John Wick movies are full of action legends — here’s where to watch them next

polygon.com:

“You get to work with two martial arts legends in this movie, Donnie [Yen] and Hiroyuki [Sanada],” Looper interviewer Don Kaye prompts during the recent press tour for John Wick: Chapter 4, the popular franchise’s next much-anticipated bullet-odyssey.

With genuine gusto, Keanu Reeves interjects: “Three — and Scott Adkins.”

For many a genre fan, seeing the championed action star Adkins — often headlining direct-to-video spectaculars packed with unforgettably dynamic fights — placed in the pantheon of martial arts legends by one of the genre’s biggest names was a moment of validation and celebration long coming. These past few months have been awash in moments like that, whether courtesy of Wick fever, seeing Michelle Yeoh win a Best Actress Oscar after a storied career that began with death-defying stunts in Hong Kong action classics, or seeing brothers Andy and Brian Le onstage during their SAG Awards win for Best Ensemble after their years of dazzling YouTube action shorts led them to choreograph the fights of (and act in) Everything Everywhere All at Once. Action visionaries new and old, being recognized and celebrated.

In its evolution from humble nearly-DTV revenge thriller to $100 million globetrotting epic, the John Wick films have become the embodiment of that same ethos. The very nature of landing Reeves as the lead right on the cusp of a career decline in the wake of 47 Ronin, and marrying Reeves’ unique stoicism with a role tailor-made for those strengths, reflects the uplifting respect for action that the franchise fosters. In a lesser film, casting veteran martial artist/actor/stuntman Daniel Bernhardt would result in a fleeting henchman appearance. Yet not only does the first John Wick give fans a Matrix