John Wick 4 reviews call the movie "bigger, badder, bolder, longer" with "spectacularly staged" action
John Wick 4 reviews are in – and critics say the fourquel is packed with spectacular action, but is maybe a little on the long side.
The new film sees Keanu Reeves' titular hitman go up against the High Table, following on from the events of John Wick 3. Bill Skarsgård joins the franchise as the villainous Marquis, while Rina Sawayama, Donnie Yen, and Hiroyuki Sanada are also new additions to the line-up. Laurence Fishburne, Ian McShane, and Lance Reddick all reprise their roles from the previous installments.
We've rounded up a selection of John Wick 4 reviews below, so you can get an idea of how the latest film in the series is being received. And don't worry – the following is totally spoiler free.
"If you were agog at what Wick can do with a pencil (JW2), and a book (JW3), wait until you see what he can do with a playing card, never mind a set of nunchucks. Fight sequences, action set pieces, neon: every aspect for Chapter 4 is dialed up to 11111 (deep-cut reference alert!). And if there's one area in which returning director Chad Stahelski's film actually over-delivers, it's the characters. The bad guys of previous installments pale in comparison to Donnie Yen's sharp-suited blind assassin Caine – a fun, charming, super-cool badass we root for almost as much as Wick."
"Bigger, badder, bolder, longer, and featuring nearly more spectacular set pieces than one movie can comfortably handle, this epic action film practically redefines the stakes. If at times it’s hard to avoid the feeling that the excessive mayhem is coming dangerously close to overkill, that seems suitable for a film series featuring body counts higher than some wars."
"In Chapter 4 of this story, John Wick's vendetta has forced the Table into open
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