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Welcome back, Mr. Wick. Four years after " John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum ," director Chad Stahelski and Keanu Reeves have returned to theaters with "John Wick: Chapter 4," a film that was supposed to hit theaters almost two full years ago. Trust me. It was worth the wait. Stahelski and writers Shay Hatten and Michael Finch have distilled the mythology-heavy approach of the last couple chapters with the streamlined action of the first film, resulting in a final hour here that stands among the best of the genre. 

"John Wick: Chapter 4" opens with its title character (Reeves) on the run again as the villainous Powers That Be known as the High Table get in his way. The main villain of the series is the Marquis de Gramont ( Bill Skarsgård ), a leader of the High Table who keeps raising the bounty on Wick's head while he also cleans up the messes left behind, including potentially eliminating Winston Scott ( Ian McShane ) and his part of this nefarious organization. The opening scenes take Wick to Japan, where he seeks help from the head of the Osaka Continental, Shimazu ( Hiroyuki Sanada ), and runs afoul of a blind High Table assassin named Caine (the badass Donnie Yen ). Laurence Fishburne pops up now and then as Wick's Q when the killer needs a new bulletproof suit, and Shamier Anderson plays an assassin who seems to be waiting for the price on Wick's head to hit the right level for him to get his payday. More than the last couple of films, the plot here, despite the movie's epic runtime (169 minutes), feels refreshingly focused again. Here's John Wick. Here are the bad guys. Go!

And go they do. Stahelski and his team construct action sequences in a manner that somehow feels both urgent and artistically choreographed at the same time. Filmmakers who over-think their shoot-outs often land on a tone that feels distant, lacking in stakes, and feeling more stylish than substantial. The great action directors figure out how to film combat in a way that doesn't sacrifice tension for showmanship. The action sequences in "John Wick: Chapter 4" are long battles, gun-fu shoot-outs between John and dozens of people who underestimate him, but they have so much momentum that they don't overstay their welcome. 

They also have wonderfully defined stakes. At one point in the film, John and an enemy decide on the parameters of a battle, including time, weapons, and variables. But this is really true of all the major action scenes, in which we very clearly understand what John needs to do and who he needs to go through to "finish the level." The simplicity of objectives allows for complex choreography. We know what needs to happen for John to keep pushing forward as he has since the beginning of the first film. So much modern action is cluttered with characters or muddled objectives, but the "Wick" films have such brilliant clarity of intention that they can then have fun within those simple constructs.

So much fun. The choreography of the action here can be simply breathtaking. I loved how often the world goes on around Wick and his unfortunate combatants. In a sequence that would be the best in almost any other recent action movie (but is like 3 rd or 4 th here), Wick has to battle a makeup-covered Scott Adkins and his army of unlucky idiots in a crowded nightclub. The dancers barely notice. They sometimes part a little bit to let them through, but they don't stop and stare. With water pouring into the club, the writhing, and dancing bodies make for such a visually inventive backdrop. Later, in one of my favorite action sequences of all time, Wick and his predators battle in the traffic circle around the Arc de Triomphe. The cars don't stop. In fact, it feels like they speed up. As shots ring out in the streets in this film, no one opens the window to see what the hell is going on. The world outside of Wick and the mythology of this world almost feels like they can't even see the legendary assassin and the hundred or so people he ends up killing. It's a fascinating, visually striking choice.

And then there's what I would call Action Geography. So many people have tried to mimic the frenetic approach of the "Bourne" movies, and the results have often been more incoherent than not. The amazing cinematographer Dan Laustsen (a regular Guillermo del Toro collaborator on " The Shape of Water ," " Nightmare Alley ," and more) works with Stahelski to make sure the action here is clean and brutal, never confusing. The stunt work is phenomenal, and, again, the shoot-outs have the feel of dance choreography more than the bland plot-pushing of so many studio films. There's just so much grace and ingenuity whenever Wick goes to work. 

Of course, a great cast helps too. Reeves might have fewer lines in this movie than any so far in the franchise, but he completely sells Wick's commitment while also imbuing him with emotional exhaustion that adds more gravity to this chapter. The vengeful Wick of the first film is a different one than the survivor three movies later, and Reeves knows exactly what this character needs. So many performers would add unnecessary touches to a character that's already this popular, but Reeves is smart about streamlining this performance to fit the film around him. It also allows for a few supporters to shine in different performance registers, especially Yen and Anderson. The legendary Yen is fantastic here, not just in combat but the moments in between. Most people who know who Donnie Yen is won't be surprised to hear that he fits in here perfectly, but he's even better than you expect. Anderson also gives a fun performance as a man who just seems to be a mercenary waiting for the right price, but fans of the series will note from the beginning that this badass has a dog, and this universe values puppies and people who love them.

The only minor flaw in Wick's armor here is a bit of narrative self-indulgence. There are a few scenes, especially early, when it feels like a beat is going on a bit too long, and I do think there's a slightly tighter (if you can say 150 minutes would be tight) version of this film that's simply perfect.

Fans won't care. Much has been made of what brings people out to theaters in the post-pandemic, streaming-heavy world, and this is a movie that should be seen with a cheering, excited crowd. It has that contagious energy we love in action films—a whole room of people marveling at the ingenuity and intensity of what's unfolding in front of them. It's a movie that's meant to be watched loud and big. John Wick has fought hard for it.

This review was filed from the North American premiere at the 2023 SXSW Film Festival. "John Wick: Chapter 4" opens on March 24 th .

