SummaryJohn Wick (Keanu Reeves) uncovers a path to defeating The High Table. But before he can earn his freedom, Wick must face off against a new enemy with powerful alliances across the globe and forces that turn old friends into foes.
SummaryJohn Wick (Keanu Reeves) uncovers a path to defeating The High Table. But before he can earn his freedom, Wick must face off against a new enemy with powerful alliances across the globe and forces that turn old friends into foes.
The “John Wick” saga has changed and evolved throughout the years, For this film, there is no denying how it has made Chad Stahelski one of our best action filmmakers, and how the franchise gave Keanu yet another career-redefining role. It’s been a wild ride, and one of the best and most consistent movie series ever. No matter where the roads lead, however, “I’m thinking John Wick is back.”
Even when it drags — 169 minutes is a lot of time to fill, even for this masterful crew — the film gamely mixes comedy, action, and drama into one truly satisfying cocktail.
There is simply and once again Reeves, the axis who centers this franchise with his grave sincerity, beatific glow and mesmerizing, rooted fighting style, with its heavy-footed solidity and surprising suppleness. No matter what happens, nothing ever feels as poignantly at stake here as Reeves’s own ravaged, beautiful, aging body.
Even in the hail of bullets, shrieking needle drops, and blinding lighting effects, John Wick: Chapter 4 still works as a cohesive, linear film with a strangely philosophical heart.
John Wick Chapter 4 has its high points, including a well-earned ending, but it’s characterized by an exhaustive repetitiveness that diminishes what was so good and unique about the first two installments of the series. The time has come to put John Wick to rest.
Those who appreciated the original for its brutal, sinewy agility have another thing coming: a lumbering, stultifying gargantua of a film willing to kill everything except its darlings.
John Wick: Chapter 4 is probably the best action movie of our time. Chad Stahelski does a great job with the stunt team; raising this time the cinematographic part. This chapter confirms what has been happening, this franchise is going from best to legendary. And in case I'm not clear, John Wick has no limits.
O que deu na cabeça dos idealizadores de fazerem 3h de puro sarcasmo visual e uma série de concessões feito Rambo para seu protagonista? Óbvio que ficaria cansativo, afinal Reeves é uma máquina de atar e levar pancada, e ao que parece, sem sofrer danos por isso. Daí o filme só funciona pelas (excelentes) cenas de ação, num balé visual estonteane, e ainda assim somente na sua segunda parte.
A cena tão comentada de um tiroteio filmado do ângulo superior é realmente deslumbrante aos olhos, assim como a sequência em paris e as escadarias também. As homenagens a diversos filmes de filme (de Lawrence da Arábia aos faroeste de Clint Eastwood) dão certa dignidade a um roteiro capenga.
Se no "The killer" do Fincher ao menos os monólogos tentam dar certa credibilidade ao vazio existencial do assassino, aqui os diálogos se sabem canhestros, e isso não é um defeito. Ter consciência de si é de fato um mérito invejável para um filme de tal calibre, e contando com atuações que sabem muito bem se divertir em cena, a atmosfera fica menos pesada.
Ocorre que o filme se arrasta muito mais do que deveria, como se precisássemos de justificativas para ver um semideus desfilar nas ruas, sempre noturnas, num vai e vem tão complacente quanto preguiçoso.
Ao mesmo tempo que o vilão oferece cerca de 20 milhões pela cabeça do rapaz, em mais alguns frames estará sentado com ele, elegantemente, decidindo os termos de um contrato. Chegaram à reunião num piscar de olhos, e esse mesmo local será o destino para o clímax do filme, destino este em que o personagem travará batalhas épicas para chegar ao local.
É difícil, assim, sustentar qualquer sentimento pelo personagem quando estamos diante de uma encenação robótica de seus corpos. Se ao mesmo tempo que a disposição das cenas mas parecem algoritmos de videogame, por outro lado é inegável o esforço da fotografia (belíssima) e da direção de arte ao menos entregaram cenas divertidíssimas, e de fato aquela perseguição de carros e o tiroteio filmado de cima (mais uma vez) estão talvez entre as cenas mais ontológicas dos últimos anos, junto com o plano sequência de "O Resgate 2" faz o ano fechar muito bem com os filmes de ação.
Ainda assim, trabalhos como "Missão impossível" ou mesmo "Indiana Jones" anda tentam aliviar para o protagonista, não jogando em suas costas todo o peso das coreografias, inserindo-o em um roteiro que, de alguma forma, mesmo que capenga, flerta para sair da mediocridade. Aqui o filme abraça a pieguice de vez. Pra quem curte a porrada mirabolante e descompensada, um prato cheio, sem dúvidas.
"Mixed" is definitely the word I'd use to describe my experience of this film. It's a 6, but a *solid* 6. It has one single shot which may be the best action section I've seen since the original Matrix films: a full action sequence in which the camera flies out of the room and tracks the bloodshed and fire from above like a level of Hotline Miami.
BUT.
The rest of the movie has pacing issues everywhere. The first 50 minutes of the film is *very* loaded with dialogue (not exactly this series' strong suit) and the latter half of the film is *very* loaded with action. Some cool action, to be sure, but often sequences that just go on and on — looking at you "John falls down stairs for 45 seconds".
Bill Skarsgard is a great actor but his dialogue is so mediocre you won't love him or hate him, you'll probably just forget he existed after the credits role. Donny Yen as Caine is slick as all hell, moves like he's still in his prime. There's a strange fat german fellow who is very obviously a guy in a fat suit. He chews the scenery so hard he is somewhat entertaining but at 2 hours and 49 minutes long you could've easily cut his section of the film and no one would notice.
All in all, lots of nice moments, even little nicely written character moments as well. But at nearly 3 hours long and with pacing problems you're not gonna be on the edge of your seat the entire time.
Easily the most disappointing in the series. In this case, a better edit and some "less is more" would've made this a way more enjoyable ending for Mr Wick.
lets make a film that has a cult like following that prints us money and put zero effort into it this movie blows in comparison to the older john wick movies this movie is so dumb I literally died laughing outloud when john got kicked down a single flight of stairs then proceeds to roll down 20 more flights for what seems like 10 minutes it was so stupid. This movie is awful compared to the originals. I would write a better more in depth review but this movie is bad and I cant believe the reviews are this good. Have you ever been to a movie in the theater and paid $50 for you and your partner and felt like u should have lit that money on fire instead or invested it in something that actually makes sense... NOT TO MENTION THE TIME INVESTMENT I WILL NEVER GET BACK MY 2 HOURS AND 49 MINUTES OF MY LIFE. That's even more upsetting than the money.
Another crap movie full of "style" = no logic, a lot of snobism, artificial behaviour, ridiculous "traditions/rules". In addition the story is superficial. Yes, I was annoyed. 2 hours and 49 minutes for this movie...what a joke.
Donnie Yen as Caine was good.