John Wick

Length:  A little less than 2 hours

Actors: Keanu Reeves(Neo), William Dafoe(the good guy leader from platoon), Ian McShane(best voice in the business)

Trailer & Thoughts: Hey this movie looks pretty sweet! Legendary hitman forced back into a life of corruption and evil deeds. Looks like a lot of action and a cool storyline, so I’ll definitely check it out.

Plot: Former hitman seeks revenge on punkass(and anybody who gets in his way) that killed his dog that was a gift from his beloved late wife.

The Dude’s Review: I’m an action Nut and this movie had a ton of action so I should like it right? Sorta, Kinda, not really….The movie had an intriguing story line but all the action sequences seemed a bit out of focus, too dark, and just a hair to slow. It’s like they tried putting Keanu Reeves in a Jason Statham movie and he just couldn’t keep the pace or keep the portrayal of a badass,  but I’ll give them this: they didn’t let up on the action. If you like guns, head shots and some fast cars you’ll love this movie because it had an almost videogame-like feel to it and throw in a ton of horrible kung-fu/mma moves and you have the movie John Wick. I don’t wanna knock this movie around too much because it was entertaining but it just had too much cheese and lame editing tricks for me in some scenes. My last thought on this movie is that it was definitely made to make a great trailer and you probably could make 30 great trailers from this movie but it was all the same stuff throughout the movie. If you go see it, you’ll probably say: “Whoa that was a lot of action! The ending was stupid but I’m glad it’s over with”

Verdict: Catch an early matinee or wait till redbox

Dude’s Score:        6pins      (61%)

Rotten Tomatoes Score:    (85%)

IMDB Score:                              (80%)

Rolling Stone:     3 stars       (75%)

-The Dude-