ENTERTAINMENT: GETTING REEL One Million Ways to Die Without Dialogue

from Joy of Medina County Magazine April 2023

by Joy of Medina County Magazine

Clues Lead to Long-Held Secrets

by Amy Barnes

Movie: “John Wick: Chapter 4”

Seen: Movie Theater

Rating (out of 5 possible):

It is disappointing when there is a series of films and each installment has less of a plot line than the previous one did.

What makes it worse is when there is no character development. I am pretty sure there are only about 100 pages of dialogue in the newest installment in the John Wick series.

Who needs writers when weapons are louder than words?

The first John Wick movie, while somewhat predictable, had an interesting story and left lines that could be further developed into more rounded characters.

Unfortunately, what happened instead was the desire to turn Wick into almost mindless killing machine.

This latest installment was a huge disappointment.

The battle scenes went on so long and were exhaustive in exploring how many angles someone can be shot from. At least there was some bow-and-arrow action as well, which was a nice variance from every-gun-known-to-man blitz attacks.

Honestly, the best part of the movie was the blind assassin, Caine, played by Donnie Yen, who had more depth and ingenuity than any other character. The second best part of the movie was Mr. Nobody, played by Shamier Anderson, and his trained dog. He also had depth and was an interesting character.

The end of the movie was well done. Be sure to stay for the credit roll, there is an extra scene that you do not want to miss!