This was something that I had missed up to this point, so I decided to check it out and I just got done with it. Knowing what I knew about the movie, I expected a very cheesy, dated, somewhat Top Gun-esque experience. And that’s definitely what is (with some pretty rough acting to boot).But I wasn’t prepared for how exciting and blood-pumping it was as an action film. Stuff like Keanu tackling guys out of windows and onto gasoline fires, a car-turned-foot chase, and even just the standard fight scenes were super cool.I know Keanu does almost all his own fights for John Wick, but I gotta look into how much he and Swayze did themselves for this, because it looks like it was at least a decent chunk of it.And I think another big part of it is Kathryn Bigelow actually did a great job directing this. A lot of these action scenes are pretty elaborate and chaotic but she handles them well with long, steady takes and careful decisions as to who should be the focus of the shot at any given time.So yeah, I loved this not just for the cheesy 90s fun I expected, but for the excellent and intense action that I didn’t. I’ll also be watching the remake, which I’ve heard is horrendous and almost certainly is, but I do wanna try and compare them. Any thoughts on the action in this one? via /r/movies https://ift.tt/3n33owo
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