Keanu Reeves

At 59 years old, Keanu Reeves has this physical status:

Keanu Charles Reeves (pronounced kee-AH-noo; born September 2, 1964) is a Canadian actor, director, and producer.

He rose to fame for his appearances in many blockbuster films, including comedies from Bill and Ted (1989-1994), Speed (1994), and the John Wick franchise (2014–present); psychological thriller Constantine (1997); and science fiction/action film The Matrix (1999–present).

He has appeared in films including Dangerous Liaisons (1988), My Own Private Idaho (1991), and Little Buddha (1993), as well as Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992). Reeves has received acclaim for his performances.

According to a New York Times columnist, Reeves' versatility "displays a lot of discipline and breadth... he flies comfortably between the buttoned-down demeanor that suits a police procedural story and his comedic style." However, Reeves has spent a large portion of his later years as a typecast.

In several roles he has played, saving the world is a recurring character arc, as shown by characters like Ted "Theodore" Logan, Gautama Buddha, Neo, Johnny Mnemonic, John Constantine, and Klaatu.

Reeves' John Wick franchise received critical praise and commercial success.

His acting has received numerous accolades, and he appears on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Reeves has dabbled in other artistic mediums, including stage acting, video games, music playing, and directing.

Prince Hamlet appeared onstage for the Manitoba Theatre Centre's production of Hamlet.

He is a bass guitarist and has appeared in the bands Dogstar and Becky.

Ode to Happiness, written by him, was illustrated by Alexandra Grant.

Side by Side is a documentary film directed by Steve Chen, who has also produced Side by Side and directed Man of Tai Chi.

Early life

Keanu Charles Reeves was born in Beirut, Lebanon, on September 2, 1964, the son of Patricia (née Taylor), a costume designer and performer, and Samuel Nowlin Reeves Jr. (born in Essex). His American father, who is of Native Hawaiian, Chinese, English, Irish, and Portuguese descent, hails from Hawaii and is of Native Hawaiian, Chinese, English, Irish, and Portuguese descent. His grandfather, who was on his father's side, is a Chinese Hawaiian. When his mother returned to Beirut from work, she learned he was abandoned his wife and family when Reeves was three years old. When he was 13 years old, Reeves last saw his father on Kauai, Hawaii.

After his parents divorced in 1966, his mother moved his family to Sydney and then to New York City, where she married Paul Aaron, a Broadway and Hollywood director, in 1970. In 1971, the couple married in Toronto, Canada, and divorced. He appeared in a Damn Yankees theatre performance when Reeves was nine years old. Aaron stayed close to Reeves, giving him tips and recommending him a position at the Hedgerow Theater in Pennsylvania, United States. In 1976, Reeves' mother married Robert Miller, a rock music promoter; the couple divorced in 1980. She married Jack Bond, a hairdresser, later in 1994, and the marriage continued until 1994. Reeves and his sisters grew up in Toronto's Yorkville neighborhood, with a nanny caring for them often. He grew up with Chinese art, furniture, and cuisine as a result of his grandmother's ethnicity. The Reeves grew up to adulthood on British comedy shows such as The Two Ronnies and his mother taught him the English language that he has retained.

Reeves attended four separate high schools, including the Etobicoke School of the Arts, from which he was suspended, before decribing himself as a "private pupil." He was dismissed because he was "just a little too rambunctious and fired my mouth off every so often...I was not usually the most well-oiled machine in the classroom," Reeves explained. He was a good ice hockey goalkeeper at De La Salle College. Reeves had aspirations to become a specialised ice hockey player for the Canadian Olympic team but they had to become an actor when he was 15. He attended Avondale Secondary Alternative School, which allowed him to receive an education while also working as an actor after graduating from De La Salle College. When he was 17 years old, he dropped out of high school. He obtained a green card through his American stepfather and migrated to Los Angeles, United States, three years later. Reeves are eligible for naturalization.

