I asked myself over and over, is this movie a parody of good movies? Is it owned by the same people who own RED? (Yes it is.) Scene after scene mimics and actually copies RED. Even the music does, too.

The writing is absurdly childish. Good actors are force to deliver the most clichéd lines I have heard in a film for years. Years. And what was that guy from the insurance company television commercials doing in it? His commercials were all I could think of whenever he was on screen.

So was John Wick meant to be a take-off on far better films? Was it made to target a specific audience of half-brain-dead young males? And why, oh why, were these professional killers using Glocks? Glocks are for cops and other amateurs. No serious professional would ever consider using them.

John Wick was a disappointing puzzlement to me. I gave it a 3 for the effort.