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A review by ratgrrrl
BRZRKR, Vol. 1 by Keanu Reeves, Matt Kindt
adventurous
dark
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.0
BRZRKR asks the question, would it be cool if John Wick was Wolverine, but always in absolute Beast Mode without any nuance of characterisation beyond stoic, immortal, and brutal? The answer might suprise you...
Look, I love the John Wick films and pretty much everything Keanu Reeves is in. He seems a cool guy as far as Hollywood actors go. I enjoy some pretty brutal comics, video games, and books. When done well, I enjoy a bit of 'Bolter Porn', as a treat, between actually engaging Warhammer stories. I wanted to like this, but, quite, frankly this gets an extra star purely on the fact that it is isn't actively offensive and Reeves seems cool.
It's as if someone jammed Call of Duty and Assassin's Creed together, but rendered in Gears of War, and it reads like janky video game tie in comic.
It's a bloody mess in every sense of the phrase.
There are brutal and blood-filled comics out there with more than a saucer's depth and an A-list name attached, if that's what you're after. There's a series of Hercules comics that fit this bill with artwork I enjoyed more, but it's been a long time since I read them, so I make no call on how problematic and edgelord they might be. I think that's something funny about this, it's all blood, no anything else. It's not even edgelord. It's just dudes (especially Reeves) rock and paint everything red.
I truly wish I had anything positive I can say beyond, it's cool seeing people work on passion projects than they are actually passionate about, but it does just highlight just how much of a silly lie the supposed meritocracy we apparently live in.
The highlight of my experience was realising he's literally what if Violent J's character from this Insane Clown Posse song was a stocky John Wick: https://youtu.be/qkgKccKlu2g?si=0oBQK6yzGjvQ1pFb
Look, I love the John Wick films and pretty much everything Keanu Reeves is in. He seems a cool guy as far as Hollywood actors go. I enjoy some pretty brutal comics, video games, and books. When done well, I enjoy a bit of 'Bolter Porn', as a treat, between actually engaging Warhammer stories. I wanted to like this, but, quite, frankly this gets an extra star purely on the fact that it is isn't actively offensive and Reeves seems cool.
It's as if someone jammed Call of Duty and Assassin's Creed together, but rendered in Gears of War, and it reads like janky video game tie in comic.
It's a bloody mess in every sense of the phrase.
There are brutal and blood-filled comics out there with more than a saucer's depth and an A-list name attached, if that's what you're after. There's a series of Hercules comics that fit this bill with artwork I enjoyed more, but it's been a long time since I read them, so I make no call on how problematic and edgelord they might be. I think that's something funny about this, it's all blood, no anything else. It's not even edgelord. It's just dudes (especially Reeves) rock and paint everything red.
I truly wish I had anything positive I can say beyond, it's cool seeing people work on passion projects than they are actually passionate about, but it does just highlight just how much of a silly lie the supposed meritocracy we apparently live in.
The highlight of my experience was realising he's literally what if Violent J's character from this Insane Clown Posse song was a stocky John Wick: https://youtu.be/qkgKccKlu2g?si=0oBQK6yzGjvQ1pFb
Content Warnings
Graphic: Blood, Gore, and Injury/Injury detail