Personal life

Jennifer Syme, director David Lynch's assistant, and Reeves began dating at a party held for his band Dogstar in 1998. Syme gave birth eight months into her pregnancy to Ava Archer Syme-Reeves, the couple's daughter, who was stillborn, on December 24, 1999. The couple separated a few weeks afterward, but they soon reconciled. Syme was killed after her vehicle collided with three parked cars on Cahuenga Boulevard in Los Angeles on April 2, 2001. According to reports, the Syme was sick and not tied in. Reeves told investigators that they were back together and had enjoyed brunch together in San Francisco the day before the crash. Reeves served as a pallbearer for Syme, who was buried next to their daughter. According to Bret Domrose of Dogstar, he was supposed to film the sequels to The Matrix in the spring but wanted "peace and time."

Brenda Davis, whose child he is godfather to, and actress China Chow, has also been attributed to Reeves. Reeves and Alexandra Grant met at a dinner party in 2009, and the two became partners on two books together. In November 2019, they went public with their dating.

Reeves is vague about his spiritual convictions, insisting that it is something "personal and private." When asked if he was a spiritual being, he said he believes "in God, hope, inner guidance, the self, passion, and other topics" and that he is "highly spiritual" and "supremely bountiful." Despite the fact that he does not officially practice Buddhism, the faith has left a lasting impression on him, particularly after filming Little Buddha. "The bulk of the things I've left behind in Buddhism have been human," the Buddha said, "understanding emotions, impermanence, and trying to figure out other people and where they're coming from."

Reeves responded to Stephen Colbert's show about the things after death by saying, "I know the ones who love us will miss us."

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Career

Reeves, a 1984 correspondent for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) youth television program Going Great. In the same year, he made his acting debut in an episode of the television series called Hangin' In. He appeared in Mercutio in a stage performance of Romeo and Juliet at the Leah Posluns Theatre in North York, Ontario, in 1985. Brad Fraser's cult hit Wolfboy in Toronto made further appearances on stage, including Brad Fraser's cult attack on Wolfboy. In 1983, he appeared in a Coca-Cola commercial and in the National Film Board of Canada's (NFB) coming-of-age short film One Step Away.

In 1986, Reeves began a foray into television films, including NBC's Babes in Toyland, Act of Vengeance, and Brotherhood of Justice. He made his first motion picture appearances in Peter Markle's Youngblood (1986), in which he played a goalkeeper, and in the low-budget romantic drama, Flying. In River's Edge, a crime drama based on Marcy Renee Conrad's 1981 murder, he was cast as Matt. The film premiered in 1986 at the Toronto International Film Festival in largely positive feedback. The young cast's performances are described as "natural and credible," according to Janet Maslin of The New York Times, with Reeves describing them as "affecting and sympathetic."

Reeves appeared in several dramas directed at teen audiences in the 1980s, including as the lead in The Night Before (1988), a comedy starring Lori Loughlin, The Prince of Pennsylvania (1988) and Permanent Record (1988). Despite mixed reviews, Variety magazine praised Reeves' work, "which opens up nicely as the drama progresses." His other acting roles included a participation in Dangerous Liaisons (1988), which received seven awards at the 61st Academy Awards, including Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Costume Design, and Best Production Design. Bill & Ted's Wonderful Adventure (1989), in which he portrays a slacker who travels through time with a friend (portrayed by Alex Winter), was followed by a series of historical figures for a school presentation. Critics generally applauded the film, and the worldwide box office took in $40.5 million. With the critical consensus, film critique aggregator Rotten Tomatoes gave the film a 79% approval rating: "Keanu Reeves and Alex Winter are just charming, goofy, and silly enough to make this fluffy time-travel Adventure work."

Reeves appeared in Ron Howard's comedy-drama Parenthood. Three out of five actors were given a "feelgood film" with a "extensive and entertaining ensemble cast," according to BBC Nick Hilditch. Reeves appeared in two acting appearances in 1990; he played an incompetent hitman in the black comedy I Love You to Death; and portrayed Martin, a radio station employee in Tomorrow's comedy. He appeared in Rush Rush's music video, which featured a Rebel Without a Cause motif, as well as him in the James Dean role.

