{"id":3564,"date":"2023-08-22T15:00:49","date_gmt":"2023-08-22T21:00:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/benjamin-m-weilert.com\/?p=3564"},"modified":"2023-08-07T20:46:22","modified_gmt":"2023-08-08T02:46:22","slug":"movie-john-wick-chapter-4-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/benjamin-m-weilert.com\/index.php\/2023\/08\/22\/movie-john-wick-chapter-4-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"MOVIE: John Wick – Chapter 4 (2023)"},"content":{"rendered":"

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<\/u><\/strong>Year: 2023
Rating: R
Length: 169 minutes \/ 2.17 hours<\/p>\n

One thing I can appreciate with a franchise like John Wick<\/em> is how it knew when and how to end. Some franchises seem to think that they have something significant to add even if the ninth entry in their long-running universe was the same plot as the previous eight. And while I had lost some of my faith in the John Wick<\/em> franchise as it became more ridiculous with each iteration, perhaps my low standards made this last entry in the franchise that much better. John Wick: Chapter 4<\/em> (2023) was a fitting and classy end to a set of movies that re-defined the action genre.<\/p>\n

I loved the simplicity and steady, fast-paced choreography of John Wick<\/em><\/a> (2014), but the world-building in John Wick: Chapter 2<\/em><\/a> (2017) and John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum<\/em><\/a> (2019) started adding too many things that complicated the base elements of what made the first movie work. John Wick: Chapter 4<\/em> successfully wrapped up a lot of these loose ends created in expanding the franchise\u2019s universe in a way that was super classy and satisfying. Sure, this movie was perhaps a little long and could have deleted a location or two, but it was entertaining, to say the least.<\/p>\n

Of course, there is still quite a bit of suspension of disbelief in this movie. Fighting in a club where the members don\u2019t react to the violence around them. Oblivious French drivers who don\u2019t care that there\u2019s active gunfire near a famous monument. A staircase that seems endless but also is just long enough to give the protagonist time to get where they need to go. I\u2019m able to overlook a lot of these things because of the fantastic choreography and cinematography (like the top-down perspective). It\u2019s a little sad we won\u2019t see more of this kind of movie instead of the previous two, but it\u2019s worth it for a conclusive ending.<\/p>\n

A much-improved franchise-ending entry for John Wick<\/em>, I give John Wick: Chapter 4<\/em> 4.0 stars out of 5.<\/p>\n

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