The Day the Earth Stood Still (2008 film) writing that the generally poor reception for the film was "a sad fate for a surprisingly sincere tribute to Robert Wise's 1951 classic." Kenneth Turan of the "Los Angeles Times" 'congratulated' Keanu Reeves's performance and wrote in his review that "This contemporary remake of the science-fiction classic knew what it was doing when it cast Keanu Reeves, the movies' greatest stone face since Buster Keaton." A. O. Scott of "The New York Times" was not impressed with Reeves' performance, commenting that "even Klaatu looks bored and distracted, much as he did back when we knew him as Neo." William Arnold
Keanu (film) Boys are revealed to have survived the shooting and get back into their car. The film was officially announced by New Line Cinema in October 2014, with Peter Atencio directing. Many sites reporting on the film initially believed it to be a parody of the then recently released "John Wick" but according to Atencio the two films were developed independently of each other, and the team was initially unaware of "Wick" until work on "Keanu" was already underway. Keanu Reeves himself, who starred in "Wick", did eventually get in touch with the production and subsequently a dream sequence in the