Reeves appeared in Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey, a sequel to Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure in 1991, starring Alex Winter. The Los Angeles Times' Michael Wilmington wrote that the sequel was "more imaginative, more opulent, and freer, as well as more vividly imagined," lauding the actors' "full" performances. "It's a riot of visual invention and bizarre humour that works on its chosen sub-moronic scale," Roger Ebert wrote about it. "It's the kind of film in which you start snickering inside and then end up applauding the originality that went into making this hallucinatory slapstick." Reeves' career underwent significant changes as he transitioned to adult roles. In the adventure My Own Private Idaho, the protagonists embark on a journey of personal discovery while co-starring River Phoenix as a street hustler. Gus Van Sant's book is loosely based on Shakespeare's Henry IV, Part 1, Henry IV, Part 2, and Henry V. At the box office, the film earned $6.4 million. My Own Private Idaho was warmly received, with Owen Gleiberman of Entertainment Weekly describing it as "a postmodern road movie with a mood of free-floating, trance-like anxiety [...] a rich, audacious experience." The New York Times praised Reeves and Phoenix for their insightful performances.

Patrick Swayze, Lori Petty, and Gary Busey appeared in the action thriller Point Break (1991), directed by Kathryn Bigelow. He is an undercover FBI agent with the intent of investigating the identities of a group of bank robbers. Reeves and his co-stars took surfing lessons in Hawaii with professional surfer Dennis Jarvis; Reeves had never surfed before. Point Break was generally well-received and a commercial success, earning $83.5 million at the box office as a result. "He moves quickly between the buttoned-down demeanour that suits a police procedural story and the loosened demeanour that suits his comedic roles," Reeves' performance was praised by The New York Times for "huge discipline and range." Hal Hinson, writing for The Washington Post, called Reeves the "right choice" and praised the surfing scenes, but noted that "the filmmakers have their characters make the most ludicrously illogical choices imaginable." Reeves received the Most Desirable Male award at the 1992 MTV Movie Awards.

Reeves began to dream about a career in music in 1991; he formed Dogstar, a youth rock band made up of Robert Mailhouse, Gregg Miller, and Bret Domrose. Reeves played the bass guitar. Jonathan Harker appeared in Francis Ford Coppola's Gothic horror Dracula, based on Stoker's 1897 book Dracula. Gary Oldman, Winona Ryder, and Anthony Hopkins appeared in the film, which was both critically and commercially successful. Around the world, it took in $215.8 million. Reeves was expected to speak with an English accent, prompting some mockery; "Overly posh and entirely ridiculous, Reeves' appearance is as funny as it is absurd," wrote Limara Salt of Virgin Media. "Reeves] tried so hard [reeves] tried so hard, and it came off as stilted," director Coppola said in a retrospective interview in 2015. Dracula by Bram Stoker was nominated for four Academy Awards, with three of them winning three in Best Costume Design, Best Sound Editing, and Best Makeup. At the British Academy Film Awards, the film also received four nominations.

He appeared in Much Ado About Nothing in 1993, based on Shakespeare's play of the same name. The film received rave feedback, but Reeves was nominated for a Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Supporting Actor. His casting was "unfortunate" in the New Republic magazine, because of his amateur appearance. He appeared in two more drama films, Even Cowgirls Get the Blues and Little Buddha, both of which received mixed to negative reviews in the same year. The Independent critic gave Little Buddha a mixed verdict, but Reeves' role as a prince was "credible." Reeves was also an impression; he later said, "I started to worry about this innocent prince who starts to suspect something when he first learns about old age, sickness, and death." [...] The lesson has never left me."

He appeared in the action thriller Speed (1994) with Sandra Bullock and Dennis Hopper. Jack Traven, a retired police officer, plays Jack Traven, who must prevent a bus from exploding by keeping its speed above 50 mph. Jan de Bont, the Dutch director's debut, was speed. Several actors were considered for the lead role, but Reeves was chosen because Bont was captivated by his Point Break appearance. Reeves shaved all his hair off and spent two months in the gym to gain muscle mass, to look the part. River Phoenix, Reeves' companion (and co-star in My Own Private Idaho), died during filming, resulting in alterations to the shooting schedule to allow him to mourn. Speed was announced on June 10 in a highly awaited response. The Chicago Tribune's Gene Siskel praised Reeves for his "completely charismatic [and] giving a show a joy as he climbed through elevator shafts [...] and atop a subway train." "Relentless without being overbearing," David Ansen, a columnist, wrote about Speed, "this is one likely blockbuster that doesn't look too large for its britches." It's a juggernaut" at the "friendly juggernaut." The film earned two Academy Awards in 1995 – Best Sound Editing and Best Sound, and Best Sound.

