The celebrated actor died last week, just before his final appearance in the action franchise hit theaters. He deserved better than what the installment gave him and his character.
) that it ably earns its 169 minutes. What it doesn’t do, however, is evenly spread the love.
Director Chad Stahelski obviously lavishes the majority of his attention on Reeves’ killer-of-few-words, and he also makes sure to provide standout moments for McShane, Bill Skarsgård , Hiroyuki Sanada , Scott Adkins , and, most of all, the legendary Donnie Yen . Even Laurence Fishburne, in his few on-screen appearances, gets to bellow with magisterial grandeur as the underground’s reigning Bowery King.Reddick, though, gets no such treatment.
“It has been an honor, my friend,” he tells his employer, and then expires on the floor—an unceremonious end that’s subsequently ignored throughout the remainder of the film’s gargantuan runtime.cast has paid sincere and stirring tribute to Reddick over the last promotional-tour week, and yet almost no mention has been made about the cavalier manner with which he was excised from the series.
Even if it did make narrative sense to permanently retire Charon, Reddick deserved a far better send-off than the one he receives in, which expends bare-minimum effort closing the books on one of its signature characters. Reddick’s legacy will endure thanks to the strength of his impressive body of work, especially on the small screen, where his stately, steely magnetism—colored with a sly sense of humor—was often best utilized.
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