killed his puppy! Think for micro second.. John Wick probably did worse than that before he fell in love and left the crime world in order to live the good life from all of his ill begotten riches.
Coupled with absolutely no other true character development and for what of that there is, it takes a back seat to the non stop MATRIX LIKE hand to hand battle sequences that make up 95% of the film. Isn't that nice of Hollywood to develop a series of films where Keanu Reeves doesn't have to act and involves almost identical battle sequences using his skillset that he had previously learned for The Matrix trilogy.. hmmmm things that make you go hmmmm.... at least the matrix had an interesting and way more complex storyline to frame the action sequences in it. This film is extremely unsophisticated REVENGE PORN. How ever polished it may be.… Expand

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JonacchioMar 15, 2015

I can't believe this movie got so many positive reviews. The plot is weak, it's entirely predictable and the action scenes are even more absurd than usual for a movie of this kind.

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raybiesJan 14, 2015

This movie was terrible; the director obviously wanted to make a video game or has only ever played video games.
While it had some original realism touches like body blow sounds (ie lack of them), the whole story was seriously deficient andThis movie was terrible; the director obviously wanted to make a video game or has only ever played video games.
While it had some original realism touches like body blow sounds (ie lack of them), the whole story was seriously deficient and the premise of it was just plain dumb.

I really hate movies where the protagonist varies so wildly in strength and ability... start get beaten up by 3 punks... then manages to kill +12 people with guns. Sharp shooter one moment then can't hit an idiot running behind a glass pain with 4 shots.

So total crap movie with no story and nothing positive to add to the genre.… Expand

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tufflipsMar 15, 2015

I'm surprised there are so many good reviews for this movie. Reeves is just terrible. The only thing remotely interesting about this film is how they got an actor as good as Willem Dafoe to go near this film. Not since Harvey Keitel appearedI'm surprised there are so many good reviews for this movie. Reeves is just terrible. The only thing remotely interesting about this film is how they got an actor as good as Willem Dafoe to go near this film. Not since Harvey Keitel appeared in Sister Act 2, has an actor dropped down to the lower leagues.… Expand

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alvindiestaFeb 14, 2017

This is the absolute DUMBEST movie I have ever seen in my entire life. You literally have to leave your IQ out the door in order to tolerate this piece of trash. It is basically story-less with some lame plot and Keanu Reeves simply kills hisThis is the absolute DUMBEST movie I have ever seen in my entire life. You literally have to leave your IQ out the door in order to tolerate this piece of trash. It is basically story-less with some lame plot and Keanu Reeves simply kills his unrealistically incompetent enemies like flies with some repetitive BS moves. They literally miss shooting him at 5 meters and he hits them with every shot no matter what the distance. This garbage makes Rambo look like Ben Hur. If you want to see extreme violence and save money, just search from some ISIS execution videos on line. They are free and at least have some kind of a story behind them. The fact that there are people rating this movie above 5 means America is now an idiocracy. I pity the world.… Expand

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Patrick94Mar 30, 2015

Complete and utter trash. The good reviews this piece of crap is getting blows my mind. Are people that dumb that they actually enjoyed such a stupid movie? If you enjoy watching class A hollywood action movie trash, then John Wick is theComplete and utter trash. The good reviews this piece of crap is getting blows my mind. Are people that dumb that they actually enjoyed such a stupid movie? If you enjoy watching class A hollywood action movie trash, then John Wick is the movie for you.… Expand

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mariandlNov 15, 2014

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. As I was sitting in John Wick, counting bullets and dead bodies dropping to the floor, I realized that over the last 5 decades I must have seen about 6000 movies. This one was easily among the top 5 worst ones on my list. It is guaranteed plot-less, and focuses mainly on extreme violence. Even in its violent scenes it is merely silly. Why would a trained assassin who already killed 50 people miss his main target? Not very likely. Yes, the choreography of the fight scenes is nice, but Hong Kong movies have done this even better about 2-3 decades ago. It is sad to see good actors such as Willem Dafoe languish in such a sub-par mess. What is the target audience for it? 17-year old video-game playing nerds with an IQ of a blender. This movie is a waste of time.… Expand

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sharantejaApr 4, 2015

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The IMDB summary which states "everything has been taken from him" is actually a life of dog and a car both of them which appear for no more less than 3 minutes in the entire film. This movie shoots a **** load of bullets and makes a huge pile of bodies with maximum no. of people shot in the head at point blank range. The father himself gives the address of his son's hideout who he tries to protect from the starting of the movie.… Expand

