John Wick

2014 Directed by Chad Stahelski

Don't set him off.

Ex-hitman John Wick comes out of retirement to track down the gangsters that took everything from him.

Keanu Reeves Michael Nyqvist Alfie Allen Willem Dafoe Dean Winters Adrianne Palicki Bridget Moynahan Ian McShane Lance Reddick John Leguizamo Omer Barnea Randall Duk Kim David Patrick Kelly Munro M. Bonnell Toby Leonard Moore Matt McColm Daniel Bernhardt Bridget Regan Keith Jardine Tait Fletcher Thomas Sadoski Clarke Peters Kevin Nash Gameela Wright Vladislav Koulikov Patricia Squire Vladimir Troitsky Scott Tixier Kazy Tauginas Show All…

Alternative Titles

John Wick 1 - De Volta Ao Jogo, John Wick 1, Mạng Đổi Mạng, John Wick Otro Día Para Matar, Джон Вік, John Wick: Chapter 1, John Wick Chapitre 1, De Volta ao Jogo

thriller action

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Popular reviews

Review by Sam Van Hallgren ★★★★ 8

Like if Damien Chazelle had studied murder in college instead of jazz.
Review by SilentDawn ★★★★ 26

Hello everyone, take the John Wick quiz to see if It's right for you! (In all honesty, every single person on Earth should see this piece of badassery.)
1. Do you like to watch Keanu Reeves kicking ass?
2. Do you like to watch Keanu Reeves shooting many bad people in the face?
3. Do you like to watch Keanu Reeves ramming his car into other cars?
4. Do you like to watch Keanu Reeves punching bratty mob members in the genitals?
5. Do you like moody and neo-noirish cinematography, in the vein of Drive and Only God Forgives?
6. Do you like perfectly timed comedic moments with action sequences?
If you answered yes to any of these questions, see…
Review by demi adejuyigbe 9

The best movie in the top five films of the dumbest guy you know.
Review by Patrick Willems ★★★★ 1

Keanu murdering dudes in the name of justice for his puppy is the purest cinema of the 21st century.
Review by Todd Gaines ★★★★ 115

This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.

Keanu Reeves as John Wick, a grieving widower who finds comfort in a sweet puppy dog named Daisy. The comfort is short lived when a gang of thugs makes the worst mistake of their lives. The mistake? They killed the wrong badass motherfucker's dog. That critical error wakes up the sleeping killing machine inside of John Wick and he goes all Point Break Speed Matrix on the Russian Mafia and everyone else that's in his way in this action packed bullet flying adrenaline rush flick that reminds the world that Keanu Reeves is still around and he's as awesomely awesome as ever. Waves. Blood. Rain. Black umbrellas. Willem Dafoe has that "you don't won't to fuck with me" look. I…
Review by DirkH ★★★½ 5

What do you write about a film that is exactly what it is, without pretense?
Not too much:
- Wick is slick.
- Reeves has almost no lines.
- ^ this is a good thing.
- Reeves is 50 years old.
- ^ WTF?
- John Wick is the best comic book adaptation of something that was never a comic book.
- Wick's Bitch.
- ^ sadface
- John Wick is the best video game adaptation of something that was never a video game.
- ^ Apparently John Wick will become a playable character in Payday 2. Rumours say that motion capturing Reeves' face was the cheapest job ever.
- 15 minutes less and this would have been just about…
Review by davidehrlich ★★★ 5

Turns out that all you need to make a movie is a John Wick and a dog (and you don't even need the dog for that long).
the first half is grand. funny, patient, with slick & unique action. stylishly accomplishes a bit of world-building in there, too.
the 2nd half is a slog, as it turns out there are only so many times you can watch keanu reeves flip someone over his shoulder and shoot them in the head.
the moral of the story: maybe *don't* kill john wick's dog?
Review by Jay ★★★½ 4

willem dafoe: you know, im something of an assassin myself
Review by georgina ★★★★★ 1

who would win:
the russian mafia or one angry boi
Review by Jay ★★★½ 9

This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.

as a fan of brooklyn 99 it was especially satisfying to see the dude that plays the vulture getting sideswiped by a moving car
Review by brat pitt ★★★½ 3

it's like, i just love a hitman you know?
i'm just like, i just, i know it's bad but i'm just like, can i just like, ride in the back of your Ford, and can you shoot a little fASTER???

