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Keanu Reeves, Donnie Yen, Bill Skarsgård, Laurence Fishburne, Rina Sawayama, Hiroyuki Sanada, Shamier Anderson, Ian McShane, Lance Reddick, Scott Adkins (mehr)Streaming (6)
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John Wick (Keanu Reeves) entdeckt einen Weg, die Hohe Kammer zu besiegen. Doch bevor er sich seine Freiheit verdienen kann, muss Wick gegen einen neuen Feind antreten, der mächtigen Allianzen auf der ganzen Welt hat und über Kräfte verfügt, alte Freunde zu Feinden werden zu lassen. (Leonine)
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Dieser Film recycelt manche Dinge. Es ist aber immer noch ein unterhaltsamer Actionknaller ohne langweilige Stellen, auch wenn er knapp drei Stunden dauert. Er hat auch das bisher schönste Finale von allen Teilen der Serie. Bill Skarsgård ist ein ausgezeichneter Bourgeoisie-Schuft, Donnie Yen die erste Nebenfigur in der Serie, die Wick gleichkommt und gleichzeitig kein eindimensionaler Schurke ist. Die RPG-Aufnahmen von oben in den Räumen sind großartig. Die Fahrt in der Gegenrichtung am Kreisverkehr am Pariser Arc de Triomphe hätte man aber meiner Meinung nach aus Mission: Impossible nicht übernehmen sollen, weil es diese Serie, die genauso gut ist, nicht nötig hat. Die Leichtigkeit (Radiohits vom Eiffelturm, der lange Sturz von der Treppe) ist – im Hinblick auf die riesigen Dimensionen des Films – sehr angenehm. Die Ausstattung ist natürlich wieder sensationell. Hoffentlich wird die junge Japanerin Rina Sawayama auch im fünften Teil auftauchen.
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Die beste Actionserie aller Zeiten. Jetzt ist es klar. Und dass das vierte Kapitel fast drei Stunden hat? Es kann ja gar nicht anders sein, wenn jede Actionszene ungefähr dreißig Minuten dauert. :) Die Actionszenen sind unglaublich! So etwas habe ich wirklich noch nie gesehen, geschweige denn im Kino. Und ich denke, dass ich so etwas nie wieder sehen werde; es sei denn, dass ein fünftes Kapitel gedreht wird. Chad Stahelski nutzt alles, was er sowie John Wick in den vorherigen Teilen gelernt haben. Er stellt ihm neue Hürden in den Weg und zwingt ihn, neue Lösungen zu suchen. Das Allerwichtigste ist aber, dass die Geschichte, die das fürchterlich groteske Massaker verbindet, gar nicht dumm ist. Die Anspielung auf Lawrence von Arabien am Anfang ist eher lustig. Nach einer Weile kommt aber die „Leone-Spieluhr“. Man ahnt, dass zwar Hunderte von Schuften sterben werden, dass es aber am Ende ein Westernduell einer gegen einen sein wird. John Wick ist ein Weltenbummler, so ähnlich wie Bond, und wird von interessanten Killern begleitet, die ihn umbringen wollen. Ihre Figuren sind aber so motiviert und so ausgezeichnet geschrieben, dass man eigentlich auch ihnen die Daumen drückt. Die Geschichte betont nämlich verschiedene Arten der Freundschaft, was mir gefällt. Und falls mit diesem Film Wicks Reise endet, hätte ich mir kein besseres Finale wünschen können.
