The John Wick prequel series The Continental is a dour, poorly-lit, and oftentimes humorless slog that can't hold a candle to the movies that inspired it.
The puppy in ‘John Wick’ was never just a puppy, but ‘The Continental’ loses its way in trying to be about more than just a building. A review of Peacock’s new three-part event series about the origin of the assassin hotel from the ‘John Wick’ films.
Peacock’s John Wick prequel series The Continental out September 22nd would be a solid expansion of the franchise were it not for its questionable casting choices.
Starz EntertainmentThe original John Wick was a self-contained action classic, its plot as lean as its gun-fu combat was ferocious. Its tale demanded no sequel and yet three followed, each one providing even more thrillingly choreographed mayhem that helped offset the fact that its serialized narrative—and the assassin-underworld mythology upon which it was based—was convoluted and rather silly. It’s a series predicated on stylish brutality and the magnetism of its peerlessly cool headliner, Kea