Completely lost the plot....
I was already rolling my eyes a few times during chapter 3 of John Wick and couldn't believe what I was seeing at the end, after the unreal fall where his back was using iron beams as cushion to slow down to safely land his face on the asphalt below. I thought to myself that there is no way they can top this and boy oh boy they did. This time he straight up used the asphalt as a cushion....
Let's face it, we know the real reason there were 3 sequels after the first movie (money). They figured out there is an audience (money) for one man army movies so they decided to make 3 more with less and less plot the more the story progressed (money), just senseless violence and progressively crazier scenarios who are making even the most tolerant people roll their eyes.
But I still watched them all you would say and you would be right. What I enjoyed in the first 2 movies was the great choreography during the fights and the camera work which elevates them to a whole different level compared to other similar movies. Then there was the 3rd movie which still had great choreography but it felt like they stopped taking it seriously with scenes where the enemies were very conveniently giving time to John to recover or straight up not killing him cause they wanted to fight him some more.... Then there is the fourth one which is just a parody of itself... The choreography is using exaggerating moves, the enemies wait for John to kill the men he is fighting before they attack and they are running towards him while aiming their guns so he can kill them easier instead of shooting right away from a safe distance... Not to mention scenes that I straight up said "oh, no way he lived through this" but then he just walked it off...
Now for the good which made me give a 5 star rating instead of a 2 star one. Keanu is not a very good actor in my opinion. It always feels to me like he is just reading his lines and his performance is flat in this and every other movie he played. But when it comes to fight scenes he is on a whole different level. You can feel how much time and effort he put to gain the skills necessary to perform these scenes and that's why I always enjoy his films no matter how bad the plot or how flat his performance is. Then there is a long, one shot scene that was shot from above with so much going on that I was just amazed! The amount of work that was needed to time everything perfectly into this one shot must have been insane.
Overall it's a 3 hour film of senseless killing, unrealistic scenarios and a plot that has strayed so much from the first film that it feels like a different movie all together.
Let's face it, we know the real reason there were 3 sequels after the first movie (money). They figured out there is an audience (money) for one man army movies so they decided to make 3 more with less and less plot the more the story progressed (money), just senseless violence and progressively crazier scenarios who are making even the most tolerant people roll their eyes.
But I still watched them all you would say and you would be right. What I enjoyed in the first 2 movies was the great choreography during the fights and the camera work which elevates them to a whole different level compared to other similar movies. Then there was the 3rd movie which still had great choreography but it felt like they stopped taking it seriously with scenes where the enemies were very conveniently giving time to John to recover or straight up not killing him cause they wanted to fight him some more.... Then there is the fourth one which is just a parody of itself... The choreography is using exaggerating moves, the enemies wait for John to kill the men he is fighting before they attack and they are running towards him while aiming their guns so he can kill them easier instead of shooting right away from a safe distance... Not to mention scenes that I straight up said "oh, no way he lived through this" but then he just walked it off...
Now for the good which made me give a 5 star rating instead of a 2 star one. Keanu is not a very good actor in my opinion. It always feels to me like he is just reading his lines and his performance is flat in this and every other movie he played. But when it comes to fight scenes he is on a whole different level. You can feel how much time and effort he put to gain the skills necessary to perform these scenes and that's why I always enjoy his films no matter how bad the plot or how flat his performance is. Then there is a long, one shot scene that was shot from above with so much going on that I was just amazed! The amount of work that was needed to time everything perfectly into this one shot must have been insane.
Overall it's a 3 hour film of senseless killing, unrealistic scenarios and a plot that has strayed so much from the first film that it feels like a different movie all together.
- drumskostas
- Jan 29, 2024