The Continental: From The World of John Wick
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And, sometimes, a hard-won peace in a universe that feels uncaring, even hostile to our pain.
Winston Scott meets Mazie, the Bowery Queen, at the abandoned bank he bought for her.
An alliance with Mazie is made by telling your story, and Winstons gesture is no miscalculation.
Banks have always made it their business to break the poor, he says.
Even an empty one like this sits as a symbol, casting a shadow over the less fortunate.
An alternate universe where you’re able to truly disappear into your drip?
Who says this isnt aJohn Wickjoint?
Mazies keen on the deal.
Its an alliance of equal power and equal assurances.
In theWorld of John Wick, its those at the High Table who wield the hands of fate.
She had a brother, too, one shecouldntprotect.
Lou doesnt bite, but she eventually leads KD to Winston.
And he gets his ass kicked again when he tells KD he was following her around.
Hansel prevails, gets a non-lethal K.O.
As for the rest of our band of misfits, everyones in place for the Grand Reopening.
That leaves Winston and Charon nestled in Cormacs clutches and ready for the first strike.
Ah, the sirens calling, Cormac says.
Its all proverbial mustache twirls and snarls from here on out with this guy.
and bang bang, two clean headshots, and the goons are down.
Cormac escapes into the walls like the bloated rat that he is.
Yens on the vengeance track.
Hieronymus Burton killed the family that built this place, the Orphan Master tells Lou in their final stand-off.
He was allowed to by the powers that be as long as he continued to work for them.
Nothing is holding this kung fu Queen back from the main ass-kicking event now.
Colorful assassins of all kinds are emerging from their hotel rooms to collect.
(Shout out to the guy snorting a mound of coke off the edge of his machete).
His axe ultimately wins out over her paper cutter blade-turned-katana.
Too bad nobodys getting in there, not this night anyway.
Say, where is our merry band heading into the final round?
Down in the speakeasy, weve got Miles pinned down by Hansel and some other goons.
Vengeance achieved and no worse for wear.
Its real better to rule over ashes throw in stuff.
Thats how I make a soldier.
Its all KD needs to hear as she sneaks up on the scene to shoot Cormac in the chest.
Her vengeance satisfied, she leaves Winston with a steely be seein ya and slow-mo swaggers into the darkness.
Nice job, taking the Continental, the Adjudicator admits.
But it wasnt Winstons to take.
Nevertheless, hes got the leverage to keep it.
And the rules of this game have never been clearer.
Winston knows the bold moves hes got to make if he wants to register with the High Table.
Stepping ever-so-smoothly off Continental grounds, he fires a round through the Adjudicators skull.
Its not the hotel.
Its whats inside that counts.
The returns inevitably diminish on that front.
Still, the track list was a well-selected one overall.
Im surprised this show hasnt landed with more Wick fans.
Again, minus the more frequent cutting in action scenes, everything hits that unmistakable Wick register.
I certainly wouldnt say no to a follow-up season.
Alas, it seems fate has other plans for The World of John Wick.
The lukewarm-at-best reception to this thing bodes ill for any futureWickverse TV projects.
