You'd think that by the time you get to the third iteration of "John Wick Kills Almost Everybody On Screen" you might get bored of it, but there's enough creativity and variety in the style of fights that things still seem fresh. There's even cute dogs! And horses! And motorbike sword fights!
All of the action is, of course, shot with excellent choreography and framing that you've come to expect with John Wick films.
John Wick 2 made a ton of massive worldbuilding additions, which some people found a little too unbelievable. This film continues to build on that without adding too much more. If you managed to accept what JW 2 added to the lore, the additional stuff that happens in JW 3 just comes around naturally. The High Table and John's Excommunicado status remain the primary driving forces in this movie. In that sense this movie feels much more like a direct extension of JW 2 than JW 2 was to JW 1.
We get a few more hints here and there about John's past and what few allies he has around the world, but they don't linger too long on it.
One of the main issues to me was John's main "quest" in the movie, which he kind of... abandons immediately after he gets it. Sure, maybe there was quite a bit of time that actually passed in between, but we don't see it, they're almost back-to-back scenes.
That aside, the film is a lot of fun. It has enough time for a bit of humour without interrupting the film. Halle Berry is great, and an interesting character that I hope will return in the next movie.
The film has quite a few clear nods and references to other great action films, like The Raid and, of course, The Matrix.
The end, like JW 2, is pure spoiler bait. I usually don't like films like that, but this one... well, the conclusion was conclusive enough and I definitely want to see more of it, so... yeah. I don't mind the final scene.
Overall, tons of fun and exactly what I was looking for. 9/10.
Everything you want out of John Wick (vague spoilers)
You'd think that by the time you get to the third iteration of "John Wick Kills Almost Everybody On Screen" you might get bored of it, but there's enough creativity and variety in the style of fights that things still seem fresh. There's even cute dogs! And horses! And motorbike sword fights!
All of the action is, of course, shot with excellent choreography and framing that you've come to expect with John Wick films.
John Wick 2 made a ton of massive worldbuilding additions, which some people found a little too unbelievable. This film continues to build on that without adding too much more. If you managed to accept what JW 2 added to the lore, the additional stuff that happens in JW 3 just comes around naturally. The High Table and John's Excommunicado status remain the primary driving forces in this movie. In that sense this movie feels much more like a direct extension of JW 2 than JW 2 was to JW 1.
We get a few more hints here and there about John's past and what few allies he has around the world, but they don't linger too long on it.
One of the main issues to me was John's main "quest" in the movie, which he kind of... abandons immediately after he gets it. Sure, maybe there was quite a bit of time that actually passed in between, but we don't see it, they're almost back-to-back scenes.
That aside, the film is a lot of fun. It has enough time for a bit of humour without interrupting the film. Halle Berry is great, and an interesting character that I hope will return in the next movie.
The film has quite a few clear nods and references to other great action films, like The Raid and, of course, The Matrix.
The end, like JW 2, is pure spoiler bait. I usually don't like films like that, but this one... well, the conclusion was conclusive enough and I definitely want to see more of it, so... yeah. I don't mind the final scene.
Overall, tons of fun and exactly what I was looking for. 9/10.