Oscar-winning filmmaker-turned-in-flight-movie-criticOliver Stonehas a bone to pick withJohn Wick: Chapter 4.
ThePlatoondirector flew to Romania to receive a Lifetime Achievement Award at the Transilvania Film Festival.
During his flight, he watched the latestKeanu Reeveskill fest and he was not impressed.
Oliver Stone; Keanu Reeves in ‘John Wick 4’.Andreas Rentz/Getty Images; Murray Close/Lionsgate
“I sawJohn Wick 4on the plane.
I think the film is disgusting beyond belief.
I don’t know what people are thinking,” Stone toldVariety.
“Maybe I was watchingG.I.
Joewhen I was a kid.
But [Keanu Reeves] kills, what, three, four hundred people in the fucking movie.
And as a combat veteran, I gotta 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.”
“I never had experienced the level of animosity and aggression or disdain from journalists.
They were so so mad at us!
Like, we were at fault!
“Natural Born Killers' starJuliette LewistoldEW in 2019of the backlash.
But Stone’s issues withJohn Wickseem to derive not from the violence, but the lack ofrealismin the violence.
“It’s lost touch with reality.
The audience perhaps likes the video game.
But I get bored by it,” he continued.
“How many cars can crash?
How many stunts can you do?
What’s the difference betweenFast and Furiousand some other film?
It’s just one thing after another.
It’s not believable.”
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