John Wick: Chapter 4

Even by the standards of the past Wick outings, this is remarkable.

John Wick has lost his mojo. The aspect of this franchise that made it compulsively watchable for the first two installments has degraded during the last two.

Even as the world around Wick expands, and the death count spikes exponentially, Chapter 4 remembers well that the body keeps the score&#59; Reeves makes the weariness of this long-anguished assassin more palpable than ever.

By that point, even the filmmakers seem to be acknowledging that we’re in live-action, blood-soaked cartoon territory, and John Wick has become something of a superhero...

You would think that by John Wick 4 the franchise would be tired and out of tricks—and you would be dead wrong.

The individual fight scenes go on for way too long until they become numbing... [But] it's a lot of fun here and there.

Perhaps the best chapter in the entire franchise, blending numerous influences to bring about something surprising and special.

The best of the series. Just when you think Keane Reeves and company can't surpass what they've already done, they go right ahead and do it. [Full review in Spanish]

...benefits hugely from the addition of martial-arts master Donnie Yen.

Tension builds throughout, but some of the chases and antics get so outrageous, they are obviously staged to garner laughs. Yes, a lot of it is cartoonish, but super slick entertainment.