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Keanu Reeves stars in JOHN WICK, a film directed by Chad Stahelski. Photo Credit: David Lee. Image courtesy Summit Entertainment. All rights reserved.

John Wick (2014)

Opened: 10/24/2014 Wide

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Genre: Action/Thriller

Rated: R for strong and bloody violence throughout, language and brief drug use.

Don't set him off.

Synopsis

When a retired hit man is forced back into action by a brutal Russian mobster, he hunts down his adversaries with the ruthlessness that made him a crime underworld legend in John Wick, a stylish tale of revenge and redemption set in a brilliantly imagined New York City and starring World Stunt Award-winner Keanu Reeves.

After the sudden death of his beloved wife, John Wick (Reeves) receives one last gift from her, a beagle puppy named Daisy, and a note imploring him not to forget how to love. But John's mourning is interrupted when his 1969 Boss Mustang catches the eye of sadistic thug Iosef Tarasov (Alfie Allen). When John refuses to sell the car, Iosef and his henchmen break into his house and steal it, beating John unconscious and leaving Daisy dead. Unwittingly, they have just reawakened one of the most brutal assassins the underworld has ever seen.

John's search for his stolen vehicle takes him to a side of New York City that tourists never see, a hyper-real, super-secret criminal community, where John Wick was once the baddest guy of all. After learning that his attacker is the only son of a former associate, vicious Russian crime boss Viggo Tarasov (Michael Nyqvist), John turns his attention to vengeance. As word spreads that the legendary hit man is after his son, Viggo offers a generous bounty to anyone who can bring John down.

With a veritable army on his trail, John once again becomes the remorseless killing machine the underworld once feared, launching a pitched battle against Viggo and his soldiers that could mean the end of them both.

John Wick stars Keanu Reeves (the Matrix trilogy, Speed), Michael Nyqvist (Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo), Alfie Allen ("Game of Thrones," Plastic), Adrianne Palicki (G.I. Joe: Retaliation, Red Dawn), Bridget Moynahan ("Blue Bloods," Coyote Ugly), Dean Winters ("Rescue Me," "30 Rock"), Lance Reddick (The Guest, "Fringe"), Toby Leonard Moore ("Underbelly"), with Ian McShane (Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides, "Deadwood"), with John Leguizamo (Ice Age, Moulin Rouge, Romeo + Juliet), and Willem Dafoe (A Most Wanted Man, The Grand Budapest Hotel).

The film is directed by Chad Stahelski and written by Derek Kolstad. Producers are Basil Iwanyk, p.g.a., David Leitch, p.g.a., Eva Longoria, and Michael Witherill. Executive Producers are Peter Lawson, Mike Upton, Joseph Vincenti, Erica Lee, Kevin Frakes, Raj Singh, Tara Moross, Darren Blumenthal, Jared D. Underwood, Andrew C. Robinson, and Sam X. Eyde. Director of Photography is Jonathan Sela. Production Designer is Dan Leigh. Editor is Elisabet Ronalds. Costume Designer is Luca Mosca. Co-producers are Doug Monticciolo, Jamie Wing, and Noel Lohr. Composers are Tyler Bates and Joel J. Richard with additional music by Le Castle Vania. Music Supervisor is John Houlihan. Visual Effects Supervisor is Jake Braver. Casting is by Suzanne Smith Crowley and Jessica Kelly.

Summit Entertainment presents Thunder Road presents in association with 87Eleven Productions and MJW Films in association with DefyNite Films.