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Hola amigos, buenas vibras para todos.
**Hello friends, good vibes to all.

The John Wick saga is one of the most successful, popular and good movies that has given us over the years so it was expected that something like this mini-series would come out sooner rather than later. In his films we obviously got to know the character that partly lived in the famous Continental, but how much did we know about the hotel? - The truth is that very little to say nothing. The only thing that was understood is that it belonged to a kind of society that housed a series of assassins and which had some pretty strict rules as far as its operation is concerned.
Now The Continental tells us entirely about this hotel, a former manager in the hands of a great Mel Gibson and one of the most important characters in this saga, Winston Scott, the current manager and owner. Expecting something similar to the John Wick movies is something you should not do because they are totally different things, if it is true that there is a slight attempt to maintain the essence but the reality is that they are somewhat different productions, in addition, that in quality this mini series is a little inferior to the films of Chad Stahelski. So without further ado let's go and talk a little bit about this interesting story about the manager who met John Wick.
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As I said this mini series focuses on the youth of Winston Scott (Colin Woodell), his beginnings and links with this hotel. It is a plot that will show us all the path and journey that this character had to walk to get to the position we all know today. The point is that he did not intend to have anything to do with this world but certain traumas and ghosts of his past still haunt him and in a rather tragic way end up dragging him to the Continental. There and threatened by Cormac O'Connor (Mel Gibson), the manager at the time, he has no choice but to get involved in something he has not done but will indirectly have to pay for it.
From here Winston will not stay quiet and inevitably seek revenge and justice, that if I say why would be falling and spoiler so no, so it will seek to assemble a team or group of people with different skills to hunt down Cormac and bring down the redimen of terror that has in the Continental. Throughout the three chapters we will see a little bit of everything, we will see some good sequences of fights, a very graphic violence and according to the universe in which we are moving and there is also a little important drama which is necessary to understand certain decisions that we will see that are taken throughout the story.
If we are talking about the world of John Wick, obviously everything that has to do with blows, fights, weapons, hand-to-hand combat sequences and violence will be important. Personally I liked what I saw, in the atmosphere there is an excessive desire to kill that is fed as time goes by. Most of the actors knew how to move, some with more skills than others but in the end everything was very fluid, we see weapons of all kinds, deaths of all kinds, fighting style of all kinds; the truth is that in that sense everything was very successful. The blood as always very present being the main element in all the fights, that splatter everywhere very common here.
The story is another interesting thing because they don't only bother to show one story but several at the same time so that the series is not so empty and simple. We have Winston's one with his brother going back to his childhood which is the main engine of everything you see and also those of a couple more of that group which are interesting and eye-catching. Obviously this is pure action but as I said there is some important background drama, in the end I can sum it up as a story of family love, loyalty and outright revenge. Each episode lasts about an hour and a half, it's like watching three movies, but despite this I must tell you that you will not get bored, the plot is very dynamic because there is always something going on. It is entertainment at its best.
Cinematographically it is very well produced, ambience, the soundtrack is very top, it is what I enjoyed the most, in the end it is a good product. Let's talk about the characters. Mel Gibson is one of the best in the series, he is the typical villain with no blood in his veins, a combination of a totally sane person with another one with a considerable degree of dementia, I think Gibson plays these roles with a very high quality. I really enjoyed watching him perform. Charon (Ayomide Adegun) is the carbon copy of Lance Reddick, very well done as well. I want to highlight Lou (Jessica Allain), I do it because of the level of fighting skills she has, her scenes are very good, there is one inside a public phone booth that is top, I was very surprised by her. And finally there are a pair of murderers who are twins, some of the most disconcerting characters of the series, especially the man, it is uncomfortable to see his face.
I give it an 8/10, I feel it's a good spin-off of this whole world. It's obvious that it doesn't reach the John Wick films, not even the worst of the four, but it's a good attempt, there's a lot of action and that's appreciated, that they wanted to keep the original aura. Three chapters of an hour and a half each. It's a good option, I recommend it to everyone who ever enjoyed John Wick. I leave the trailer below and it is available on Prime Video.
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Bueno mi gente por hoy es todo, espero que les haya gustado. ¡Un abrazo a todos, nos vemos en la próxima!
***Well my people that's all for today, I hope you liked it. ¡A hug to everyone, see you next time!