In the end, though it’s more in the vein of say Taken, where instead of just being a general revenge figure (à la Freddy Krueger or Jason Voorhees) they are characters where a great wrong has been perpetrated against them, so they are seeking reconciliation from that specific grievance. I have seen John Wick described as like a reverse slasher film, and I can see how you could make that comparison, I mean they literally refer to John Wick as the ‘Baba Yaga’ a figure from Slavic mythology that you do not want to cross. Ian McShane (Winston) and Willem Dafoe (Marcus) bring the class and seasoned performances to their roles.
Adrianne Palicki (Ms Perkins) brings a real intensity and physicality to her role, and I would not be surprised if it was this that landed Palicki her current gig on Agents of SHEILD. Michael Nyqvist (Viggo Tarasov) works well as the head of the Russia Mob, put it the position of risking everything to protect his son and Alfie Allen (Iosef Tarasov) works well as the punk ass son of a crime lord with delusions of grandeur, though his dialogue coaching needed a little bit more work as he jumps from Russian to American to English accents though the film. But movies such as this show his absolute commitment to his art, is it an Oscar winning performance, no, but he shows absolute commitment from start to finish. Keanu Reeves (John Wick) has caught a lot of flak during his career, mostly with illusions to his character in Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure. John Wick has one of the clearest motivations in cinema history.
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