I liked John Wick 3 a lot. Even though I think the first movie is an art masterpiece, and it’s hard to follow up to, I think this one does well as a chase film, as, by this point, Wick has a price on his head for killing an assassin on sacred neutral ground, and every assassin in the world is after him. I love how huge this underground network is, that news of Wick is so known that it should practically have tracking coverage on CNN.
I just love watching how clean and fantastic the fight choreography is and how the camera just holds on the action to take in the beauty and brutality of it. I was also really impressed with how good Halle Berry was in the gun-fu scenes, with a lot of finesse, and the excellent training in her guard dogs that just go flying across the air at henchmen, or, in some stunt scenes, go running up ramps and obstacles to attack.
The story itself was decent, but I felt like the finale with the big boss fight didn’t have the same kind of stakes in it that I felt in the first film. It was cool to see Mark Dacascos again, but I didn’t feel much investment in their battle by the end because Wick had already been through so much and faced a lot bigger challenges.
I am a sucker for loving neon-lit rainy city night scenes, as well as any martial arts battle in suits and grime, so this was definitely for me.
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