Better action movie than Endgame. Fite me.
Gun Fu, Gun Porn, Stylized Ultra violence, call it whatever you want, but, one thing is certain, John Wick 3 delivered it all, and then brought you second and third helpings. Tom Cruise gets a lot of cred for doing his own increasingly elaborate stunts for each M.I. installment, but I'll see you EVERY stunt the couch jumping Mr. Cruise has done his ENTIRE career, for the first two action sequences in this movie ALONE! Also, Keanu Reeves isn't just harnessed to a plane or rappelling down the side of a building and leaping across roof tops. Reeves weapons handling and combined intricate fight sequences aren't the result of Steven Seagal style quick cuts, Fast and Furious edits, post SFX, or tricky camera angles to disguise whats actually happening. It's VISCERAL, because the camera lingers on the mayhem so that the viewer can savor each strike, slash, stab, and gunshot, and ALL the accompanying carnage. Not in Sam Peckinpah slo-mo, but in real time, yet, somehow, one is still able to take it all in, and then the sequence would end, just about the same time you remembered to BREATHE!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=20&v=nrawit53W7s
Yes, it's over the top, but this is the world John Wick inhabits. A culture of hired assassins, an entire society, existing just beneath the surface of the one you and I can see, the one the rest of us inhabit. A society with rank and file members, management, service, and executive classes, and RULES. And it is the rules, which have kept order from devolving into chaos for hundreds of years, that have made them "different from the animals".
For the love of his deceased wife, a car, and a puppy, John Wick reached his proverbial "last straw". (John Wick 1) For his loyalty to a blood oath, which was broken, he violated a cardinal rule, and was marked for death. (John Wick 2) Yet, using those same rules and oaths, (and his particularly unique set of skills) he was able to braid for himself a life-line, tenuous as it was, but a life-line nevertheless. The powers that be cannot allow that to happen, and seek to intimidate, punish, and if necessary eliminate each of those who extended him a thread of that line, even if they technically only "stretched" the rules. What they have failed to realize is that John Wick's reputation as the "Baba Yaga", the proverbial Boogie-man, is not only well earned, but, if anything, it is UNDER stated.
Those who were paying attention saw that we actually DID get quite a bit of origin/back story on the eponymous Mr. Wick, as well as a glimpse into the world of the contract killers, as to how the contracts are put out, and the hierarchy that pulls the strings behind the scenes. I look forward to seeing this expanded upon in future installments
Kudos and Props this installment to Iron Chef Mark Dacascos and a host of other Asian Martial Artists as the closest thing John has to true competition, yet, they are at the same time fanboys who geek out at getting a chance to fight him.
To Halle Berry, for NAILING her fight sequences, then being a trooper and not quitting when her scenes cost her a couple of broken ribs. Her character obviously has some issues with the menfolk, considering how many she shot in the "kibbles and bits. Also props to the trainers of her two pups, and the stunt men for allowing same said puppers to gnaw precariously close to their kibbles and bits until she shot them. OUCH!
In case you doubt me:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=66&v=xa2RJPrY2Og
To Laurence Fishburne, for making sure that Neo still has Morpheus as a Mentor, even if you "sometimes have to cut a Mo Fo".. All we need now is Carrie-Anne Moss' Trinity to show up in the inevitable Part 4, and all will be right in the Universe. (make it happen writers)
10 out of 10 - Best of the 3 so far IMO
I don’t get the appeal of these.
Yeah, the stuntwork’s great, but I see no redeeming qualities besides that. The acting sucks, the dialogue’s corny, the story is schlock that’s presented way too seriously, the characters are uninteresting, there’s little to no tension because the main character is an invincible cartoon, the music’s unmemorable and generic, and most of the film is just plain damn boring.
All the good stuff that this has to offer is also offered by franchises like Mission Impossible and Fast and Furious, and more on top of that.
You’re not getting the clever intrigue or fun gimmicks of the MI franchise here, nor the tongue in cheek comedy or creative, over the top insanity of the F&F franchise.
This is so boring by comparison to me.
4/10
The weakest script, terrible one liners, and some extremely predictable pathways. It's still entertaining as far as action goes because the entire movie other than say 10minutes of "backstory" are filled with it, but that doesn't make it a good movie.
Not sure why this franchise gets so much hype.
This particular installment has nothing that makes me go: wow, great action movie.
That's not because there's no action in it. Quite the opposite, yet the action is just dumb.
The dialogues are stupid. There's basically no story whatsoever, no plot other than "John Wick survives the most absurd stuff".
It's very often quite absurd without being selfaware - with a few exceptions, like the opening knife fight. That was entertaining in its hilarious absurdity. That was the only thing entertaining, though.
Fight choreographies are ridicolous overall. You can see the "enemy" actors holding their position, arms, legs, ect. for Keanu to do his part instead of reacting to the actual fight. Most of the time they are simply way too passive.
Maybe that's more of an issue with the cut, though.
