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fans out there and welcome back to my Channel movie files today we are here to discuss one
of if not the best action franchise in the past decade if you ask me back for the fourth entry
we're talking about John Wick chapter four now the question is is this not only possibly the
best film in the franchise but this fourth chapter might be the greatest action film of
all time we'll be discussing that and much more in today's review but first comment below if you
all are a fan of these films and once you've seen John Wick chapter four would you all think let's
talk about the action the characters the story what were some of your favorite standout moments
while watching this movie and how would you all rank this fourth chapter amongst the others let's
talk about that in the comments below and if you all enjoyed today's review consider hitting that
like button as well as sharing today's breakdown so personally I own all these films I'm a big
fan of John Wick the character of these movies of Keanu Reeves and even with that being said
I'm still to this day shocked how they've managed to Branch off and make some of the best action
movies all from a simple story of a retired assassin who's grieving a loss of his wife
and his puppy as he goes on his Rampage Mission and take out the men responsible to learn about
this underground World filled with assassins and the high table all leading to this fourth chapter
who would have known that we'd have made it to this point 10 years ago I didn't know that but
here we are talking about it I want to talk about the man that directed all four of these films Chad
suzowski who should be so proud of what he and his team have accomplished to do because looking
at the action genre which I'm a fan of besides the obvious comic book movies and of course the
amazing Mission Impossible franchise and even throwing in the Fast and Furious franchise the
action genre doesn't really have a consistent set of films that deliver this high quality of
energy this high level of production and quality of action like the John Wick films have done I'm
telling y'all right now this this fourth chapter some of the best action you've probably seen since
the last John Wick film right as we open into this movie Chad makes you feel the literal sense of the
Vengeance and the Revenge behind the fist of John Wick after the events of the last one and from
there they hit the ground running and they never let their foot off the gas now before we get into
these amazing action sequences I really appreciate the work that has gone into continuing to build
out this world of Assassins and the rules they follow which seeing this story of the old ways
mixed in with our new villain taking John Wick to the deserts taking him to Osaka to New York City
to Berlin to Paris and seeing all the beautiful cinematography and having a distinct and different
feel to each location made me enjoy the experience that much more now while I've personally enjoyed
The Supporting Cast they put around John Wick in the previous chapters this to me was the
Best Supporting Cast that we got in the franchise while we have a bit of an over the top at times
villain and Bill Skarsgard I thought that him as this powerful member of the high table and
him kind of going against John Wick was a really fascinating character now I love hiroyuki Sonata
and his daughter who was played by Nina samiyama and also Samir Anderson who has his killer doll
to definitely surprised me and has a lot to do in the story but also I want to talk about
the ogs of the franchise of course I'm talking about Winston and Karen and of course the king
and they're always a lot of fun and speaking of OG let's talk about Keanu who I know some people will
forever think of him as his defining role as Neo in The Matrix franchise but to me after honestly
the third John Wick film but definitely in this fourth one him portraying this character for the
fourth time to me he submitted himself as easily one of the greatest action movie characters and
actors within the action genre of all time this franchise just placed his strength so perfectly
and Keanu commits to the role 100 percent which I know doesn't come with a live dialogue but it's
how Keanu as John Wick speaks and when he decide to speaks that matters in the physical aspect that
he throws into this role and throws himself into this character in these amazing action sequences
are truly something that I admire as his Vengeance Define and kill the high table provides some of
the best scenes and the emotional beats that I wasn't expecting and speaking of not expecting I
knew Donnie Yin who I've been a fan of since I was a kid seeing him in Iron Monkey and of course his
ick man I knew he was going to be a badass in this film but I didn't know that he was going to steal
every single frame the man was in my goodness his character fits so perfectly in his narrative his
character has this unique element about him that I won't tell you all about which makes his action
moments so much more impressive now while it's a Trope we've seen before on his motives and what
puts him in the story I still appreciate the Nuance in his character situation for being
presented because it ties into the central theme of this film which is family but the last thing
I want to talk about is of course that action because that's when we come to see these films
for right and speaking of the incredible action let's talk about it here it's not how big this
action is from the previous film it's not how amazing it looks from the previous movies it's
how much attention to detail is put into making it feel grounded and unique and so epic in every
way each set piece builds off the previous one and still fits within the story of John
Wick overcoming his opponents and getting to his ultimate goal from seeing Chase sequences from The
Amazing choreographed hand-to-hand fights to the gunfu the action is nothing short of breathtaking
