On March 22, 2021, Netflix announced it was developing a live-action film adaptation and a follow-up anime series based on the comics with Reeves cast as the lead. [10] In October 2021, Mattson Tomlin was writing the live-action film adaptation. [11] 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. 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. Good vibrant art, minimal dialogue, fine flow, lots of gore (like, lots) — should have been more enjoyable than it was.

Keanu Reeves plays a character so tough he killed all the vowels in his book’s title! Want to read a comic that rips out the spine of good taste and murderizes subtlety with it before dancing in the blood of restraint? Disappointed that no comic out there caters to the FBI watch list crowd for deranged psychopaths? Worry not, my soon-to-be-suicided-by-cop friend - BRZRKR is here for YOU! So yes, this does feel like a storyboard for a Netflix series, and personally, I hate it when comics do that. Be a great comic first and foremost - don't be so desperate to be something else. This is volume one, so it's mostly just about setting up the situation and introducing the characters. Based on the end, we're going to get some important revelations in volume two. Johnston, Rich (2021-02-04). "Keanu Reeves' BRZRKR #1 Sells Over 615,000 Copies To Comic Stores". Bleeding Cool News And Rumors . Retrieved 2023-01-04.

Writers/Creators: Matt Kindt & Keanu Reeves. Artist/Creator: Alessandro Vitti. Covers: Rafael Grampá. Immortal Keanun -- oh, wait, make that immortal Unute has spent thousands of years slaughtering people. He continues to do the same in the present day as "Subject B" with much blood, gore (so much brain matter splattering about!), and brooding. Such a sad Keanu! But scientists are supposedly helping him between bloodbaths to recover memories (so many, so sad, so bloody) and determine how he could claim the mortality he desires. 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. BRZRKR, vol. 2 - Collects #5-8. "Half-mortal and half-god, cursed and compelled to violence, the man known only as B. begins wandering the world anew. After enduring a series of experiments and missions, B.'s memories of his origins will be finally restored. But what does this revelation mean for his future?" - MAY220365 - WorldCat - ISBN 9781684158157

Now, I'm not at all opposed to the gore. I like to bathe in blood and run my fingers through the intestines of my enemies as much as the next girl. 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).

Mihalcik, Carrie (2020-07-20). "Keanu Reeves is writing a 'brutally violent' comic called BRZRKR". cnet.com. CNET . Retrieved 2020-07-22.The man of the 90's, Neo himself, wrote this, probably one of the most 90's nostalgic pieces I have seen in a hot minute. There are Manly Men, plenty of Gore and Violence, and waxing poetic on how meaningless life is. 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.

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. 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? BRZRKR is essentially what it is, but in that, it’s rather successful. There’s no doubt, a good reason for that is Ron Garney whose art takes the story to cinematic heights. Kindt finds a nice balance in the action to get some character and story in. 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.Keanu Reeves makes his comic book writing debut alongside New York Times bestselling co-writer Matt Kindt ( Folklords, Grass Kings) and legendary artist Ron Garney ( Captain America, The Amazing Spider-Man) in a brutally violent new series about one immortal warrior's fight through the ages. 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.