Johnny Mnemonic, directed by artist Robert Longo and based on William Gibson's 1981 story, was Reeves' next leading role. The Wachowskis' "The Matrix" template had been "Johnny Mnemonic," and it "set the tone for decades of movie tropes." It's set in 2021, about a man with a cybernetic brain implant, but a scientist with a technology-driven pandemic ravages a planet awash in conspiracies. The Yakuza are hired to murder Johnny by an unethical corporation that knows that what is in Johnny's head will eradicate the pandemic, reducing the Yakuza's profits. The film is described as "a classic example of Hollywood executives approving a film with an artist at the helm and then shaming for their own unique artistic vision." It was an unfortunate production on all accounts, and it's a testament to Longo's genius that so much of his eccentric intent survived even after the film was cut by the studio, according to Longo's internalization of the comic-book aesthetic, which also meant "Blade Runner" with tackier sets. Reeves was "woefully miscast" for an acting style that became his signature, according to most, "the peculiarities of Reeves' acting style have progressively increased." The film is one of the "great goofy gestures of recent cinema," according to the film's director, who doesn't need one nanosecond of serious analysis, but it does have a certain humulence that makes you almost forget it." and has a major influence on the science fiction genre. A CD-ROM video game was also released as part of the film studio's marketing efforts.

He appeared in A Walk in the Clouds (1995), which also received mixed-to-negative reviews. Reeves plays a young soldier returning home from World War II, struggling to reconcile with a woman he married impulsively right before being enlisted. "A Walk in the Clouds is for the most part a beautiful, well-acted, and emotionally rich film," film critic Mick LaSalle said, "The film has the syrupy, Kodak magic-moment look of a Bo Derek film, with the same level of substance."

In a 1995 Manitoba Theatre Centre production of Prince Hamlet in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Reeves briefly retreated to the theatre in a brief film role. Roger Lewis, a Sunday Times columnist, praised his work, "quite embodied the innocence, the glorious blaze, the animal grace of the leaps and bounds, and the emotional turmoil that characterizes Prince of Denmark." For a simple reason: he is Hamlet.

Reeves were soon drawn to science fiction roles, appearing in Chain Reaction (1996) with co-stars Morgan Freeman, Rachel Weisz, Fred Ward, Kevin Dunn, and Brian Cox. He is a scientist on a green energy project who has to go on the run after being arrested for murder. Chain reaction was not a critical success and received mainly critical feedback; Rotten Tomatoes, a review website, gave it a score of 16% and described it as "a man-on-the-run thriller that mainly adheres to generic formula"; however, Rotten Tomatoes gave it a score of 16%. Reeves' film choices following Chain Reaction were also critical disappointments. He appeared in the independent crime film Feeling Minnesota (1996), with Vincent D'Onofrio and Cameron Diaz, which was described as "shoddfully assembled and fundamentally miscast" by Rotten Tomatoes. Despite being offered a salary of $12 million, he turned down an invitation to star in Speed 2: Cruise Control last year. This action caused 20th Century Fox to break ways with him for a decade, according to Reeves.

Reeves went on tour with his band Dogstar and appeared in the drama The Last Time I Committed Suicide (1997), based on Neal Cassady's 1950 letter to Jack Kerouac. The Reeves' performance received mixed praise; CNN's Paul Tatara said he was "void of energy;" here he is again, reciting his lines as "non-related words strunging together as a memory exercise," whereas Empire magazine said "Reeves gives the closest thing to a career as the vivacious feckless drunk." He appeared in the 1997 supernatural horror film The Devil's Advocate, starring Al Pacino and Charlize Theron; Reeves accepted a pay cut of several million dollars so that the film studio could afford to hire Pacino. The film, based on Andrew Neiderman's book of the same name, is about a young lawyer who was invited to New York City to work for a large company but discovers that the firm's president is a devil. Critics also applauded the Devil's Advocate's performance. "There are times when Reeves lacks the subtlety that would have made this film a more multi-layered representation, but it's still a good job," film critic James Berardinelli wrote.

