One stylistic element that jumped out at me right away was the choice to go with a narrow scope of field for focus. It was 75% Japanese yakuza film, 20% Film Noir, and 5% video game. If I was going to break down the film's format, well it is of the "semi-generic Punisher type, ex bad ass comes out of retirement to take on other bad asses" type variety. This left the film's action scenes clean, realistic, to the point, and a hell of a lot of fun to watch. Also familiarity with Reeves likely left the directors with a base knowledge with how far they could push the star.
This resulted in a lot of practical effects instead of heavy reliance on green screen. The movie had two ex-stunt men (one of which was Keanu Reeves' former stunt double) helming this film. However I kept hearing about how this was a bit of a throw back of an action movie and upon reading the connection between the director and Keanu, I thought I would have to put aside my preconceived notions and give this movie a shot. John Wick had been out awhile and at first I had little interest in seeing it as, for me, Keanu Reeves is generally whatever the opposite of a selling point is.
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