Weapons are conveniently unlimited ammo when (film)shots need it, while in other situations Wick loads for example a shotgun with two round but can fire like 5-7 times. Overly brutal killings of enemies with headshots when they are already down. Usually with surprisingly atrocius CGI gunfire. The opening knife fight? CGI and gummy knives everywhere.
This movie is just more of the same without any merits. It goes the same direction as the Underworld franchise.
Just that this movie is quite nonsenical all around in addition. And for what? A fourth installment, of course!
The only good thing for the 4th movie is Wick working with King to bring down this assassin's guild as it seems. That seems to be at least some plot to be had in the future.
less speaking, less cars, more fighting!
That's called "Action Redefined" which the John Wick franchise has achieved.
John Wick remains possibly the blandest action hero to ever grace the screen, which to be fair is a perfect match for Keanu's perpetual idle expression and flat speech (you know you're terrible when Halle Berry outshines you). But seriously, could you not write some better comebacks for him than "no you won't", "thank you", "yeaaaah"? Most are not even one-liners but one-worders.
Besides that, the movie is yet another succession of choreographed head-popping scenes—featuring mindless assailants to whom it never occurs to camp on some vantage point using a scoped weapon to take out a predictably mobile target—all with barely a hint of plot to tie it all together. John rebels and gets hunted down by the organization pulling the strings, but then for incoherent reasons involving his dead wife decides to go through a great deal of trouble to make amends, only to inexplicably change his mind again later. Yep, that's the "story".
Watchable for the action, but also entirely skippable.
The first 2 movies were better, simply because this one lacked any reasonable story. Sure, you don't watch John Wick for the great story, but I expected at least a little. In other words there was no development at all - everybody is at the exact same spot at the end.
There was one scene that was really ugly though and I had to look away because it was too brutal: when his dog licked his face - so disgusting!
This is what you get when instead of putting action scenes in a movie you put the movie in a long action scene.
That was terrible. I loved the first two John Wick movies, this was dreadful, 2.5 hours of my life I’ll never get back. Little story, no character development, little dialogue, just endless drawn out action scene after action scene with the baddies attacking one after another displaying an intelligence equivalent to ZX Spectrum 1980s baddies. Don’t watch this. It’s terrible
I don't know why I bothered as I haven't enjoyed any of the other wickian adventures.
same story; same action; repeat => good recipe , worth watching in the movie theater
negative points : the man in the desert was useless ; zero tried to be funny but was not so entertaining ; some bad acting by supporting cast
Do you know that meme about Raiders of the Lost Ark that says that, in the end, if Indiana would have never interplayed with the nazis to prevent them from getting the Lost Ark the movie would have come to the very same outcome? Ok, John Wick 3 is the same. Everything that happens in screen is just a cheap excuse to come back to the beginning, restore the status quo and make a chapter 4 as if chapter 3 almost didn't happened.
The book fight, the horse chase and the attack dogs were amazing, but the majority of the fun was in the first 30 minutes. As John Wick gets into larger fights, the weapons get bigger and the body count swells. After a while, you just get desensitized by all of the killing. There's head shots, eye stabbing, skull stabbing, axes to the head, it all gets exhausting and the final half hour is a grind.
We learn about John Wick's back story and several layers of organized crime are revealed. None of this really matters other to put more bounty hunters on Wick's tail. I like Keanu as much as anyone, but three Wick movies is enough and since this movie has no ending, there's obviously more to come.
Action packed movie, if you are looking just for action, then this is your movie. Every 15 minutes there is an action scene. Sometimes for me it was too much. But it's enjoyable if action is all you are looking for.
Yet another family comedy movie, but some action elements.
All you need to know about world setup:
- 5% of the total population are assassins
- people are don't really care about neither being killed nor watching someone getting killed
- everyone tries to kill John Wick
- no one really wants to kill John Wick
- the best way to kill someone is actually least efficient but the most spectacular, at least when it comes to killing John Wick
Overall actions were good enough, comedy was good at some points. But I can't bring myself to rate this more than 6, because it is just so average family-comedy-action movie.
Lacks story and consistency. Sure you can say you don't watch this movie because of the story but only because of the action. But in my eyes the first two parts are clearly superior to the third one. John Wick was "a man of focus", all of is actions had a certain goal and were inherently consistent. Not so in this part, John is left as a confused old man without any clear path to follow, he's straying around, grasping each straw, using up all favors that several people in the world owe him, one after the other, leaving only scorched earth and loads of dead corpses (as of course expected).
Although, John is not always aware of the consequences of his actions (e.g. when refusing the marker in part 2) and in his fighting behaves like an instinctively controlled predator, he has is moments of great foresight and strategy (planting weapons used during the escape after killing Gianna, or consider the many stashs filled with weapons, coins and personal belongings). I really hope John will find his focus again in part 4 otherwise it will space out into the dull shoot-out which the movie, when viewed objectively, actually is.
The most boring of them all so far. Just an endless stream of fights and gunfights. Not sure what the acting or story was like, I never saw any. John Wick 4 - Hard pass for me.