🎶3 am, Mustang speedin'
two russians, headed for a dead end
hell yeah, that’s right: he stabbed
a pencil through three bad guys
hollerin' over pistols whippin’
wick’s after vengeance against Theon
won’t quit, tonight, slayin’ in the moonlight
every john is just the same
i’m sick of their city games
i crave a real wild man
i’m strung out on JOHN WICK
daisy, they’ll all diiiiie
JOHN WICK
daisy, let’s kill guuuuuys
JOHN WICK🎶
Review by SilentDawn ★★★★½ 4

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The greatest piece of character-building (and world-building) in John Wick is an expression. A simple one, but an expression all the same. A moment where, after stabbing a security guard upright through the chin/neck with a knife, John Wick ruthlessly stares into the man's eyes as he dies, the phantasm reverberating from his aura, being sure that he was the last person he'd ever see. It embodies both the reason why the world is so startled by his reappearance, and why he's infamous in the first place. A lingering specter of the underworld, out for sensation and finality and nothing more. An Action Classic.

Recent reviews

Review by CooperDennison ★★★★

I would have given this a 3 and a half but this is the best action I've seen in a while so its getting a 4.
Review by luisgie ★★★★★

Watch the trilogy you wont regret it
Hyped for the 4th one
It's a must see
Review by SYAKE SAN ★★★★½

Man, I'm gonna start this off by saying: oh GOD, do I hate action films.
But bloody hell, this is brilliant. I mean, wow! The colour schemes are brilliant, the action (something that generally bores me) was SO damn cool. Every single thing Wick stocks up on is used in amazingly creative ways. It's pretty obvious the directors were originally stunt-invested men. The fight scenes are great, and who wouldn't want to see Neo kick Theon Greyjoy's shit in?
A superb watch, honestly.
Review by rue ★★★½

I can only describe this film as the perfect film for people who love playing PUBG and desperately wish they were good at PUBG but just suck at PUBG. That’s me guys!
Review by SUJIN_ ★★★

선택하여 집중한 것을 날것 그대로.
Review by Jani ★★★★

“John Wick is not the boogeyman. He’s the man you send to kill the fucking boogeyman.”
The birth of a legend.
Some bad edits, the weird musical transition in the Continental bar (goes from non-diagetic industrial to diagetic soulful jazz in the same scene when the band is already on screen and it’s just weird) and an underwhelming finale to an otherwise stellar movie that looks so cool in everything it does. It builds up John Wick for 30 minutes before you even see him take one person.
Review by Wirfless42 ★★★★★

Action pact violence hats almost methodical loved it.
Review by Sean O'Connor ★★★★★

A perfect action movie. An efficient premise, well executed. Stylish to a fault with some surprisingly good world building. Keanu Reeves years of stuntwork and Stahelski's excellent action direction make the action sequences shine.
While there may be better individual action sequences in some of the sequels, this is easily the best and most complete of the franchise.
Review by Uriah Jakobitz

Every time I think about John Wick's gold doubloons he had buried in his basement, I can't help but chuckle.
Review by Seafra ★★★

lived up to low expectations
Review by Jason2525 ★★★★½

Beyond the action sequences and overall badassery (and Keanu’s unreal performance), John Wick is a masterclass in world building. It didn’t need to build this mythological underworld, it could have performed the stunts and set pieces it set out to, but thank God it went the extra step in curating such tight, imaginative environment.
Review by Ross ★★★★½

Start of what I would argue is THE quintessential action movie franchise. You like action and haven't seen John Wick? Blasphemy!