While his latest film "Replicas" hasn't received the best of reviews, that hasn't always been the case for Keanu Reeves and his illustrious film career. Here are my five personal favorite films starring Keanu Reeves...
**THERE WILL BE NO SPOILERS**
#5
John Wick: Chapter 2
In a rare case where a sequel can be just as good as the original, Keanu Reeves reprises his most recent role of trained assassin John Wick who comes out of retirement to take out an Italian gangster's sister. Much like the first film, this is filled with suspenseful, stylized fighting, a tight story, and a strong supporting cast including Ian McShane, Ruby Rose, Common, and Laurence Fishburne, reuniting with Reeves for the first time since "The Matrix."
#4
The Matrix
1999 was an amazing year for Keanu Reeves, culminating with this iconic film that stretched the boundaries of what films could do during that time, and set its own precedent for outstanding effects in an action blockbuster. Here Reeves plays Neo, a man who may hold the key to saving humanity and freeing society from evil machines that essentially trap humans in a simulated reality. Co-starring Laurence Fishburne, Carrie-Ann Moss and Hugo Weaving, "The Matrix" earned its spot as one of cinema's most recent mind-bending visual effects films.
#3
Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure
"Party on dudes!" Before being known as an action superstar, Keanu Reeves made a name for himself in the classic comedy "Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure." As one-half of the braindead duo, Reeves stars as Ted, who is about to flunk history when he and his friend Bill are met by time-traveler Rufus, who takes them throughout history to try and learn important lessons. Of course things don't go according to plan, and they end up bringing history's greatest minds to the present, resulting in numerous hilarious moments.
#2
John Wick
After modest success in the 90s and early 2000s, Keanu Reeves appeared in not-so-stellar films that seemed to mark the end for this acclaimed actor, but then, in 2014, he became the man known as John Wick, and his career received a much-needed revitalization. Assassin John Wick retires after getting married, but then he looses his wife, but held onto her thanks to her final gift to him - a dog. When a mobster steals his beloved car and worse, kills his dog, John Wick comes out of retirement and goes on a blood-soaked quest for revenge. The action sequences were extraordinary, exciting, and non-stop, and you can't help but root for a man to get revenge against those who killed his best friend.
#1
Speed
Easily his most memorable role, Reeves stars as Los Angeles police officer Jack Traven, who must stop the psychotic Howard Payne from killing innocent passengers on a speeding bus - a bus he rigged to explode if it goes below 50 miles per hour. Co-starring Sandra Bullock, Jeff Daniels, and Dennis Hopper, "Speed" cemented Keanu Reeves as an action hero, and established him as a leading man in Hollywood.
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