Parabellum which means, “prepare for war”, picks up right where John Wick: Chapter 2 left off. John has a 14 million dollar bounty on his head for killing a member of the High Table in a sanctioned place and now everyone is looking for him.
This movie, like its predecessors, is high action and has amazing stunt choreography. Keanu Reeves is called the hardest working man in Hollywood because of these amazing fight sequences, he is almost 55 years old, doesn’t look it, and moves smoothly and effortlessly though these scenes. Someone else who fits in that box is Halle Berry. I was impressed with her fight choreography and loved the scenes with her and her dogs. I wish they would have given her more screen time so that we would have had a better chance to get to know her character.
The script was pretty generic but there were pockets of comedic genius. Within the plot there were some parts that were a bit confusing; it would have been good to re-watch the first and second movie before watching this one.
Parts that I didn’t like as much were that some of these fight sequences were not very realistic, similar to the 2nd one, where there is disbelief as to how John Wick is even still alive after all the beatings he takes. At times there were so many bad guys it didn’t make sense how to good guys weren’t over powered, another Power Rangers puddy scenario for sure.
Unfortunately this movie has been left open for another sequel which I think is unnecessary. I think these movies are only popular because of Keanu Reeves and for their action sequences. They are full of plot holes and not very realistic. I came in knowing that so I was still entertained. For the casual viewer, however, this is one that can easily be skipped.
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