John Wick

i'd heard a lot about this before seeing it but still knew very little about the actual film itself so it was still a relative treat to discover how good it actually was. it did the one thing that all action films should do. the hero wasn't invincible and was able to be injured. it's so key to these films that it's a wonder that there's action films out there that get it wrong. those very same films then expect us to believe that these very same invincible people can die at any moment. john wick however gets it right, along with a whole host of other things. the action is shot just right so... read more

john is a man of focus, commitment, sheer will... something you know very little about. i once saw him kill three men in a bar, with a pencil. with a fucking... pencil. read more

john wick schafft es mit wenigen, dafür sehr prägnanten bilder eine vorgeschichte zu erzählen, die john nicht nur motivation gibt, sondern dem zuschauer genug emotional bindung gibt. der film selbst ist eine absolute tour de force, schonungslos und spannend und schafft es, den trope des unbesiegbaren helden weit genug weg zu weisen, um interessant zu bleiben. read more