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John Wick: Chapter 4 (2023)

169 minutes

Keanu Reeves as John Wick

Donnie Yen as Caine

Ian McShane as Winston

Bill Skarsgård as Marquis de Gramont

Laurence Fishburne as Bowery King

Clancy Brown as The Harbinger

Hiroyuki Sanada as Shimazu

Lance Reddick as Charon

Shamier Anderson as Tracker

Rina Sawayama as Akira

Scott Adkins as Killa

Marko Zaror as Chidi

Natalia Tena as Katia

George Georgiou as The Elder

• Chad Stahelski

Writer (based on characters created by)

• Derek Kolstad
• Shay Hatten
• Michael Finch

Cinematographer

• Dan Laustsen
• Evan Schiff
• Tyler Bates
• Joel J. Richard

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What’s the best John Wick movie? The answer is harder than it may seem since all four (so far) movies in the franchise are so darn good. From the first movie’s origins as an under-the-radar film that quietly launched in the fall of 2014 to the latest installment John Wick: Chapter 4 ‘s big box office success, the John Wick movies have only increased in popularity and critical acclaim in the nine years it has existed.

4. John Wick (86%)

3. john wick: chapter 2 (89%).

• 2. John Wick:  Chapter 3 – Parabellum (89%)

1. John Wick: Chapter 4 (94%)

Every John Wick movie has been praised for its innovative action and stylish direction, but which one ranks at the top? Is it the original John Wick , which established the series in the first place? Or is it Parabellum , which dramatically expanded the scope and depth of the franchise? The following is a list of all the John Wick movies, ranked in ascending order by their Rotten Tomatoes score.

It’s shocking to find out that the original John Wick , the one that started it all, is the worst-reviewed movie of the series. Don’t be mistaken though; an 86% score is very impressive, not only for an action film but for any film in any genre. The movie introduced action movie vet Keanu Reeves  as the titular assassin, who, still mourning the death of his wife, accepts a last gift from her: an adorable puppy. This being an action movie, the dog is brutally killed by a Russian gang, and Wick seeks revenge for his beloved pup.

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Most critics like Time’s Richard Corliss praised director Chad Stahelski’s unique approach to a tired trope, the brooding killer, by “bring[ing] a sleek, chic gusto to the six or seven big action scenes, shooting the mayhem in longish takes rather than chopping it into short shots.” Similarly, Reeves, whose flagging career was revived due to the success of the film, was also singled out as being “in his element: a natural in hard-edged action thrillers from Speed to The Matrix , he has the benefit of a screenplay that gives him little to say.” The people who did initially catch John Wick in theaters agreed, and helped spread the word about the movie, which really caught fire on DVDs and streaming.

With John Wick quickly becoming a word-of-mouth sleeper hit, it was only inevitable that a sequel would be made. Three years later, John Wick: Chapter 2 came out in 207, continuing the story of Reeves’ assassin as he’s drawn into his past profession by Italian gangsters and the mysterious ways of The Continental, the super secret organization that pretty much every assassin belongs to in this world. A bigger budget meant more action and more stars, so joining Reeves in this chapter was his old Matrix co-star Laurence Fishburne, Common, Ruby Rose, and John Leguizamo.

Chapter 2 turned out to be the rare sequel that exceeded the original as critics welcomed back Wick and his hyper-realized world of secret societies, blood oaths, and archaic codes. The Detroit News’ Adam Graham praised the film, claiming that “in the wrong hands, this type of thing could be a drag, but John Wick 2 is one of the most fun action pictures in recent memory.” Richard Roeper of the Chicago Sun-Times thought Reeves was why the sequel worked, rhetorically asking “who would have guessed Keanu Reeves’ stoic, black-clad, one-man killing machine would become THE go-to bad guy/action hero of the 2010s?” Audiences answered in the affirmative, doubling the total gross of its predecessor and demanding a third chapter in the series.

2. John Wick:  Chapter 3 – Parabellum (89%)

Just two years later, they got their wish, as Chapter 3 was fast-tracked and quickly shot and released in the summer of 2019. Like the last one, the third John Wick brought in even bigger names like Oscar-winners Halle Berry and Angelica Huston and expanded the word of Wick and the Continental, making the High Table a legitimate threat and planting the seeds for future spinoffs like the Ana de Armas-led Ballerina .

Surprisingly, Chapter 3 received just as many accolades as Chapter 2 . NPR’s Chris Klimek compared the John Wick movies to another beloved action franchise by asserting that “the set pieces are more imaginative and daring than ever. There’s a musicality and wit to the action that only the Mission: Impossible series can equal.” The Chicago Tribune’s Michael Phillips proclaimed Parabellum “the best of the three so far” while Little White Lies’ Matthew Thrift thought that it was an “astonishing spectacle of action and staging.” Again, moviegoing audiences couldn’t get enough, with Parabellum becoming the highest-grossing John Wick film yet with $328 million in the bank.

Fourth installments in film franchises usually don’t fare too well with critics; just look at Scream 4 or Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull . [Better yet, don’t.] But John Wick: Chapter 4 bucked the trend, becoming the most highly praised installment in the nearly decade-old franchise. With its 169-minute runtime, epic action scenes that rival Mad Max: Fury Road ‘s jaw-dropping stunts, and an extended cast that now includes martial arts master Donnie Yen, It actor Bill Skarsgård, and pop singer Rina Sawayama, Chapter 4 pushed the series forward in exciting new directions, and could be the most successful John Wick movie yet.

With its impressive 94% Rotten Tomatoes rating , it’s not only the most well-reviewed John Wick movie so far, but one of 2023’s best pictures as well. The critical consensus is echoed in MovieFreak.com’ s review, where critic Sarah Michelle Fetters writes that “few series of this type have maintained this level of quality and ingenuity over four installments without growing stale.” Even The New York Times loved it , proclaiming Chapter 4 was “pure, eye-popping, body-shaking, transporting entertainment, something that (to borrow from another philosopher) has a good beat and you can dance to.” While Digital Trends’ own review of John Wick: Chapter 4 was mixed , that was just one of the few who found fault with it, and the movie received near unanimous praise. If there ever is a John Wick: Chapter 5 , it will be tough to beat Chapter 4 , but if any series can do it, it’s John Wick.

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John Wick: Chapter 4 is unrelenting in every sense of the word

John wick 4 is a supersized all-you-can-eat buffet of the franchise’s signature dishes: bullet-riddled revenge, teeth-chattering action sequences, and gossamer-thin characters..

