We adore these films because of John Wick's no-holds-barred killing sprees and his stylish execution of hordes, and the most recent and finest entry in the genre further raises the stakes in that regard.
The Last of Us has rekindled interest in the concept of turning video games into films and television shows. But we rarely consider movies that could be turned into video games; if such a list were to be created, John Wick would be a necessary addition. It makes for a fantastic open-world game or first-person shooter given the missions, the armoury of weaponry, the conflicts, the desire to survive, and of course, the frequency with which our eponymous hero'respawns'. But the way John stops running for his life in the most recent installment, John Wick: Chapter 4, sets it apart slightly.Given that both running and confronting the situation will still result in the deaths of hundreds of people and that only one of the alternatives will remove the bullseye mark that the High Table has placed on his head, John decides to do what he should have done in the previous movie: attack the High Table directly.
Following suit, the fourth installment similarly picks up immediately after the previous movie's events. The first of these consequences was the entrance of the Marquis Vincent de Gramont, a formidable member of the High Table, played by an in-form Bill Skarsgrd. John journeys to Morocco and kills the Elder, the only person above the High Table, setting off a fresh series of consequences that only he can handle. De Gramont hires Caine (a superbly cast Donnie Yen), a blind, former High Table assassin who also happens to be John's friend, to kill him after destroying the New York Continental, removing Winston Scott (the ever-reliable Ian McShane) from his management duties, and killing Charon (Lance Reddick in his final performance before his death).
As the longest movie in the series, even while the action scenes are exciting to watch, certain scenes seem depressing because they serve solely as filler to shorten two battles. But the movie almost makes up for that by giving our hero's long journey a much-needed conclusion. It seemed like the filmmakers were emphasising that John Wick is about more than just mindless action with a fairly depressing conclusion that made us think of Logan and the most recent James Bond movie No Time to Die.
Overall, John Wick: Chapter 4 is again another unabashed action extravaganza that stands out for including more content than its predecessors in practically every category. We don't know if the franchise will continue, but we do know that a spin-off called Ballerina and a series called The Continental are on the horizon. It's a guarantee that there will be more spectacular action entertainment if the franchise succeeds in surviving, just as the Baba Yaga.