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Bislang der ehrgeizigste John Wick. Es ist nicht mehr nur ein adrenalintreibendes Actionerlebnis, sondern auch eine sorgfältig aufgebaute Erzählung einer schicksalhaften Geschichte über einen Mann, der töten muss, weil er keine andere Wahl hat, da er in einer tödlichen Spirale der Rache und unbezahlter Schulden gefangen ist. Gegenwärtig einer der Höhepunkte des Actiongenres. Die Action ist äußerst effektvoll, schlagkräftig, elegant, einfallsreich, übersichtlich und visuell berauschend. Alle Actionsequenzen sind sowohl in ihrer Länge als auch in ihrer gesamten Ausführung absolut monumental und könnten problemlos als Höhepunkt vieler anderer Actionfilme bestehen. Darüber hinaus sind sie aufgrund der Änderungen von Umgebung, Kameraarbeit, Stilisierung und musikalischer Untermalung jedes Mal völlig unterschiedlich, was zur Vielfalt des Films beiträgt und ihn trotz wiederkehrender Kampftechniken, Schläge und Griffe effektiv von Routine und Monotonie fernhält. Keanu Reeves ist selbstverständlich großartig, aber besonders herausragend ist hier Donnie Yen, von dem ich gerne einen eigenen Film sehen würde.
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Aus John Wick ist ein eindeutiges Actionphänomen geworden, eine bekannte Marke, die noch in den nächsten Jahren oder Jahrzehnten so ähnlich wie Fast & Furious oder Mission: Impossible funktionieren kann. Den vierten Teil habe ich im Kino gesehen und ich war begeistert. Ich kann ihm nicht weniger als fünf Sterne geben. Bei einer langen Laufzeit habe ich immer Bedenken. Hier war aber kein Raum für Langeweile. Wenn ich im Kino viel getrunken hätte, hätte ich nicht auf Toilette gehen können. Die Szene in Osaka dauerte fast 40 Minuten, Berlin und Paris enttäuschen das Publikum nie. Ich schätze die riesige Invention bei den neuen Figuren sowie den Actionszenen. Der Blinde und Mr. Nobody stachen am meisten hervor, ihr Beitrag zur Handlung war maximal. Was den Effekt und Humor betrifft, da glänzte der Mafioso mit goldenen Zähnen in Berlin. Folgende Actionszenen sind mir am meisten im Gedächtnis geblieben: die bereits erwähnte Szene in Osaka, dann mein beliebter Arc de Triomphe und die Disco in Berlin. Wenn ich ein Haarspalter wäre, würde ich sagen, dass der französische Hauptschuft in der zweiten Hälfte weich und ein Feigling wurde, dass seine Figur irgendwie verblasst ist und dass ihn die anderen übertroffen haben. Mehr von solchen Actionfilmen. Es passiert sehr selten, dass ich einen Film zweimal im Kino sehe. In diesem Fall würde ich freiwillig und gern eine Ausnahme machen.
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Das Ende von John Wick: Kapitel 3 fand ich trotz seiner unbestrittenen Qualitäten ein bisschen abgedroschen. Diesmal war es umgekehrt. John Wick: Kapitel 4 bietet in der ersten Hälfte Tonnen von perfekten, aber leicht repetitiven Kampfszenen. Richtig Gas gibt er erst nach dem deutschen Intermezzo. Das Feuerwerk von Körpern, die Rache der Heimtiere oder unerwartete Probleme wie „Du bist auf einen grumpy Latino gestoßen – Du musst fünft Stockwerke zurück“ sind richtig schmerzhaft. Die Szenen zwischen den Kämpfen sind dank der großartigen Besetzung auf ihrem Höhepunkt (für die Verhältnisse der Serie), und zwar einschließlich des aufgeklärten Geck Bill Skarsgård, dem man auch ohne die Maske des blutdürstigen Clowns nur das Schlimmste wünschen wird.
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It's still mostly top-notch action, but the Wick theme is pretty much exhausted. The script, with dialogue written by Keanu Reeves, was probably about 2 A5 pages, I don’t think it was more than that, and when someone wasn't fighting someone, I was more likely to cover my ears. There is one brilliant action sequence (a bird's eye view of a shotgun rampage with fiery "Dragon Breath" ammunition), but that not enough to make the film memorable. The previous episode, which I thought was better, had a lot of jaw-dropping moments, like the knife fight, the action inferno with the dogs or the horse kicks, but the only thing that really stands out here is the short scene with the shotgun and then the kinetic sequence at the Arc de Triomphe. Otherwise, it's mostly about headshots, and there are so many of them and with such frequency that by the final lengthy scene on the "endless" stairs I was already numb and didn't care. Moreover, how am I supposed to worry about John Wick, when he survives with a mere shake stuff that would have killed even the T-1000 in Terminator 2? It wasn't joy, as in previous episodes, but rather fatigue towards the end. Please, no more episodes.
