Action-Adventure John Wick: Chapter 4

[Gothamsknight]

 

[Iceman]

Nice, bring them all on!

 

[KaijuDude1992]

These are all great choices IMO, especially Michelle Yeoh and Colin Farrell and I'd even add a few more people like Iko Uwais, Joe Taslim, Andrew Koji and Julie Estelle to that list as well.

Honestly, any of the guys involved in The Raid franchise or Warrior would be a perfect fit for this universe and while I know they are on the older side I'd love to see more old school actors get involved too.

Sylvester Stallone, Kurt Russell, Nic Cage, Wesley Snipes, Denzel Washington and Liam Neeson would be awesome choices to play villains in this universe even though I know those are some BIG names.

The possibilities are pretty much endless either way.

 

[flickchick85]

Two of the Raid guys were in Parabellum already, but yeah it would be awesome to get Iko in there at some point.

 

[Luigi]

Why does he keep forgetting about Iko?


RDJ would be an interesting addition.

 

[DarthSkywalker]

One complaint I heard from reviews before seeing the movie was that the soundtrack was weak compared to previous movies.

I strongly disagree.

I mean, a lot of the music is from the first three movies. The bulk of it.

 

[AVEITWITHJAMON]

I did enjoy 2 and 3 a bit more on my recent re-watch than I did in the cinema, but 4 blew them both away. Glad it’s surpassed them at the BO.

 

[Kane52630]

 

[Kane52630]

Two of the Raid guys were in Parabellum already

Both completed wasted imo. :snotty:

 

[OnLeatherWings]

With John Wick: Chapter 4 - the John Wick series has ascended into my 'Top 5 'Film Series of All Time'.

1.) The Indiana Jones Series
2.) The Dark Knight Trilogy
3.) The Toy Story Series (Thought I've issues with #4)
4.) The John Wick Series
5.) The Godfather Trilogy

Each of the John Wick films - I can't rank them. I love them all. They're all at least 9/10's, for me. Though, I do think Chapter 4 is my favourite; that I can say. It's just stunning, satisfying emotionally, and just so well made.

The skill of this series and seeing the uptick in ability with each entry has been so satisfying.

 

[OnLeatherWings]

I love film props. I have a handful that's integrated into my decor (The Mask, various Indiana Jones, Maltese Falcon, Letters of Transit, Batman Returns grapple, etc.). And I've recently made a small collection of John Wick prop items: the gold coins, Adjudicator coin, Santino D'Antonio's marker, Sophia's marker, Killa's playing cards, and the Russian Orthodox Rosary. These items are very small, so I don't mind having them around.

Given this series' ascension into my favourite film franchises - I've been into it to the point where I got motivated to do my very first film-prop build.

In John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum, John goes to the New York Public Library in the opening of the film. He goes there to find his copy of Russian Folk Tales by Alexander Afanasyev. It's meant to be an antique book.

In the book, it's hollowed out and contains several items that he keeps for emergency: his 'ticket' Russian Orthodox Rosary, 5 gold coins, Sophia's Arabic Marker, and a photo of him and his wife.

I've always loved this book.
And I've always wanted to do a prop build. So I figured this one might be easy enough for someone like me to do.

Hoo boy. It wasn't easy. All made by hand and the base book is actually over 100 years old, so like the film in the book - it's antique. And I bound the book in leather, myself.

I put in replicated pages into the book, and even the lining on the inside cover is accurate.

I can go through the process if anyone's interested in making their own.

Here's the finished product, though (I may post some pics of the process, later).

 

[Gothamsknight]

@OnLeatherWings dude, you continue to impress me with your dedication to your collecting. That is simply AMAZING.

 

[henzINNIT]

That's cool! Looks sturdy enough to kill a man with, heh.

I rewatched 4 the other day. Still enjoyable, still my least favourite. Feel like I've taken crazy pills with the overrwhelmingly positive reactions everywhere, but something just doesn't click with me. Maybe it's the writing change. My rankings:

3, 1, 2, 4

 

[Black Narcissus]

4
1
3
2

I'm kinda bitter about them using one of my all time favorite bourbons, which is very difficult to find to begin with, and made it all that much more popular and expensive, which was already pricey to begin with IF found in the wild. But I'll let it go, John.

 

[Gothamsknight]

4
3
1
2


Each film in this franchise is fantastic to me. I think Chapter 4 was the perfect culmination of everything, and yes I still think it's one of the best action films ever made.

 

[OnLeatherWings]

@OnLeatherWings dude, you continue to impress me with your dedication to your collecting. That is simply AMAZING.

Ha, thanks so much!

I'm very choosy with what I buy or else I'd end up with hordes of junk.

But this was the first time I actually decided to make the item myself. I think I'm mostly okay with the result.

 

[Luigi]

Let's switch things up and rank our favorite action sequences in the series:

1. Red Circle (JW)
2. Osaka (JW4)
3. Dragon's Breath (JW4)
4. Knife Shop (JW3)
5. Catacombs (JW2)

 

[OnLeatherWings]

Let's switch things up and rank our favorite action sequences in the series:

1. Red Circle (JW)
2. Osaka (JW4)
3. Dragon's Breath (JW4)
4. Knife Shop (JW3)
5. Catacombs (JW2)

These would be my Top 5, as well - maybe a different order, though.

 

[Gothamsknight]

1. Osaka (JW4)
2. Dragons Breath Shotgun (JW4)
3. Arc De Triomphe (JW4)
4. Knife Shop (JW3)
5. Red Circle (JW)
6. Stairs sequence (JW4)

Honorable mention:
Catacombs (JW2)
Wick vs Cassian on stairs (JW2)

 

[Iceman]

With John Wick: Chapter 4 - the John Wick series has ascended into my 'Top 5 'Film Series of All Time'.

1.) The Indiana Jones Series
2.) The Dark Knight Trilogy
3.) The Toy Story Series (Thought I've issues with #4)
4.) The John Wick Series
5.) The Godfather Trilogy

Each of the John Wick films - I can't rank them. I love them all. They're all at least 9/10's, for me. Though, I do think Chapter 4 is my favourite; that I can say. It's just stunning, satisfying emotionally, and just so well made.

The skill of this series and seeing the uptick in ability with each entry has been so satisfying.

It surprising to get a modern series improve with film number 4! The great series above still had to contend with slightly mixed or legit mixed entries like Crystal Skull, Toy Story 4 and ….Godfather 3.

 

[Iceman]

That's cool! Looks sturdy enough to kill a man with, heh.

I rewatched 4 the other day. Still enjoyable, still my least favourite. Feel like I've taken crazy pills with the overrwhelmingly positive reactions everywhere, but something just doesn't click with me. Maybe it's the writing change. My rankings:

3, 1, 2, 4

Even amongst very well received groups of films people prefer different things within that group that might not be the same as the majority and that’s cool. I know people who have ToD as their favourite Indy film and any of the 3 from Star Wars OT and LotR.

 

[-Arya-]

Well it went past 400M even with all the competition.

'John Wick: Chapter 4' Blasts Past the $400 Million Mark at Global Box Office

 

[squeekness]

And word yet on when this is out for digital purchase?

 

[Gothamsknight]

Well it went past 400M even with all the competition.

'John Wick: Chapter 4' Blasts Past the $400 Million Mark at Global Box Office

The power of the baba yaga

 

[Iceman]

Well it went past 400M even with all the competition.

'John Wick: Chapter 4' Blasts Past the $400 Million Mark at Global Box Office

Well deserved. Could probably have pulled in another $50m in a standard March.