List of best films starring Keanu Reeves

Keanu Reeves is the real deal professional of your business. Actor has such a keen sense of his characters that one might even forget that it's only a film heronot a real person with his own destiny and thoughts.

It is known that the talent of Keanu was noticed in childhood, when the future movie star attended the theatre club, as well as acting lessons. Teachers and teachers immediately noted the naturalness of the boy, his ability to live the life of his hero, which is not given to everyone, even adult actors. Charisma and attractiveness of Keanu Reeves, as well as undeniable talent and love for his work allowed the film star to become famous throughout the world. Let's look at his best roles that brought the man not only money, but also good fame.

The Devil's Advocate (1997)

The film will appeal to fans of thrillers and detectives. Here Keanu Reeves played the role of a vain and purposeful character, fully devoted his life and thoughts to his career. It is a known fact that before playing this young and already successful lawyer, the film star communicated with representatives of this profession, trying to get into their heads in order to understand the essence of their life activities. Also no less fascinating is the realisation that in the course of the action and change of events, the costume of the hero becomes darker and darker. So, for example, at the beginning of the film it is light, then it goes through all shades of grey, and after that it becomes really black.

The plot of this film tells us about the life of a young lawyer Kevin Lomax, who moved to New York together with his beloved wife. Before the move he had no problems with the conducted cases, in addition, Lomax always won against criminals and lawbreakers. So far Kevin's days are going very well: he lives in a luxury flat, enjoys the local views and atmosphere, admires the sights and continues to do his work. But one day, he discovers something strange about his boss....

The Matrix (1999)

The film can be attributed to the genre of sci-fi action. In this film Keanu played the role of a skilful hacker, in whose life strange events and stories begin to happen. The plot of the film is twisted in a very interesting way. The main character, the same hacker, comes to realise that everything that happens to him and around him is one big illusion. Will he be able to solve the riddle given to him by his own brain?

The following facts are known:

1. In preparation for shooting this film, Keanu Reeves had to spend several months studying the art of mixed martial arts. The actor attended classes a couple of times a week.
2. Keanu was injured shortly before the start of filming and, due to this incident, the directors had to start filming with scenes that do not require strong physical exertion. The actor even had to wear a special bandage on his neck.
3. Before filming the scene where the character was to be in the capsule, film star Keanu had to lose about seven kilos for the sake of making his character look tortured and emaciated.
4. By the way, the main character never speaks more than four sentences at a time, which should have been noticed by attentive viewers.

Speed (1994)

The film will surely appeal to those who love to watch adventure thrillers or action movies. Here Keanu Reeves perfectly played the role of a law enforcement officer, who is engaged in the release of prisoners. The plot of the film tells us about the following story: terrorists planted a bomb in a bus with people. However, in order for the explosion did not happen, the bus must rush at least eighty kilometres per hour and in no case should not jump out of it people. About what happened quickly became known to law enforcement agencies and they split up to find the mysterious troublemakers. Will they succeed? Will people be saved?

Became known the following fascinating fact about Keanu Reeves when participating in this film:

1. The Hollywood actor had to go to the gym regularly for about two months to build up his muscles and look like a police officer.
2. Also the director of this film asked Keanu Reeves to make his hair a little shorter. When the actor showed up with his hair completely cut off, the film workers were thrown into a fever and they immediately postponed filming until the hair grew back a bit.
3. Most of the stunts performed (and this is about ninety per cent), Keanu made himself. He did not resort to the help of stuntmen and stunt doubles, but decided to fully penetrate his hero. He succeeded.
4. Throughout the filming, Keanu hurt himself many times and cut his hands on glass.

John Wick (2014).

The genre of the film is a criminal action film. Keanu Reeves played a professional killer, who left the business for the sake of his beloved woman. Although for a long time his character and did not hold a real weapon in his hands - he still has not lost his fighting ability to kill. The plot is based on a story that tells the viewer about the life of a former killer-killer, who abandoned his work for the sake of his wife. However, after the sudden death of the latter from an unknown disease, the ruthless killer and squire reluctantly returns to the forgotten business, having contacted representatives of the Russian mafia.

The following cognitive facts are known:

1. This is the sixth time Keanu Reeves has played a character named John.
2. To successfully shoot a scene where a pet dog licks the hero, Keanu had to smear his face with pork fat. As you can see, it really helped.
3. Keanu Reeves let it be known that in this crime action film he did not resort to the help of stunt doubles and stuntmen - all the stunts, as well as scenes of combat and fights Reeves performed completely by himself. According to the actor, it brought him endless pleasure.
4. Hollywood film star worked even when he was not at all able to do it. So, for example, when they filmed the scene of a fight in a nightclub, Keanu was sick with a cold and he had a temperature of forty degrees.