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The fact that Wick takes a licking and keeps on ticking no matter what happens to him also reduces the stakes to all of the ultraviolence; suspension of disbelief jumped the shark once Wick walked away from falling off the roof of the Continental in Chapter 3. Even the running times have expanded, growing from the relatively svelte 101 minutes of the original John Wick to a whopping 169 minutes for the latest installment John Wick: Chapter 4. The choreography of the fights, the shot compositions, the color palette are all absolutely beautiful to get high off of with your eyes. Its one of the best films of this year and its vision and craft should be rewarded by the Academy and Stahelski seriously considered for a Best Director nomination. They’re all brief featurettes that include interviews with cast and crew members like Keanu Reeves, Donnie Yen, Shamier Anderson, Ian McShane, Laurence Fishburne, Hiroyuki Sanada, Scott Adkins, Chad Stahelski, and Michael Finch.The Psychology of a Killer : Chad Stahelski explores the psychology of John Wick, a character who, despite four films, is still a mystery in many ways. He’s aided in that regard by a crack team of stuntpeople, as well as some fine supporting action stars like Scott Adkins (nearly unrecognizable in a fat suit accompanied by a ridiculous accent) and Donnie Yen (unimaginatively cast as yet another blind character in an American franchise film). Making A Killing (HD, 6:25) – Set design, layout and choreography to use the environment during the action is the focus of this one. For the week that ended on August 5th, Walt Disney Home Entertainment's Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. Fourth, the art card's are thin cardboard with the pictures on both sides instead of having 12 separate art cards.

John Wick Chapter 4 is a marvelous piece of action cinema and one of the most creatively ambitious and satisfying of the year. Yet all of that existed at the margins, giving a just a taste of what felt like a fully functional universe that continued to operate even when it was offscreen. The action this time is more sadistic than in previous installments, with more of an emphasis on the finishing moves than on the action itself. For the week that ended on July 29th, Sony Pictures Home Entertainment's Resident Evil: Death Island topped the Blu-ray-only chart in its debut.

The cast and stunt performers spent months perfecting and safely handling the action’s unprecedented scope and scale. For forty quid, this should have been the steelbook - NOT the standard case and the box should have been thicker. Packing a Punch (HD, 4:41) – We have a look at the practical stuntwork and using the environments with which to pull them off to look as natural as possible.

But that one single mark on his face is such a distraction, I legitimately thought it was actual cosmetic damage to the sleeve when I first saw it. engagement of surround channels, and then when things suddenly segue to the desert, the ambient environmental sounds once again grow. For more about John Wick: Chapter 4 4K and the John Wick: Chapter 4 4K Blu-ray release, see John Wick: Chapter 4 4K Blu-ray Review published by Jeffrey Kauffman on June 7, 2023 where this Blu-ray release scored 4. The Lionsgate Films 4K Ultra HD release of John Wick: Chapter 4 is a two-disc set that includes a Blu-ray with a 1080p copy of the film, as well as a Digital code on a paper insert tucked inside. John Wick: Chapter 4 proved one of the biggest blasts of “I friggin’ love movies” you could get in the first quarter of 2023.

The Blind Leading the Fight (HD, 9:18) – This featurette is all things Donnie Yen and his blind assassin he plays in the film. As John Wick is unwillingly pulled back into the life that he had desperately tried to leave, Kolstad supplied tantalizing glimpses of how that it operated. bit of the flavor of what the actual shoot was like courtesy of also included behind the scenes footage. One thing that’s beyond dispute, however, is that the UHDs for all of them make fantastic demo discs, and John Wick: Chapter 4 is no exception.