One of the strengths of the Die Hard formula, which provided a platform for the best films of Steven Seagal in Under Siege and Jean-Claude Van Damme in Sudden Death, is that thereвЂ™s plenty of time to hang out with the bad guys and understand their plan. SheвЂ™s meant to be enjoying a day-off when the building is locked-down by criminal art dealer Victor Dubois (Jean Reno), who is keen to bust a few secret CaravaggioвЂ™s out of a residentвЂ™s hidden safe. AliвЂ™s charm and athletic abilities win plenty of friends amongst the residents, but her PTSD from a previous mission makes it hard for her to socialise. The Doorman isnвЂ™t quite as much fun as that sounds thereвЂ™s a beyond convoluted back-story to unravel to understand Ali (Rose) an ex-Marine, somehow ends up working as a doorman in a posho NYC apartment block, called The Carrington.

Rose has popped up in the XXX and Meg franchises to no great effect, but sheвЂ™s a happy centre for this kind of unassuming crowd-pleaser why wouldnвЂ™t you want to see Die Hard revamped with a lesbian vegan protagonist kicking ass? Urban-fantasy action is a genre permanently in vogue thanks to the ongoing John Wick franchise, and thatвЂ™s the jumping off point for Ryuhei KitamuraвЂ™s bare-bones thriller, which features John Wick 2вЂ™s Ruby Rose as a heroine. If youвЂ™re in the mood for blood, Wick is your pick.Regular readers will know that IвЂ™m a fan of the Die Hard formula thereвЂ™s nothing like being pinned down in one location to raise the temperature and the tension. It might not do much to your brain, but it'll certainly set your heart racing. Reeves is as stoic and monosyllabic as ever Common has a great extended cameo Ruby Rose is mostly playing another variation of her Orange Is The New Black character - a deadly girl of few words. ThereвЂ™s even a mirrored-room sequence which is supposed to be an homage to Enter The Dragon. A particularly cool scene has Wick, wounded, walking through a crowded place as he realizes that everyone around him has a contract to kill him, and springs into action taking them down one by one.

Wick appears to have five lives like in a video game and engages in an almost non-stop shooting spree with bodies piling up by the roadside, in hotel lobbies, at concert venues and at subway stations. The entire appeal of the movie lies in its beautifully choreographed action sequences. Wick is coaxed into doing one last job, but eventually realizes that heвЂ™ll be the one staring down the barrel of a gun. Wick (Keanu Reeves), who had come out of retirement to avenge the death of his dog and the theft of his car, is approached by Santino DвЂ™Antonio (Riccardo Scamarcio) whom he owes a favour. Sticking to the USP of the first John Wick film - a one-line plot facilitating a hundred different ways to kill - director Chad Stahelski serves up the second chapter in the protagonistвЂ™s life.

Only here, bullet-speed dialogue is replaced by bullet-speedвЂ¦ well, bullets. Just like AllenвЂ™s slice-of-life movies with high-strung characters in familiar setting, these movies are self-aware, unapologetic and true to their genre. Review: The John Wick franchise is what would happen if Woody Allen wrote action-thrillers.

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