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Lionsgate’s John Wick movies have always been over-the-top action / thriller joyrides more focused on dazzling you with visceral, expertly choreographed action sequences than trying to tell the most coherent stories about stylish assassins . Director Chad Stahelski’s John Wick: Chapter 4 is no exception. And it abundantly delivers on the franchise’s hallmarks — snazzy guns, lovable dogs, and one very haggard man in black — by picking up right where 2019’s John Wick: Chapter 3 — Parabellum left off.

Were this just any old chapter in the John Wick saga, it’d be fair to call the newest film slightly above average compared to its predecessors — and a testament to how far the franchise has come. But John Wick: Chapter 4 wants to be as monumental and seminal as it is bombastic — aspirations that the feature doesn’t quite manage to achieve despite giving it its best shot.

After three films of simply wanting to be left the hell alone, then wanting revenge, wanting to be left alone some more, and then being forced to go on the run, dog-loving widower and super-assassin John Wick (Keanu Reeves) is tired but still very intent on making sure that the High Table gets what’s coming to it for trying to kill him. John Wick: Chapter 4 presumes Parabellum is still fresh in your mind as it immediately drops you right back into Wick’s jet-setting life of journeying to far-off places and popping off as many shots as it takes until his various targets are chock full of bullet wounds and quite dead.

With Wick still running around the world and demolishing virtually every single person who crosses his path, the High Table’s powers that be have every reason to be scared that he’ll find them and put them in the ground. That fear is what pushes the shadowy organization to start making the bold changes that set John Wick: Chapter 4 ’s story in motion.

Though John Wick’s just a man, Chapter 4 leans into the idea of him being the man (in black) — an assassin so clad in plot armor that he simply can’t be killed by conventional means or by following the ancient rules that made the High Table into the thriving operation that it is.

The Marquis Vincent de Gramont (Bill Skarsgård) isn’t just another trained killer gunner for Wick’s head. He’s a high-ranking High Table member who speaks for the entire organization when he lets Wick’s longtime allies Winston Scott (Ian McShane) and Charon (Lance Reddick) know that their ties to him will bring nothing but ruin into their lives. But John Wick: Chapter 4 also frames the Marquis as the High Table’s destructive arbiter of change — an embodiment of the future clashing with the past — and the existential fear he elicits in his fellow killers is one of the more interesting elements of the film.

The Marquis also gives Wick a singular convenient target to focus on as he works toward making the High Table pay for what it’s done to him and giving him back his freedom. But between Wick and the Marquis are hundreds, if not thousands, of trained killers, like blind swordsman Caine (Donnie Yen) dead set on collecting the ever-increasing bounty looming over the excommunicado-ed man’s head.

When Chapter 4 ’s purely focused on detailing how Wick methodically mows down his pursuers, you can feel just how in their elements stuntman-turned-director Stahelski and Reeves are. But in its many moments where the movie’s either building up to or cooling down from its big set pieces, there’s both a wobbliness and a narrative thinness that ends up highlighting how overlong and somewhat repetitive Chapter 4 ultimately feels.

While Chapter 4 does eventually pit Wick against the Marquis, it’s only after the former goes on a globe-trekking journey to get all the right tools and make the right alliances to be able to challenge the High Table head-on. Wick’s quest takes him to a Japanese branch of the Continental run by series newcomers Koji Shimazu (Hiroyuki Sanada) and his daughter Akira (Rina Sawayama) — neither of whom know what to make of the mysterious Mr. Nobody (Shamier Anderson), a notebook-toting tracker who travels with a German shepherd.

Because Chapter 4 ’s really about contemplating the future, and because the movie couldn’t just be about Wick taking on the world, all of the new faces are welcome additions. Both Sawayama and Anderson are captivating as two of the movie’s most distinct, personality-forward fighters who — because of their charisma and solid acting choices — stand out in sprawling fight sequences overstuffed with large groups of stunt performers brawling. But John Wick: Chapter 4 spends so much of its 169-minute runtime focused on Wick doing things we’ve seen him do a few times over at this point that few of the movie’s characters end up feeling like real people.

The John Wick movies are about action first, character second, and plot maybe fourth, after tailored suits, but there is so little depth to a lot of the Shay Hatten and Michael Finch script that even John Wick himself sometimes comes across as if he isn’t sure why he’s fighting or how he feels about it. As with the previous John Wick movies, Chapter 4 ’s prolonged fight scenes are kinetic, brutally beautiful odes to the art of stunt work, and each feels crafted with diehard fans of the franchise in mind. But the film’s approach to fan service — letting less action-filled scenes run more than a bit too long and making sure that almost every one of its background fistfights gets ample screen time — has the effect of making John Wick: Chapter 4 feel needlessly drawn out.

The ability of the John Wick movies to make you feel the blows as you watch Wick take and dole out beatings is one of the more impressive things about them, and it’s something Chapter 4 ’s able to do well to a point. But the movie is so chock full of battles that feel like they were stuffed into the movie to make it bigger that they start to mean less as the story unfolds and the body count rises.

The movie’s length also has an interesting way of emphasizing just how little John Wick actually says, which has a curious way of making him seem a bit checked out and disengaged from the people around him, who all speak almost exclusively in grim aphorisms. But Reeves’ aloof deadpan does work as a counterbalance to Chapter 4 ’s forays into goofy physical comedy. Some of them work, like a scene involving Wick fighting his way up a flight of stairs and then falling back down it. But others, like Wick’s fight with an obese High Table head from Germany named Killa (portrayed by Scott Adkins in a fat suit), do not — and come across as cringe at best, mean-spirited at worst.

