Started watching JW 4 this evening.

Newer, longer trailer for the movie....

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That certainly looks like John Wick is NOT dead. Which makes me happy because I love that franchise.

What is the timing relative to JW4?

Brilliant, you seem to have cracked this riddle! According to the intrawebs the Ballerina movie takes place between John Wick 3 and 4, when John is still officially alive. Though maybe we should apply air quotes because this link also says that John Wick 5 is in development.

https://www.distractify.com/p/is-ballerina-a-prequel-john-wick

What's super weird is that they call JW "Baba Yaga" which in mythology/fairy tales, is a female character.

So how they turned a scary old woman into "boogey man" I'll never know.

Knees can get better with time.

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Saw Ballerina today....if you like the previous JW movies, go see it.
Mega body count....are there that many bad guys in this world?? No spoiler here...but my favorite part was when Eve stuffed a hand grenade in the mouth of a bad guy and pulled the pin before shoving him in a walk-in safe.:D

Tons of great action scenes involving a few guns and a lot of other stuff.

I've seen that move before, sans safe. Sounds awesome!