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this post was submitted on 06 Jul 2023
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I liked the theatrical ending. It may have been somewhat ambiguous but it certainly felt like it was the end for John Wick, whether he died or that he was actually free now. I'm disappointed, but not surprised, that they're rolling out #5 just because #4 made money. I think it's time for John's story to end. Not to say that the world they built needs to end, I'm looking forward to the spin off shows. I personally find it a little tiring to have each film set up the antagonist as the best-of-the-best/top-of-the-top for John to overcome (which is why it's so satisfying when he does) only for the goalposts to move and reveal an even bigger/better villain in the next movie.
I think more than new villains every movie I'm upset at how little the story moved in john wick 3, 4. It felt like we're constantly in a side-quest that gets more ridiculous and side-questy every movie.
"You must kill that guy to have access to the guy on the table but to do that you must get rid of your emblem from the family but to kill that guy you must get the emblem back from your family but to do this you must kill this guy from under the table and only then will you kill the guy on top of the table but this will change nothing because there's a table on top of the table and you will not reach that unless you kill-"
Like, yeah, I get it's a massive criminal organization but it would be nice to, y'know, have a real story.