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MSquierJun 28, 2015

The solitary point that I award this film, despite the **** villains, overused camera filters, obvious hit-man-turns-a-corner tropes, and even the fact that I am an admitted Keanu Reeves fan (I know)... is for the dog, which they kill withinThe solitary point that I award this film, despite the **** villains, overused camera filters, obvious hit-man-turns-a-corner tropes, and even the fact that I am an admitted Keanu Reeves fan (I know)... is for the dog, which they kill within the first 17 minutes (thank me for the spoiler later). Eff this movie, and eff you Dillon for recommending it. That is all.… Expand

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BranagunDec 30, 2016

The most overated movie of the last 10 years.....if I hadn't read or heard anything about it before I'd watched it, I probably would have turned it off halfway through. It's just standard. Keanu is great though.

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romanontherunJan 18, 2015

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. ok, it's a bad movie. I've exected something simple yet smart (like Dredd) but what i've got...

1) The plot: old killer is in retirement, and some stupid spoiled kid kills his dog, so he goes on and kill spoiled kid, his father and every other dude on the way. It's not an oversimpliifcation, it's the actual plot.
2) The characters: John Wick is well...stylish, brutal, silent, but generic and boring. His the best killer ever and everyone - i've mean cop, receptionist, car repair owner, bartender, neighbours in the hotel - knows best killer in the face, by his name, knows his wife and about his retirement. Other guys just there. Russian godfather at least have SOME charisma, but it's as good as it gets.
3) The action: plain boring. There is no good choreography, no clever moves, no planing, nothing worth watching. Best killer, famous for performing impossible jobs acts as lazy hitman player - just shoot everyone on sight.
4) The russians (yep, i'm russian myself): Come on guys. Russian bad guys are cool, but at least make them not absurd. Baba Yaga (which was translated as Boogeyman) is actually charismatic clever very old lady (basically a witch), acts as both bad and good character in slavic folklore. Songs are out of place, accent is bad, phrases are wrong. (please note what is not about "as a russian i was insulted"; it's about overall quality and lazy work done with source material. It's really not that hard to do right.)
5) The connection: John Wick and villains are so plain and boring what you just do not care. You don't want to see spoiled kid dead (ask Game of Thrones fans about it), you don't want to see his father dead, you don't feel for John and his "friends".
6) The lore: for some reason killers have their own awesome hotel, use gold coins as currency (i've just assume it was old Russian Empire golden rubles - it's makes it even more absurd), everyone knows each other by name and in the face - yep, it's include the police. Awesome.

In the end it's just plain boring and bad movie without plot. 3/10… Expand

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DontBeSaltyJan 22, 2015

John Wick is Carl Rinsch's second attempt at making a movie (again with Reeves) after making the pile of **** 47Ronin. This movie is, like his last attempt, a bunch of cliche film tropes with barely any original shots, plot ideas, charactersJohn Wick is Carl Rinsch's second attempt at making a movie (again with Reeves) after making the pile of **** 47Ronin. This movie is, like his last attempt, a bunch of cliche film tropes with barely any original shots, plot ideas, characters or dialogue. The film is well produced having substantial advertising and even a videogame tie in but the actual movie shows naivety in it's inability to take risks or show originality. From the start the characters and their motivations are dis-interesting and bland, we're introduced to several characters like they're important, only to have them die seconds later or get 3 minutes of screentime . With nothing at stake the events that progress the plot have no impact or hold any importance to the viewer, meanwhile the characters in the scenes react weirdly and unrealistically to whats happening, making everyone appear heavily autistic or simply insane. Weird editing seemingly cuts all connecting shots in the film leaving it disjointed and awkward, there's no sense of immersion because the movie only tells and never shows to the point of frustration. John just does **** off screen, critical interactions between characters are just imposed instead of created. Simply put this movie is **** boring, it's not a well made B movie, it's a poorly made B movie with an A movie budget.

John Wick is a real piece of **** from the extremely dated 90s emo soundtrack ft Marilyn Manson constantly to the tediously cliche scenes, awkward writing, and 1 dimensional characters the movie really comes across as a script written and directed by a child.

