If John Wick is the best looking action film in recent memory, it's also bolstered by a phenomenal cast of actors who, be they in parts big or small, manage to craft three-dimensional characters out of stock archetypes.

An almost zen-like exercise in wholesale slaughter as abstraction.

Emotions matter little. Story matters less. Morals don't register at all. But the rhythm of the killing creates its own irresistible machine music.

a fantasy that appeals because real life is tough, and watching one good man cut through all the nonsense makes for a truly epic watch