Winston: “Si vis pacem, para bellum.” [Latin translation: If you want peace, prepare for war]
This is my least favourite of all the John Wick movies because, by the end, I was exhausted. I also didn’t think they used the concept of the whole Assassin world going after Wick to its full potential. Despite that, the action is still superb, and I’m glad the series is taking it less seriously.
Winston: "What do you need?"
John Wick: "Guns. Lots of guns."
Underdevelopped story for sure but Parabellum certainly delivers on the action... So much action that it might feel repetitive for some but I won't complain about too much action in an action movie. They keep upping the action sequences and the choreography is just amazing, an improvement from the first two on that. Beautiful sets, my favorite was the glass part of the Continental. The knife fight at the beginning and the one with the dogs were the best. A lot of the action is physical comedy and it works great. I definitely felt the runtime and i'm getting a little tired of Wick being invincible, can't at least one person beat him in a combat? I hope we get to see Halle Berry and Common's character (which wasn't in this one sadly) again in another sequel. The final act sure builds Chapter 4 to be epic, so many possibilities of where this goes and who sides with who.
It left wondering if I watched a movie or a twitch cast of some one playing in high def a first person shooter game.
This was basically a macho musical. Nohing but well choreographed dance/fight scenes set to action guitar riffs. The plot was so anorexically thin that I became numb to the fighting.
The fights often enough don't make sense.
The "politics" (aka plot) almost never makes any sense.
And the flair of the setting was overused, even more so than in the second part already. The "hotline" with some people taking notes about the new status, triggering the alert for all the killers out there ... yawn. Yet Stahelski seems to love this filler so much, it had to appear multiple times in the third movie.
In 2014, the action film John Wick was released to little fanfare but quickly became a cult hit thanks to its intense action and entertainment value. After three years, the sequel John Wick Chapter 2 was released and once again impressed audiences. Now, Keanu Reeves returns as the titular character in John Wick Chapter 3: Parabellum. With a huge bounty on his head, John Wick is on the run from the High Table and its associates.
As expected, Parabellum delivers nonstop action from beginning to end. The fight choreography is top-notch and the inventive camera work keeps the action visually exciting. However, the sense of familiarity starts to set in as the movie progresses and the midsection drags. The idea that John Wick is indestructible begins to wear thin by the end.
Keanu Reeves is once again convincing as John Wick and Halle Berry has an entertaining cameo. The gritty, noir aesthetic of the film and the soundtrack by Tyler Bates are both highlights. However, the writing feels like it has widened the lore too much and this takes away from the intensity of the previous films. While it's still an enjoyable action-packed film, it doesn't quite reach the heights of the previous John Wick films. Despite this, John Wick on a horse is still pretty cool.
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En 2014, la película de acción John Wick se estrenó con poca fanfarria, pero rápidamente se convirtió en un éxito de culto gracias a su intensa acción y valor de entretenimiento. Después de tres años, se lanzó la secuela John Wick Capítulo 2 y una vez más impresionó al público. Ahora, Keanu Reeves regresa como el personaje titular en John Wick Capítulo 3: Parabellum. Con una gran recompensa por su cabeza, John Wick está huyendo de High Table y sus asociados.
Como era de esperar, Parabellum ofrece acción continua de principio a fin. La coreografía de lucha es de primera categoría y el ingenioso trabajo de cámara mantiene la acción visualmente emocionante. Sin embargo, la sensación de familiaridad comienza a establecerse a medida que avanza la película y la sección media se arrastra. La idea de que John Wick es indestructible comienza a desgastarse al final.
Keanu Reeves vuelve a ser convincente, ya que John Wick y Halle Berry tienen un cameo entretenido. La estética arenosa y noir de la película y la banda sonora de Tyler Bates son aspectos destacados. Sin embargo, la escritura se siente como si hubiera ampliado demasiado la tradición y esto quita la intensidad de las películas anteriores. Si bien sigue siendo una película divertida llena de acción, no alcanza las alturas de las películas anteriores de John Wick. A pesar de esto, John Wick a caballo sigue siendo genial.
The franchise keeps getting better
With Chad Stahelski back in the director's chair for the third time, as with the previous films, Parabellum is built on the foundation of Sir Keanu of Reeves's zen-like stoicism, a quality he can deploy to make a violent sword fight look about as stressful as sleeping on silk linen with "Fur Elise" playing in the background and a cat gently purring on the pillow beside you. And although this third entry in the franchise does flirt with a few themes amidst the mayhem (honour, fealty, destiny), it's not trying to be something it isn't, well aware of its own identity as a completely over-the-top orgy of violence. This is a world wherein even the most innocuous of items can be rendered lethal, and where the endless deaths by gun, knife, fist, dog, horse, motorbike, sword, pencil, and book of 18th century Russian folklore, are so excessive as to transcend any possible accusations of irresponsibility or glorification of violence. In short, the film leans into its status as basically a live-action episode of Itchy and Scratchy. Sure, it can become a little repetitive at times, and there's next to no plot or character development, so if you want to be reductionist, you could argue that it essentially gives us more of the same, except bigger, louder, and more elaborate. But that's to ignore how aesthetically accomplished it is, how funny it is, how compelling it is, and how unapologetically entertaining it is.