I would not recommend this movie to anyone. Unless you desperately want to see Reeves not give a **** in yet another movie.… Expand

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abm0Mar 24, 2017

Dumber than a sack of rocks. The way they're painting him as an unstoppable force is so over-the-top and cartoonish it's practically telling me I'm stupid to my face. I couldn't make it to the 30-minute mark before I had to stop the movie, IDumber than a sack of rocks. The way they're painting him as an unstoppable force is so over-the-top and cartoonish it's practically telling me I'm stupid to my face. I couldn't make it to the 30-minute mark before I had to stop the movie, I couldn't take the stupidity anymore. The dog was the best character in the half hour I did watch, so 1 point for that.… Expand

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3ebfan511Jul 7, 2015

Woah. Blown away by Keanu Reeves incredible acting in this dumbest movie I have seen in YEARS. So Keanu Reeves stunt double got to direct a movie and it turned out to be a steaming pile of garbage with 0 story and some "cool" looking actionWoah. Blown away by Keanu Reeves incredible acting in this dumbest movie I have seen in YEARS. So Keanu Reeves stunt double got to direct a movie and it turned out to be a steaming pile of garbage with 0 story and some "cool" looking action scenes. This is style over substance 100% and with literally 0 character development and story I could not even enjoy the "style" part much. Cliche, predictable, and boring, I could not wait for it to be over and laughed at how stupid it was the entire time. This a movie for people who like stupid movies, but even stupider. Imagine the most predictably bland action movie, written by a guy who has written crappy C level movies and directed by a stunt double, and you get "John Wick".… Expand

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E71Dec 13, 2015

Supremely cheesy compared to "The Equalizer"... Yup, you cannot speak of this movie without comparing it to that other movie that's very similar with exceptions:

This guy everyone knows. He's a hitman working for some cartoony "hitmanSupremely cheesy compared to "The Equalizer"... Yup, you cannot speak of this movie without comparing it to that other movie that's very similar with exceptions:

This guy everyone knows. He's a hitman working for some cartoony "hitman club" right in the middle of a metropolis where everyone dresses up like they're in a 1920's speakeasy. Gun fights are pretty much like OTT, might as well be from the movie "Wanted".

The other guy, no-one knows (who he really is), he's a former CIA (presumed) assassin who plays vigilante and doesn't do cheesy Hollywood backflips with two guns drawn out. The way he kills sometimes some of his foe is truly brutal.

No movie is completely believable but this movie, although still enjoyable enough to watch is pale in comparison to The Equalizer. I highly recommend watching that one.… Expand

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JE61Oct 24, 2014

I admit I went into the film with low expectations but even my low expectations were not met by this clumsy clunker. The plot was unquestionably one of the most uninspired, banal, hackneyed pieces of drivel I have seen in a long time. ThisI admit I went into the film with low expectations but even my low expectations were not met by this clumsy clunker. The plot was unquestionably one of the most uninspired, banal, hackneyed pieces of drivel I have seen in a long time. This film somehow made me feel equally indifferent to the villainous puppy-killer and the vengeance seeking protagonist. How the f*%k did they pull that off? Jeez! The director of this film was able to draw out the most pedestrian performances out of every actor in the cast including the talented Willem Dafoe.… Expand

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zaitenJan 14, 2015

John Wick is an action film for millennials who grew up on a diet of Call of Duty and Marvel movies. It's like that, sans that pesky "plot" stuff. Remove all semblance of coherent character development, leave all running and gunning and youJohn Wick is an action film for millennials who grew up on a diet of Call of Duty and Marvel movies. It's like that, sans that pesky "plot" stuff. Remove all semblance of coherent character development, leave all running and gunning and you got John Wick. It's actually less fun than it sounds. It's like a shooter video game with silly cut-scenes; except you're stuck watching the cut-scenes. This is like a movie based on a crummy videogame, which was based on a B movie. This isn't like watching 1995 Mortal Kombat "so bad it's good", it's like watching an Uwe Bol film, retardedly bad. An action movie without a proper plot is like a shinny sports car without an engine.

I never watch a film without scrutinizing the people involved. I should have known better, I was tricked by my inner Keanu fan. You know how sometimes you watch a flick so bad you feel like punching something? I wrote my first review. This nearly plot-less drivel was written by stunt actors. I didn't know stunt actors could write and direct. The answer is they cannot, specifically, not these guys behind this script. if you want stylish gun action, watch Equilibrium. If you want a great revenge movie, get Deathwish, Taken, Old Boy. I am going to watch Pointbreak, Speed and Matrix back-to-back to lift myself up from the utter let-down that was John Wick. Also, beware the dead CGI puppy.… Expand

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FastpooseNov 16, 2017

What a waste of time. 904 positive reviews is depressing, people actually like this crap.

No story, unrealisting killing, rinse repeat for 2 hours, boring, just awful. Keanu looks great, that's the only positive, I should give a one star,What a waste of time. 904 positive reviews is depressing, people actually like this crap.

No story, unrealisting killing, rinse repeat for 2 hours, boring, just awful. Keanu looks great, that's the only positive, I should give a one star, but I'll be nice...3 stars.… Expand