#John wick parabellum full movie series#

(As a general rule, watching Wick kill people with anything other than a gun is always more interesting than watching him kill people with a gun.)

#John wick parabellum full movie series#

As always, Reeves is a joy to watch, and he flings himself into a series of improvised battles armed with, among other things, a horse, a belt, and a public library book that he thoughtfully returns to the shelf afterward. The opening fight sequence is by far the best and most frenetic the film has to offer, as Wick scrambles for safety across Manhattan while countless gangs of assassins spill out of the woodwork in pursuit itвЂ™s like watching a hyper-caffeinated version of вЂњThe WarriorsвЂќ played at triple speed. This means that he has a $14 million bounty on his head, and hundreds of his fellow contract killers are eager to claim the prize. John Wick, the once-retired assassin spurred back into action by the death of his puppy, has been declared вЂњexcommunicadoвЂќ by the High Table - the leadership of the shadowy secret society of killers to which he once belonged - as punishment for committing a killing in the Continental Hotel, the assassin worldвЂ™s designated safe space. There are only so many times you can see a bullet pass through a skull before it gets deadening, and then almost dull.Дirected once again by stuntman-turned-director Chad Stahelski, вЂњChapter 3вЂќ begins precisely where вЂњChapter 2вЂќ left off.

But as masterfully executed as the action is, watching two-plus hours of mayhem without any palpable dramatic stakes, or nuance, or any emotion at all save bloodlust offers undeniably diminishing returns. On a level of pure craft, then, вЂњJohn Wick 3вЂќ is unquestionably great action filmmaking - certainly the most technically accomplished of the series thus far, with a good dozen scenes that could only have been pulled off by a director, a stunt team, an editor, and a cast working at the absolute highest level.

Action filmmaking is one of the purest forms of cinema that exists, and fight choreography can be as graceful, intricate, and demanding as ballet.