It is 5 years since the first John Wick film - one that took me by surprise by how silly it was as a narrative, but yet how well it delivered action sequences. With two Oscar winners in the cast, director Chad Stahelski adds a bit of opulent style to the brutal action such as Russian Ballerinas trained by Anjelica Huston while protected by Belarusian heavies. John Wick fights with knives, swords, horses, books and all kinds of guns. I particularly liked Halle Berry fighting with her two dogs. A little too long, but as brainless action films go, this was enjoyable. Everywhere John Wick goes someone is trying to kill him. Wick meanwhile needs to find a way to Morocco to find the Elder and make peace with him.
The manager of the Continental, Winston (Ian McShane) has his own problems to deal with the Adjudicator sent by the High Table for helping Wick by giving him a one hour head start. Now John Wick is excommunicado and a $14 million bounty is placed on him. In the previous film, John Wick broke the rules and did an unsanctioned kill inside the Continental Hotel.
In fact two stars from that franchise appear in this movie. John Wick 3 owes more than a passing nod to The Raid films. After Speed came out in 1994, I did not expect Keanu Reeves to still produce the goods in action movies 25 years later.
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