The story is fantastic and I was hooked immediately - our protagonist is a violent, unkillable man who wants to die. He's working with a scientist to dig further into his past and figure out a cure. Meantime, he's the military's secret weapon - just as he has been for many cultures over the past 80,000 years. The whys & hows look to be interesting. And there's a little twisty thing at the end that gives you hope that there might be a badass reveal coming up in the next volume. So we have BRZRKR a project starring Keanu as written by Keanu (with an assist from established comic writer Matt Kindt) surely pictured for the big screen.

So what’s the final verdict? Well, for starters, even at middle age, I still can cave into peer pressure (not that there was anything particularly dangerous about reading this comic. If anything, it was a nice palate cleanser after Tom King’s Strange Adventures). You see? Publication Dates [ ] Last Issue [ ] BRZRKR #12: 15 Mar 2023 Current Issue [ ] BRZRKR: Poetry of Madness #1: 26 Jul 2023 Next Issue [ ] none Status [ ] Did I read this because of Keanu Reeves? Yes. Was I surprised? No. Was I blown away? No. Was it super bloody and gory. Yep. Do I need the next volume in the series? YEP.

I really enjoyed this story. There is a lot of empathy in learning about his past, and there is real grit here beyond all the blood and guts. Jennings, Collier (2021-02-06). "BRZRKR #1 Is the Best Selling Comic Since Marvel's Star Wars #1 in 2015". CBR . Retrieved 2023-01-04. That angle is only half-heartedly pursued though as the main point of the book seems to be having Keanu killing a LOT of dudes, either in the present day or caveman times, for no real reason other than he can. And, though I found the action tiresome after a while, the bloodiness is so absurdly over-the-top that it made me laugh occasionally.

Apparently, his mother prayed for a weapon to deliver her people from marauding tribes, and ended up with a lightning bolt to the twat that impregnated her with a BRZRKR baby. Nevertheless, once the rage comes over him, he is a formidable weapon. The problem? It's not what he wants. Really, people, it's a totally angry and tired immortal written by and featuring Keanu. Sorry, I mean, Tool/Weapon. :) And that's what he is in the comic, a tool by the US Gov but a tool since his birth 80k years ago, never dying, fed on bloodshed, and now just wanting to be mortal. I love you, K-Reeves. I don't care if saying lines isn't your thing. You're a beautiful human being and I'll watch anything with you in it. Amen. 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).

Matt Kindt may be the real criminal in this whole enterprise, but who knows how much pen-to-paper work he actually had to do here. As a comic this is mildly entertaining. As a parade of variant covers no one asked for all trying to find ways to draw Keanu covered in blood, weapons, and bloody weapons it's a masterclass. - so. many. variants. BRZRKR Vol.1 does not have much to offer on the narrative angle, however, it is filled with vibrant art that screams action, violence and gore-fest. It's not a great book, neither a bad one - it's just too shallow - that I hope improves going forward. if you are okay with violence. Choose this book if you love graphical violence at an extreme level.

Aah, yes, the comic every Keanu Reeves fan across the planet has been clamouring to read. Moronically titled BRZRKR, it's been hilarious watching everyone struggle to spell it; is it BRZKR? BZKR? BRZRK? What a kerfuffle! He was born in a village that got raided every year until their leading pair had had enough. The female village leader went into a cave and "prayed to the gods" - and they (or "he") answered. She woke up pregnant and gave birth after only 60 days. The kid also grew up in record time, but it was obvious soon that this "child" was bloodthirsty. In fact, he was unable to talk whenever he was in one of his states. Weintraub, Steve (October 4, 2021). "Keanu Reeves, Matt Kindt, and Ron Garney Discuss Their Comic Series 'BRZRKR' and Reveal Who's Writing the Live-Action Netflix Movie". Collider . Retrieved February 22, 2022. Reeves told me that Mattson Tomlin (writer of Project Power and one of the writers on The Batman) has been hired to write the live-action movie and it's in the early stages of development. Keanu Charles Reeves is a Canadian actor. Born in Beirut and raised in Toronto, Reeves began acting in theatre productions and in television films before making his feature film debut in Youngblood (1986). He had his breakthrough role in the science fiction comedy Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure (1989), and he reprised his role in its sequels. He gained praise for playing a hustler in the independent drama My Own Private Idaho (1991) and established himself as an action hero with leading roles in Point Break (1991) and Speed (1994).An absolute blood-fest of a book, BRZRKR introduces readers to an ancient warrior who can't die and who is driven to kill by an internal impulse he's had since birth. Definitely not for the squeamish, this one: the art is all blood and bones and eyeballs and violent red slashes. Gruesome, though it's a sketchy kind of style so it's not quite as confronting. Keanu doesn't make me think "he must be a great writer!", but his action chops are such that I can only imagine that he called the action panels and Kindt rewrote the dialogue to not sound terrible. And they found artists who were totally down to draw hamburger, eyeballs, shattered skulls and flailing intestines. If you can get past the gratuitous violence, it has some great themes- the hero's birth and crossing the threshold of manhood, the death of the parents or guardians, the eternal war of the uncivilized portion of the psyche and the civilized part.