Amph John Wick: Chapters 1-4, The Continental & Ballerina

yeah, 3 hours would be exhausting.

 

Phht. I have no issues. 3 hours? Bring it on.

 

So long as it actually concludes and pays off 2-3 I'll be happy.

I didn't like either the assassin world bollocks of the sequels or how they keep ending incomplete, but a good conclusion could solve both of those.

 

Personally, I prefer a well-packed movie that runs a bit longer to two movies that need filler.

 

I need to see that. Meanwhile, I recently caught up on JW 1-3 and am on board for more from this world.

 

I need to rewatch Nobody, I've been in the mood for it.

 

So, that rocked.

 

I'll be in the theatre in an hour. I stopped ingesting water about 2 hours ago.

 

tomorrow. I'll start dehydrating myself in the morning

 

So it pays off and boosts 2-3?

 

Yes.

 

Good to know, will take a punt on the BR in a few months.

 

So yes it's awesome. But I felt like it was disconnected.

Spoiler

The One Who Sits Above The Table...is killed off at the start, and it's not even the same character, and so the rest of the High Table just goes on? And we see nothing of them but the one French dude as the new primary baddy.

"Man I sure am pissed, John, " doesn't do much. Winston is kind of just there. They have good lines and such though. I like what the other two assassins do throughout as the both help and hinder John but, I mean, why introduce them when it could have just been Caspian? Although, had they done that we would not have gotten the funniest moment when dude's dog takes a leak.

The audience cheered when Frenchy is informed of his mistake of directly joining the duel as John had not shot yet and then met his end.

So, Wick dead? If this is the last one then I guess so though I like to think he faked his death to truly escape.

But yeah, it's awesome.

 

Spoiler

Stahelski has basically said that he and Keanu want to stop for the moment, but might come back to do another one if they come up with a pitch they both like. So for now, I'd say that he's probably dead (note that the Bowery King still had the dog he rescued at the end of the first one).

 

Outside of Avatar 2 this is the best bang for your Buck you can get in a movie theater. Sequences had my mouth agape, shocked at the amazing things happening on screen.

Spoiler: spoiler

The sequence that essentially becomes Hotline Miami is the standout

 

The fight sequence that got me the most was..

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He came up stairs and the scenes switches to an overhead shot that looks like one ongoing shot as he goes room to room.

 

One element that makes Chapter 4 better than the previous films is the strength of its side characters.

Rina Sawayama was outstanding in her film debut, Mr. Nobody was probably my favorite character in the movie, Donnie Yen’s R-rated Chirrut Imwe stole every scene he was in, hell even the gold-toothed big guy who I only realized was Scott Adkins when the credits rolled was a highlight (anybody else get Penguin/Iceberg Lounge vibes from that sequence?).

You could spin this movie off in a multitude of directions, and if the already announced spin-offs plus that post-credits stinger are any indication, they seem to be going for it.

But I do have one question:

Spoiler

How the **** did Caine know he was holding four nines?

 

Yeah that one left me scratching my head.

 

I just figured Caine was not 100% blind.

 

It seemed to me that the Adjudicator was the only main villain who didn't necessarily try to double cross Wick one way or another.

Don't get me wrong; they brutally enforced the High Table's rules, but compared to the other villains, not necessarily a double cross.

The Russian mobster in John Wick 1: was willing to pay extra for someone to "do business" on Continental grounds.
Santino in John Wick 2: forced Wick to kill his sister, then tried to kill him and put the initial bounty on him.

Spoiler

The Marquis in John Wick 4: agreed to the duel, then tried to cause Wick to either not make it or show up late.

 

He held the cards up very close to his face; that was my assumption too.