GENRE:
Action
RATING:
R for lots of violence and some language
RUNTIME:
2 hours and 49 minutes
PLATFORM:
Movie Theatre
STARRING:
Keanu Reeves (The Matrix, Speed, Toy
Story 4, 47 Ronin)
Bill Skarsgard (It, Eternals); Donnie Yen (Rogue One, Ip Man, Mulan)
DIRECTOR:
Chad Stahelski (John Wick 1-3)
WRITERS:
Shay Hatten (John Wick 3); Michael
Finch (Hitman: Agent 47)
PLOT:
John Wick is on a mission to take down The High Table.
FULL DISCLOSURE: I’ve enjoyed the first three John Wick films.
STORY STUFF: There is some good world building going on amongst the plethora of fight sequences. I found the first fight sequence in Osaka goes on a little long. There are three takeaways I have from this film. 1. If you own an assassin’s hotel, don’t bother glass encasing your art, it’s just going to get destroyed. 2. It takes a whole lot of violence for German dance clubbers to stop dancing and leave. 3. There is no police presence at the Arc de Triomphe or anywhere else on Paris streets.
ACTING STUFF: Just a lot of people beating each other up. Reeves performs well and gives an occasional ‘yeah’. Laurence Fishburne is over the top as usual. Ian McShane is his classy self along with the final performance of Lance Reddick. Skarsgard is perfectly slimy. Yen also brings a lot to the table as a blind assassin.
ARTISTIC STUFF: I really noticed the production value of this film. While the first John Wick was pretty low key, this one goes all out. There is great use of scale and colour. I even enjoyed the ceiling fan in a particular scene. There is also a great bird’s eye view of a bunch of gunplay in a French house. The action sequences a pretty similar to previous films but if it ain’t broke . . .
VERDICT:
Four stars out of five
SEE IT IF:
You have enjoyed previous John Wick
films.
UPCOMING REVIEW: Air
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