KEANU REEVES' DOUBLE AS NEO IN "MATRIX" IS NOW THE ACTOR'S DIRECTOR IN "JOHN WICK"
The much
anticipated return of Keanu Reeves in full-tilt action is about to end in his
upcoming movie "John Wick" where he plays an ex-hitman forced to come
out of retirement and brings bloody vengeance to the Russian mobsters who took
everything from him.
Making their directorial debut
in "John Wick" are Chad Stahelski and David Leitch whom Reeves have
long collaborated with since in "The Matrix" films who have served as
the movies' stunt coordinators and are now Hollywood's most in-demand when it
comes to training actors in action films. Most recently, the duo's works
include phenomenal hits such as "300," "X-Men Origins:
Wolverine," "The Bourne Legacy" and "The Hunger
Games."
Starring alongside an all-star
cast with Willem Dafoe, Michael Nyvist, Adrianne Palicki, Alfie Allen, Bridget
Moynahan, Ian McShane and John Leguizamo, Reeves ups the action ante in
"John Wick" as he pulls off the latest grueling and highly complex
action scenes.
In recent interviews, Reeves
enthused on reuniting with Chad and David,
"Working with Chad and Dave, there was an ambition to do something
at a high level. They've wanted to direct a film for a long time, and they
wanted to raise the bar, have a style, have a vision."
Retracing their passion for
martial arts where Chad and David met while studying the moves, they soon find
themselves as stuntmen for movies and has since progressed as stunt
coordinators/directors.
In "John Wick," they
have a chance to showcase the high-concept stunt have they been working on for
years which they call the "gun fu," a hybrid stunt that includes
flying fists and firearms. With Reeves,
this "gun fu" mix of martial arts and guns is something they believe
the actor can believably pull off. "We've
had the pleasure to work with a lot of actors, but Keanu is as hard-core as
they come," Leitch said. "He's as hard-boiled as John Wick. We asked
more of him than we'd ever asked of any actor, and he never let us down."
"John Wick" opens
October 29 in cinemas from Pioneer Films. Watch the official trailer of "John Wick" here:
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