John Wick 3:
Parabellum - He needs guns ..... lots of guns! #nerdgasm
Big, big, BIG fan of
the John Wick movies! I love well choreographed martial arts films (The Raid
films being my favourites) and I love Keanu in The Matrix Trilogy (even the
third) so these films are perfect for me.
I had no qualms about going
into this the third instalment to this ever growing franchise, it’s such a simple concept, which I know will be well directed (Chad Stahelski is a genius) from the first two films, that for me it was
almost a guaranteed win, and I ... was .. not ... disappointed!
Basically plot wise,
John Wick is on the run and there’s a world wide hit on him worth $15 million
.... queue much fighting.
It’s really nice to
hear in interviews how much fun and freedom Keanu and the stunt guys have when
creating these fight scenes and they just keep getting better and better. In this
film we have Kung-fu, Knife-fu, Gun-fu, Horse-fu and Dog-fu. There is nothing that
Mr Wick can’t use as a weapon and it’s so exciting to see what they’ll do/use next!
The amazing fight
choreography coupled with all of The Matrix references and brilliant cameos
from some recognisable faces from The Raid, (Mad Dog and The Assassin) from The
Matrix, (Morpheus and The Keymaker) and Game of Thrones’ Bronn made this film
such a nerd-fest for me and I just want more and more!
Speaking of The
Raid guys, I would really like to see Iko Uwais who plays the lead in The Raid movies to be in the next John Wick because he is phenomenal, and the John Wick franchise can
give us the third Raid film I’ve been waiting so long for! I’d also love to see
Donnie Yen (IP Man) join, Jet Lee and Jackie Chan as well, to create a Mecca of
supreme martial art experts to come fight John Wick! Also when the hell are we
going to see Carrie Ann Moss and Hugo Weaving join the fray! I’m sure Carrie
could have played The Adjudicator very well so I would like to know what’s
holding her back from the reunion.
Halle Berry and Ian
McShane are definitely worth a mention in this film as well for bringing some real acting class to this action packed movie because let’s be honest, as much as I
like seeing all the stunts, there has to be some sort of narrative.
Overall the child in
me would give this film 9/10 for pure entertainment and fun but if I have my
serious hat on I’d give this film A RATING OF 7.7
I've been Christopher Whitmore, thank for reading.
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