Review of John Wick: Chapter 4 (2023) by Jluis_001 — 24 Mar 2023

John Wick's saga reminds me inevitably of the Fast and Furious franchise. Since what was seen in their first installments is already very far from what is being done now.

I mean, John Wick was just an assassin. An awesome hitman, but in Chapter 4 he's an invincible dude who throws himself from the third floor of a mansion to the ground and doesn't even break a bone.

He takes bullets left and right and the only thing protecting him are his fancy suits. And not only that, in this installment he gets a villain who is basically Daredevil, blindness included.

Yes, it may appear absurd, but its genius is how it manages to make you believe it.

The real reason I'm giving it four stars is because while I don't think it was extraordinary, I do consider it superior to Parabellum and I gave that film 3 1/2 stars. Therefore it could only get a higher rating.

Chapter 4 has its problems, mostly in pacing. The action is still spectacular and believe me this is still the overwhelming reason for this franchise to exist and continue to be consumed.

Once the shooting starts, they rarely slow down. The last 35 minutes of it are basically a chase/gunfight that doesn't stop until it has to.

Plus there is a character that appears throughout the entire movie but they never make it clear who the **** he was or why he was doing what he was doing, so that was kinda disconcerting.

Unless they pull a huge ace out of their sleeve, Chapter 4 already seems to be the real finale, so go enjoy this action epic that has managed to exploit its strengths quite well over its weaknesses and that with each installment it grew without declining in quality.

Perhaps the scripts were a bit thin with all that mythology, but each installment justified its existence and John Wick Chapter 4 becomes the character's swan song and leaves with a bang.

***There is a small scene up to the end of the credits, but I'm not sure it will carry any real significance.