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After the second film, they kept hammering home the consensus that John is now wanted for murdering a fellow assassin in the sanctuary. The plot doesn’t evolve from this fact for until the end and suffers from its characters unlike the first two films. What I could salvage as a positive was the reliable action and effects that we all love this series for.
I NEED MORE
DOG-FU IN MY LIFE.
THE 5 DOGS THEY USED FOR THAT JAW-DROPPING SET PIECE IS ABSOLUTELY PHENOMENAL AND SOMETHING I CAN WATCH OVER AND OVER AND OVER AGAIN.
THE 8 MONTHS IT TOOK TO TRAIN THE DOGS FOR THAT HOLE SET PIECE
DEFINITELY SHOWS AND ABSOLUTELY PAID OFF.
X FINAL THOUGHT:
THIS IS DEFINITELY THE BEST AND MOST THRILLING INSTALLMENT YET AND IS HEAD AND SHOULDERS ABOVE THE OTHER 2 IN EVERY SINGLE WAY AND I AM ABSOLUTELY STOKED FOR THE 4th and 5th INSTALLMENT
HELLA YEAH.
JOHN F***ING WICK! You really don't mess with the Baba Yaga.
Although losing the novelty from the first one this is a really action packed kick ass movie.
The fights are tremendous and a monstrous scene with Sofia and her dogs... One of the best ever!
The dialog isn't nothing to write home about but this is an action movie and it delivers on all counts.
Some new characters are a worthy addition and I'm really fired up to see where this goes.
i love John Wick and Keanu Reeves
Halle Berry and the dogs stole the show
I’m just a sucker for this series.
Still, if the novelty of Reeves’s persona, the unbelievably stylish direction, and absolutely brutal violence portrayed in uniquely clear and long takes, has worn off at all, it hasn’t by much.
The third installment drip-feeds a few more intriguing details of lore. The sequence introducing two dogs into the fighting is one of the best in the series.
My only real complaint was the power-creep sequence in which Wick has to take on big dudes in big armor that just makes them harder to kill. To me it just felt like the movie briefly abandoning what makes its action so great.
Who cares, really, though. Give me number 4.
Firstly I do have to say how does this film get so much love out in the world? Is it because the genuine nice chap Keanu Reeves is in it? It mystifies me.
I don’t like action films. So when I saw the first John Wick I was amazed I liked it so much, it was action-packed but John Wick was just good at his job but got hurt and if he had a weapon he used it and though patently daft it was not that daft. It was certainly entertaining and different enough for me to enjoy it.
Then we got John Wick 2 (QPR 3) which was ‘quantum baby’. It was ‘very silly baby’ if I’m honest, The preposterousness of it was cranked up to 11 and it was beginning to look like a superhero film rather than a tough assassin gig. A bulletproof jacket, more baddies CGIing to death, in fact more deaths than World War 2 it seemed. It wasn’t good.
Now we get the last-minute equaliser, John Wick 3 (QPR 3) and if you are a football fan it felt exactly like a last-minute equaliser, upsetting and putting a downer on your day.
In what seems almost a parody we get nearly everyone in world being a member of the assassin’s guild, except how did they get to be the these assassins as they are all to a man and women completely crap at killing people. I mean really bad. None of them can kill John Wick, he’s only one man and most of the time he has little in his armoury and is wounded. Then again John is indestructible as shooting him, stabbing him, throwing him into walls or through glass hardly breaks his stride. Even running him over has no effect. It’s is silly but in fact, in reality, it is pathetic, Is it a kid's film/story? I sincerely hope not because more people die anonymously and willingly too (they are after all working for the ‘Guild’) than have done in any film I think I’ve ever seen.
There is barely a story but mainly loads of excuses for action set pieces which after the first one you’ve seen them all and tend to blend into the same thing. It is truly tedious – and it does not need to be as the first film ably proved.
The film reminded me of watching a video game walkthrough with actors cameoing their way through cut-scenes. I like video games, they generally do not make good films, with a few exceptions. Some of the next ‘baddies’ for John Wick seemed all too reminiscent of next level bosses it was that poor.
I know being green is an admirable and sensible thing in the world today but did the makers of John Wick 3 need to recycle so many set-pieces and action farts? There is a feeling that the ideas well is running dry.
A lot of the acting is a risible with Halle Berry clearly feeling that that next Raspberry could be hers, either that or she just could not be bothered. Jerome Flynn, why is he in this? The boss of the Guild pointlessly lives in the middle of a desert, I could not figure out why he was boss of the Guild it does not even make sense if you run it by your brain for a few scant seconds.
John Wick 3 might appeal to action junkies who are not worried about story or realism but I feel even some of these people might get quickly bored and frustrated.
