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Keanu Reeves, Chad Stahelski, Infinity Pool, The Beasts & John Wick: Chapter 4

Kermode & Mayo’s Take

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John Wick: The Assassin

The film is big in terms of its scope, body count and choreography. It has underlying existential themes that you would have in a samurai film or a kuzafil. Donnie Yen's character is kind of a riff on those Attuichi Blind swordsman characters. There is a lot of physicality to the action, and we've talked before about fighting in these movies being like dance.

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