John Wick: Chapter 4 isn’t a movie you casually sit down to watch apropos of nothing. It’s a commitment, both in terms of how long it is and in how invested you really have to be in the idea of John Wick for the film to be engaging. To its credit, John Wick: Chapter 4 does an admirable job of leaving open possibilities for a future filled with stories of some of the movie’s new supporting characters. It comes as a pleasant surprise given how much time this story spends trying to remind you that Wick is the baddest man in town.

John Wick: Chapter 4 also stars Laurence Fishburne, Clancy Brown, Natalia Tena, Marko Zaror, Bridget Moynahan, and George Georgiou. The movie hits theaters on March 24th.

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John Wick fans should be excited.

We ended up having to wait much longer for John Wick : Chapter 4 than initially anticipated (it was first slated to come out May 21, 2021), but fortunately for fans, that wait is almost over. However, there are a select few who’ve been able to see this 2023 new movie release early, and judging by the reviews for Chapter 4 , this action franchise has another critical hit on its hands. In fact, Chapter 4 is on pace to have the highest Rotten Tomatoes score of all the John Wick movies.

The John Wick: Chapter 4 reviews started coming in last week, just a few weeks after the first social media reactions were shared . So far there are 86 critic reviews logged on Chapter 4 ’s Rotten Tomatoes page , with 80 of them leaning “Fresh” and just six of them being “Rotten,” with CinemaBlend’s own Eric Eisenberg giving the movie 4.5 out of 5 stars in his review . That leaves Chapter 4 with a 93% Tomatometer at the time of this writing. For comparison, the first John Wick movie is ranked at 86% and both Chapter 2 and Chapter 3 - Parabellum are ranked at 89%.

Now granted, with just a few more days to go until John Wick: Chapter 4 opens wide, more reviews will likely come in for the movie, and some of them may skew more negatively. So it’s entirely possible that Chapter 4 ’s Rotten Tomatoes score could decrease, perhaps even ending up lower than were its immediate two predecessors are. Still, the fact that Chapter 4 is currently the most critically acclaimed of the John Wick movies is impressive, and even if it doesn’t permanently stay at 93%, it’s still sounds like it’ll be an enjoyable experience for fans of this franchise and anyone looking for a good action romp.

Along with Keanu Reeves obviously back as John Wick, this latest installment features the return of Laurence Fishburne as The Bowery King, Ian McShane as Winston Scott and the late Lance Reddick as Charon. The newcomers in John Wick: Chapter 4 ’s cast include Donnie Yen, Bill Skarsgård, Hiroyuki Sanada, Shamier Anderson, Rina Sawayama, Scott Adkins and Clancy Brown. Director Chad Stahelski resumed his directing duties, and Shay Hatten and Michael Finch wrote the script.

John Wick fans can also take comfort knowing that Chapter 4 isn’t the only offering this franchise has coming up. Yes, John Wick: Chapter 5 isn’t guaranteed just yet, but The Continental series is now on track to premiere on Peacock later this year, where we’ll learn how Winston Scott rose to power in the 1970s. Additionally, Ana de Armas is leading the Ballerina spinoff , which will see Keanu Reeves, Ian McShane, Lance Reddick and Anjelica Huston (who plays The Director in the the third John Wick movie) reprising their roles, as well as Gabriel Byrne, Norman Reedus , and Catalina Sandino Moreno playing yet-to-be-identified characters.

You can see for yourself how John Wick: Chapter 4 turned out starting this Friday, March 24. If you’d like to rewatch the first three movies ahead of time, you can stream them with a Peacock subscription .

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‘John Wick: Chapter 4’: Longer, bloodier and better than ever

The fourth installment in the martial arts action franchise ups the ante, with stunning set pieces of fight choreography.

Is “John Wick: Chapter 4” the best John Wick movie in the franchise, as early reviews suggest ?

Quite possibly. But what does that even mean? Readers who have never seen Keanu Reeves as John Wick, who don’t even like violent action movies — especially not ones about an elite assassin in a fantastical hierarchy of three-piece-suited assassins that is run like an efficient corporation, on the run from his co-workers, and with a multimillion-dollar bounty on his head — won’t understand why the film deserves the star rating I’ve given it. They might even assume that it is great (and it is pretty great) by the same metric that “ The Quiet Girl ” is great.

That would be a mistake. Apples, as they say, must be not be compared to oranges, and certainly not blood oranges, which is perhaps the better analogy for this tart, tangy and juicily sanguineous offering. But fans of the films will understand. They will even accept — nay, demand — the repetition of the series’s formulaic plots, which involve both flight and pursuit.

Triggered by the killing of the titular professional hit man’s dog and the theft of his car, the first “ John Wick ” was essentially a revenge thriller centering on John, or Mr. Wick as he is just as commonly known, and a Russian crime lord (Michael Nyqvist). John’s pursuit of Viggo Tarasov is slightly counterbalanced by the antihero’s efforts to avoid being killed.

Over time, the mix of fight and flight has shifted, with John fully becoming the quarry by the end of “ John Wick: Chapter 2 ,” in the wake of his killing of a Neapolitan Mafioso (Riccardo Scamarcio). As “ John Wick: Chapter 3 — Parabellum ” gets underway, John is being hounded by a lethal Adjudicator (Asia Kate Dillon), along with nearly every hired gun in the world, having been declared “excommunicado,” or excommunicated, for the murder of Santino D’Antonio on the “sanctified” grounds of a New York City hotel catering exclusively to killers. (Come to think of it, the society to which John belongs — and under whose arcane rules he operates — is more like a religion than a company.)

The point is, these plots are all the same, or at least very similar: John wants someone dead, and someone — or a lot of someones — wants him dead in return. In “Chapter 4,” the main someone is the effete Marquis de Gramont (Bill Skarsgard), the French representative to the High Table, the governing body of the international crime syndicate for which John works. At nearly three hours long, it’s the most John Wick-ian of all the John Wick films, by virtue of the simple fact that there is more time to lavish on the films’ fans exactly what they want, in spectacular fashion.

