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It’s fair to say that Keanu Reeves has cemented his place as one of the Hollywood greats.

John wick’s blood oath: the end of the baba yaga

Seeing his exploits in so many amazing blockbusters. From the matrix sequel, speed, Constantine, the devil’s advocate, the lake house, and my favorite franchise, JOHN WICK.

Chad Stahelkski’s franchise is one to look into if you haven’t. The movie sees a retired hitman John wick(Keanu Reeves) brought back to the life he left behind, after his puppy is killed by iosef Tarasov(Alfie Allen) a mafia boss son.

Thereupon just losing his wife a few days back to an undisclosed sickness, the dog was her parting gift to him.

Full of a rage and in a quest for revenge the retired hitman goes out in pursuit of those who robbed him.

What’s a good series without a sequel? 3 years after the premiere of chapter 1, The chapter 2 sees our formidable hitman open up with a desire for peace.

However he was shortly confronted with a pact from his past. He soon finds out that actions have consequences.

Chapter 3 ladies and gentlemen!

John wick parallum, just 2 years after the chapter 2. Chapter 3 sees john wick on the run as a bounty is placed on his head.

To stay alive he must face off notorious and deadly assassins. The chapter 3 sees the name Mr wick put to test!

The movie is action packed, filled with gun fights, hand-to-hand combat, car chase… It keeps getting better as it progresses.

The chapter 4

In multiple ways, John Wick: Chapter 4 feels like the big bang for Chad Stahelski.

Writers Shay Hatten, who is currently writing the Ballerina spin-off, and Michael Finch collaborated to birth a world-footing monument.

Coming from the chapter 3 when Mr wick is shot and falls from a building, looking beaten he looks to the Bowery king(laurence Fishburne) and says Yeah is one of the coolest adaptations of awesomeness.

John Wick: Chapter 4 is jam-packed with new faces, the likes of Clancy Brown who plays The Harbinger, Scott Adkins playing the Killa, the head of the German Table, and Natalia Tena as Katia.

Wick’s access back into the Ruska Roma crime conglomerate. Two names who leave a deep imprint early on are Shimazu(Hiroyuki Sanada), the manager of the Osaka Continental, and Akira (Rina Sawayama), his daughter and gatekeeper.

John Wick: Chapter 4 is the most multinational this franchise has ever been, and against all likelihood, doesn’t appear too congested, the locale goes from New York to the Sahara Desert to Osaka to Berlin to Paris and back again.

Each part gets its own breakout personalities and differentia, like Sanada and Sawayama giving off the vibe of Japanese swordsmanship and archery, while Wick himself takes throngs of counterfeits out with nothing but with pistols and a single nunchuck.

The Osaka set piece bleeds clear inspiration from Kurosawa and classic samurai cinema.

Meanwhile, the fact that John Wick’s ultimate freedom and retribution are finally to be decided by an old-time pistol duel couldn’t be more of a callback to Sergio Leone and the western(cowboy vibe).

Stahelski may pay tribute and pick a few notes from these timeless classes, but the final result is a combination unlike anything audiences have ever seen.

Through the movie we are reminded that this isn’t just a revenge story, it’s a story about love. Fight for those who are not longer here with us.

With these feelings running at their peak, with every major fight it seems like it could be John Wick’s last.

The obstacles he must face sequentially raise the stakes and every time Wick gets knocked to the floor, he runs lower on the forbearance and power to get back up.

With characters like Caine(Donnie Yen) and the Tracker give this installment a more unexpected rim than its former sequels in this regard.

Donnie Yen’s Caine is a character that drags the attention of the audience from the entire franchise, the actor not only gets some of the most inventive kills but also shines through with some laughable blunt wit.

The dynamic between Reeves and Yen brings a noticeable sense of tragedy, with Caine mirroring the choiceless assassin Wick could have been.

Let’s not forget Shamier Anderson’s charming Tracker and cute yet savage hound impact into the action, often all at the same time.

The franchise has been known to hold amazing choreography and in this case there’s no difference, all thanks to the VFX crew for making the impossible possible.

Cinematographer Dan Laustsen, in particular, has really outdone himself here.

The film is as neon-drenched and gorgeously framed as any John Wick fan would expect. Yet, the high saturation and creative lighting are used to bolster the action blueprint in more creative ways than you can imagine.

One sequence shot over the top as John Wick goes from room to room cutting down villians with dragon’s breath shotgun pellets is the perfect illustration of where camera angle and lighting work hand in hand to reach the next height of enjoyment.

Furthermore, Tyler Bates and Joel J. Richard sweetened it with a thrilling score, it’s hard to describe in relation of John Wick: Chapter 4 to its precursors by at least a mile.