A loony supersized installment offers monosyllabic Keanu and maximum kills.

But is it his last stand?

They should have left the damn puppy alone.

Keanu Reeves as John Wick in John Wick: Chapter 4

Keanu Reeves as John Wick.Murray Close/Lionsgate

But wounds heal, and villains reappear.

The Marquis wants John dead again (does it really matter why?

(That it also becomes incidental slapstick feels like a bonus, intentional or not.)

Keanu Reeves as John Wick in John Wick: Chapter 4

Keanu Reeves in ‘John Wick: Chapter 4.'.Murray Close/Lionsgate

(“I’m going.

Them all.")

Like James Bond, John Wick may eventually transcend the idea of just one man.

But it wouldn’t be quite the same without him.Grade: B

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