On this week’s episode I’m thrilled to be rejoined by Brandon Struessnig and Bilge Ebiri, who spearhead Vulture’s annual Stunt Awards. We talked about the year’s big winner, John Wick Chapter 4, how folks kind of have to decide for themselves how much CGI is too much CGI when determining what counts as practical and what counts as digital, and compiling the 100 most influential fight scenes of all time. Some important links for you:
The winners of the 2024 stunt awards;
Brandon’s tribute to Henry Kingi;
The 100 most influential fights in action cinema;
And a preview of The Fall Guy.
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Are you aware the last two Bulwark Goes to Hollywood have not been posted to Apple podcast?
Huh. Let me check on that. That's odd.
Oh ... that's weird. They're both scheduled for the wrong day. Like, a month ahead. Hold on, should be posting momentarily.
I see them as posted now. Is there a more efficient way to let you know about technical glitches in the future?
Honestly this is probably the fastest way, haha. I get alerts about comments right away but replying to the email that accompanies the pod goes to some general account I don’t have access to.
John Wick 4 is up there with the very worst films I’ve ever seen. The entire film was full of some of the stupidest shit I’ve ever seen in an action film ; the nearly endless effort Wick had to maintain to make it up those stairs at the end was so ridiculous my girlfriend and I just wished he’d hurry up and die already. We bailed on the film altogether before he reached the top, assuming he made it.