The Continental

I'm blown away by how much I enjoyed The Continental. Like most watching this I'm a John Wick fan so I was going to watch this regardless but after the word of mouth on how good it is I couldn't wait. The Continental tells the story of how a young Winston and young Charon came to take over the Continental Hotel. It takes place in the 70's before they were ever even partners. There's also so much more than just these two, there are so many other interesting characters in this to hold your attention. This is show where you can just turn your brain off and get lost in this world. I recommend giving yourself a big block of time before watching this because you're going to want to binge this as quickly as you can. You won't be able to watch just one episode and stop.

Given the success of the "John Wick" saga, it was obvious we'd get sequels and spin-offs.

Within this section, we find a series that has nothing to do with John Wick but does relate to fundamental foundations of the franchise: "The Continental." The premise is quite interesting, seeing the rise and rise of Winston Scott from a nobody to a fundamental pillar of this story.

So much potential...wasted. It's hard to understand why they went the way they did. They could have connected better with the franchise and shown us much more than what we saw.

It was more of a revenge story against Cormac O'Connor (masterfully played by Mel Gibson) than anything from this universe. Opportunities to expand the lore were missed, and what we got was a gang fight with average choreography, something those of us who saw the previous four films aren't used to.

Even at the end, the pregnancy of Yen, the wife of Winston's deceased brother (another wasted character) could have been used as an excuse to show John's origins and tie everything together perfectly.

However, for some reason, it wasn't.

Is everything bad in this series? Of course not, but when you see its potential, you can't help but regret the lack of effort to make a better product.

We're stuck halfway between what could have been and what should have been.

Definitely the weakest part of the franchise.

Being a John Wick fan I've been looking forward to The Continental ever since I first heard about it. Then after seeing the trailers my excitement grew even more. After watching the first few episodes I can absolutely say that The Continental has not only met my expectations but has exceeded them in every way. It's as fast paced and entertaining as the John Wick movies. Even though you'd probably enjoy this more if you've seen the John Wick movies, you don't have to have seen them to like this. The action scenes are as good as anything I've seen on tv. I can't stop watching this and know it's a limited series but I really hope they plan on doing several seasons of this because I'm hooked.

I don't know what people expect from this but I have seen many negative reviews and complaints. Going into it with an open mind I really enjoyed the first episode, people need to realise that this isnt the John Wick movies it's something different and not to compare them and nitpick every detail about the differences. This is a television show with a different story and different actors, you need to just enjoy it for what it is and have a good time watching it. So far the story is interesting and it's great seeing backstory from characters who aren't John Wick. I think this show has great potential and I am really looking forward to seeing the rest of it.

The Continental is an intense, Gotham styled dark Action thriller with similar feels we got from John Wick. Was quite good, but a little less than the expectations. Cinematography and the Deep Photography made it look cool.

One thing I liked about the John Wick Universe was no concept of Cops, making this universe more deep. But, The Continental brings the concept of the department of law, other than the uniqueness of 'High Table' only, which would make me deduct a star in the ratings.

Expecting some more kick offs from the Universe, and hope the others will bring more deadly Guns, ballistics and drama like the "Real John Wick Style"!