John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum Review

By Jim Vejvoda

John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum brings back the main character to his roots while proposing new twists where everything could go from here, all with extravagant and brutally executed action sets expected from the public. franchise. They will not leave disappointed.

Moments after the end of John Wick: Chapter 2, Parabellum takes place over a few bloody and hopeless days as John faces proverbial music for breaking the rules of the High Table in the previous movie. His breathless journey to stay alive – and, hopefully, find a way to sort things out with the high table – will take him into dark alleyways, dark buildings, exotic interludes from overseas and finally to … well, you'll see.

We learn a lot more about John's story here, which reveals some interesting facets of his character, while seeing him take a prolonged forehead beat. John Wick is a human piñata at this point, and Chapter 3 does well by seeing him beaten, beaten, stabbed, kicked, shot and shuffled. John Wick is perhaps the hardest guy of all time, not only because he can kill like no one else, but also because he can fight and continue to stand up until he wins. He is like the Rocky Balboa of vengeful killers.

Keanu Reeves once again has the screen as the nicest of the bad men, offering another emotionally restricted performance, while giving him all his physique. And is it – and this movie – never delivered in the department of action! Chapter 3 offers a constant assault on action assistants, each as brilliant as the one who preceded it. There is nothing that John – or his opponents, from elsewhere – can use to kill anyone here: bare hands, guns, swords, books, belts, knives, animals, gravity. There are a million ways to die in this film, all performed in the most visceral way, "did they really do it?", A fashion to which fans expect it. Each action game is based on the ridiculous brutality of the previous, but there is a particular sequence in Casablanca that will particularly appeal to some players for its elaborate staging and immersion.

In addition to this senseless action, fans of the John Wick franchise also appreciate its very cool and detailed tradition, and Chapter 3 will not disappoint either. The mysterious rules, methodical procedures and old-school technologies – as well as banal commercial terms such as "Adjudicator", are meant to sound dark and cold – push the franchise even further into the mythological hyper-reality. . Anachronisms do not really exist in the world of John Wick, where armaments are often at the forefront of technology, but where pneumatic tube bureaucracy, old coins and physical media still have a vital function.

Having said that, John Wick: Chapter 3 gets lost sometimes in the weeds because he is so intrigued by his own construction of the myth and the construction of the world that he finally questions his own point when decisions majors are canceled or whole. the sections are made debatable a few scenes later.

Beyond the main character, John Wick: Chapter 3 also brings back the favorites of fans such as the director of the Amoral Continental Hotel, Winston (Ian McShane, always crazy), the proud but pragmatic Bowery King (Laurence Fishburme), faithful and resolutely turned towards the landscape. Charon concierge (Lance Reddick, who is more badass than ever here), while presenting several new characters who each have an impact in their own way.

Sofia is one of the most remarkable characters in comedy. Sofia, John's former frenemy Berry, delivers a performance that thrills crowds, marked by brutal efficiency in his action scenes and a reluctance tired in his seriocomic exchange with Reeves. That said, this film is certainly not a photo of a friend, because Berry is not as much as some hope.

Meanwhile, Anjelica Huston happily embraces the intrinsically lyrical and operatic nature of the Russian agent who knows John Wick much better than most others (that does not mean she loves him more than staying alive) . Jerome Flynn (aka Game of Thrones & # 39; Bronn) plays a small but essential role, just like Said Taghmaou of Wonder Woman, enigmatic source. John is looking for help, but the biggest stage thief is Marc Dacascos in the role of Zero, the main killer of Chapter 3 John Wick has become such a legend that he has fans, including Zero, which gives the scenes of Dacascos refreshing moments of lightness in the midst of all this carnage.

John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum's ambition is to shed light on John Wick's personality as the film poses new dilemmas to explore for the franchise. .