I probably wouldn’t be out there trying to win an Oscar for those folks either.Īgain in 2000, Keanu goes off type with a small role in a star studded cast as a wife beating, child threatening, trailer park redneck for Sam Raimi’s The Gift. He was allegedly forced to do The Watcher for fear of being sued then made to promise Universal he wouldn’t speak publicly about the ordeal until the film had been out for at least a year. It turns out Reeves was tricked into playing the lead by the director Joe Charbanic after offering to do a small role to help his “friend” secure financing. The same can be said for Reeves’ performance (he received a Razzie nomination) but there was more than meets the eye happening at the time. Like if you took a fancy steakhouse steak dinner and nuked it in a microwave. It was as if there was something special there but the film just wasn’t able to execute on it. It had that early 2000s dark, yet commercialized vibe. In 2000, Reeves played an extremely against type role in The Watcher as a sadistic serial killer. The Miltonian storytelling mixed with the over the top monologues and gnarly horror make The Devil’s Advocate feel like a collaboration between Martin Scorsese and Sam Raimi and I can’t think of anything cooler than that. The beneficiary of a fiery performance by Reeves who seemed inspired by an even more batshit than usual Pacino. Not only was Advocate actually scary in spots – particularly when Kevin’s wife Mary Ann (Charlize Theron) was experiencing escalating mental breakdown episodes caused by Satan himself – it was also super entertaining. Yet, despite its popularity The Devil’s Advocate remains under appreciated on the quality aspect. A movie that if you were alive at the time you most certainly owned the cheap, plastic one sided-clip DVD case of. Wall Street in Hell paired Reeves with Al Pacino at the peak of Pacino’s over the top, scene stealing capabilities (a compliment). My personal Keanu in horror favorite, The Devil’s Advocate came next in 1997 with Reeves as young superstar defense lawyer Kevin Lomax. Who could blame him? This particular performance just didn’t have that “one of one” Keanu DNA to it. You know when you have a job interview and you don’t want to show too much of your own personality? So you try to act like you’re not a gigantic weirdo for a few minutes and it’s physically painful? That’s what this must have been like for Keanu at this point in his career being directed by Francis Ford Coppola opposite Gary Oldman. A performance that felt really strange in a movie that felt ultra strange. If being murdered by your future selves trying to steal your babes, going to literal hell and being forced to play the Grim Reaper in a series of childhood games isn’t horrific, what is? Okay fine, Keanu’s technical first foray into the genre began with 1992’s Bram Stoker’s Dracula. Though it may not be a horror film per se, the correct place to start is 1991 with Bill and Ted’s Bogus Journey. Let’s take a look at the many roles he’s played in the genre, shall we? Excellent! *Air guitar solo* Reading this entire article in Keanu’s voice in your head will increase the entertainment value exponentially. He’s been everything from a surfer cop in Point Break to a tumbleweed in The SpongeBob Movie. Everyone knows him and by god, everyone loves him.
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