''John Wick 4' ... brings us to a more complex and elegant world where Wick wants to once and for all regain his freedom from the criminal underworld known as the High Table,' writes cinebeth.
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New on Wick's side are Shimazu and his daughter Akira . And then we get veteran Wick allies Winston and the Bowery King back .Rina Sawayama as Akira Shimazu and Hiroyuki Sanada as Shimazu are shown in an undated film still from"John Wick: Chapter 4." In this fourth outing, Stahelski focuses a lot on gunplay and I do miss the wild variety of action that we saw in the earlier film. But he does find ways to feature his"gun-fu" in a series of set pieces that will make your jaw drop in awe."Chapter 4" starts a bit slow but ramps up at the end in a particularly spectacular way. So the gunplay takes place during a car chase around the Arc de Triomphe or up the seemingly endless steps to Sacred Coeur.
But Stahelski does not focus his attention solely on the action. He gives the film a rich visual style that pays meticulous attention to production design, costuming, music, lighting, cinematography and editing. It is a film that feels well-crafted throughout even though some may dismiss it as just an"action film."
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