John Wick: Chapter 4
Lionsgate | Release Date: March 24, 2023 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
78
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 58 Critic Reviews
Positive:
51
Mixed:
7
Negative:
0
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Critic Reviews

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60
CNNBrian LowryMar 23, 2023
A more-is-less epic that showcases the dazzling stunt work for which the franchise is known while piling on the action to near-exhausting extremes. Read full review
60
EmpireAlex GodfreyMar 14, 2023
If you’re not up for a film that’s nearly three hours of wall-to-wall fighting, this chapter might get on your wick. That fighting, though, is a bone-crunching, butt-clenching masterclass. Read full review
60
Time OutOlly RichardsMar 14, 2023
It’s almost churlish to complain that some of the carnage is too basically carnage-y, but at 169 minutes there’s a lot of it to sit through. That running time might test the casual fan, but for Wick devotees this character’s battle through assassin hell will be close to action-movie heaven. Read full review
60
Screen DailyTim GriersonMar 13, 2023
Whether it’s Skarsgard’s cartoonish villain or the director’s showy nods to Lawrence Of Arabia and Sergio Leone, Chapter 4 plays dress-up rather than feeling like a legitimately rich, involving epic. Read full review
58
ConsequenceGregory LawrenceMar 13, 2023
Watching John Wick: Chapter 4 sometimes felt like watching an above-average assembly cut. At an unwieldy two hours and 49 minutes, your eye will immediately be drawn to what cuts through the noise — and there are plenty of these moments. But “moments” does not a well-told “movie” make. Read full review
50
Slant MagazineDerek SmithMar 13, 2023
In the gradual development and expansion of the Wickaverse, the filmmakers seem to have lost the thread of what makes the first and, at times, second film in the series work so well. Read full review
40
The GuardianCharles BramescoMar 13, 2023
Those who appreciated the original for its brutal, sinewy agility have another thing coming: a lumbering, stultifying gargantua of a film willing to kill everything except its darlings. Read full review
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