It's actually a surprise when any Hollywood film rises to the level of 'competent'

I watched the movie John Wick today, and it was pretty...watchable? In case you're not familiar, this is the 2014 film where Keanu plays a widower whose wife posthumously gives him a dog that then gets killed by the son of a Russian mob boss. The wrinkle is that Keanu is a former hitman for the Russian mafia, and he goes ape shit and goes on a crusade t…