By Jara Reeder, Senior Reporter
It’s been four years since Keanu Reeves in “John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum” hit theaters, but he’s finally back in “John Wick: Chapter 4” that was supposed to release two years ago.
But it was no disappointment. The movie opens with Wick on the run from the High Table that has been controlling his life since the first movie.
This movie villain is Marquis de Gramont, a leader of the High Table who keeps raising the bounty on Wick’s head
Everywhere he goes and in everything he touches, he faces death. But Wick is determined to be free from the Table.
FINDING LOOPHOLES
Whenever there are rules, there are loopholes, as with every other high-power democracy.
Like all the other John Wick movies, there is much in the way of Wick’s freedom or his goal to achieve what he wants.
There are not as many twists or familiar faces as in the other John Wicks, but a sense of freshness with new characters makes you want to know their history or past involvement with Wick.
I don’t want to give too many details and spoilers to the storyline of the movie, but it is filled with Wick’s unbeatable and un-killable self with more action scenes as the price for his head continues to rise. It was nice to see Wick back in action after waiting for the next movie for so long. You may want to rewatch the previous three movies to refresh the storylines in your head.
LONG ACTION SCENES
A minor flaw would be that some of the action scenes went a little too long, but that is what John Wick movies are known and popular for. Just beware that, once they start, it takes a minute or two to finish.
In the end, the movie leaves us with a big question or wonder about really what happened to Wick or what is assumed to have happened to him.
Pay attention to what Bowery King and Winston discuss in the last scene, and look at the dog.
Is Wick really where he is or is he somewhere else?
There was mention about John Wick 5, but for now Reeves and director Chad Stahelski recently told The Hollywood Reporter that he and Reeves “are done for the moment.”
But several spin-offs connected to John Wick’s world will be developing next year.