3) John Wick
The name Keanu Reeves conjures up strange images these days. While The Matrix is usually the first thing that comes to mind, wooden acting and an inability to age also crop up regularly. What doesn’t come up so often, however, is enjoyable Keanu movies from the past decade or so.
That all changed last year, though, when Reeves starred in John Wick, an action thriller that stood a cut above the generic garbage that we so often see. Despite John Wick‘s basic revenge premise, the exhilarating fight scenes and stylistic direction elevate the film above its pulp origins, while also reaffirming Reeves’s action star appeal.
Now that John Wick 2 has been confirmed, we can finally try to forget Reeves’s recent travesties such as The Lake House, 47 Ronin, The Day The Earth Stood Still, Street Kings, Henry’s Crime…
Let’s just pretend the last decade didn’t happen and leave it at that.
