John Wick: Chapter 2 (2017) – Surprisingly, a plausible sequel to an action movie that really wasn’t designed as a franchise.  (In other words, more plausible than everything from Die Hard 2 to Taken 2).  I’m not sure how much I like learning more about the pseudo-government of the underworld — the “seat at the…

John Wick (2014) – I can think of no other actor but Keanu Reeves whose habitual expression is equal parts that of a wide-eyed innocent and a dead-eyed shark.  I’m not saying that this story of a retired hitman forced back into his old life for revenge could never have been made with another star,…

I Want Him Dead (aka Lo Voglio Morto) (1968) – Civil War cattle driver Clayton (Craig Hill, who bears a remarkable facial resemblance to Daniel Davis of TV’s The Nanny) just wants to take his savings and buy a ranch.  Instead, his sister (who appears to be half his age and bears him no resemblance)…