This is in relation to the first movie of the series. I am going to try to keep it relatively spoiler-free.

Reeves plays the role of the title character, John Wick; a hitman who has retired an unspecified amount of time ago. John lives a quiet life away from other people, his best interests in life being his super-awesome Ford Mustang Mach 1, and his dog.... a life, that if you take away the car and the ex-hitman status, is very similar to my own.

At a random gas station one day he has the misfortune of running into the arrogant son of a crime-lord named Iosef Tarasov who is played by Alfie Allen (who you might remember as the mostly cowardly Theon Greyjoy from Game of Thrones.) Iosef inquires about how much John would like for his car and John blows him off simply stating "she's not for sale."

Because of his foolishness and not knowing who John is, he and his bodyguards follow Wick home and beat him up, steal his car, and kill his dog (this is not a spoiler, it happens in the first couple minutes and is likely in the movie trailer.)

Obviously, this makes John very upset, and he decides to return to his roots. When Iosef gloats to people about what he did, people immediately distance themselves from him. He is completely unaware of the notoriety that Wick has in the underworld.

And thus begins the action-packed tale of revenge.

This movie was special to me because while I know there are many people that disagree with this notion, I don't really expect much from Reeves in films even though a vast majority of his movies end up making hundreds of millions of dollars. Despite this opinion, i really felt as though this film showed some versatility of his acting abilities as he is required, due to his grief, to portray genuine human emotion - and he nails it.

Also, even though it would probably be significantly less glamorous in my own hands, if someone were to murder my dog, they would have to die.... that's just how it works if you mess with my schmoopy-pie.

This movie is a definite must-watch, and is on my list of one of the best action films of the past 5 years.