More friends than these two, it’s hard to imagine. John Wick: Chapter 4 reunites star Keanu Reeves and director Chad Stahelski, accomplices since the first part of the adventures of the killer in 2014. 20 minutes. Maybe it’s because the public finds John Wick cool. “The latter is again trying to save his skin, especially against a poisonous villain played by Bill Skarsgård.
Cool, the hero, as indestructible as he is dressed to the nines, is so all the time: whether he talks about his love for his deceased wife or decimates so many bad guys that it is impossible to count them. “This multiplicity of victims erases the violence of the whole, insists Chad Stahelski and this all the more so since the fights are orchestrated like ballets. What leave the public speechless in front of a festival of virtuoso action.
A carnage like a ballet
It is impossible to take seriously this hecatomb of anonymous bodies that John Wick sows around him. Lovers of very beautiful martial arts fights are at the party in front of sublime choreographies which notably allow Keanu Reeves to face a master of kung-fu: Donnie Yen. “Our constant concern is to be able to always give more to the fans who love spectacular clashes, recognizes Keanu Reeves. Donnie’s presence was a great way to boost the film. The two actors, who are flirting with their sixties, defy the laws of gravity during aerial face-to-face encounters. “The idea is to make people believe that I am still capable of incredible physical prowess, laughs Keanu Reeves. The reality is less glorious but the staging of Chad gives the change. »
We want to shout “again!” »
A specialist in stunts, Chad Stahelski has adopted Paris as a court of (re)creation for mind-blowing sequences that it would be a shame to divulge but which will show certain cult places in the City of Light in a different light. “In fact, we shot a lot more in Berlin than in Paris,” insists the filmmaker. The John Wick saga is often about illusion, almost magic. Like that of seeing, the hero always gets up for our greatest happiness. “He has the honorable side of the samurai as we imagine him in popular culture, this impression that he is immutable and that his code of honor comes first makes him unique and timeless”, specifies the filmmaker.
If the duo refuses to decide on a sequel, we already know that a spin-off series The Continental, is scheduled for Amazon Prime. “John Wick is the stuff of heroes whose popularity exceeds their creators,” recognizes Keanu Reeves. This fourth opus bereaved by the sudden death of Lance Reddick (aka Charon in the saga) this Friday, makes you want to scream “again” like children in front of a brilliantly thought out show, pure entertainment and assumed as such.