{"id":31213,"date":"2019-05-20T08:35:22","date_gmt":"2019-05-20T12:35:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/?p=31213"},"modified":"2019-05-20T08:38:42","modified_gmt":"2019-05-20T12:38:42","slug":"john-wick-chapter-3-parabellum-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/2019\/05\/20\/john-wick-chapter-3-parabellum-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum (2019)"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>The entire \u201cJohn Wick\u201d series is something of a surprise seemingly out of nowhere. What might have been a weak vehicle from Keanu Reeves turned in to a pretty groundbreaking and exciting action series where Reeves is able to re-invent himself once again for a new generation. You wouldn\u2019t figure Reeves would be believable as one of the deadliest assassins in the world, but he handles the role of John Wick so proficiently. Wick has become something much more than the titular anti-hero of his film series. He\u2019s become the key in to a very unique cinematic universe.<\/p>\n

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After gunning down a member of the High Table on sacred ground of the shadowy international assassin’s guild in \u201cJohn Wick 2,\u201d legendary hit man John Wick finds himself stripped of the organization’s protective services and branded \u201cex-communicado.\u201d Now on the run and stuck with a $14 million bounty on his head, Wick must fight his way through the streets of New York as he becomes the target of the world’s most ruthless killers. It\u2019s not often movies can competently act as a sequel and a doorway in to a larger universe. \u201cParabellum\u201d manages to accomplish the ambitious feat of giving us one of the last chapters in Wick\u2019s saga, while also opening the door for a lot of other stories.<\/p>\n

The producers obviously have some plans for spin offs, and \u201cJohn Wick 3\u201d manages to create some exciting and amazing killers and thieves that inhabit Wick\u2019s world. Wick\u2019s saga has been a compelling and exciting one that examines the concept of consequences, and how our actions can sometimes create irreversible damage to our lives. After murdering on sacred ground, what became the result of his first campaign of revenge, he now has to play victim to blood thirsty and cunning assassins within his ilk. Director Chad Stahelski doesn\u2019t waste any time, jumping straight from the final seconds we see John in part two, and the tension is ratcheted up. The way the cloak is taken off of Wick\u2019s secret world is mesmerizing to witness.<\/p>\n

Especially as Wick finds himself injured and without any options, as assassins creep from the shadows watching and waiting for the deadline. \u201cParabellum\u201d has the task of pulling off Wick\u2019s quest for survival, and the world building and suffice to say it\u2019s a success. \u201cParabellum\u201d feels heavily influenced by Gareth Evans, as Wick has to face off against a variety of assassins and hit men, all of whom are anxious to bring him in as their bounty. There\u2019s absolutely no shortage of colorful killers, all of whom engage with Wick in absolutely amazing choreography and hand to hand combat. The fight choreography (along with ace editing) in \u201cJohn Wick 3\u201d is some of the absolute best of the series yet, allowing us to grab a full glimpse in to why Wick became such a mythical hit man over the years.<\/p>\n

There\u2019s also a wide variety of battle sequences, never once allowing the pacing to screech to a halt, or the action to get tedious at any point. From the implementing of race horses, the use of a belt, and a fight in a library, \u201cJohn Wick 3\u201d is filled with so much good action fodder. Along the way the third film in the saga introduces us to a slew of new dynamic characters including Mark Dacascos\u2019 charismatic villain Zero, the enigmatic Adjudicator, and the crafty Sofia who, alongside her faithful dogs, is a force to be reckoned with. If you loved the previous chapters, \u201cJohn Wick 3\u201d will not disappoint. It\u2019s an excellent, bone breaking addition to John Wick\u2019s quest building a momentum I hope is carried in to the next chapters.<\/p>\n