I am not the kind of person to go into a fight with a hatchet and the other person has a pistol, an automatic one at that. Can you imagine, this chapter in the John Wick movie franchise started with, a man (John Wick) not willing to sell his car to a random stranger! Said random stranger finds out where John lives, beats him up, kills his dog and steals his car. But little did the random stranger know, John used to be a professional assassin, is well known in the underground territories and circuits he operates in and his dying wife was the person who gave him the dog when she died. John is seeking revenge plain and simple. The story is soo simple but so effective and great! You just want more and more of this franchise.
This trailer for a start, the cracking song used, Nas' 'Got yourself a gun' and from that point, you see what the film has been known and loved for. Headshots in abundance, ways of killing people in ways deemed over the top, repetition in the way you will kill someone, fights anywhere and one-liners galore. Oh yeah, and everything is just so damn cool. That last shot with the car reminded me of the horse scene in the last movie. This trailer is just excellent and I cannot wait to see this movie, the spin-off Ballerina and The Continental. It cannot come out fast enough.
Directed by Chad Stahelski and starring Keanu Reeves, Donnie Yen, Bill Skarsgård, Laurence Fishburne, Hiroyuki Sanada, Shamier Anderson, Lance Reddick, Rina Sawayama, Scott Adkins, Clancy Brown, Natalia Tena, Marko Zaror & Ian McShane
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You know the expression "...opening up a can of worms", THIS entire franchise is exactly that. In case you are unaware with how this all began and the story soo far (I could be off as it has been a while, so spoilers if you have not seen any of the John Wick movies especially the first one). John Wick is minding his own business when a guy compliments his car and wants to buy it. After refusing, said car is stolen and John Wicks dog is killed. Not to go into how much the dog means to John but John is an ex-assassin and he seeks revenge on the person who killed his dog. That was Chapter 1. This is Chapter 4.
To say this film does exactly what it says on the tin is an understatement. This film is simply a revenge film which has spiralled soo out of control, we are on the fourth film and it looks epic. There are elements to this which are almost nonsensical, but the world they have built for this movie, is incredible. The close quarters fights. The close quarters fights that include guns. The raw and visceral attacks with any instrument. If this trailer did it for you and you have not seen the previous three movies, I suggest you watch it before this as they all tend to lead on from the one before it and it is soo so good!
Directed by Chad Stahelski and starring Keanu Reeves, Donnie Yen, Bill Skarsgård, Laurence Fishburne, Hiroyuki Sanada, Shamier Anderson, Lance Reddick, Rina Sawayama, Scott Adkins, Clancy Brown, Natalia Tena, Marko Zaror & Ian McShane
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I'm a 'Die Hard' Fan! So, I was in absolute shock and horror when I watched 'A Good Day to Die Hard'. Although I enjoyed the movie (I probably somewhat felt compelled to, as John McClane is my favourite movie character), but 'Man Like...' Mike Banning showed us heroism at it's finest! Man like Mike was avoiding death and saving the day, just like John McClane would and refusing to die. However, Olympus Has Fallen was the better "Die Hard" movie of 2013 and deep down, that really upset me.
The sequel to Olympus Has Fallen, London Has Fallen is easily forgettable. All I can remember from it is that, they were in London...yeah, like 'no shit!', and not as good as the first and now a dying franchise because the sequel didn't live up to the original - not even close.
But Angel Has Fallen! This is a different film to the last one or better yet, has a better story and better action than the last one as it seems, the 'has Fallen' franchise has now found it's feet. Angel Has Fallen could actually be the NEW 'Die Hard' movie...The 'Has Fallen' Franchise. What is going to fall next? To be honest, if they made 'Kremlin Has Fallen' or something of that ilk where Man like Mike was vacation-ing or taking the President on a presidential trip somewhere to sign some papers for world peace or whatever and they get under attacked wherever the meeting is held up and Man like mike has to figure out a way to evade the terrorists and keep the president safe with nothing but action, action and more action accompanied with near death in nearly every action set piece and some cunning, I. WOULD. NOT. BE. MAD. AT. THAT. AT. ALL!
So, Man like Mike (Gerard Butler) is with the president (Morgan Freeman) whilst the president is on a fishing trip, however, the president comes underfire from drones. As the President is placed into a comma from the incident and DNA from Man like Mike is found at the scene with the control panel for all the drones, Man like Mike is now an enemy of the state and he is a fugitive of the run doing the best he can to keep himself alive and prove his innocence.