And boy, is it spectacular. Would that all action films were so well and cleanly choreographed. (Are you listening, Marvel and DC?) To be sure, the Wick films are not for everyone. But returning director Chad Stahelski, a former stuntman and stunt coordinator, knows one thing: If you’re going to do something, do it right.

Stahelski ups the ante from the previous three films with one amazing set piece after another — a chase scene set in the desert, on horseback; a bloodbath in a discothèque decorated with waterfalls; visits to Osaka and Berlin — each sequence outdoing the one before. The most talked-about fight scenes will surely be two staged in Paris: the first taking place in the traffic roundabout encircling the Arc de Triomphe, known as the Étoile, or star, for its 12 radiating avenues; the second taking place on the 222 steps of the Rue Foyatier leading up to the Sacré-Coeur cathedral, where a climactic duel takes place at dawn between John and the Marquis.

Also in attendance: two secondary antagonists, a killer known only as the Tracker (Shamier Anderson) and a blind assassin named Caine, beautifully brought to life by Chinese martial arts legend Donnie Yen. ( According to Yen , the actor requested a change to the character’s stereotypically Asian name — originally “Shang or Chang,” he says, in the screenplay by Michael Finch, Shay Hatten and Derek Kolstad. Intentionally or not, his character now suggests an homage to David Carradine’s Kwai Chang Caine from the 1970s TV series “Kung Fu.”)

Clearly, Stahelski is a fan of martial arts lore and its elaborate — one might even say perverse — codes of chivalry, ethics and honor among rogues. (The call letters of a radio station in the film are, notably, WUXIA .) He is not alone. If you are also an acolyte in the church of chopsocky, samurai swordplay and gunslinging gangsters, you could do a lot worse than “John Wick: Chapter 4.” In fact, you’d be hard-pressed to do better.

Why not four stars? Because I want to save room for improvement, in case there’s a “Chapter 5.”

R. At area theaters. Contains pervasive strong violence and some coarse language. 169 minutes.

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John Wick: Chapter 2 Reviews

Despite offering wonderfully staged action that takes stunts to a new level, it lacks the emotional heart of the debut film.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | May 12, 2023

This sequel builds the world of the highly organized and codified High Table that John Wick had left, but now is forced to re-enter. The film answers the question: Is there honor among thieves? It's bloody, but no dog dies.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Apr 2, 2023

…if the element of surprise has gone, there’s plenty for genre fans to soak up in Chapter 2, not least Reeves’ impeccable, graceful presence as the world’s best assassin…

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Mar 20, 2023

John Wick 2 is everything everyone would want out of John Wick's sequel. [Full review in Spanish]

Full Review | Original Score: 8/10 | Mar 3, 2023

There is a beautiful rhythm to the violence, and the film never loses its self-awareness or tongue-in-cheek wit.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Aug 22, 2022

John Wick: Chapter 2 does exactly what good sequel should: it replicates aspects of the original while also expanding its mythology through a measure of novelty and one-upmanship.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/4 | Apr 5, 2022

The Raid movies make the John Wick films look like outtakes from Driving Miss Daisy by comparison.

Full Review | Original Score: 2/4 | Aug 17, 2021

As ever, it's the action that dazzles. Stahelski choreographs the killing sprees with gruesome elegance and the flick contains genuinely tense and unpredictable moments.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Apr 29, 2021

Hits all the right notes. It's a tad too long but fans of the original will be reminded of why they fell in love with John Wick in the first place.

Full Review | Original Score: 3.5/5 | Mar 4, 2021

The violence has become a shade more graphic, though it's also gained a self-awareness that lends to superior humor.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/10 | Dec 5, 2020

If you aren't excited for a third chapter when the credits start to roll, check your pulse; you might have died from shock.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Sep 24, 2020

A decent film for those seeking nothing more than escapist action devoid of CGI.

Full Review | Original Score: 2.0/4.0 | Sep 12, 2020

The elegance of this action packed sequel is marvelled and celebrated in its brutal 'gun-fu' violence. While it struggles to reach the heights of its surprisingly entertaining predecessor, John Wick: Chapter 2 certainly raises the bar for action films.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Aug 26, 2020

There's betrayal, murder, and when John Wick finds out he has a price on his head, he goes revenging and kills...well, everyone. Sound perfect, right?

Full Review | Original Score: A | Jul 2, 2020

John Wick: Chapter 2 does what any good sequel should: It ups the action, ups the stakes and keeps the story moving in a forward direction.

Full Review | Jul 1, 2020

As phlegmatic assassin John Wick, Reeve's svelte and photogenic demeanour is paraded with grace and pride. Director Chad Stahelski loves his leading man, understands his appeal and shoots him accordingly as a killer on a catwalk.

Full Review | Jun 20, 2020

The creative team blows open the doors to this secret world and allows viewers inside this dark world where Wick (the appropriately understated Keanu Reeves) made his home... And boy, do they make it fun again.

Full Review | May 1, 2020

John Wick: Chapter 2 isn't just a great action movie. It's one of the best action movies ever made, and it stands alongside other classics like The Raid, Mad Max: Fury Road and Hard Boiled.

Full Review | Feb 19, 2020

[Keanu] Reeves's Zen-like cool serves him well here. He's like an athlete resorting to muscle memory, lethal and lightning quick as he automatically falls into what he's done best.

Full Review | Jan 14, 2020

Stahelski's kinetic direction keeps things moving, even if there are way too many shots to the head.

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An absolutely brutal film is out today – and we can’t wait to finish here and go watch it.

Replicating the style of John Wick is incredibly hard – with endless attempts being made in the years since it came out.

So far every attempt has fallen short in both the frenetic and crazy action scenes, as well as the genuine heart at the core of John Wick .

In this film out today, however, both of these things are achieved.

The film is Monkey Man , starring Dev Patel as a poor underground fighter who discovers a way to take revenge against people who wronged him as a child.

Patel also directs the film – with it being his first ever time behind the camera.

The insane movie is garnering an amazing reaction, with 87% on Rotten Tomatoes.

