The new John Wick movie has a lot of good action scenes, with the first few being the best ones. But overall, the movie lasts a bit too long and overstays its welcome.
Other strengths are good acting in the roles by lead Keanu Reeves (but honestly, as usual - John Wick's character is a bit dull and child-like, and lacks pizazz) Laurence Fishburne returns from previous movies and is a cool cat, and other entertaining performances are newcomer Bill Skarsgard as the young and intelligent but evil Marquis.
My favorite performance though was by Donnie Yen as Caine. I really liked the way they wrote the character, as a sort of bad guy who still holds a conscience, and still has a sense of honor. The actor played this role extremely well, and I thought he definitely was the standout character, as well as the most interesting character and charismatic actor in the movie! Just stunning.
The settings are exotic and beautiful, and the film often is shot as you would see when playing a video game from above, which lends the cartoonish violence to be nicely taken in the appropriate tone.
The big negative is I do think the film lasts too long, and it did get tiresome near the end with too many almost seeming never-ending action scenes. That aside, its a very good entry in the movie series, though falls short of being the best one, in my opinion.
Other strengths are good acting in the roles by lead Keanu Reeves (but honestly, as usual - John Wick's character is a bit dull and child-like, and lacks pizazz) Laurence Fishburne returns from previous movies and is a cool cat, and other entertaining performances are newcomer Bill Skarsgard as the young and intelligent but evil Marquis.
My favorite performance though was by Donnie Yen as Caine. I really liked the way they wrote the character, as a sort of bad guy who still holds a conscience, and still has a sense of honor. The actor played this role extremely well, and I thought he definitely was the standout character, as well as the most interesting character and charismatic actor in the movie! Just stunning.
The settings are exotic and beautiful, and the film often is shot as you would see when playing a video game from above, which lends the cartoonish violence to be nicely taken in the appropriate tone.
The big negative is I do think the film lasts too long, and it did get tiresome near the end with too many almost seeming never-ending action scenes. That aside, its a very good entry in the movie series, though falls short of being the best one, in my opinion.