Reeves appeared in The Matrix, the first installment in what would be called The Matrix franchise, in 1999. Reeves portrays computer programmer Thomas Anderson, a hacker, who discovers that humanity is trapped inside a simulated reality created by intelligent machines. Reeves had to plan by reading Kevin Kelly's book Out of Control: The New Biology of Machines, Social Structures, and the Economic World, as well as Dylan Evans' conclusions on evolutionary psychology. To prepare for the fight scenes, the principal cast underwent months of intense preparation with martial arts choreographer Yuen Woo-ping. The Matrix was a box office hit, and several commentators said it was one of the finest science fiction films of all time. Despite acknowledging the film's dialogue, Kenneth Turan of the Los Angeles Times said it was a "highly cinematic futuristic thriller determined to overwhelm the imagination." Reeves was praised as a "strickenly chic Prada model of an action hero," according to Janet Maslin of The New York Times, and the martial arts stunts were the film's best feature. The Matrix received Academy Awards for Best Film Editing, Best Sound Editing, Best Visual Effects, and Best Sound.

Reeves turned down another blockbuster in favour of a lighthearted sports comedy, The Replacements (2000), after the success of The Matrix. Gene Hackman would co-star in the film if he agreed to a salary cut. Reeves appeared in the thriller The Watcher (2000), portraying a serial killer who tracks a former FBI agent against his wishes. He said a friend forged his signature on a contract, which he could not prove; he appeared in the film to prevent court action. The film had been critically panned at its release. He appeared in another thriller, Sam Raimi's The Gift, a tale about a woman (played by Cate Blanchett), with extrasensory vision, and a desire to help locate a young woman who has disappeared last year. Around the world, the film earned $44 million. "Raimi] managed to get a performance out of Reeves that only occasionally looks like he's reading his lines from the back of a cereal box," CNN film critic Paul Clinton said of Reeves' acting.

Reeves began to explore and accept positions in a variety of genres in 2001. The first was a romance drama called Sweet November, a reimagining of the 1968 film of the same name. This was his second film with Charlize Theron; the film received mainly critical reception. Desson Thompson of The Washington Post chastised it for its "syrupy cliches, greeting-card wisdom, and over-the-top tragicomy," but Reeves praised Reeves for his likability in every performance he gives. Hardball (2001) was Reeves' attempt in another sports comedies. It is based on the book Hardball: A Season in the Projects by Daniel Coyle, directed by Brian Robbins. Conor O'Neill, a struggling young man who agrees to coach a Little League team from Cabrini Green housing project in Chicago as a condition of obtaining a loan, is a character of the Reeves play. Roger Ebert, a film critic, praised the film's desire to tackle difficult topics and baseball coaching, but felt it lacked depth, and Reeves' appearance was "glum and distant."

Since Dogstar disbanded in 2002, his professional music career came to an end. During their decade as together, the band had two albums; Our Little Visionary in 1996 and Happi Ending in 2000. Reeves played in the band Becky for a year, which was founded by Dogstar bandmate Rob Mailhouse, but sadly, he resigned in 2005 due to a lack of interest in a serious music career. Reeves returned to The Matrix Revolution and The Matrix Revolutions in 2003, after being barred from the screen for two years, releasing in May and November respectively. The principal photography for both films was shot back-to-back, mainly at Fox Studios in Australia. The Matrix Reloaded received mainly favorable feedback; John Powers of LA Weekly praised the "dazzling pyrotechnics" but was suspicious of certain machine-like action scenes. Powers regarded Reeves' behavior as "wooden," but it was described as "exude a charming aura" but not so much. While Andrew Walker, a writer for the Evening Standard, praised the cinematography ("aesthetically speaking, it gives full credit as a virtuo workout for your senses," he said, but he was less taken by the film's "dime-store philosophy." Around the world, the film earned $739 million.

