John Wick Parabellum

Released: 17th May 2019

BBFC Rating: 15

Directed by: Chad Stahelski

Cast: Keanu Reeves, Halle Berry, Laurence Fishburne, Mark Dacascos, Lance Reddick, Ian McShane

The original John Wick is, in my opinion, an action master piece. With properly shot and executed action sequences and a subversion on the genre which was starting to be saturated with the stereotype of quick cuts and a lead character who you couldn't really care for. John wick chapter 3 sets off directly after the previous film, with a 14 million dollar bounty on his head and all his previous friends turned against him, John must make his way through New York and find a way to end his execution order. This film does not wait to get straight into the action, with the first scenes of the film being John involved in a almost choreographed fight. That pretty much sets up the whole movie, with there never really being a break from the violence. For the most part I enjoy this aspect of the film, with it exploring new ways to keep the action fresh throughout the film, as well as doing well to expand on the universe it has already set up right from John Wick. This is especially interesting as they explore the world created in other countries, giving us a deeper insight to how this shady assassin business is run more like an empire. It can be quite hard to follow at some points as well, with so many twists and turns you cant be penalised for misunderstanding what has been going on. As well as this the whole action set piece of the film can get tiring at some points, especially at the end of the movie where there definitely needs to be a break from all the action and the pace needing to slow down just a bit before the final action sequence, or even make the last one more spectacular or even different from the ones we see earlier on in the film. However the ones we do see earlier on are breath taking, with beautifully filmed pieces which are so smooth that you could blink and miss something from the whole sequence of events. This is certainly better than John Wick 2, however is showing such progression in the franchise that you will find it hard to measure up against the original. It is a brilliant film and is another film that you can just sit back and admire like a peice of art.

Contains moderate bad language and Very strong frequent violence

My rating: 8/10 ( Brilliant )

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