DiscussingFilm gave the movie 4.5/5 stars, saying: “ Monkey Man is the kind of movie every aspiring action filmmaker has in their head, meant to be rewatched endlessly with new intricate details revealing themselves upon each screening.

“It’s a near-perfect piece of work that announces writer-director Dev Patel as an incredible force to be reckoned with behind the camera.

“But unlike some of those other ' John Wick knockoffs', Monkey Man boasts a unique identity and bold originality to its epicness that cannot be compared to any other revenge thriller.”

Empire were similarly effusive in their praise of the film, saying: “Stylish, high-energy, smart and eye-wateringly violent.

“ Monkey Ma n goes bananas in the best possible way.”

The movie is also a massive hit with fans, as many of them are coming out the cinema today and going straight to social media to rave about Monkey Man .

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“YOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!! I just got out of #MonkeyMan and holy s**t!!!! Dev Patel, the man that you are! The actor that you are! The director that you are! This is your directorial debut?!?! What!!?! Huh?!?! And this was just going to do straight to Netflix? Absolutely not!”

They followed up by saying: “Thank you for saving this Jordan and making it go straight to theatre!”

Monkey Man was originally set to release directly onto Netflix before Jordan Peele intervened, convincing Universal pictures to acquire the film from Netflix.

Whilst we all love the ease of films dropping on Netflix, it’s a great thing Peele did, because Monkey Man is meant to be seen on as big a screen as is possible.

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Henry cavill's ww2 action movie redeems argylle's 33% rotten tomatoes flop.

The Rotten Tomatoes score for Henry Cavill’s new World War 2 action movie is here, and it handily beats the score for his 33% spy flop, Argylle.

Ministry Of Ungentlemanly Warfare Reviews Mostly Praise Alan Ritchson & Henry Cavill WWII Movie

• The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare debuts to a solid 81% on Rotten Tomatoes.
• The film is poised to serve as a critical redemption for Henry Cavill after Argylle earlier this year.
• The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare 's opening weekend box office predictions suggest the film might end up underwhelming at the box office.

The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare has debuted on Rotten Tomatoes, and the score marks a significant improvement for Henry Cavill after Argylle . Cavill leads the Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare cast as Gus March-Phillipps, a real-life figure who commands Britain's first black ops team during World War II. The film, which is directed by Guy Ritchie, marks Cavill's second film this year after Argylle , an action comedy from Matthew Vaughn that flopped in theaters.

Ahead of The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare 's release date , the film has debuted on Rotten Tomatoes with a respectable score of 81% with 31 reviews , as of this writing. This score will likely fluctuate as more reviews are added, but the film is already beating the 33% score that Argylle earned. The new Ritchie film won't have an audience score until it releases in theaters, but if it wants to beat Argylle , it will have to earn higher than 72% with general movie-goers.

The Ministry Of Ungentlemanly Warfare Is Continuing A Bizarre 5-Year Guy Ritchie Streak

Will the ministry of ungentlemanly warfare beat argylle at the box office, why the guy ritchie movie could face an uphill battle.

Argylle was a major failure earlier this year, making only $95.5 million worldwide on a budget of a whopping $200 million, despite a star-studded cast. The Argylle reviews were fairly abysmal, however, and the film's poor quality is likely a large reason why it underperformed. The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare reviews are generally positive, but that doesn't necessarily mean it will claim victory at the box office.

The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare also stars Alan Ritchson, Henry Golding, Alex Pettyfer, Cary Elwes, and Eisa Gonzáles, among others.

One major factor working in favor of Cavill's new film is that, according to a report from Variety , it carries a budget of around $60 million. This means its break-even point will be somewhere around $120 million. The bad news, however, is that this same Variety report states that the film is projected to bring in between $5 million and $6 million in its opening weekend, though some figures reach as high as $8 million. If this ends up being the case, the film is poised to be another commercial disappointment for both Cavill and Ritchie .

The last theatrically-released movie that Cavill starred in that was a box office hit was 2018's Mission: Impossible – Fallout , though obviously Tom Cruise is the real star there. Prior to that, the actor's biggest box office hits were 2016's Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice and 2013's Man of Steel . Ritchie, too, has struggled at the box office recently, with both Operation Fortune: Ruse de Guerre and The Covenant both significantly underperforming last year. The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare , then, could end up continuing an unfortunate trend for both figures.

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The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare is a World War II film following a top-secret combat unit who were formed by Winston Churchill to hunt down Nazis. The film is directed by Guy Ritchie and based on the book The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare: How Churchill’s Secret Warriors Set Europe Ablaze and Gave Birth to Modern Black Ops by Damien Lewis.

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Weekend box office results: civil war earns highest opening weekend for a24, alex garland's unsettling thriller dethrones godzilla x kong , but can it surpass everything everywhere all at once as a24's highest-grossing film overall.

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Going to movie theaters bring people together. They can also polarize them after leaving, depending on what they saw. So what better movie to offer the best of both worlds than the new film from Alex Garland? Because no one has ever been polarized in their thinking after watching Annihilation or Men . By next weekend, his latest film will have outgrossed all of his previous films, but moviegoers may be more divided than ever.

King of the Crop: Civil War Earns Highest Opening Weekend for A24

We kid, of course, to play into the rhetoric around Garland’s Civil War . The film’s initial high Tomatometer score from SXSW has come back to Earth a little, but the majority of critics are still very much in favor of it, as evidenced by its Certified Fresh status. Audiences are a little less enthralled but still overall satisfied with 77% Audience Score, but a “B-“ from the Cinemascore crowd, the first grade of its kind for 2024 and the first since Ridley Scott’s film about a tyrannical leader named Napoleon . Still, folks spent $25.7 million to give A24 its highest opening weekend ever, a record previously held by Ari Aster’s Hereditary ($13.5 million). Already, Civil War is the ninth highest-grossing film in the company’s history, and by the end of next weekend, it should be at least sixth and on its way to becoming its second. Or could it be A24’s No. 1?