For me John Wick 3 is where this little foray into killing scores of people for no real reason should end. I feel there will be many more victims in the near future. Mind you why would you work for the Guild? If the John Wick franchise is anything to go by you are definitely going to die and not necessarily in a quick or pleasant way.
Guess what? I did not like John Wick 3 in any way shape or form.
They say that power without control is useless, in this case it applies perfectly. As the film progresses, it loses any meaning. Only the action scenes are saved. By the way, the choreography of Halle Berry is quite disappointing
The start was a bit slow, but the middle... Damn! I loved it. I would've loved to see more of Sofia, though, she seemed like a great character. Other than that, The ending felt like a stab in the heart... I can't wait to see the 4th one. That fucking betrayal...
It’s good but just not as good as the prequels.
This was a total waste of 2 hours of my life, F**king awful is the only way to describe it
The hand combat lacked punch, seemed slow/tired. Also, why does he walk/run like he shat himself?
"are you pissed, John??".
"yeah".
Couldn't think of a better ending for this one.
Does not disappoint! Elaborate fight sequences! From start to finish this film has you hanging from the edge of your seat. Never say boring!
Good continuation can't wait until the next chapter of John Wick...
Best so far. More action with stories crossing over and allegiances changing. Some good funny moments, can't wait for number 4, can it get better, I hope so.
The first John Wick has more of a story than the better rated sequels. That doesn’t mean I don’t love the sequels. This one especially is just about John having a hit on his head and that’s it.
But that does work since all the scenes of him fighting for his life. Are creative and entertaining fight scenes.
A really good action movie with awesome fight scenes, a must see of 2019.
The bad : Halle Berry part, the ending.
3 to 1… fingers I mean!!
Must be the funniest short scene in all the movie.
Over the top murdering mayhem, it's John Wick. 10.
If you’re looking to be mindless and suspend all belief and watch action sequence after another after another with no reasonable plot or acting to ground it, then this is the sequel for you. Don’t get me wrong, I enjoyed it. But it needed a twist to make us believe killing all these people would eventually lead to something, instead the movie ended where it started. It all seemed pretty pointless and an opportunity for more sequels to make more money.
Forgot to add. Loved the dogs. They were great.
How many times do you need to shoot someone? These movies are getting worse and worse.
It's more of John Wick. There is some absolutely insane action. There were quite of few times I audibly gasped. The story this time starts fine but it seems like this one is more focused on the action than the world and characters. Still this is an action fan's dream and I can't wait to see more John Wick.
No other movie does action as well as the John Wick movies. It is just non stop bat shit crazy action to the point of exhaustion.
Meh - not terrible. But, the fight scenes seem to drag on - especially the ones in the weird funhouse mirror room. How many weird glass skull displays can they break?
Halle Berry and the dogs stole the show.
Shot twice in the chest, falls 4 stories, hits his head twice, still survives..... ummm OK.
All the gun inflicted deaths in the world and the scene that got me was a casually torn-off ballet dancer's toe nail.
John Wick is really propelling itself as one of the best action franchises every made. The groundwork has been laid down for the final chapter, at least that is what I expect. When you think that John can let his guard down for one minute, he gets kicked down even lower. Chapter 3 is another blast with action scene after action scene. Dogs, Motorcycles, epic shoot out, John Wick throwing knives, backstabbing, cutting off a finger and falling off buildings.
This is the best in the franchise so far and damn, can't wait for 2022. Hopefully John Wick feels very, very bad.
John Wick has easily become my favorite shoot-em-up franchise. I hope there will be more. The gun ballet that Keanu performs is a delight to watch.
Drawn inspiration from every action sub-genre, John Wick 3 Parabellum provides seemingly endless amount of guns and gore, great scenes great lighting great locations, old friends... all perfectly right and satisfying. the only problem is that, and as a fan it bothers me to have to point it out: Thats the same complements we gave to john wick 1 & 2.
A story that continues exactly where the previous movie left off, there isn't much development or big twists, but even so, the characters make all the difference, they're brilliant.
The action scenes are incredible, the choreographed fights hold your attention, everything is really well done, you're gripped from start to finish.
And that's what we like in this kind of cinema, it was like a good FPS game, with some good plot and kung-fu like from The Matrix. ;)
Despite still finding the runtime excessive, "Parabellum" at least maintains a brisker pace compared to the second film, with a better alternation of overchoreographed action sequences and pointless plot moments. The characters of the High Table are becoming increasingly cartoony, yet, given the overall atmosphere of the production, I wouldn't consider this a flaw.
The only true issue lies in the chunk dedicated to the katana-wielding sushi guys, both due to the poorly executed comedic bits and the lack of charisma in their leader. Particularly, I found the last two final battles to be somewhat lackluster and repetitive, in contrast to the tight sequences in other phases of the film.
Wow so many great comments and ratings. for what ? absolutely nothing.
