With director Chad Stahelski and producer David Leitch's John Wick set to premiere at Fantastic Fest this month, we're happy to premiere the first poster for the action thriller. In the film, Keanu Reeves stars as "an ex-hitman [who] comes out of retirement to track down the gangsters that took everything from him." Click here to see a beat-up Keanu in the first image released last month. While the film might not be on your radar yet, one of the reasons I'm extremely optimistic this could be something cool is the filmmakers. While you might not know their names, you've definitely seen their awesome work in films like Speed Racer, The Bourne Legacy,The Hunger Games: Catching Fire, and tons of others. On some of what I just mentioned they did the stunts, and on some they directed second unit (which means they directed a lot of the action). In addition to the films I just mentioned, they run 87eleven, which is the premiere action design team in Hollywood. When an actor needs to be trained for an action role, they get sent to 87eleven. I've heard the company's name too many times to count over the past few years.
Anyway, John Wick is their feature debut and I'm willing to bet they're going to pull out all the stops on the action scenes. The real question is can they handle the script and the quiet scenes? John Wick also stars Michael Nyqvist, Alfie Allen, Adrianne Palicki, Dean Winters, Bridget Moynahan, with Ian McShane, John Leguizmo, and Willem Dafoe co-star. Check out the John Wick poster after the break.
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An ex-hitman comes out of retirement to track down the gangsters that took everything from him. With New York City as his bullet-riddled playground, JOHN WICK (Keanu Reeves) is a fresh and stylized take on the "assassin genre".
