The US never let go of the Russophobia after the Cold War ended. (2014 is an historically interesting year for this to come out. What with involvement in Ukraine and two years before the Russiagate hoax). Russian baddies is so overdone in movies, particularly Hollywood ones. Like in James Bond, multiple baddies can shoot at the protagonist and all miss, while he easily takes them out, one-by-one. Utterly absurd, no matter how good the guy is supposed to be. There are so many tired tropes and cliches in John Wick. Letting main characters get away because they need to keep the plot going (plot armour). Even the heavy rock music is cliched, with the distorted blues riffs, like cheesy metal. Not good. Not good at all. I won't watch the sequels. I don't blame Reeves. I like him as an actor. I blame the writers and director. Lest we forget: Russians bad. Americans good.
Review of John Wick