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The visuals are shamelessly lavish and the action sequences are impressive, but unfortunately, the film is very poor when it comes to acting and conversational scenes. At times I found it almost a little funny in terms of what the protagonist survives, and the indestructibility of the blind anti-hero was glaring – I just didn't really believe it. So I have a number of problems with this film, for example, I'm still not entirely comfortable with the fact that it pretends to be groundbreaking cinema when it's basically an action B-movie, and the world isn't built in a completely bulletproof way – I wonder, for example, how the hero apparently moves around the world more or less seamlessly when he manages to change so many destinations. But can I give it three stars when I gave the same rating to much worse action flicks from Netflix? No, I can’t.
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Chad Stahelski may have bitten off more than he can chew when he tries to build a world and mythology around John Wick, because he's not very good at it. But all those clumsy attempts at worldbuilding are forgivable when it comes to action. The fourth John Wick is crammed with great shootouts and fights that once again show Hollywood that the action genre is far from having the last word, and that when the right people get their hands on it, the result is breathtaking, and you don't even notice that it's three hours long. In terms of action, John Wick stands at the absolute cinematic pinnacle. It may handle the in-between scenes a lot worse, but nobody goes to the movies to see this franchise for that filler anyway.
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There may be mild spoilers, but nothing major to the plot, more of a scene-by-scene tease. The best Wick and quite possibly the best action flick that already fully competes with The Raid 2, and in some ways even surpasses it. Stahelski is an incredible dude who made a 3 hour action orgasm; I died in the cinema, saw my funeral, was reincarnated and rose from the ashes as a brand new Phoenix whipped up with fire and pumped full of adrenaline. The whole movie is so sexy and exciting it makes me horny as fuck. (Never happened to me in any movie before!!). The film has four action sequences that are around 20-30 minutes long each and could serve as a finale for another film. (Seeing 4 finales at once makes is awesome!!). The samurai massacre in Osaka Continental had a strong Asian feel to it and I definitely purred with bliss. The likable Rina Sawayama and Hiroyuki Sanada are a great addition and the whole thing has a very dense atmosphere, you slowly hold your breath. The next chapter belongs to Scott Adkins in Berlin, who plays a kingpin and his character is a nice caricature. The table scene definitely has its charm, and is topped off with a gnarly fight at a swanky rave party that I would love to attend as well. The sequence on the Arc de Triomphe in Paris impresses with its unconventional setting. Incorporating fights and gunfire during rush hour traffic is a brilliant idea, and the whole scene is breathtaking in its adrenaline rush. Wick here makes nice use of oncoming cars to take out his opponents – delicious! Then the highlight is the shootout in a building with the use of a 2D camera, where Wick uses fiery shotgun blasts (heart attacks!!!) – one of the best ideas in the history of action movies ever, those camera raids were simply breathtaking. The final set-piece on the stairs to the Sacré-Cœur Basilica are again impressive with the setting and the barrage of adversaries. It simply has the feel of a computer game, with one enemy after another coming at you, and I dig that. The new characters on the stage were a great pleasure. Apart from the aforementioned Adkins and Sanada, the character of Hitchhiker Nobody was very good, as he and his dog were in great sync and it was again a solid insert in the action passages. Bill Skarsgård is not a fighter, so less kudos to him, but he was definitely very confident in the dialogue passages. Marko Zaror is also a decent surprise, he has perhaps the best role of his career and entertained me. The biggest draw, though, is without a doubt the blind Donnie Yen (I understand the filmmakers decision to make him a blind man, otherwise no one would have had a chance) who does some nice stunts with a katana. (A bit of a minor criticism here that he didn't use his famous Wing-chun, but I'll get over it). He's