Review of John Wick (2014) by Click0 — 16 Jul 2016

Some of the acting and fight scenes in this were... kinda comical? Or maybe the word I'm looking for is "realistic". It's not *all* about punches and kicks that sound like a small explosion is going off every time they happen, and there's often random pauses in the middle of each battle -- all of this is fairly similar to how it would happen in real life I think. Reminds me of the end fight scene in the movie "Taxi Driver", initially it looked like erratic, odd, sub-par acting, but in fact it was likely orchestrated like that to make it seem real. Guess we've all just gotten too used to the Micheal Bay-eske explosions and stuff. Although the acting & fighting was still great.

Like when the main antagonist's father's henchman (don't know his name) says "Russian c**ksucker" then falls on his ass when leaving the car! Or how the farther alternates between the serious personality, and the flippant one, the latter which probably highlights how 'ridiculous' it is that John is trying to kill him apparently for the sake of it it seems. The movie doesn't take itself too seriously.

Not to mention the fact that 3/4 of the movie/plot involves a constant manhunt between the protagonist, and the antagonist; the remaining 1/4 was pretty much witty one liners... The movie in general was constant fight scenes -- does that mean the plot was weak, or is that what they were going for? Not sure. Lots of action, but lacked a clear start, middle, and end -- it seemed like it was over so quickly.

Overall I liked it, but it left me wanting something more.