2.30 hours !!!! 2.30 hours of just fighting, almost zero nonsense talking and script and nothing made sense or interested about. Especially the last fight sequence in the Hotel that was so boring.
I remember liking the first one (cannot remember the scond one) but this was rubbish of action and nothing else. I have the 4 also but not going to waste 2.40 minutes of my life!
A good progression of the previous movies I'd say. The overarching story that John Wick is going through is also quite interesting. Actions-wise it's not as good as the first, but better than the second I'd say.
Movie from game streaming serie "Let's play"
This is "Let's Play John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum" action (TPS?) game.
John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum, in my opinion, falls short compared to the first two movies. The fight scenes drag on for too long and don't live up to the standards set by its predecessors. While Keanu Reeves still delivers a solid performance, the film lacks the same magic and excitement. Die-hard fans may enjoy it, but it didn't meet my expectations.
Made me realize how unoriginal many aspects of Chapter 4 are.
fight scenes are top notch.
Great action sequences. Higher stakes. My favourite John Wick movie of the trilogy so far.
Even better than the first two. The horse kills! The weapon shop! More Fishburne! Lance Reddick (RIP to the GOAT) kicking ass! Zero and the twins being the best antagonists yet, intimidating yet affable and charming and home to the best fight scenes! I love this series
30 minutes too long. Otherwise very good.
After my second watch of this 3rd part I'm surprised that my memory lied to me in the way I used it to remember this movie as the one that was 85% guns and 5% story, but well, it's not, yeah there's a ton of fight, guns, blood and everything, it still could've been lowered to a more realistic level, but we enjoyed it. In the other hand yes it has a decent story, with some inconsistentcy in itself and some not logical choices from John, but well, it became a bit sci-fi at this point so let's enjoy Kaneu and see what the 4th installment bring for us! Btw, good plot twists at the end ;)
In "Parabellum," the "John Wick" formula was finally perfected. Here, every action sequence is really like a work of art in its own right. Every shot looks like a painting and plays with various lighting moods. Furthermore, the sequences are even more varied, both in terms of weapon selection and the use of vehicles. I also liked the villains much better than in the second installment. The story, on the other hand, has now finally arrived in Absurdistan. But since I can't take it seriously anymore anyway, I honestly don't care. As long as John Wick works as a character and the fights are awesome, I'm perfectly happy.
"He shot my dog"
"I get it"
How much smashed glass is too much smashed glass? Asking for a friend...
'John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum' is my favourite of the three films from the franchise thus far. It's longer than any of the preceding two, yet I found the pacing in this one to be absolutely spot on. Apart from that, and one or two other things, it is similar to its two predecessors - and that's most definitely a major positive. The look of the films are stunning.
The manic fight scenes remain just as entertaining as before, though I feel like here there's more creativity in using the enviroment around the characters - e.g. with the dogs. It felt like more of the fights had a start/end, whereas before it seemed all rolled into one - to me, anyway. Not that the latter is a bad thing, mind.
This entry I think has my favourite scene of the entire franchise, and it's the near the beginning with Reeves' John and Randall Duk Kim's Doctor. So well shot and edited, made me laugh too! There are many good moments in these films, but that's the standout for me.
Class again is Keanu Reeves, I have nothing more to add to what I've said previously - perfect actor for the role. Elsewhere, cool to have Ian McShane and Laurence Fishburne again, while newcomers Halle Berry, Mark Dacascos and Asia Kate Dillon are all pleasing additions to the series.
There isn't a major gap in-between these films in my mind. I gave the other two 8/10 ratings, but this 2019 release is only narrowly ahead of the flicks from 2014 and 2017. More importantly, though, the franchise as a whole is great fun. Bring on 4 & 5 - and that Berry spin-off, heck gimme the 'Nobody' crossover!
This chapter did a far better job of balancing the action with having some plot and dialogue. We also get more interesting characters than last out, who, while we don't get particularly attached to them, they leave enough of an impact to be memorable, and feeling like real characters rather than live-action stock characters.
The action is quite enjoyable, although sometimes it feels a bit undercut by a different approach to the fighting dynamics, which, while enjoyable, isn't usually what we tune into John Wick movies for. However, it was a welcome surprise to see some fight scenes that show us that John Wick isn't invincible, and some folks will give him trouble during fights, and in fact, he might not be able to kill anyone he wants to on demand like a superhero.
He is back again....always love to see Keanu in action...loved to discover more about the world of John wick....so far chapter 2 is my favorite in the John wick saga...but always loved the new action ideas in every chapter...less drama and more action...this is really something i would gladly call my cup of tea.....
lots of time wasting fighting scenes
I was enjoying it until like 60% in, then it went back to being trash like the second part.
Good to see them embracing the funny - after part 2 being so hilariously bad, at least now they have a comedy genre as an excuse.
THIS MOVIE IS FRICKIN AWESOME AND THE SET PIECES THROUGHOUT THE FILM ARE JUST JAW DROPPING. THIS INSTALLMENT IS DEFINITELY THE BEST OF THE 3. WOW..JUST...WOW..
