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    'The Continental' review: A serviceable prequel to the 'John Wick' franchise

    by Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times Sep 21, 2023 3 minutes
    Colin Woodell as Winston Scott in“ The Continental: From the World of John Wick,” premiering Friday on Peacock.

    I made myself familiar with the John Wick movies in the course of writing an appreciation of the late Lance Reddick, who played Charon, the concierge at an exclusive New York hotel — part of a chain, but what isn't anymore? — reserved for assassins. The Continental's main attraction, besides the usual amenities available at places only rich people can afford to stay, is that none of the killers are allowed to murder anyone while on the premises. So everybody can chill.

    Of course, things don't always go to plan,

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