Oliver Stone is addressing the “John Wick” franchise as an Army veteran.The “Born on the Fourth of July” Oscar winner told Variety while receiving a Lifetime Achievement Award at the Transilvania Film Festival that “John Wick: Chapter 4” is an example of films becoming more like shoot ’em up video games.“I saw ‘John Wick 4’ on the plane.
Talk about volume.
I think the film is disgusting beyond belief.
Disgusting,” Stone said.
“I don’t know what people are thinking.
Maybe I was watching ‘G.I.
Joe’ when I was a kid.
But [Keanu Reeves] kills, what, three, four hundred people in the fucking movie.
And as a combat veteran, I’ve got to tell you, not one of them is believable.
I realize it’s a movie, but it’s become a video game more than a movie.”Stone added, “It’s lost touch with reality.
The audience perhaps likes the video game.
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