AFTER 3 INSTALLMENTS AND A 4th AND 5th IN PRODUCTION WE DON'T NEED A HEAVY STORY
ARE EVEN A REASON WHY,
JUST JOHN DOING WHAT HE DOE'S BEST. HUNT.
SPEAKING OF, THOSE FIGHT SCENES WERE SIMPLY BREATHTAKING AND SPECTACULAR AND BRILLIANTLY CHOREOGRAPHED, I ABSOLUTELY LOVED HOW YOU COULD SEE EVERY SINGLE MOVE BEING MADE, IT REALLY GETS YOU INVOLVED IN THE ACTION SET PIECES UP CLOSE AND PERSONAL.
OF COURSE WITH ANYTHING LIKE THIS YOU HAVE TO GET THE BOYS IN FROM
THE RAID 1 AND 2
JUST AWESOME HAVING THEM IN ON THIS ACTION AS THEY ARE AT THE TOP OF THEIR GAME, LIKE BEST IN THE WORLD FOR THIS TYPE OF THING.
EVERYTHING WAS JUST BIGGER AND BETTER AND WAY MORE EXCITING THAN THE FIRST 2 MOVIES THE GUN-FU WAS MUCH SLICKER TO AND NOW HAS A
HEAD SHOT FINISHER,
WHICH IS FRICKIN AWESOME. LOVED ZERO BEING A FANBOY FUNNY VERY FUNNY, LOVEJOYS A DICK. AND I LOST IT WHEN JOHN GAVE A MATRIX REFERENCE.
I NEED GUNS,
LOTS OF GUNS,
I LOVED IT 3000.
BUT OF COURSE THE ABSOLUTE HIGHLIGHT FOR ME WAS THAT SCENE WITH JOHN AND HALLE AND THEM TWO ATTACK DOGS.
HOLY SHIT MY MOUTH WAS ON THE FLOOR AND I WAS IN TOTAL AWE.
THAT WAS PHENOMENAL AND I HAVE NEVER SEEN A SCENE LIKE THAT ANYWHERE ELSE.
THAT WAS FRICKIN AMAZING, WHAT A
SET PIECE, DEFINITELY MY FAVOURITE PART JUST AS THIS 3rd INSTALLMENT IS. WHAT A FUN THRILLING ENTERTAINING MOVIE THIS IS AND I CAN'T WAIT FOR THE
4th/5th INSTALLMENT
COS NOW HE'S PISSED
YEAH........
10/10 TOTALLY NINJA
Story: 7/10...more interesting than chapter 2 but not as novel as the original.
Dialogue: 7/10...still an improvement on the first installment but forfeited the chance to really develop the assassin's world lore with a better script.
Performances: 8/10...the Halle Berry addition was good, but a couple other new characters were real bland or miscast or something
Misc.: 8/10...continues to expand on the awesomeness. Motorcycle fighting! Horses! A company lawyer!!! The last part kinda sucked actually. The whole adjudicator nonsense was not scary or cool or anything.
Overall: 8/10...still not tired of JW. Where do we go next!!
Just as much a blast on a second watch. John Wick, like its titular protagonist, knows what it does it perfectly. If you want high octane action, there's few better, and the characters are wild and charismatic enough to leave an impression.
It's gotten even more ridiculous, but somehow, John Wick 3 was fun to watch. Expect a fast pace, lots of blood and little logic. Great visual style, though.
I really loved the first John Wick film. I thought the second one was good. I liked this part too, but at this point mainly just because it's Keanu starring as John ...
The cinematography keeps being amazing, the action great, the cast, fantastic, the assassins keep assassinating.
This series just keeps giving and giving, doesn't it.
"art is pain, life is suffering" ... yeah, that's exactly what ballet instructors would say. :nauseated_face: I'd like him to shoot her in the head just for that thanks :upside_down:
Also, more puppers! What a perfect way of applying Malles in an actual setting on screen. We should get more of this perfection. Simply beautiful. And love how she gives the dogs almost all the water in the desert :grimacing: Sofia and John must be soulmates but I guess he fucked up somewhere in the past.
I find all their rituals quite interesting. I don't mind at all that they're not really being explained. But now I'd wish they'd put someone with a lost finger into one of the previous parts. Maybe they have and I didn't notice then. Should rewatch. Wondering how many rings he's collected. Wouldn't think that many had to go to such lengths, but since there's a ritual for that, there must have been.
RE motorcycle chase... why go for the rider when you can go for the ride instead? Should be more effective. :upside_down:
This series has become a guilty pleasure of mine and a parody of itself. They're not even trying at times anymore, especially when it comes to some of the hand-to-hand stuff. But there's room in my world for something like this, and part of me appreciates the fact that they're (hopefully) not taking themselves too seriously at this point.
This action was very good, wow i never seen so much action, but this, this is very good.
But i dont understand something:at final John Wick is shot and thrown out the window by Winston and he still survive and John Wick is travel with a homeless at Bowery King.
