Keanu Reeves’ latest film tells the story of former hit man John Wick, whose peaceful life is turned upside down when a thug named Iosef Tarasof played by Alfie Allen steals his car and kills his dog – a dog given to him by his late wife. Seeking revenge, John heads to New York to find the thieves. It turns out, however, that Tarasov’s father (Michael Nyqvist) is a Russian crime lord who puts a bounty on John’s head. Marcus (Willem Dafoe), a former colleague and friend of John, wants to collect that bounty.<br /><br />Keanu Reeves seems excited to be back in an action film:<br /><br />“I love action and I love when action is connected to character and to a story. ‘John Wick,’ I thought it was done in a very unique way, a fresh way. The directors had a real vision for the action. They wanted to do long takes, and a lot of cutting so that you see it happening in front of you and you’re like wow. Did I just see that?”<br /><br />David Leitch directs along with Keanu Reeves’ “Matrix” stunt double Chad Stahelski.<br /><br />Reeves returns to action films effortlessly. His last films were action, but not big American productions. <br /><br />“I don’t know, I came out in ’47 Ronin’ last year and so I guess it’s been a year. But I haven’t done an American action movie for a while so for me it was really cool to be back with that,” Reeves explains.<br /><br />“John Wick,” opens across Europe at different dates over the coming weeks and months.