Gross is one thing, but with a $50 million budget (and possibly higher), it’s going to take some other countries delighting in America destroying itself for this film to prove profitable. It would also take some incredible word of mouth for Civil War to stretch towards overcoming the $77+ million of Oscar-winning Everything Everywhere All At Once . But it is not unheard of for an April film with an opening like this to achieve that goal.

Mel Gibson’s We Were Soldiers did it back in 2002 with just a $20 million opening. The Christian music film I Can Only Imagine did it with a $23 million start. If these two groups can just get together, there’s no telling what can be achieved. Then again, that “B-“ grade looms over it. But looking at last year’s grades of its ilk, horror films including The Boogeyman , Thanksgiving , Cocaine Bear , and Meg 2: The Trench all had multiples over 2.75 (while The Pope’s Exorcist , Renfield , and Last Voyage of the Demeter were all under 2.23), so maybe horror of all types sell, as someone once told me — even if that hasn’t been the case in 2024 so much with Night Swim , Imaginary , and The First Omen . Civil War has a little old-fashioned war to deal with next weekend, along with some fresh horror, but the calendar is also pretty light until we get into May and should allow the discourse to maybe drive a little curiosity until then.

The Top 10 and Beyond:  Godzilla x Kong Slips,  Monkey Man and The First Omen Drop

After two weeks at the top, Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire falls back to second place with $15.4 million. That brings its 17-day total to $157.9 million, which is not far away from displacing Kong: Skull Island to become the second highest-grossing film in the Warner Bros. MonsterVerse. Does it have a shot at 2014’s Godzilla ? That would mean getting over $200 million, and that could be close. Its third weekend is in the vicinity of John Wick: Chapter 4 ($14.4 million) but is also $10 million ahead of its overall pace. That suggests a final gross possibly right below $200 million. It is going to want to stay above $8 million in its fourth weekend to keep that pace going. Warner Bros. would certainly love to achieve that, but with over $400 million worldwide, the film is already a success and should ensure another entry. Speaking of which, the studio’s Dune: Part Two added another $4.3 million and is now up to $272 million domestic and $673 million worldwide.

In third place with just $5.9 million is the Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire in its fourth weekend. The film is at $96.9 million and inching its way towards $100 million. That’s a better fourth frame than either 10,000 B.C. or A Wrinkle in Time ($4.8 million each), suggesting it could still have a chance at getting over $110 million. It would at least like to stretch over $112.4 million to pass Ghostbusters II to avoid having the lowest-grossing domestic haul of the franchise. (Of course, with inflation, that sequel would have made about $283 million.) But it is going to have the lowest worldwide haul by a lot. With still less than $150 million, it is almost certain to become the first to not gross over $200 million worldwide.

Universal’s Kung Fu Panda 4 fell just 29% to $5.5 million. That brings its total to $173.6 million. The animated film is also over $425 million worldwide and could be the first in the franchise not to reach half-a-billion. But by carrying a lower price tag ($85 million) than the other three films, it is currently the most profitable film of 2024 so far. The studio’s pickup of Dev Patel’s Monkey Man isn’t doing as well, though, falling nearly 60% down to $4.1 million in its second weekend. That’s $17.7 million in the bank for that film. Universal also re-released Dreamworks’ Shrek 2 in 1,512 theaters this weekend and it grossed $1.35 million.

In horror news, 20th Century Studios’ prequel The First Omen made $3.7 million over the weekend, bringing its total to $14.6 million. The $30 million budgeted film continues a losing streak for the Disney-acquired company since the massive profits of Avatar: The Way of Water in 2022-23. Alien: Romulus is up next for them in August. The first of two giant spider films debuting this month, Sting , grossed $487,000 in 750 theaters. Arcadian , the Quiet Place -like apocalyptic monster film briefly featuring Nicolas Cage, was in 1,100 theaters and grossed $481,100.

The period high school golf film starring Dennis Quaid and Jay Hernandez, The Long Game , premiered at the 2023 SXSW Film Festival but opened in limited release this past weekend, earning $1.39 million. Trafalgar Releasing put out the concert film by Suga (aka Agust D) of BTS and it grossed $961,015 last Wednesday in 784 theaters. SUGA: Agust D TOUR D-DAY THE MOVIE played again on Sunday and made another estimated $990,881, which was enough in one day to sneak into the top 10 this week.

Last year’s top 10 romance, Someone Like You , fell off the list this week with $849,000. It has grossed $4.8 million. Also falling out just behind it is Mark Wahlberg and the dog, Arthur the King , grossing $840,000 for a total of $23.5 million. Focus’ Housekeeping for Beginners from director Goran Stolevski ( You Won’t Be Alone , Of An Age ) expanded into 75 theaters but grossed just $70,000. His previous films grossed $264,055 and $556,585, respectively. Bertrand Bonello’s The Beast with Lea Seydoux and George MacKay grossed $50,000 after expanding into 23 theaters. It will expand further next week. The best per-theater average of the week looks to go to the Zellner Bros.’ Sasquatch Sunset . The Bleecker Street released grossed an estimated $93,005 in 9 theaters for a $10,333 average. It will expand next weekend.

On the Vine: Abigail Fights  The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare

Mentioned earlier its more horror and more war. The child vampire home invasion film Abigail from the duo known as Radio Silence ( Ready or Not , Scream 5 and 6 ) is the one to likely bet on for next weekend. Horror fans have been stingy this year, but maybe this is the one they will sink their teeth into. Then, another year, another Guy Ritchie film. This time The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare with Henry Cavill and Alan Ritchson tells a real-life Inglourious Basterds -like tale of British soldiers recruited to kill Nazis during WWII. Hugo Stiglitz is even in it and is hoping it could supplant Civil War for a second place finish.

