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BRZRKR Vol. 1 by Keanu Reeves

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eli_abroad's review against another edition

dark fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.0

Pages and pages of explosive violence in the unfolding story of an immortal killing machine. It's reminiscent of Wolverine and John Wick, but I happen to love both franchises, so I don't mention this as a negative point. This volume plays out like the opening scenes of an action movie, so there's very little plot and only baby steps in delineating the inner workings of an antihero. As such, it's effective in grabbing your attention and leaves you anxious to find out where the story is going to go. Let's see....

mairywo's review against another edition

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adventurous dark fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

remontoire's review against another edition

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adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

cinemazombie's review against another edition

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5.0

Keanu wrote a comic book and it's awesome. Keanu's writes a story about a mysterious unkillable killer (who looks exactly like Keanu), a berserker who quenches his insatiable bloodlust by doing wet-work for the US government, all while trying to piece together the mystery of his origin and how he can find a way to finally die.

The concept is essentially John Wick meets Wolverine, but cranked up to ludicrous levels. Immortal Keanu is 80,000 years old and can explode a man with his fists, and dismembers no fewer than 50 men with his bare hands within this books pages. The opening action sequence is balls-to-the-wall insane in it's level of violence (one of the more subdued kills is Keanu taking a man's pistol and then punching that same pistol through the man head).

Downside is it spends almost all of the rest of the book after that sequence doing backstory (with Caveman Keanu!) and while the violence remains ridiculous, it ends up looking like an extra-gory Conan story. It runs out of fun stuff to do as it slows down to sets up a second arc, so I am hoping when/if that comes out we get more modern-day setpieces.

It's dumb and fun and I 1000% want Keanu to get this optioned for a movie for him to star in.

reader89's review against another edition

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dark fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.75

crystalstarrlight's review against another edition

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3.0

Bullet Review:

The man of the 90's, Neo himself, wrote this, probably one of the most 90's nostalgic pieces I have seen in a hot minute. There are Manly Men, plenty of Gore and Violence, and waxing poetic on how meaningless life is.

Of all the celebrity comics I've read, this is quite possibly the best - that said, I still don't think it's all that great. Mostly the comic relies on the sheer quantity of gore and violence and comic versions of Keanu's ripped abs (not complaining BTW).

Just know what to expect when you are going into this and you will be happy. I mean, I watch a lot of junk movies and TV and listen to a lot of crap music because it makes me happy.