Editor’s Note: The following contains spoilers for John Wick Chapter 4.The John Wick cast has always been replete with spectacular character actors, but the pairing of John Wick: Chapter 4 and Donnie Yen is serendipitous.
A martial arts legend in an American franchise built upon its reverence for Asian filmography, and he’s Chapter 4’s top-billed actor after Keanu Reeves? Yes, please.
The material he’s afforded is three-dimensional, his performance packed with equal measures of grit and heart; it’s almost more than fans deserve.
As one of Chinese-language cinema’s most influential and enduring stars since the 1990s, it’s certainly the Hollywood respect an artist of Yen’s monumental caliber deserves — and he provides the performance to back it up.
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