John Wick [2014)

The Equalizer September 26, 2014.

John Wick October 24, 2014.

Practically the same story.

Industrial espionage.

Equalizer Rotten Tomatoes 61%.

John Wick Rotten Tomatoes 86%.

Gimme a fuckin’ break.

While I really enjoyed Wick, Keanu can’t act (compared to the all-world talents of Denzel).

And Chad Stahelski can’t direct (compared to the all-world talents of Antoine Fuqua).

Thunder Road Films would follow up the next year with Sicario (a truly excellent bit of cinema).

Don’t get me wrong.

I’m not trashing Wick.

But those Tomatoes scores need some correction.

Equalizer is the better movie.

I will give credit to Wick: better action sequences.

Wick is entertainment.

Equalizer is cinema.

Sicario is good cinema.

Equalizer is great cinema.

Economic espionage.

Summit Entertainment.

Subsidiary of Lionsgate Films.

Giustra.

Colombia Pictures.

December 14, 2014.

Corporate spying.

-PD

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