{"id":122976,"date":"2023-12-23T13:39:54","date_gmt":"2023-12-23T18:39:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=122976"},"modified":"2023-12-23T13:40:19","modified_gmt":"2023-12-23T18:40:19","slug":"ringside-report-movie-review-john-wick","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=122976","title":{"rendered":"Ringside Report Movie Review: John Wick"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-1545664804358300\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block; text-align: center;\" data-ad-layout=\"in-article\" data-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1545664804358300\" data-ad-slot=\"8616314829\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=122976\" rel=\"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=122976\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-122977 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/download-18-300x180.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"180\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/download-18-300x180.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/download-18.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>By Janet Grace <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>After reading reviews about the John Wick Franchise movies, which began in 2014, I decided to gather all four flicks from several sources and spent a day watching them in succession.<\/p>\n<p>They&#8217;re good, indeed, very good, having won critical acclaim. If you&#8217;re one for non-stop action, drama, good guys v bad guys and a one person army nicknamed \u201cThe Baba Yaga\u201d, the legend amongst legends, who killed three goons with a pencil, this is for you. That&#8217;s it. That&#8217;s the review. Go see them. All of them.<\/p>\n<p>Each film was equally as good as the last. It&#8217;s a very engaging story. By the fourth installment, Keanu Reeves dominates this character with muscle memory. <!--more--><\/p>\n<p>As he did in The Matrix, Reeves has the gift of enveloping us into the story deeply. We&#8217;re at the edge of our seats wanting more of his one shot justice against the ugliest villains ever.<\/p>\n<p>Reeves plays John Wick, a professional sharp shooting hitman who comes out of retirement to lay waste to the person who stole his car and killed his puppy, a gift from his late wife. The problem is that the killer is \u201cfamily\u201d and supposedly off-limits. John Wick begs to differ.<\/p>\n<p>No animals were harmed in the making of the film, fyi, but the thought alone was enough for any of we animal lovers to don his cape and cap a sucker.<\/p>\n<p>Like Chaka sang: \u201cOnce you get Started\u201d, it is hard to stop and just like that, JW is out there killing all the bad guys at the drop of a dime, with those same mad skills he displayed in Matrix.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m not one for spoilers and there&#8217;re certainly tons more to disclose given that the original faux-pas created a chain of events that keeps you couch locked better than a Tier One Indica blunt, but I won&#8217;t be spoiling your surprises. Trust and believe.<\/p>\n<p>The fifth Installment of this franchise has already begun filming and JW fans can\u2019t wait.<\/p>\n<p>This block buster film has sparked spin-off series\u2019, games, soundtracks, dolls, lunchboxes and the wins just keep on coming. Reeves has stated that he will continue with the series as long as they are profitable.<\/p>\n<p>Ladies, Gents, Others, I believe JW movies and its spins will be around for a quite some time. Toi, qui dis?<\/p>\n<p>Written by Derek Kolstad<br \/>\nExecutive Producers Darren Blumenthal and Sam X. Eyde<br \/>\nDirected by Chad Stahelski and David Leitch.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Cast<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Keanu Reeves as John Wick.<br \/>\nMichael Nyqvist as Viggo Tarasov<br \/>\nAlfie Allen as Ioseph Tarasov<br \/>\nWillem Dafoe as Marcus<br \/>\nDean Winters as Avi<br \/>\nAdrianne Palicki as Ms. Perkins<br \/>\nOmer Barnea as Gregori<br \/>\nBridget Moynahan as Helen<br \/>\nJohn Leguizamo as Aurelio<br \/>\nIan McShane as Winston<br \/>\nLance Reddick as The Continental Hotel\u2019s Manager<\/p>\n<p>IMDb rated this a 7.4\/10.<\/p>\n<p>Rotten Tomatoes gave it an 86%.<\/p>\n<p><em>I give it an 86% as well, given it kept me in my seat for the entire duration. I didn&#8217;t eat all that popcorn, did I?<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Till the next one, thanks for this opportunity. Stay happy, friends.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><strong><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #808000;\"><a style=\"color: #808000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.authorhouse.com\/en\/bookstore\/bookdetails\/232300-BOXING-INTERVIEWS-OF-A-LIFETIME\">Click Here to Order Boxing Interviews Of A Lifetime By &#8220;Bad&#8221; Brad Berkwitt<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Janet Grace After reading reviews about the John Wick Franchise movies, which began in 2014, I decided to gather all four flicks from several sources and spent a day watching them in succession. They&#8217;re good, indeed, very good, having won critical acclaim. 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