The Matrix Revolutions, the third instalment, were received with mixed reception. The consensus was that "characters and thoughts take the back seat to the special effects," according to review website Rotten Tomatoes. Paul Clinton, a CNN writer, praised the special effects but felt Reeves' character was unfocused. Carla Meyer of the San Francisco Chronicle wrote, "[The Wachowskis] computer-generated imagery goes from stunning to deadening in action scenes that favor heavy, clanking weapons over the martial arts moves that delighted viewers of The Matrix and The Matrix Reloaded." Nevertheless, the film earned a healthy $427 million worldwide, but less than the two previous films. Something's Gotta Give, a romantic romance, was Reeves' last release in 2003. He co-starred with Jack Nicholson and Diane Keaton, as well as playing Dr. Julian Mercer in the film. Gotta Give Something's Gotta Gives generally favorable feedback.

Reeves appeared in Constantine, an occult detective film about a man who has the ability to detect and communicate with half-angels and half-demons. The film was a respectable box office hit, grossing $230 million worldwide from a $100 million budget but getting mixed-to-positive feedback. "Constantine isn't bad," the Sydney Morning Herald's commentator said, but it doesn't need any imposing terms. It's often cheesy, occasionally entertaining, intermittently alarming, and always buzzed with celestial blatherskite." He appeared in Thumbsucker, which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in 2005. The tale follows a child with a thumb-sucking issue. It's been based on a 1999 Walter Kirn book of the same name. Reeves and the cast received praise, with The Washington Post describing it as "a subtle spark of a transition filled with lovely musical passages and softly nuanced performances."

The Reeves appeared in Richard Linklater-directed animated science fiction thriller A Scanner Darkly, which premiered at the Cannes Film Festival in 2006. In a futuristic dystopia under high-tech police surveillance, Reeves played Bob Arctor/Fred, an undercover agent. The film, based on Philip K. Dick's book of the same name, was a box office failure. However, the film attracted generally positive feedback; BBC's Paul Arendt said the film was "beautiful to watch," but Reeves was outshone by his co-star Robert Downey Jr.'s next role in The Lake House (2006), a romantic drama adaptation of South Korea's Il Mare (2000), which reunites him with Sandra Bullock. Despite the company's box office success, Mark Kermode of The Guardian was highly critical, saying, "this syrup-drenched supernatural whimsy achieves stupidity at a truly international level." [i] The last time Bullock and Reeves were together on screen was Speed. This should have been labeled "Stop!" He co-narrated The Great Warming, a climate change mitigation film that will be released shortly before the year's end.

Reeves appeared alongside director David Ayer on the crime thriller Street Kings earlier this year. After the death of another officer, he was an undercover policeman who had to reveal his name. The film, which was released on April 11, earned a modest $66 million worldwide. However, the film's plot and Reeves' performances were met with mostly critical feedback. "It's full of twists and turns, a dead body in every reel, but it's not difficult to figure out who's betraying whom, and that's just not good enough." "Reeves is fundamentally empty and uninteresting," the Guardian said. Reeves appeared in another science fiction film, The Day the Earth Stood Still, a loose recreation of the 1951 film of the same name. He portrayed Klaatu, an alien sent from outer space, in an effort to change human behavior or eliminate humans due to their environmental impact. The film was nominated for Worst Prequel, Remake, Rip-off, or Sequel at the 2009 Razzie Awards. Many observers were unimpressed by Reeves' ability to captivate the audience, but the cinematography was abysmal, and the "sub-Al Gore environment lecture leaves you lightheaded with tedium."

The Private Lives of Pippa Lee, Rebecca Miller's memoir of 2009, was Reeves' sole launch of the Berlin International Film Festival. David Gritten of The Telegraph gave the romantic comedy and its ensemble an obnoxious review; "Miller's film is a triumph." Uniformly well behaved, it boasts a psychologically well-knowledge script that was clearly written by a smart, assertive human." He appeared in another romantic comedy, Henry's Crime, in 2010 about a man who was released from jail for a felony he did not commit, but then he assaulted the same bank with his ex cellmate. The film was not a box office success. Reeves' only piece in 2011 was an adult picture book titled Ode to Happiness, which he wrote and was supplemented by Alexandra Grant's illustrations. Reeves co-produced and appeared in Side by Side, a 2012 documentary. James Cameron, Martin Scorsese, and Christopher Nolan were among the filmmakers interviewed; the film investigated digital and photochemical filmmaking. Reeves appeared in Generation Um... (2012), an independent drama that was critically panned.

