'John Wick: Chapter 4' movie review

>>> RYAN: RYAN: A LIVE LOOK OUTSIDE. IT IS FRIDAY. TIME TO TALK MOVIES WITH OUR FRIEND AND FILM CRITIC, MR. RICHARD ROEPER. HAPPY FRIDAY. RICHARD: HAPPY TO BE HERE, AS ALWAYS, MY FRIEND. RYAN: HE ANNA REEVES IS BACK AS THE LEGENDARY HITMAN. HE WAS A LOOK AT JOHN WAKE CHAPTER FOUR. >> >> 42 REGULAR, WASN’T IT? >> YEAH. >> AND SO IT BEGINS. ♪ >> I CHALLENGE YOU TO SINGLE COMBAT. >> AMEN. RYAN: THE FOURTH INSTALLMENT OF THIS. RICHARD: I’VE GOT TO SAY, IT IS A GORGEOUS LOOKING FILM AND THE FIGHT SCENES ARE AMAZING, BUT

IT IS TWO HOURS AND 15 MINUTES LONG. IT GOES ON FOREVER. YOU GET TO THE POINT WHERE THERE IS A GREAT 90 MINUTE MOVIE INSIDE THIS MOVIE. WAIT TOO LONG, BUT IF YOU LOVE JOHN WAKE IT IS ALL ACTION. HE HAS LIKE, SEVEN LINES. “I’M GOING TO KILL THEM ALL,” AND THEN HE KILLS THEM ALL. RYAN: HE’S LIKE TOM CRUISE, THOUGH. HE IS STILL DOING INCREDIBLE STUBS. RICHARD: HIS FORMER BODY DOUBLE IS THE DIRECTOR OF THESE FILMS, SO HE LEARNS FIRST-HAND ALL OF THOSE QUALIFIED MOVES. VAL: MORGAN FREEMAN AND FLORENCE PUGH COSTAR IN THIS DRAMA,

WHERE THEY HAVE TO COME TO TERMS WITH THE LOSS OF A FAMILY MEMBER AND. THIS IS “A GOOD PERSON. >> FOR THE MODEL TRAIN ENTHUSIAST, WE LORD OVER A WORLD WHERE THE

NEIGHBORS ARE ALWAYS KIND, THE LOVERS ALWAYS END UP TOGETHER. >> EVERY MEMORY I CHAIRS HAS YOU IN IT. >> AND THE TRAINS ALWAYS TAKE YOU TO THE FAR OFF PLACES YOU ALWAYS SWORE YOU WOULD GO. IN LIFE, OF COURSE, NOTHING IS NEARLY AS NEAT AND TIDY. VAL: IS THAT A SPEND OR SAVE? RICHARD: A BAD MOVIE, SO THIS IS ACTUALLY A SAFE. LISTEN, THE

CAST IS GREAT, AND WE HAVE SEEN GREAT FILMS COME OUT OF TRAGIC CIRCUMSTANCES. IT STARTS WITH A CAR ACCIDENT, AND WITH A FUNERAL, AND THOSE ARE SOME OF THE LIGHTER MOMENTS IN THIS MOVIE. IT IS NOT BELIEVABLE, THE RELATIONSHIPS THAT ARE FORGED IN THIS FILM. YOU DO NOT BELIEVE THESE PEOPLE WOULD BE HAVING THE KIND OF COMMUNICATIONS THEY HAVE. IT ALWAYS GOES DOWN TO THE WRITING, AND UNFORTUNATELY — THE WRITER/DIRECTOR IS ZACH BRAFF, WHO HAS DONE OTHER GOOD THINGS, BUT IT IS A NOT — BUT IT IS NOT A MOVIE THAT HAS EVER — SHOULD

NEVER HAVE BEEN MADE. RYAN: I THOUGHT THIS MIGHT BE GOOD. I JUST BINGED WATCH THIS ONE. WACO: AMERICAN APOCALYPSE. IT SHOWS NEVER BEFORE SEEN FOOTAGE OF THE 51-DAY STANDOFF IN 1993 IN WACO, TEXAS, LED BY BRANCH DAVIDIAN LEADER DAVID KARESH. IS THIS A SPEND OR SAVE? RICHARD: IT IS SPENT. IT IS THE ANNIVERSARY OF THIS SIEGE, AND THE FOOTAGE IS AMAZING. THERE IS A LOT OF NEWS FOOTAGE THAT HAD NEVER BEEN SHOWN BECAUSE IT WAS TOO INTENSE. ARCHIVAL STUFF AND ALSO COMPUTER RECREATIONS OF THINGS. HUGE MISTAKES WERE MADE ON ALL SIDES. LAW ENFORCEMENT, AND CERTAINLY

DAVID KARESH. SOME PEOPLE TRY TO TURN HIM INTO SOME SORT OF HERO. HE WAS A MONSTER. HE IS THE ONE ULTIMATELY RESPONSIBLE FOR THE DEATHS OF EVERYBODY INSIDE THE COMPOUND. RYAN: YOU WILL NOT BE ABLE TO TURN IT OFF. VAL: YOU DIDN’T TELL ME TO WATCH IT. I WILL PUT THAT ON THE LIST. FINALLY, THE DRAMA SERIES “YELLOWJACKETS” IS BACK FOR SEASON TWO. IS THIS WORTH WATCHING? RICHARD: IT IS A SPEND. YOU HAVE TO WATCH SEASON ONE. STUFF HAPPENS IN SEASON TWO WERE LIKE, WHAT IS GOING ON? THE GREAT NEWS IS, IT IS JUST AS

GOOD IN SEASON TWO. THIS IS ON A FIVE-SEASON ART. A KIND OF REMINDS ME OF “LOST,” THE ABCS SERIES FROM THE 2000S WHERE YOU ARE LIKE, HOW IS THIS EVER GOING TO BE RESOLVE

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