Hot off the digital presses, here is JOE's review of one of 2019's biggest action movies!
"Si vis pacem, para bellum." If you want peace, prepare for war.
One of the best things about the movies has always been how simple the plots have been: someone killed his dog, so he's going to kill them, followed by someone sets him up to be killed, so he's going to kill them, too.The simplicity of the gold coins and the rules of The Continental Hotel were fun, but then there was High Tables, and blood oaths and The Bowery King, which always ran the risk of buckling the movies under the weight of their own mythology.
The minimalist approach to the story is now replaced by an almost video-game-esque plot, with Wick going from Point A, to meet Person B, to get Weapon C, to kill Person D, and it does almost suffocate the whole thing in justThankfully, director Chad Stahelski has also bumped up the action too, so it is no longer just John going through differently lit set-pieces, shooting people in the face over and over again.
That feels especially true during the protracted finale, when the endless, faceless bad guys are all wearing bullet-proof armour , and a three-way fight with two of the best fighters from The Raid, who visibly have to lower their skill level to match 54 year old Keanu's.
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