Reeves appeared in Man of Tai Chi, Reeves' first directorial debut, in 2013. The film is based on a multilingual dialogue and follows a young man drawn to an underground combat club, partially inspired by Reeves' friend Tiger Chen's life. Principal photography was taken in China and Hong Kong. Yuen Woo-ping, the Matrix film's combat choreographer, also assisted Reeves. Director John Woo lauded a man of Tai Chi at the Beijing Film Festival and the Cannes Film Festival, and director John Woo praised him. A wider, warm reaction followed suit; Bilge Ebiri of Vulture thought the combat sequences were "beautifully assembled," while Reeves demonstrated reluctance with film editing to display the fighters' motion sequences. "The fiercely effective shooting style Reeves uses to film master choreographer Yuen Wooping's epic battles [...] is refreshingly grounded and old-school kinetic," the Los Angeles Times reported, while Globe and Mail's Dave McGinn called the film "ambitious but generic." Man of Tai Chi, the box office, was a commercial disappointment, grossing only $5.5 million worldwide from a $25 million budget. Kai was also a member of a group of rogue samurai in 2013 in Reeves' 3D fantasy 47 Ronin, a Japanese fable about a group of rogue samurai. The film premiered in Japan but it failed to gain traction with audiences; reader feedback were not encouraging, causing Universal Pictures to reduce television advertisements for the film elsewhere. 47 Ronin was a box office flop and was largely ignored.

Reeves' career bounced back in 2014 after a string of corporate setbacks. He appeared in the action thriller John Wick, directed by Chad Stahelski. Reeves plays a retired hitman looking for revenge in the John Wick series's first instalment. "We all agreed on the possibility of the venture," he worked closely with the screenwriter to write the book. I love the role, but Reeves says, "you want the whole story, the whole cast come to life." The film, which was shot on location in the New York City area, was eventually released in the United States on October 24. The Hollywood Reporter was captivated by the director's "confident, muscular debut" and Reeves' "effortless" appearance, which marked his return to action. Reeves' combat scenes were lauded by Jeannette Catsoulis of The New York Times, who wrote, he is "always more comfortable in roles that call for cool over temperament over emotion." John Wick was a box office hit, grossing $86 million around the world. Reeves appeared in Knock Knock (2015), a smaller-scale horror film based on the 1977 film Death Game, which was a remake of the 1977 film Death Game. When two young women turn up and begin a game of cat and mouse, Reeves plays a father and home alone, according to Reeves. The documents that followed Deep Web, about crime on the dark web, and Mifune: The Last Samurai, a Japanese actor who was known for portraying samurai characters, were among his other films released in 2015. Both films were narrated by the narrator.

In 2016, Reeves appeared in five film debuts. Exposed, a crime drama about a detective who investigates his partner's death and uncovers police misconduct along the way, was the first of the series. Reeves was chastised for lacking facial expressions in the film, and it received critical feedback for its tangled plot. The comedy Keanu's next installment, which was better received, was well received. He introduced the eponymous kitten in it. Reeves appeared in The Neon Demon, a psychological thriller directed by Nicolas Winding Refn, for a brief period of time. Hank was a lustful motel owner who appears in Jesse's (played by Elle Fanning) nightmare. He played a charismatic leader of a settlement in The Bad Batch in his fourth release. Gabriel Basso, Guetta-Raw, Renée Zellweger, and Jim Belushi were among his year's best sellers of the year. Richard was played by Richard, a defense attorney. Noel Murray of The A.V. The club referred to it as "moderately intelligent, moderately amusing courtroom drama" with a well-cast cast but overall a "mundane" film. Reeves also appeared in Swedish Dicks, a two-season web television series.

