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The Importance of Humor in John Wick Movies

The Buster Keaton qualities of the John Wick movies are very evident in this movie. This film opens with Ethan getting quote-unquote some food delivery in like a palace somewhere. And there's a lot of Maverick in it. But it's this very serious and a little bit funny, but I don't know whether Cruz is playing it funny. It's funny. Like here is the one good man imparting all the only morals that matter to the world at large. And he steps out of the shadows and it's like, here I am.

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