John Ralston’s Typical Vibe
Signature vibe

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John Ralston has 7 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 2010s through the 2020s. 1 ranks in the Top 10%, led by Ready or Not.
Recurring themes

Wyrmwood: Road of the Dead
2014
Horror · Action

John Wick
2014
Action · Thriller

Stretch
2014
Action · Comedy

American Ultra
2015
Action · Comedy

Death Race 2
2010
Action · Thriller

Death Race: Inferno
2013
Action · Science Fiction

John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum
2019
Action · Thriller

From Paris with Love
2010
Action · Crime

A young bride's wedding night turns into her worst nightmare when her ridiculously rich in-laws force her to play a gruesome game of hide-and-seek.
Dir. Matt Bettinelli-Olpin, Tyler Gillett · With Samara Weaving, Adam Brody, Mark O'Brien

While staying at an isolated island resort, James and Em are enjoying a perfect vacation of pristine beaches, exceptional staff, and soaking up the sun. But guided by the seductive and mysterious Gabi, they venture outside the resort grounds and find themselves in a culture filled with violence, hedonism, and untold horror. A tragic accident leaves them facing a zero tolerance policy for crime: either you'll be executed, or, if you’re rich enough to afford it, you can watch yourself die instead.
Dir. Brandon Cronenberg · With Alexander Skarsgård, Mia Goth, Cleopatra Coleman

Elena Micheals thought she left the world of supernatural behind when she left Stonehaven behind 'for good this time' she thought. Until the night she got the mysterious call from her pack leader asking her to come back. So now she is heading back, leaving her life as a normal photographer in Toronto for the moment to re-enter the world of werewolves, rules about protect the pack and a man she has spent years trying to get out of her system. Oh and did she mention she was the only living female werewolf in existence?
Dir. Daegan Fryklind · With Laura Vandervoort, Greyston Holt, Greg Bryk
Ethan is suffering enormous guilt after his parents are killed in a car accident. He quits a promising future at MIT and work on a revolutionary experiment in order to care for his younger siblings.
Dir. Anthony Scott Burns · With Thomas Mann, Nicola Peltz, Kate Moyer
In China to donate his kidney to his dying niece, former black-ops agent Deacon awakes the day before the operation to find he is the latest victim of organ theft. Stitched up and pissed-off, Deacon descends from his opulent hotel in search of his stolen kidney and carves a blood-soaked path through the darkest corners of the city. The clock is ticking for his niece and with each step he loses blood.
Dir. Ernie Barbarash · With Jean-Claude Van Damme, John Ralston, Aki Aleong

Based on the extraordinary true story of the European city’s 1973 bank heist and hostage crisis that was documented in the 1974 New Yorker article “The Bank Drama” by Daniel Lang. The events grasped the world’s attention when the hostages bonded with their captors and turned against the authorities, giving rise to the psychological phenomenon known as “Stockholm Syndrome.”
Dir. Robert Budreau · With Ethan Hawke, Noomi Rapace, Mark Strong

Mary and Ben are the star-crossed black sheep of two powerful families engaged in a centuries-long feud. When the pair reignite a romance after many years apart, their forbidden love draws a motley assortment of schemers and killers into their orbit, and as fists and bullets fly, it becomes clear that violent delights will have violent ends.
Dir. Collin Schiffli · With Diego Boneta, Alexandra Daddario, Travis Fimmel