especially when I was able to see it and watch it and listen it into IMAX I was blown away now
no spoilers of course but man some of my favorite sequences were some of the scenes that took place
in Osaka and listen to me when I say what happens in Paris in the last 45 minutes of this film is
easily some of the best editing sequences that I have personally ever seen in my entire life I'm
not kidding when I say this there's this one shot sequence that has like this overhead view of Wick
having this very dangerous and deadly gun that scene is absolutely fantastic and then there's a
scene towards the back half of the film that takes place on a set of stairs and that set piece was
just ridiculous and I can't finish off my Pros without mentioning how much I really appreciate
seeing the level of offense approach that we see from John Wick this time around versus it
sometimes feeling like he's on the defense a lot so I really appreciate that and also I love the
nods of the Samurai culture and the western style throughout the various parts of the film which was
just so great to see but this film isn't perfect now not making excuses but if you're a fan of
these films you already know you have to suspend your level of disbelief and shut off that logical
part of your brain during scenes when you see John Wick being shot at or falling from a building or
getting hit by several cars moving at a very fast pace but there are levels to which sometimes you
question the believability of what's going on with the character and again I'm very aware of what I'm
getting into but again it didn't take away from my overall experience it's just that sometimes you
just like how does he survive how is he able to do certain things but really get into some of my
criticisms here now listen after four films there are only so many different ways you can watch your
man like John Wick kill a person so I will admit for me there's a sense of repetitiveness within
the action beats within the gun Foo that we've seen not only in this film that you feel like
oh didn't he do that before but as a collective you've seen certain moves so I'm going to take
off a couple points for as far as originality goes because there are some very familiar beats within
this movie but going into something else that I wanted to talk about in my criticisms now I
didn't mention it earlier but not Atkins who I am a big fan of he's a great actor a stunt performer
a martial artist he's really great I'm a fan of him but I wasn't a fan of him in this film because
he's kind of dressed up in his fat suit he's just kind of want to be penguin with the Russian accent
and the whole scene it was beautiful to look at but that was probably my least favorite action
scene within this film but my biggest issue with this movie boils down to this movie has a run time
of 2 hours and 49 minutes now I know when I've heard some people say they didn't fill that 2
hour and 49 minutes almost three hour film but for me I definitely felt that it was a long ass movie
now without saying which scenes I personally felt that there were moments that could have been cut
out there were some things that could have been sped up like watching a character walking down a
hallway which felt like forever or watching the henchmen gearing up and the secretaries making
the call to all the assassins for the bounty on John Wick so I feel like there was a good
two hour and 15 two hour and 20 minute run time but I didn't feel like by the time we get to the
end of the film where the chapter ends we need almost three hours to get to that point so it is
a very very long film but before we wrap up and get into my final thoughts here I want to take
the moment to thank you all if you're still here watching this review just a friend of mine to like
share comment and subscribe overall John Wick chapter four is what we've come to expect from
these films but still manages to somehow exceed expectations incredible job by the entire crew and
cast and delivering a Non-Stop wall-to-wall epic action film while also giving us some unexpected
emotional beats and some groundiness involving the importance of family and Legacy which I think we
can all relate to now the big question I asked up top is is this the greatest action movie of
all time for me the simple answer is no as long as the raid 1 and 2 exists that's a very hard bar
to pass for me and I will even go as far as to say that John Wick chapter 4 isn't my personal
favorite of the franchise I have a ranking coming pretty soon also keep an eye out for that but hey
at the end of the day I didn't need this to be the greatest action movie of all time I just wanted
to be entertained and have a fun time with the character and an actor that who I believe will end
up going down as one of the best action heroes and action actors in the game I'm gonna give John Wick
chapter 4 a Solid 4 out of five now personally I will be okay if this was indeed the last film but
I wouldn't be mad they continued it I know that he will be in the ballerina spin-off with Anna
D Harmons but I will be okay if this is the last time we saw John Wick film but I will also let you
all know don't say I don't give you any tips there is a post-credits scene that you want to stay and
watch after all the credits and I'll just say it ties into kind of like this thing that we were all
hoping to see if you've seen the Kill Bill films it's kind of the idea of like a Kill Bill volume
three if we ever got that it's kind of a little Stinger at the end I would be very intrigued to
see that story so that's my thoughts on John week chapter 4 a 4 out of five and I highly recommend
you all give it a watch when you do see it in IMAX if you can you won't be disappointed so
that's my thoughts on the film I appreciate you all for watching this review hope you all had a
good time because I definitely did talking about this movie but before we wrap everything up again
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