Review of John Wick: Chapter 4 (2023) by Mattzone — 27 Mar 2023

I was anticipating this movie since last year. I enjoyed the first three and figured these filmmakers could do no wrong. Apparently, they can. Ultimately, the story makes little sense. The Tracker character came out of no where and has a dog that attacks balls. That's it. As a further insult to the Halle Berry character from #3, the dog pees on a victim's face. What?? John Wick apparently can continually fall off a tall building onto the concrete and still fight a mob. What the??

At what point did the filmmakers assume the audience was this stupid? To further complicate the issue, John Wick apparently has run out of attack moves and keeps doing the same choreography in his kills. I was bored seeing John Wick fight and it pains me to write that.

There were some bright spots in the film. Donnie Yen always rocks and the overhead scene featuring the dragon's breath slug was an amazing concept. However, this movie, overall, was not a good movie. I wouldn't be surprised if some studio exec walked onto Stahelski's set and said "We need more.. bigger, badder, etc." The franchise was already great, why mess it up?

I do think this movie is worth checking out for fans of the series, but I simply can't agree with everyone else's great reviews after this 3 hour mess.