Oliver Stone is addressing the “John Wick” franchise as an Army veteran.
The “Born on the Fourth of July” Oscar winner told Variety while receiving a Lifetime Achievement Award at the Transilvania Film Festival that “John Wick: Chapter 4” is an example of films becoming more like shoot ’em up video games.
“I saw ‘John Wick 4’ on the plane. Talk about volume. I think the film is disgusting beyond belief. Disgusting,” Stone said. “I don’t know what people are thinking. Maybe I was watching ‘G.I. Joe’ when I was a kid. But [Keanu Reeves] kills, what, three, four hundred people in the fucking movie. And as a combat veteran, I’ve got to tell you, not one of them is believable. I realize it’s a movie, but it’s become a video game more than a movie.”
Stone added, “It’s lost touch with reality. The audience perhaps likes the video game.
The “Born on the Fourth of July” Oscar winner told Variety while receiving a Lifetime Achievement Award at the Transilvania Film Festival that “John Wick: Chapter 4” is an example of films becoming more like shoot ’em up video games.
“I saw ‘John Wick 4’ on the plane. Talk about volume. I think the film is disgusting beyond belief. Disgusting,” Stone said. “I don’t know what people are thinking. Maybe I was watching ‘G.I. Joe’ when I was a kid. But [Keanu Reeves] kills, what, three, four hundred people in the fucking movie. And as a combat veteran, I’ve got to tell you, not one of them is believable. I realize it’s a movie, but it’s become a video game more than a movie.”
Stone added, “It’s lost touch with reality. The audience perhaps likes the video game.
- 6/20/2023
- by Samantha Bergeson
- Indiewire
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