Also, the world-building is continued by deepening the mythical importance of rules and neutral grounds (aka “The Continental”) and by adding more characters (e.g. The death toll is even higher and the hand-to-hand combats are much longer. A fantastic, dynamic aesthetic, many shootouts and fights that lead to an immense body count are the other ingredients in this mixture that led to a huge popularity once the film hit the home video market.īut there’s always the attempt to go bigger and John Wick: Chapter 2 is no exception. A sinister, secretive world where everyone universally agrees that this man is a legend with awe-inspiring capabilities in the art of killing. Filled with subtle irony, the revenge-driven professional assassin leaves his retirement to enter the world he wanted to leave behind for good. That has drastically changed since John Wick came around the corner.
Except maybe Street Kings which is a tense cop thriller but many couldn’t see the actor as the tough-as-nails guy who’s tougher than all of his opponents. But in the years between 20 there weren’t an awful lot of films that Reeves could impress with. Reeves is long-time inventory in Hollywood with numerous hits such as Bill & Ted, Speed or the Matrix trilogy that made him a worldwide megastar. When an action film called John Wick starring Keanu Reeves started in theaters in 2014, no one really knew beforehand what he was in for.
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