I had high hopes for this one after all the raving reviews & ratings. The beginning is very one-liner driven, to set that "cool vibe", but I had a hard time getting into It. It was pasted on a bit too thick. Maybe It was also because "one-liner" is too much credit and It's more "one-word" driven, mostly "Yeaaah" in a slow fashion.
Sure, sort of cool, in a way only Keanu can do It, but It didn't grasp me in the way It should. It was all a bit too empty and simplistic in dialog and storytelling. It lacked something catchy.
And then the action started. Initially sort of cool, but nothing we haven't seen before in earlier Wick's. Too be honest, I thought the first fighting scenes were a bit lacklustre and had some technical quirks I noticed in flow and continuity.
Then past half way of nothingness suddenly stuff started to happen that tickled my interest. The action scenes became more creative and definitely including some next-level stuff. Man, some scenes, like the top down scene and the car dancing on the roundabout was kind of epic in visuals. What let It down was the amount of falls, crashes and hits Wick endured and was still dancing around. I mean, sure, you can exaggerate somewhat in a movie like this, but this was insane. It takes away all credibility of Wick and the franchise to be honest. Especially because all the bad guys endured much less to be knocked down.
That reached and epic level on the stairs when he endured even more bad stuff. Sure, sort of creative and entertaining but also getting tedious and annoying at this point. It was that constant push and pull of silliness and cool stuff that made my mind go in all directions to finally settle on a 6. It was sort of entertaining, but It also is another excellent example that without proper storytelling and suspense any great action scene just feels empty.
To me the first Wick was still the revolution and the rest just went downwards with every sequel. Although this 4th one was better than the 3rd at least, in my book. The first one introduced that cool new way of closed pistol fighting mixed with martial arts. The 4th continued on that and delivered some cool scenes, but the rest just fell flat sadly.
Sure, sort of cool, in a way only Keanu can do It, but It didn't grasp me in the way It should. It was all a bit too empty and simplistic in dialog and storytelling. It lacked something catchy.
And then the action started. Initially sort of cool, but nothing we haven't seen before in earlier Wick's. Too be honest, I thought the first fighting scenes were a bit lacklustre and had some technical quirks I noticed in flow and continuity.
Then past half way of nothingness suddenly stuff started to happen that tickled my interest. The action scenes became more creative and definitely including some next-level stuff. Man, some scenes, like the top down scene and the car dancing on the roundabout was kind of epic in visuals. What let It down was the amount of falls, crashes and hits Wick endured and was still dancing around. I mean, sure, you can exaggerate somewhat in a movie like this, but this was insane. It takes away all credibility of Wick and the franchise to be honest. Especially because all the bad guys endured much less to be knocked down.
That reached and epic level on the stairs when he endured even more bad stuff. Sure, sort of creative and entertaining but also getting tedious and annoying at this point. It was that constant push and pull of silliness and cool stuff that made my mind go in all directions to finally settle on a 6. It was sort of entertaining, but It also is another excellent example that without proper storytelling and suspense any great action scene just feels empty.
To me the first Wick was still the revolution and the rest just went downwards with every sequel. Although this 4th one was better than the 3rd at least, in my book. The first one introduced that cool new way of closed pistol fighting mixed with martial arts. The 4th continued on that and delivered some cool scenes, but the rest just fell flat sadly.