got great character and charisma, and an incredible assassin code. So much for the characters and action, what about the rest. Visually this is a masterpiece, all the locations, interiors and exteriors look sumptuous and lavish, the colours, the staging, the use of the environments to the max (rain, neons, lighting, monuments a great feast for the eyes in that respect), the music is great too (it's great throughout the franchise, but I found it the most intense here). For my part I have to praise the lore around the high table and the assassins, some complain that it could have been more in depth, but I don't know of any action movie that has a more interesting mythology than Wick. I was also excited by the detailed introduction of the Pit Viper gun! My only criticism is the bit of overkill (falling out a window and down some stairs), but a proper fan will just smile nicely at this and move on. This is what it's all about. Stahelski and the entire team should be applauded for their incredible creativity, attention to detail, and all sorts of different ways to disarm a person. It takes more work to come up with all this than any script for an Oscar-winning drama. I once again enjoyed this sublime and luxurious ride and look forward to visiting the cinema again. An amazing 3 hours spent and I would take another hour. I don't understand why someone who doesn't like or understand action movies goes to a preview. Instant bullet to the head. 10/10.
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In the context of the action genre, John Wick: Chapter 4 is polished perfection. This carefully constructed gourmet treat manages to simultaneously evoke physically intense reactions and pure pleasure from the creativity and inventiveness of its choreography. The moment when Wick puts the nun-chucks around his neck brings you to the realisation that you have just witnessed perfection – it’s something like the first time you knowingly gaze at a van Gogh painting or let the music of Bach encompass you, or see The Rock raise an eyebrow. As foolish and faithless as I am, I momentarily doubted whether the filmmakers had anything else up their sleeve after that. But when the camera soars over the hero wielding a shotgun with incendiary rounds, my head exploded. This is where the wheat gets separated from the chaff. The fourth John Wick is a grandiose eruption of genius, talent and enlightenment. At the same time, its creators pay tribute to the entire previous tradition of cinematic martial arts and the greats of the genre – from Bruce Lee and Sammo Hung to Zatoichi. But by avoiding shallow imitation and fanboyish references, they set a benchmark based on their role models and predecessors that they want to surpass, though not arrogantly, but lovingly and with respect. Keanu Reeves remains a tremendous asset to the franchise, which is primarily thanks to his years of levelling up and his willingness to learn new things. Choreographers thus get an unprecedentedly malleable actor with whom they can vary the skills that he has already mastered while also setting new challenges for him. The same is true of the other renowned actors in the film. Other spectacular ensemble action movies of the past – e.g. The Expendables and The Fast and the Furious – got by with merely pitting stars against each other in the manner of wrestling exhibitions and letting them show off their iconic moves from other movies. In contrast to that, Stahelski’s team takes Hiroyuki Sanada, Donnie Yen, Scott Adkins, Marko Zaror and Shamier Anderson and transforms each of them into a delightfully distinctive character and gives them space to exploit their physical strengths, build on a classic tradition or icon and even go nuts with their acting. In addition to that, Chapter 4 makes absolutely magnificent use of the franchise’s own comic-bookishly overwrought world with its contrasting colour palette, weapons sommelier, style fetishes and surreally idealised clichés. This Downton Abbey with kung-fu and guns has roots embedded in the impassioned essences of genre flicks, ranging from the melancholic crime dramas of Jean-Pierre Melville through John Woo’s heroic bloodshed movies and the samurai dramas of Masaki Kobayashi to the postmodern cool of Cowboy Bebop. John Wick: Chapter 4 thus steers well clear of boastful, Tarantino-style eclectic exhibitionism. Like a true master of the martial arts, it humbly acknowledges its own masters, whose brilliance led it to establish a new pinnacle of the action genre.