Full List of Box Office Results: April 12-14, 2024

• $25.7 million ($25.7 million total)

• $15.4 million ($157.9 million total)
• $5.8 million ($96.9 million total)

• $5.5 million ($173.6 million total)
• $4.3 million ($272.1 million total)
• $4.1 million ($17.7 million total)
• $3.7 million ($14.6 million total)
• $1.39 million ($1.39 million total)
• $1.35 million ($1.35 million total)

• $990,881 ($2.2 million total)

Erik Childress can be heard each week evaluating box office on  Business First AM  with Angela Miles and his  Movie Madness Podcast .

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New action movie with 100% Rotten Tomatoes score described as "The Raid on a train" as it unveils its first trailer

Kill releases in cinemas on July 5

New action movie Kill is becoming compared to the likes of Die Hard, The Raid, and Train to Busan after dropping its first teaser trailer.

With Roadside and Lionsgate having acquired the distribution rights out of Toronto International Film Festival, the Indian flick – which is currently rated 100% fresh on Rotten Tomatoes – is gearing up for a theatrical release in July. Check out the promo above.

Directed by Nikhil Nagesh Bhat, who co-wrote the film with Ayesha Syed, it follows military man Amrit (Lakshya), who goes on a dangerous quest to derail the arranged marriage of his true love Tulika (Tanya Maniktala). His "mission" takes a violent turn, however, when a gang of knife-wielding thugs start terrorizing innocent people on Amrit's train, and he takes it upon himself to stop them and save everyone.

It's a simple premise, sure, but hey... it worked for the ever-expanding John Wick franchise...

"[Kill] turns every punch, every kick, every smash of a head against a luggage rack into a piece of high art," writes ScullyVision's Dan Scully , as NextBestPicture's Nadia Delamonte says the movie "pulsates with strong emotional beats, an intense buildup of stakes, and a thrilling use of setting."

Elsewhere, Collider's Nate Richard confidently states that it's bound to become a cult classic.

FirstShowing.net's Alex Billington says: "This film completely blew me away, leaving me high on the adrenaline of this extraordinary battle set entirely inside a moving train. It is a whole new landmark in action cinema."

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The debut Rotten Tomatoes score has been revealed for Guy Ritchie's new action film The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare.

The debut score has been unveiled for the new movie The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare . Ahead of the movie's wide release in theaters, its early reviews from critics have landed the film a fresh score of 81% at Rotten Tomatoes .

For the most part, the reviews for The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare are on the positive side. Many of the reviews acknowledge that the film is not without its flaws, but that its strong cast and entertaining action sequences still make for an enjoyable filmgoing experience. This is echoed in multiple reviews, though Sean Chandler of Sean Chandler Talks About stated, "While the film lacks depth, it makes up for it with style and energetic performances. Clearly, everyone who worked on the film was having an absolute blast. I had a good time with the film."

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"A slightly apocryphal historical remix, Ministry is Ritchie’s best film in a long time. It can’t claim to reinvent the wheel, as the director is still pretty comfortable in sticking with what works," Lyvie Scott of Inverse noted in a review. Another review from Fred Topel for United Press International added, " Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare makes history fun. Whether it inspires viewers to learn more about Operation Postmaster, it at least informs them of the basics in a fun romp."

Even Bad Reviews Praise the Cast

Meanwhile, the small handful of bad reviews are still complimentary toward the movie's cast members, like Henry Cavill and Alan Ritchson. Grace Randolph said the two are "excellent" in the movie, but was disappointed that Eiza Gonzalez didn't have more screen time, further describing the movie as a "very watered down version of Inglourious Basterds ." /Film's Jeremy Mathai would also call the movie a "fun, yet forgettable step in the wrong direction," giving it a middle-of-the-road score of 5/10.

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Directed by Guy Ritchie, the movie was written by Paul Tamsay, Eric Johnson, Arash Amel, and Ritchie. It is based on Damien Lewis' 2014 book Churchill's Secret Warriors: The Explosigve True Story of the Special Forces Desperadoes of WWII . The plot imagines a fictionalized version of events based on Operation Postmaster, focusing on a covert organization formed in 1940 at Prime Minister Winston Churchill's request in order to sabotage Nazi-occupied Europe.

The film's ensemble cast includes Eiza Gonzalez, Henry Cavill, Alan Ritchson , Henry Golding, Alex Pettyfer, Hero Fiennes Tiffin, Babs Olusanmokun, Cary Elwes, and Til Schweiger.

The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare premieres in theaters on April 19, 2024.

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Henry Cavill and Alan Ritchson's new movie debuts with strong Rotten Tomatoes rating

"It's hard not to get swept up in this film's simple pleasures."

The latest film from Guy Ritchie follows a secret organisation during the Second World War, with their exploits giving birth to modern-day black operations.

In addition to Cavill and Ritchson, the stacked cast for the action film includes Henry Golding, Eiza González, Alex Pettyfer and Hero Fiennes Tiffin, with the plot being partly based on true events.

Ahead of the film's theatrical release in the US on Friday (April 19), the first reviews have come in, with the film garnering an decent 77% rating from its first 26 reviews on Rotten Tomatoes .

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A selection of reviews can be found below:

" Ritchie pumps this story full of enough cheeky rodomontade that it's able to stay afloat on the strength of its own meat-headed bluster, and eventually sail back to England on the residual breeze of the better movie it could have been."

The Hollywood Reporter

"It's moderately entertaining because there's a fascinating historical footnote at the root of it, but the execution doesn't maximise the story's potential.” "

" The whole cast is having a wonderful time. It's a hangout movie about taking down white supremacists, en masse and with violent glee. It's hard not to get swept up in this film's simple pleasures."

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"The movie relies on a terrific ensemble in nearly all its lead roles… Ritchson - between his homoerotic flirting and homicidal flair - seems destined to be the fan favourite. "

" The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare has its moments, harkening back to the winsome rogues and madcap mayhem of Ritchie's early gems, like Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels and Snatch ."

The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare is released in the US on April 19; there is no UK release date yet.

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