• In Chad Stahelski's "John Wick: Chapter 4," Keanu Reeves pushes the boundaries of action cinema even further.
  • He faces a martial arts master played by Donnie Yen.
  • Iconic Parisian places are transformed into spectacular battlefields.

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. "We never thought we'd get this far," Keanu Reeves told 20 Minutes. Maybe it's because the audience thinks John Wick is cool. The latter seeks again to save his skin especially against a poisonous villain played by Bill Skarsgård.

Cool, the hero, as indestructible as he is drawn to the four pins, is all the time: whether he talks about his love for his deceased wife or decimates so many villains that it is impossible to make a count. "This multiplicity of victims erases the violence of the ensemble," insists Chad Stahelski, especially since the fights are orchestrated like ballets." Enough to leave the audience speechless in front of a virtuoso action festival.

A hecatomb like a ballet

It is impossible to take seriously this hecatomb of anonymous bodies that John Wick sows around him. Lovers of beautiful martial arts fights are at the party in front of sublime choreographies that allow Keanu Reeves to face a master of kung fu: Donnie Yen. "Our constant concern is to always give more to the fans who love spectacular confrontations," says Keanu Reeves. Donnie's presence was a good way to turbo the film. The two actors, who flirt with their sixties, defy the laws of gravity during aerial face-to-faces. "The idea is to make it look like I'm still capable of incredible physical prowess," laughs Keanu Reeves. The reality is less glorious but Chad's staging gives the change. »

We want to shout "again!"

Stunt specialist, Chad Stahelski has adopted Paris as a (re)creation court for hallucinating sequences that it would be a shame to disclose but that will make some cult places of the City of Light see another eye. "In fact, we shot much more in Berlin than in Paris," insists the filmmaker. The John Wick saga is often a question of illusion, almost magic. Like 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 before all makes him unique and timeless," says the filmmaker.

If the duo refuses to decide on a sequel, we already know that a spin-off series The Continental, is planned on Amazon Prime. "John Wick is one of heroes whose popularity surpasses their creators," says Keanu Reeves. This fourth opus mourned by the sudden death of Lance Reddick (aka Charon in the saga) this Friday, makes you want to shout "again" like children in front of a brilliantly thought out show, pure entertainment and assumed as such.

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