John Wick: Chapter 4
Came out; 2023
Time; 2 hours 49 minutes
Watched: Amazon
Rating; R for pervasive strong violence and some language
IMDB Rating; 7.9/10
Caution; Spoiler Alert
Staring;
Keanu Reeves as John Wick
Laurence Fishburne as Bowery King
George Georgiou as The Elder
Lance Reddick as Charon
Clancy Brown as Harbinger
Ian McShane as Winston
Marko Zaror as Chidi
Bill Skarsgard as Marquis
Story Line;
Condemned by the tyrannical High Table to be on the run for the rest of his life, deadly assassin maestro John Wick (2014) embarks on a Sisyphean mission of suicidal fury to decide his fate after the merciless carnage in John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum (2019). At last, John's violent journey, fuelled by vengeance and grief, ultimately leads him to a fateful confrontation with his former employers, the crime masters that forced him into exile. And as the blood-stained vendetta to destroy those who pull the strings continues, old companions face the brutal consequences of friendship, and all-powerful, well-connected adversaries emerge to bring Wick's head on a platter. But talk is cheap--now guns have the final say. Can Baba Yaga, the grim messiah of death, make every bullet count in this bloody, once-and-for-all struggle for freedom?
Thoughts:
I expected more from this movie. I know that with more movies comes less story line but for this franchise I just expected more.
The first movie was amazing
The second movie had plot holes galore
The third movie was ok
The forth was just unbelievable
I liked the “hit man who can't be killed” story line however this movie put John Wick in some unbelievable situations. Falling down all those stairs and not being injured? Come on, it was better when they just couldn't find him or he won in a fight.
CAUTION; Major Spoiler Alert
In
New York City, John Wick prepares to exact vengeance against the High
Table while hiding underground with the Bowery King. He travels to
Morocco and kills the Elder, the "one who sits above the Table".
In response, the Marquis Vincent de Gramont, a High Table member,
summons New York Continental hotel manager Winston and his concierge,
Charon.
The Marquis explains that the High Table has given him
unlimited resources to kill John Wick. He chastises Winston for
failing to assassinate John.[a] As punishment, the Marquis strips
Winston of his managerial duties, declares him "excommunicado",
destroys the Continental, and executes Charon. The Marquis then
enlists Caine - a blind, retired High Table assassin - to kill his
old friend, John, threatening to murder Caine's daughter
otherwise.
John takes refuge at the Osaka Continental, run by
his friend Shimazu Koji. The Marquis' second-in-command Chidi, backed
by High Table assassins and Caine, arrives to investigate the hotel.
Koji's daughter Akira, the hotel's concierge, evacuates the hotel
just before the High Table "deconsecrates" it, igniting a
melee when Koji and his men come to John's defense. John fights
through waves of armored assassins, leading to a showdown against
Caine. "Mr. Nobody", a bounty hunter, interrupts their
fight and facilitates John's escape after determining the bounty for
killing John to be insufficient. A wounded Koji repeatedly attacks
Caine on John's behalf; Caine reluctantly kills Koji and spares
Akira.
John returns to New York and meets with a vengeful
Winston at Charon's gravesite. Winston advises John to invoke an old
High Table tradition to challenge the Marquis to a duel. Winning
would free John of all obligations to the High Table, but he can only
request a duel on behalf of a crime family. He travels to the Berlin
headquarters of the Ruska Roma crime syndicate, with whom he had
severed ties,[a] to request readmission. His adoptive sister Katia
stipulates that for readmission, John must kill Killa Harkan, a High
Table member who murdered her father. John confronts Killa at his
nightclub. Caine and Mr. Nobody assist John against Killa's henchmen
when a fight breaks out; John ultimately kills Killa and regains his
status.
Winston relays John's formal challenge to the Marquis.
Acting as John's 'second', Winston requests that the New York
Continental be rebuilt, with him reinstated as manager, should John
win. In Paris, John and the Marquis decide on the duel's parameters -
dueling pistols on the following sunrise at Sacré-Caeur - in a
meeting moderated by the Harbinger, the Table's emissary. The Marquis
nominates a reluctant Caine to take his place; John and Winston will
be executed should either fail to appear on time. The Bowery King
arrives in Paris to give John a pistol and a new ballistic suit.
The
Marquis intends to prevent John from arriving at the duel in time by
placing a $26 million bounty on him. John fights off hordes of
assassins on his way to Sacré-Caeur, including Mr. Nobody, who
negotiates a bounty increase to $40 million. During their
confrontation, John prevents Chidi from killing Mr. Nobody's dog,
causing a stunned Mr. Nobody to abandon his pursuit of John. After
Caine and Mr. Nobody assist John in fighting off several
assassins-including Chidi, whom Mr. Nobody kills-on the Rue Foyatier,
they reach the summit just in time for the duel. John and Caine wound
each other through two rounds of dueling. The third round comes to a
halt when Caine severely wounds John. Demanding the right to
administer the coup de grâce, the Marquis eagerly swaps places with
Caine. Winston chides the Marquis for his arrogance, revealing that
John has not yet fired his third bullet; John shoots and kills the
Marquis.
The Harbinger grants Caine and John their freedom
from the High Table, and Winston is reinstated. After collapsing on
the staircase, John reflects upon his life and marriage before
succumbing to his injuries. Sometime later, back in New York, Winston
and the Bowery King bid farewell to John at his grave, located next
to that of his late wife Helen.
In a post-credits scene, Caine
returns to Paris to reunite with his daughter but is approached by
the vengeful Akira, who brandishes a knife.
