“John Wick: Chapter 4” is here. And it is blowing everybody away, as is evidenced by its bone-crunching, franchise-best $70 million+ opening weekend.
There’s a reason for its oversized success; in the fourth entry of the franchise that follows disaffected assassin John Wick (Keanu Reeves) as he traverses a vast network of underworld weirdos with mythological overtones, the movie takes on a grander, more elegant expanse. The sequel clocks in at close to three hours, without a moment wasted. John travels around the world, trying to clear his name and get out from under the High Table, the villainous governing body responsible for so much of his pain.