The final hour of “John Wick: Chapter 4” is basically only a very, very lengthy battle scene. Earlier than a fateful duel, John is chased by each single murderer in Paris (spoiler, there are a variety of them), beginning with a automotive chase that turns right into a shoot-out on the Arc de Triomphe roundabout — one of many busiest and most dangerous-looking roads in all of Paris. From there, the battle strikes to a video game-like constructing, persevering with up an infinite, Sisyphean staircase, earlier than lastly ending at dawn with an old style duel to the dying.

Like “Mad Max: Fury Street,” this prolonged motion sequence isn’t just about cool fights, however about telling a narrative by way of the punches. John Wick combating up a flight of stairs is cool, certain, but it surely additionally serves as a mini three-arc breakdown of John’s complete story, virtually making it to a spot of peace earlier than being knocked again down and having to battle heaven and earth. 

A solution to obtain that is to give the movie a mythological sense of iconography that helps spotlight the motion and make it extra memorable than only a bunch of men punching and kicking.