Starting on this volume, which contains the first third of a planned 12-issue series, I expected there to be close to no story, in a negative sense. The surprising thing is that I ended up wishing there was no story at all, with no narration and little dialogue, just gloopy oodles of ultraviolence. As I said, this was better than I was expecting. B. is an interesting character, and you care about him by the end of the book. Yes, there's quite a bit of graphic violence, though I don't think I'd characterize any of it as gratuitous. The first chapter is sprint through his latest mission single handedly taking out a whole army to destroy a dictator. Anne, you seem to think this is a 20-minute read - so either your faculties are operating on a level far faster than my own, or you didn't even attempt to piece together a deeper meaning (or even coherent plot) in this book. I'm not saying there *are* such things in the story, but I *did* find it easier to get through this (it took me at least an hour) by assuming there's a bigger story to tell than "clawless Wolverine ravine-stomps every bipedal in existence". if you are okay with violence. Choose this book if you love graphical violence at an extreme level.

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. That said, there are things that will take a good action movie and take it to being a great movie- characterization, dialogue, plot and though we are just at the beginning of the story, I don’t think we will get to that level.

Buddy read with some of the best Goodreads buddies out there and my favorite comic nerds. - I've heard a lot of references to Old Guard: Opening Fire when it comes to premise and I think that's close enough. While I wasn't in love with that one either, it may have the more interesting premise. Nevertheless, once the rage comes over him, he is a formidable weapon. The problem? It's not what he wants. The biggest comic book event of the year is Keanu Reeves’s BRZRKR. While there has always been celebrity tie ins from Alice Cooper and KISS to CM Punk and the Ultimate Warrior to Kevin Smith and George Romero to Brandon Sanderson and Orson Scott Card to Gerard Way and Joss Whedon among many others. Various levels of involvement and talent.

Result? A neither substantial nor insubstantial story about life as a 70k-year-old killing machine. (or rather, "stab them to death with their own rib you just ripped out of their abdomen" machine) This was a magical buddy read that happened almost organically because everyone in the group wanted to read this. And that says a lot about Mr. Reeves' pull with geeks. I don't think we've ever collectively started snatching up copies of a comic this fast. I didn't mind the endless violence (did the colourist get a clearout price on red ink?), but that's probably a problem too - this had as much bodily destruction as the Crossed, Vol. 1 bone-chattering fantasies of Garth Ennis, but nowhere near the psychopathological horror - just seemed like BRZRKR dude calculated it'd cost less energy to explode someone's jaw than to step slightly to the right while walking by them. Well, that's easy. It's basically the story of Great Value Wolverine. And as of right now, it's mostly a gore-fest with the barest outline of a plot.This volume may collect the two current BRZRKR spinoffs, but all signs point to more stories in the pipeline. Good vibrant art, minimal dialogue, fine flow, lots of gore (like, lots) — should have been more enjoyable than it was. 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. 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.

BRZRKR, vol. 3 - Collects #9-12. "As B.'s full fury is unleashed, a new discovery promises to bring the answers he's been seeking for centuries. But as the team travels to finally uncover the mysteries of B.'s birth, is he finally near the end of his fatal goal, or will his violent efforts be in vain?" - JUN230450 - WorldCat - ISBN 9781684157129 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). 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. 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!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. This is a comic you better not expect too deep a story from. Which is fine by me. I was here for blood and gore and boy, did I get enough of that! 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. Artwork wasn't my favourite but it does work really well for this story. I think a more realistic style would have won me over completely but as it stands it was a great, brutal read that I very much enjoyed. Owoseje, Toyin (2020-07-20). "Keanu Reeves is writing comic books – the first issue is out in October". cnn.com. CNN . Retrieved 2020-07-22.