“The Continental: From the World of John Wick” Review

The Continental: From the World of John Wick: Created by Greg Coolidge, Shawn Simmons, Kirk Ward. With Mel Gibson, Colin Woodell, Mishel Prada, Hubert Point-Du Jour. Set in 1970s New York City, The Continental explores the origin of the iconic hotel-for-assassins centerpiece of the John Wick universe seen through the eyes and action of a young Winston Scott.

Overladen with CGI sets, CGI action, and CGI weapons, this series is set in an uninteresting time period and featured characters that I just didn’t find interesting at all. I know that the Wick franchise relies heavily on CGI elements, particularly the gun play, but there was something off about the way it was done here that made it all too obvious and easily took me out of the flow of the movie every time I noticed it.

I originally tried to watch this back when it first came out in September, but was unable to stomach the 5 minute ad preroll that I was faced with on Peacock. It’s not as terrible currently here in December of 2023, but again, it took me completely out of the experience to get modern pizza and soda commercials.

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