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Old 03-24-2023, 07:20 PM   #24390 (permalink)
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John Wick 4 really did go ****ing HARD. My jaw was on the floor for some of those sequences. Still a whole bunch of ultra boring dialogue scenes though

I’d rank them 4>1>3>2 I think.

1 and 4 are excellent

2 and 3 are decent to meh
Like I know what you mean about the dialogue sequences, after the first movie they're essentially standing in for an actual plot to string the action sequences together by being fantastical action movie logic nonsense about the coolest people being ultra competent and stoic (I.e. dumb **** for stupid people) but it's the most gloriously ridiculous worldbuilding that works as well as it needs to and even if I recognize how goofy it is it still sells the world to me through its cohesive tone.

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But God damn that whole last sequence from the Arc de Triomphe to the dragon's breath fight in the abandoned house was some of the most beautiful action movie porn I've ever seen. A fight on a busy street in between cars is such a simple concept but the execution was more than I ever even knew I wanted.

And the overhead shot of Keanu Reeves wasting mother****ers with dragon's breath rounds was breathtaking


Some of these people are supposed to be making a Highlander movie and I am beyond stoked.
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