Kinda feeling the diminishing returns on this one.
The power leveling increase of “how are they gonna top the bulletproof guys from the end of 3” answered with “very tall European guys in grey suits, but also the same bulletproof guys for a minute, but with Tengu masks.”
Like everyone else, I did cackle at the stair scene, and the Hotline Miami bit whipped.
Donnie Yen was great, though!
(Also rewatched 3 for the first time in a while before seeing 4 today, and forgot just how good and hammy Mark Dacascos was in that.)
Most fucked up thing about the movie that’s not really about the movie: someone in my theater took a little kid to see it? They showed a trailer for some Russell Crowe Exorcism movie and you could audibly hear the kid say “WHAT THAT MEAN” when the title card popped up. Didn’t hear a peep from the kid otherwise until (JWC4 spoiler) the dog pissed in the guy’s bullet headwound at the end and the kid cackled.
Maybe it’s a sign I’m getting old but, damn! Kind of a violent movie to take a kid to!