John Wick (2014) Movie Review or Gun-Fu mania

Hello guys and welcome back for another round of movie reviews with Movie Nerd, a place where you can be nerdy about movies and that's OK!

So, because the third movie with John Wick is out, which I have already seen and will post the review sometime today. Until then, here are my reviews for the first and the second chapter in this franchise. Buckle up!

A bit of a synopsis first: An ex-hitman comes out of retirement to track down the gangsters that took everything from him. With New York City as his bullet-riddled playground.

The first one was a complete surprise. It has that feel of an 80' s action movie. A classic revenge story.

Of course, the story is not that fresh but the way it was shot and put together, made it a cool, stylish, action packed movie. Keanu Reeves shines as the titular character and gets rid off his surfer boy image.

The action scenes in this movie are nuts. The camera work is excellent, no shaky cam or fast cuts, you can understand everything from the action scenes. And the violence. Extremely bloody but masterfully shot. It has a bit of emotion, a bit of humor and you can relate to the character. An excellent, violent and pretty damn good action thriller. 8/10