Directed by Chad Stahelski

Starring Keanu Reeves, Halle Berry, Ian McShane

Rated R for pervasive strong violence, and some language 

John Wick Chapter 3 is the newest installment in the John Wick series starring Keanu Reeves. Reeves plays John Wick, an assassin with a bounty with a price on his head who is trying to un-excommunicate himself from an assassination organization. The entire film is Wick running from place to place trying to right his wrongs with the help with multiple characters. The entire film is also an enjoyable action film with a lead character who is a bad ass. The reason why the John Wick series is so successful is because Wick is a character who has an interesting personality.

The action and the stunt choreography is what stands out in the film. The first 2o minutes of the film consists of a very well choreographed fight in a library and a chase ensues thereafter. From the very beginning of the film to the last scene, it is filled with exceptional chases and fights and shoot outs. In the mid point of the film, two characters have a shootout against an entire force. It is a violence heavy scene filled with witty humor and is just pure action. Another stand out scene is towards the end with a fight between two characters who almost in equals. The choreography is of course well done but so is the lighting and cinematography. It was very reminiscent of a fight sequence in Skyfall (2012), in which Bond fights a henchman in Shanghai.

The film also features humor which can be a hit or miss in most non comedic films. But the humor is well done and presented at appropriate places. When the scene calls for action, we see the action. But the are many instances where humor is inserted. The humor works well because sometimes it is out of nowhere or it is a call back to the previous film. I normally do not like humor that is in action heavy films but this film does it so well, it is something that is not distracting.

Although there are many great elements in the film, there is almost some things that are unbelievable that can almost take the audience out of the film. There are many instances where a character gets hurt, which is believable, but that same characters gets back up as if he just got a paper cut. The fight scenes are great as mentioned before but it is highly improbable that a couple people can take down a hundred men, no matter how good of a killer that character is. But John Wick is an action film that doesn’t go for reasonable logic. This is not a film that you have to think but just relax and enjoy the experience.

John Wick Chapter 3 is an entertaining film and audiences will be pleased with it. From start to finish, it is filled with great action scenes that keeps the audience engaged. I highly recommend the film if you are a person who loves action film or even to the average film viewer.

3.5/4