Saint John when he should be John Wick
I was super hyped going into this drama. Unbridled justice with a side of controversy? Dope. Asian John Cena dishing out almost superhero levels of pain? Hell yeah. Put it in a school setting like Weak Hero Class or Study Group? You sonovabitch, I'm in!
And don't get me wrong, it was a hell of a ride. It definitely delivers in all those areas and then some. I think the issue is the contradictory messaging between the bulk of the kickassness and the end. Like... you spent 99% of the whole drama bypassing the constraints of the law while justice was out of reach. Filling whole emergency rooms with sieges of cathartic wrath. Then suddenly, at the end, you become Saint John? Where was your benevolence when you were hospitalizing the others? When you were turning the avenging up to 11 only to turn the dial all the way off at the climax. I get what they were going for, but the antagonist did way too much, only to get not even a fraction of the "justice" the other offenders received.
Imagine if John Wick, after all the wreckage and carnage, just lets off the guy who killed his dog. Or a soccer player about to score the winning goal, but he just picks up his ball and goes home. What an unsatisfying let-down.
But with all that said, I hope there is a season 2. Not just for all the badassery but also for a chance of a more fulfilling ending.
And don't get me wrong, it was a hell of a ride. It definitely delivers in all those areas and then some. I think the issue is the contradictory messaging between the bulk of the kickassness and the end. Like... you spent 99% of the whole drama bypassing the constraints of the law while justice was out of reach. Filling whole emergency rooms with sieges of cathartic wrath. Then suddenly, at the end, you become Saint John? Where was your benevolence when you were hospitalizing the others? When you were turning the avenging up to 11 only to turn the dial all the way off at the climax. I get what they were going for, but the antagonist did way too much, only to get not even a fraction of the "justice" the other offenders received.
Imagine if John Wick, after all the wreckage and carnage, just lets off the guy who killed his dog. Or a soccer player about to score the winning goal, but he just picks up his ball and goes home. What an unsatisfying let-down.
But with all that said, I hope there is a season 2. Not just for all the badassery but also for a chance of a more fulfilling ending.
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