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John Wick was a landmark action movie. Its simple yet effective storyline was the perfect excuse to deliver amazingly choreographed action set pieces. Keanu Reeves made a memorable action hero comeback and a franchise was started. About that...
"John Wick: Chapter 2", "John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum" (a colon AND a hyphen!) and now "John Wick: Chapter 4" all doubled down and tripled down and above on the action without offering any story besides: John must survive.
While the first film told a story of grief, puppy death revenge and took its time to build enormous expectation, all three sequels only throw goons at John to take down in repetitive ways. Let's see in this video essay why that is not enough and compare it to what is done right in the great action films "Mad Max: Fury Road" and "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon".
Ever noticed how Hollywood (check Marvel) gives you a fight scene, then pauses so characters can chat? Like there's no way of conveying personality through fighting.
#johnwick #keanureeves #videoessay
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John Wick was a landmark action movie. Its simple yet effective storyline was the perfect excuse to deliver amazingly choreographed action set pieces. Keanu Reeves made a memorable action hero comeback and a franchise was started. About that...
"John Wick: Chapter 2", "John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum" (a colon AND a hyphen!) and now "John Wick: Chapter 4" all doubled down and tripled down and above on the action without offering any story besides: John must survive.
While the first film told a story of grief, puppy death revenge and took its time to build enormous expectation, all three sequels only throw goons at John to take down in repetitive ways. Let's see in this video essay why that is not enough and compare it to what is done right in the great action films "Mad Max: Fury Road" and "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon".
Ever noticed how Hollywood (check Marvel) gives you a fight scene, then pauses so characters can chat? Like there's no way of conveying personality through fighting.
#johnwick #keanureeves #videoessay
Scheming Weasel (faster version) by Kevin MacLeod incompetech.com
Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported — CC BY 3.0
Free Download / Stream: bit.ly/scheming-weasel
Music promoted by Audio Library youtu.be/2CapGaKMsWU
Call to Adventure - Comedy by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
Source: incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1300022
Artist: incompetech.com