Something we have all seen before, right? 'Enemy of the State', 'The Fugutive' so on and so forth, but none of them had Man like Mike - The John McClane of his franchise who will narrowly escape death and save the President at the same damn time. This was a loud and entertaining movie. I knew who the bad guys were and that is something they could probably work on like a Mission Impossible with some double/triple agent stuff for the future, but I hope they decide to do another 3 more before Man like Mike retires or dies in service. Funny in places and a simple story we have all seen before but executed well. If you like loud, boisterous all guns blazing type of action, kind of like the Fast and Furious Franchise or Die Hard Franchise, then you will like this. Nick Nolte is a gem!
Chapter 3. Where this, now trilogy, should close the story
of John Wick and his quest for vengeance leaving him to live a life as a
retired hitman in the tranquillity he sees fit.It’s like, after every movie, you reminisce back to how we got
here.How did it all start? His dog was
murdered, he avenged it.His car was
stolen, he retrieved it.The only thing
John has a problem getting back, is his retirement, as finding his was back
into the underworld of, well…let’s call it, The Hitman Society has proved to
cause more harm than good.Well, more
dead bodies by The Babayagga, but we won’t get into that just yet.
In case I haven’t explained why I love these movies
properly, I’ll break it down. John Wick is just like an 80’s or 90’s film
where, titular hero, John Rambo? John McClane? John Matrix, even? Take on
hordes of enemies who are trying to kill him and he survives.It’s about suspending disbelief where some
elements of the movie may seem unrealistic, but you enjoy the ride anyway.The story might not be Oscar worthy, but you
enjoy the ride anyway.In most recent
years, there hasn’t been much movies, if any that recapture the glory decades
of such films.Some over the top
violence, one liners and such, other than the ones that are trying too
hard.Some may argue that the Fast and
Furious franchise is among them, but that’s family *he says in his best Vin
Diesel voice* and his name isn’t John, it’ Dominic.
The John Wick franchise is the 80’s and 90’s action movies,
compressed into an up-to-date, stylish romp with lots of imagination trying to
be as realistic as possible.If you can
watch a superhero movie which is largely based off of the comics, bar a handful,
then you can watch Mr. Wick escape certain death, repeatedly.I mean, John McClane wouldn’t Die Hard…well,
until they ruined the last one in 2012.Let’s see what the latest instalment will do, if they ever get to it…I
hope not, with that Year One premise.
Anyway, back to the movie…
John Wick is now excommunicado losing all access and privileges of the Hitman
Society with a huge 14 million bounty on his head after the events of the last
movie.He is literally a dead man
walking.The continental is off limits
as well as any friends or allies he once worked with as they are all included
in the worldwide broadcast and may want to collect the reward themselves.John must stay on the run, avoiding death,
literally at every corner to seek a meeting with The Elder, the person at the
head of the High Table to negotiate some sort of deal.
This movie does not disappoint from the previous movies and
if you have made it this far watching the previous two, you are already
enjoying the ride.I feel as though the
movies just get better and better as they give you nothing but fight scene
after fight scene after fight scene after brutal kills after fight scene after
more brutal kills after even more brutal kills, book fight, horse fight, bike
fight and if not, ALL kills ending with a headshot or two at the continental,
of all places!The action.The Visuals.The comedy.There are places to
nit-pick, if you must, but it doesn’t take away from the film as a whole,
because the film’s pacing does not slow down.Well, apart from the desert scene, but other than that, nearly every
scene is soo masterfully done, you may want to frame certain shots.I didn’t even mention the dog fight, di I?
if you were a fan of the previous movies, I don’t see you coming away from this
movie with negative thoughts as they simply expand on what came before and take
it that much more further.The director Chad Stahelski, has only made 3 movies and the previous two were John Wick movies, so he is definitely
on a roll.I’d say that, due to the
movie being a ‘Chapter 3’, is an absolute MUST that you see the first two
previous movies as they continue from one another and you might just be confused
otherwise, because the film expects you to have experienced the previous movies
and not even try to hold your hand with any narrative or exposition at all!
Go watch it if you are a John Wick fan! If not, watch it after you see the
first 2 at least.
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