Outcome

Outcome; Sold as comedy, but truly an introspective drama, it seems made for & more in tune w/Hollywood types than an average viewer. Casting Reeves is clear choice for character’s conundrum, as his real life goodness counters the role. Great cast but story fizzles while promoting daily decency; B-

Ballerina

Ballerina; Ana DeArmas works wonderfully in the world of John Wick. She has always had an ability to kick ass while looking artistically beautiful. Her savage mission takes us through a series of gloriously staged, spectacular action scenes, culminating in a fireball of violent destruction; A
 

Sonic the Hedgehog 3

Sonic the Hedgehog 3; Keanu brings gravitas to voicing Shadow, while double Jim Carrey gives us Sellers levels of insane high jinks. Action propels forward, ignoring some logistics but it’s all good on account of Schwartz’s ability to make us enjoy the cute critters as enthusiastically as he does; B
 

John Wick: Chapter 4

John Wick: Chapter 4; The most epic of an already outstandingly epic action series. The locations are breathtaking, driving the fight scenes to reflect the surroundings in inspired fashion. The visual style is delectable and body count deplorably excessive, just how we like it; A

The Matrix Resurrections

The Matrix Resurrections; Pointless return to a franchise that truly could have stopped after one. The ideas always seem to be interesting until they are actually played out to little effect. Nothing visually groundbreaking or particularly memorable. A waste of effort from all; C
 

John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum

John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum; Stylistic, violent, creative and kinetic. Body count climbs as Keanu kicks butt. Stunt work is insane and action shot spectacularly. Wick speaks minimally and lets his skills do plenty; A

John Wick

John Wick; Stripped down, no nonsense violence makes for a stylistic, but not flashy film. Acting support is top notch. Thrilling 100 min; A

47 Ronin

47 Ronin; Plays like a feudal Japan Lord of the Rings w/less action yet all the walk & talk & respectful head bowing. An expensive yawn; C

Chain Reaction

Directed by:  Andrew Davis
Starring:  Keanu Reeves, Morgan Freeman, Rachel Weisz, Fred Ward
Running Time:  1h 46min

Well, Morgan Freeman's run of successful and interesting movies couldn't last forever.  After starring in the best two movies of the past two years he is limited to play the same character that he played in Outbreak and without any other talent in the film he languishes in his own talent.  Reeves is neither believable nor charismatic as the star of the film and we can thank him for not taking the Speed 2 role seeing as his acting abilities wouldn't help the fact that yet another dumb sequel is being made.  Back to this movie, it suffers from traileritis, where the trailer promises action you've never seen before but the movie isn't half as exciting as the trailer.  Hopefully, you'll have rented another movie with this preview and can save the $4.00.

Grade: C+

The Devil's Advocate

Directed by:  Taylor Hackford
Starring:  Keanu Reeves, Al Pacino, Charlize Theron, Jeffery Jones
Running Time:  2h 24min

Pacino sinks his teeth into a role he was meant to play (no disrespect meant).  Reeves and Theron find themselves lucky to share this script with him.  It's fantastic!  It would have rated an A+ if it weren't for those two actors and their inability to rise to Pacino's level (a tough task undoubtedly).  The movie stays unsettling and scary but still manages to give us humour (in camp form) and psychological intrigue.  What's at stake for Reeves still seems personal even though it means a whole lot more in the scheme of things, which allows the audience to be involved on multiple levels.  The powerlessness of Reeves vs. the devil echoes the mass audience's own feelings but the thing that allows us to keep hope still remains.  And it's not God for once!

Grade: A

Feeling Minnesota

Directed by:  Steven Baigelman
Starring:  Keanu Reeves, Cameron Diaz, Vincent D'Onofrio, Dan Akroyd, Delroy Lindo
Running Time:  1h 39min

Cameron Diaz does her best Keanu Reeves impression which leaves us with two emotionless, monotone, dull as shit romantic leads.  This film is written in the style of "what do we do now?"  It's as if the writer had an interesting premise which amounted to about five minutes, and kept tacking on another five minutes of stupidity every time the previously braindead five minutes started going nowhere.  D'Onofrio supplies the only laughs in this romantic comedy that isn't romantic or funny.  His one scene with Lindo is the only thing worth watching.  Well, Diaz is beautiful but totally wasted playing dumb with Keanu's typecast dumbness.  I'm proud to say that I didn't pay a cent to see this!

Grade:  D