Reeves decided to reprise his role in John Wick's sequel, Chapter 2 in 2017. The tale continues from the first film and follows John Wick as he goes on the run after a bounty is released on him. The film was a critical and commercial success, grossing $171.5 million worldwide, more than its predecessor. Reeves' appearance, which complemented his previous action appearances (Point Break and Speed), was lauded by Empire magazine's Chris Hewitt. The photograph, however, was described by Los Angeles Times blogger Justin Chang as "a down-and-dirty B-picture with a lustrous A-picture soul." Reeves appeared in To the Bone, a film in which he plays a doctor assisting a young woman with anorexia in addition to this large-scale film. It premiered at the 2017 Sundance Film Festival, followed by Netflix's distribution in July. Early reviews were encouraging, with praise for its non-glamorized representation of anorexia, but the New Statesman magazine said it was irresponsible. Reeves appeared in the films A Happening of Monumental Proportions and SPF-18 this year.

In the 2018 comedy Destination Wedding, the Reeves reunited with Winona Ryder, where wedding guests are reminded of their shared love for each other. They had worked together previously in Bram Stoker's Dracula, A Scanner Darkly, and Pippa Lee's Private Lives. Reeves has also co-produced and appeared in two thrillers. Siberia, in which he plays a diamond trader who flies to Siberia to look for his Russian wife, and Replicas, which tells the tale of a neuroscientist who broke regulations and bioethics to bring his family back to life after they died in a car accident. Reeves' plot was nonsensical, according to reviewers, and Reeves had no rapport with co-star Ana Ularu. Replicas did not do well with critics; the A.V. does. Reeves' performance was lauded by the club, but the film was given a D minus, meaning it is "garbage." It was also a box office failure, earning $9.3 million from a $30 million budget.

Reeves appeared in John Wick: Chapter 3 – Paraphrasedoutput (2019), the third installment in the series directed by Stahelski, and he was returning to the John Wick franchise. The film takes place immediately after the events of John Wick: Chapter 2 and stars new cast members, including Halle Berry. It was another box office hit, grossing $171 million in the United States and more than $155 million globally, according to the film. The Globe and Mail's reviewer praised the film three out of four actors while still recognizing the cinematography's "aesthetic overindulgence." Cath Clarke of the Guardian questioned Reeves' acting; she wrote that "he keeps his face statue-still [...] three films in, franchise bloat is starting to set in"; In the People's Choice Awards, Reeves was selected for Best Male Movie Star of 2019, and the film itself was nominated for Best Contemporary Film in the Art Directors Guild Awards. In 2019, Toy Story 4, Pixar's fourth installment of the Toy Story series, the Reeves then voiced Duke Caboom. On April 27 and 28, a film festival called KeanuCon was held in Glasgow, Scotland, for the same year. Nine of his films were shown for guests for over two days.

As early as 2008, Reeves and Alex Winter had expressed excitement for a third Bill & Ted film, but the venture was put into production limbo. Bill & Ted Face the Music, the third film in the series, was finally released in 2020. The reviewer from Salon magazine was dissatisfied with Reeves' turnout, but praised the film for the fact that "music has the ability to unite the world." Entertainment Weekly's Leah Greenblatt gave the film a B rating and praised the film's on-screen chemistry between Reeves and Winter. Sage is also seen in The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run as a tumbleweed. In the video game Cyberpunk 2077, Reeves appears as Johnny Silverhand. Reeves appeared on screen for the fourth film in The Matrix series in December 2021: The Matrix Resurrections. Carrie-Anne Moss has reprised her role as Trinity. The Matrix Resurrections was a box office disappointment; one observer praised Reeves' and Moss' performances but said the film was "no game changer."

Reeves travelled to So Paulo in 2019 to produce Conquest, a Netflix series. The information is kept private. In March 2021, Reeves co-written BRZRKR, a comic book series co-written by Reeves. He is supposed to appear in a film version of it. Reeves will also reprise John Wick's role in two other sequels, so it's all back-to-back. The release date of John Wick: Chad Stahelski's Chapter 4 has been announced by Lionsgate. On March 24, 2023, the film will premiere.

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