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Will the bulletproof man deliver, or will he end up being just an Air Wick to freshen up the air near a rotting body? It’s as certain as the fact that Zatoichi Donnie Yen can’t step in manure because he can’t see the shit. The dawn over Paris and the opulent, unyielding environments are more artificial than Ian McShane’s dentures. The descent down the stairs on Rue Foyatier feels more like a joke, similar to the Kevlar umbrella of the tailor Fishburne. Stereotypes are usually soothing, but I’m starting to get fed up with this self-absorbed, mythical vengeance nonsense. I don’t believe in the ending, not at all. Loving husbands don’t die, just like profitable business ventures.
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Nearly ten years of Wick's revenge for his killed dog and destroyed car have flown by. The huge mythology revolving around the rules and the code of assassins slowly swells, but as glue for fantastic action scenes it is enough. As a result, Keanu Reeves will not be remembered as Neo, but as the "loving husband" of John Wick. The climactic sequences at the Arc de Triomphe and the Osaka Massacre will one day be in the textbooks. The scenes with my favourite nunchucks really put a smile on my face. Donnie Yen relishes Cain to the full, and Reddick's last scene in the film gives me chills. Awesome.
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As a full-fledged film with a meaningful and meaty plot, it's pretty lame, but as an fully devoted fanservice full of fantastic action sequences and eye candy gadgets, it delivers exactly what die-hard fans expect. Whether it's a passage from Japan, Berlin or Paris, all is world-class level, with amazing production design, lightning and, of course, the stunt work and the choreography of the fights. A superb Scott Adkins, a charismatic Donnie Yen and of course Reeves, who doesn't say much, but fights with all his heart.
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I just got back from the movie theater, and I’m absolutely thrilled! I didn’t believe Chad Stahelski could push the boundaries of the action genre any further, but to my surprise, he did. The fourth installment is unquestionably the best Western genre contribution in recent years. And it’s an incredibly SEXY film (whether it's the work with visual composition or lighting, it looks stunning)! Out of the nearly 3-hour runtime, there’s only a small amount of filler; the rest is a rush of adrenaline in various forms. The Osaka opening with neon lights everywhere was entertaining, but the highlights of the fourth film for me were the car chase in Paris around the Arc de Triomphe and the shootout filmed from above in the building. I was genuinely drooling with pleasure; I’ve never seen anything like it in this genre before. In this regard, the film leaves the Western competition far behind. As for the acting, I was impressed by the supporting characters, especially Donnie Yen, who shone (and Scott Adkins also did a great job with minimal screen time). On the other hand, the film does have moments that push the limits even for the world of John Wick. The ending with the stairs, for instance, had Jonathan briefly turning into a T-1000. But I’d be harsh to lower the rating just for that. Such a brutal and impactful film isn’t seen every day. It delivered exactly what it promised. So I’ll turn a blind eye and go with 9/10 :) P.S. On a second viewing, I have to lower the rating to four stars. The first two installments not only had top-notch choreography but also a great story. Unfortunately, the third and fourth films lag a bit in this aspect :). 8.5/10
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An adequate conclusion to the four-part saga? Well, I'm not so sure... Not for me, at least. Nothing new was introduced - sure, there were excellent fight scenes, impeccable camera and incredible stunt work, hats off to that. But we've already seen all of that in the first, second, and third movie. The Belgian Malinois, the excommunicado, everyone against John because of an extreme bounty on his head... it has all been there before. What I feel is lacking here, on the other hand, is a deeper exploration of the characters and their backgrounds - why is Killa overweight, why did he kill Pyótr, who is Cain and why is he blind? Who is that peculiar Marquis de Bla Bla, and so on. It's getting a bit dull to watch the whole world being against John Wick for the fourth time; it's just a worn-out theme. And the scene on the stairs? The constant falling and getting back up, over and over again, it was too much, just like the fall from a four-story building without a single pneumothorax or broken rib... Unfortunately, this is probably the weakest piece in the entire series.
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