'John Wick' succeeds by avoiding excess (and being really fun)

“People keep asking me if I'm back. Yeah. I'm thinking I'm back.” Keanu Reeves makes that bold declaration loud and clear in a hail of gunfire and broken bones, stepping into the title role of John Wick, the new action movie 

John Wick is a straightforward, clever shoot 'em up featuring Keanu Reeves doing what Keanu Reeves does best, kicking lots of asses with a signature smirk. With flashy fight choreography and on-the-nose performances from 

Keanu Reeves comes out guns blazing in the first trailer for John Wick, the action thriller from directors Chad Stahelski and David Leitch that Lionsgate will release on October 24. Reeves plays the title role of an ex-hitman 

Keanu Reeves is coming off a pretty bad flop in 47 Ronin – which certainly hurt his leading man credibility – but it looks like his latest release could put him back in blockbuster form. Released this past weekend, the new revenge action flick John

With any other actor in the role, the relentless revenge flick John Wick could have been just another variation on the Neesonian man-with-special-set-of-skills-kills-everybody genre. But with an actor as ethereal and ageless as Keanu Reeves in the lead