Yeah i will never understand what happend at final but still is more good then John Wick 2.
[Amazon] The John Wick saga goes to the extreme. It is difficult to find an argument among so many action scenes. There are more kicks than words. That's fine. Some locations (the glass building) are spectacular. Some fight sequences are astonishing. Other action sequences (Morocco) are video game fireworks.
With the usual rhythm, pure action, almost without breaks (the few there are for memories, sarcasms and epic dialogues) and a single final result: they have pissed off the Belarusian.
The story was boring but the action was good.
I didn't like it. Cartoonsy, bad special effects, weird character interaction, unbelievable plot. I can suspend my disbelief but this film did not manage to capture me at all.
Lame ass movie. This is Rambo 4 on speed. But there is a lot of guns and of course Halle Berry is in it, which gives it an extra plus.
The whole armour thing where he has to shoot them 10 times made me lose my interest. How they take hits and not even blink removes the realism which the series always had. The beginning of the movie had some very good combat scenes imo
The first John Wick was an amazing surprise that I loved. The sequel injected just enough energy to keep it fresh. John Wick 3... is just pure, undeniably awesome, headshot-filled carnage. Watching this on 82" in 4K with Dolby Atmos shaking the house is the only way it should be watched. If action is what you're craving, this is a 7 course meal. Keanu Reeves is just showing off now. And the scenes where he's teamed up with Halle Berry and a pair of attack dogs? I could watch that for days. The choreography of the fight scenes is perfect and I never felt like I was losing track of what was happening (which is a common problem with many modern actioners). This teases the forthcoming fourth installment in the series post-climax and I simply cannot wait to see how they could possibly top this. Honestly, Parabellum is easily the best action movie I've seen in a couple of years.
No way close to John Wick Chapter 1 or even close to Chapter 2 which is bad but still good than this last Chapter, sorry but a waste of time, no comedie, bad execution.
Mark Dacascos from the bloodthirsty assassin to fanboy in 3 seconds. cracked me up :joy:
Reference to Matrix, hilarious.
5 - Meh
You wanna see Keanu Reeves kill people for two hours? Of course! That's why this is part 3
Entertaining but somehow feels less than the sum of its previous instalments, the story here is pretty weak with some really weak new characters and dialogue. The action is very entertaining but some sequences can be overly long with the same moves played out again and again.
Glad I watched it, enjoyed it but wouldn't watch again.
There's action - lots of action - though the story is pretty thin. Still, this is enjoyable enough, and if you enjoyed the others in the series, you will probably love this.
The film is exactly as I expected it to be. There was a decent story, a lot of injuries which he shouldn't be able to overcome so quickly and a lot of amazing fight scenes. Oh, and the setup for the next movie(s). I am generally not a fan of this genre but these films are very well made.
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good fighting scenes, but a little bit too long. They last 8-10 minutes each. But sometimes there is not enough variation in movements and such.
Anyway, it's good entertainment.
They say that power without control is useless, in this case it applies perfectly. As the film progresses, it loses any meaning. Only the action scenes are saved. By the way, the choreography of Halle Berry is quite disappointing
I haven't had such fun in my living room for a long time, which is both sad and happy at the same time.
Random thoughts throughout the movie:
• it's always rainy in NYC.
• Poor Bronn won't f@ck anybody anymore. He would have, he's just physicaly can't.
• Apparently, Catwoman was a dog person all along, and her movie was bad because of cats(?)
• Daaaaame, this Casablanca palace fight scene with doggos as CO-OP. Sweet, sweet stuff.
• Ninjas are a cat people, because cats are also quiet and you can't see them until it's too late and your life is ended near a dumpster.
• When someone is going through the desert he's not that interested with shade, because if he does he could go in the shadows casted by those huge dunes.
• The man above the table is younger than JW? and he also enjoys all his power just by knowing he has it, unless the dude has a camel-express from the "place you get when your about to draw your last breath and then keep going" to everywhere else.
• John Wick Assassin's Creed corss over confirmed - in chapter 4 John finds out that Altaïr is on of his ancestors, and that it's a family tradition to cut a finger for the hidden blade.
• Hashish smellers, that's nice.
• Knives are one of the loudest weapons, especially when drawn.
• John Wick 4 and the Matrix 4 are to be the same movie, because guns. Lots of guns.
• Sharon. but you pronounce it like Sharona without the 'a' at the end. Which is how it sounds when you speak Hebrew, so... that's nice too.
My favorite one out of the three. This movie requires a 4K tv or better. Dolby digital surround sound and a beefy subwoofer are also a must!
Even though the third chapter in the John Wick saga is probably the weakest in the series story-wise, the cinematography, the fight choreography, and the overall "style" of the movie is a step up from the already rather good second instalment.
I quite enjoyed the third chapter and are looking forward to the next one. Maybe a little work on the acting skills on some of the actors and hire better writers, but I'll be sure to watch it none-the-less.
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Guns, a lot of guns