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This week's Staff Pick is: John Wick (2014)  Directed by: Chad Stahelski, David Leitch (uncredited) Cinematography by: Jonathan Sela Edited by: Elisabet Ronalds née Elísabet Ronaldsdóttir IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2911666/ In one sentence: "An ex-hitman comes out of retirement to track down the gangsters that took everything [Ed. Note: his dog] from him." A remarkably sick action movie from 2014 that was notable for being directed by Keanu Reeves' stunt double from the Matrix trilogy. I haven't seen it since I saw it in theatres a few years ago but I remember it being fully badass and I've heard nothing but awesome things about the sequel which released this past weekend. I'm planning on getting drunk and going to see it on Saturday but I wanna rewatch the first one this week. From the Staff Picks Archives January 31st, 2017: Cure February 7th, 2017: Westfront 1918
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gently caress yeah
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Feb 14, 2017 22:21
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Well I guess I'll have to watch it for the sixth time.
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Feb 14, 2017 22:35
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Fungah! posted:gently caress yeah
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Feb 14, 2017 23:37
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Just watched this again last night in prep for seeing part 2 tonight and I'm still amazed by just how great it is. The worldbuilding that's done in one movie is something that other companies and franchises can't do in ten.
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Feb 15, 2017 00:44
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I remember thinking it was super underrated when it first came out and now I'm glad we are gonna get like 5 of them
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Feb 15, 2017 01:09
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I hope the John Wick series will become more powerful than the Matrix series. Keanu Reeves can't do no wrong.
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Feb 15, 2017 10:34
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Palpek posted:I hope the John Wick series will become more powerful than the Matrix series. Keanu Reeves can't do no wrong. It's been more powerful since the first one came out
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Feb 15, 2017 21:39
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Really impressed me. Nice to see Keanu getting mainstream appeal again. Best eight bucks I've spent on PSN
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Feb 16, 2017 06:46
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Lumpy the Cook posted:It's been more powerful since the first one came out
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Feb 16, 2017 10:15
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Tbf thats also the first Matrix movie and the only good one.
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Feb 16, 2017 13:19
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John Wick is fully sick.
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Feb 16, 2017 18:24
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I've been calling John Wick John Win
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Feb 16, 2017 18:54
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i haven't seen this but now i have an excuse to
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Feb 17, 2017 07:59
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John Wick was so amazing. I went into it expecting something schlocky like Lucky Number Slevin and was blown away. Keanu has been my BFF since The Gift and A Scanner Darkly and I'm really glad his career had such a resurgence because he seems like a legit great dude.
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Feb 17, 2017 18:20
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Keanu as a staunch defender of film (the material) is cool too.
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Feb 17, 2017 18:39
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I watched this again tonight and the weird economy of it seemed much more noticeable this time around. I like that the gold coins are never explained. It gives everything an unreal aspect. I also love that Perkins just showed up to be executed by Ian McShane after knowingly violating his hotel rules 
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Feb 18, 2017 07:06
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Just started this. I forgot how awesome the beginning is, the first 4 or 5 minutes details everything you need to know narratively immediately so Keanu can just start doming Ruskies
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Feb 19, 2017 00:48
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Also if this movie didn't have the opening scene the swerve about 10 minutes in would be absolutely loving insane
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Feb 19, 2017 00:58
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The red circle massacre ftw
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Feb 19, 2017 01:29
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Strutting into church and pulling out an MP5
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Feb 19, 2017 01:47
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Keanu's monologue about grieving unalone in the cursed shadow of his past sins. This movie kicks so much rear end
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Feb 19, 2017 01:56
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Lmfao the audacity of just including a shot of the Russian kid playing COD when so many of the action scenes just take place in COD maps
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Feb 19, 2017 02:00
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video games kill, ya know.
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Feb 19, 2017 02:03
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The Melee only duel to cap it all off. This movie kicks as much rear end as I remembered, drat! Going to see JW2 tomorrow night, can't friggin wait
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Feb 19, 2017 02:16
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So good
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Feb 19, 2017 02:55
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Just watched this for the first time. Holy poo poo.
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Feb 19, 2017 03:44
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wtched it last night, so fuckin good. super pumped to go see the secnd one on tuesday
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Feb 19, 2017 18:15
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New thread here https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3810926
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Feb 21, 2017 22:05
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elf help book posted:Just watched this for the first time. Holy poo poo. It's definitely my fave action movie of recent years. Its refreshing to see something just back out of narrative and focus on weird gung fu action or whatever they want. Dredd is cool like that too
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Feb 21, 2017 22:06
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i remember first watching this expecting a bunch of modern action movie boring garbage and being completely blown away
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Feb 22, 2017 01:38
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trying to jack off posted:i remember first watching this expecting a bunch of modern action movie boring garbage and being completely blown away The first I heard about this film was from a video game cross-promotion, which led me to expect that it was just going to be some bland lifeless straight-to-DVD garbage starring a very bored Reeves, and I've never been so happy to be so completely wrong.
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Feb 22, 2017 02:07
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Lumpy the Cook posted:The first I heard about this film was from a video game cross-promotion, which led me to expect that it was just going to be some bland lifeless straight-to-DVD garbage starring a very bored Reeves, and I've never been so happy to be so completely wrong. Payday 2 ftw
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