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The Keanussance is upon us.
Considerably, one of the best action star of our time, Keanu Reeves continues to impress his fans and audiences with his on-screen and off-screen charisma. In the height of his career resurgence, Lionsgate came out with the third installment of the critically acclaimed action franchise, John Wick, starring the Canadian star. After the first two successful installments, the third feature promised fans of the actor and the franchise a gripping and bloody two hours. Here's what the Reviewer© felt on John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum.
After the unsanctioned killing of Santino D'Antonio, a high ranking member of the High Table, skilled assassin John Wick (Keanu Reeves) is declared "excommunicado", stripping him of his privileges. Adding to his woes, a $14 million bounty is put on Wick's head, sending the most dangerous and ruthless assassins in the world on the hunt for Wick. John has to wriggle himself out of peril's way, whilst battling some of his personal enemies and the world itself.
This franchise and its' uniqueness never gets old. Stunningly choreographed action sequences, brilliantly vibrant sets and an ass-kicking hero have been ingredients to this saga of the most dangerous assassin garnering fans all over the world. When it comes to the third part of the series, Stahelski doesn't miss the bullseye. He brings the hero to a highly resourceful space (in terms of arms), he faces a handful or, maybe, even more adversaries and the hero starts breaking legs and shooting their brains out. For long-time fans of action thrillers, what grips them most are these well-crafted action sequences. You fail in directing a well-choreographed action set piece, the film turns out to be a failure in the genre. Considering the evolution of this franchise, all three films have been successes; well due to the fact that the hero faces life-threatening stakes and circumstances and he beats to hell the solutions out of them.
While John Wick chased the bad guys in the first two entries, in Parabellum, John Wick becomes the chased. The whole world is on his tail; when John incapacitates one set of the chasers, he is faced with even more challenging stakes as the story progresses. These travails of John Wick make Parabellum an edge-of-the-seat treat and makes us wait for what's to come next.
The most appreciable aspect of Parabellum is the action choreography that gets better with each installment in the franchise. It is well-detailed and deftly written. It isn't an easy job to write, choreograph and direct action sequences, let alone one. The cinematography is remarkable in Parabellum, regardless of the set or space it attempts to capture.
Keanu Reeves is breathtaking, as always. He has minimal dialogues, but he delivers them with his trademark penchant; especially in his one-liners, reminiscent of the classic Keanu hits- The Matrix and Speed. He repeatedly proves that his age is no barrier to deliver swift action set pieces, which require physical effort from the part of the actor to pull it off brilliantly. The talented Halle Berry joins the cast as the ferocious Sofia; she is also joined by the likes of Lawrence Fishburne, Ian McShane and Asia McKate Dillon who portray the Bowery King, Winston and the Adjudicator respectively.
MPAA rating: R (for pervasive strong violence and some language)
Runtime: 131 minutes
Reviewer-The Blog©
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Considerably, one of the best action star of our time, Keanu Reeves continues to impress his fans and audiences with his on-screen and off-screen charisma. In the height of his career resurgence, Lionsgate came out with the third installment of the critically acclaimed action franchise, John Wick, starring the Canadian star. After the first two successful installments, the third feature promised fans of the actor and the franchise a gripping and bloody two hours. Here's what the Reviewer© felt on John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum.
After the unsanctioned killing of Santino D'Antonio, a high ranking member of the High Table, skilled assassin John Wick (Keanu Reeves) is declared "excommunicado", stripping him of his privileges. Adding to his woes, a $14 million bounty is put on Wick's head, sending the most dangerous and ruthless assassins in the world on the hunt for Wick. John has to wriggle himself out of peril's way, whilst battling some of his personal enemies and the world itself.
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| Keanu Reeves as John Wick in John Wick: Chapter 3- Parabellum |
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| John Wick and Halle Berry in Parabellum |
The most appreciable aspect of Parabellum is the action choreography that gets better with each installment in the franchise. It is well-detailed and deftly written. It isn't an easy job to write, choreograph and direct action sequences, let alone one. The cinematography is remarkable in Parabellum, regardless of the set or space it attempts to capture.
Keanu Reeves is breathtaking, as always. He has minimal dialogues, but he delivers them with his trademark penchant; especially in his one-liners, reminiscent of the classic Keanu hits- The Matrix and Speed. He repeatedly proves that his age is no barrier to deliver swift action set pieces, which require physical effort from the part of the actor to pull it off brilliantly. The talented Halle Berry joins the cast as the ferocious Sofia; she is also joined by the likes of Lawrence Fishburne, Ian McShane and Asia McKate Dillon who portray the Bowery King, Winston and the Adjudicator respectively.
In the height of his career, Parabellum assures Keanu Reeves' place in Hollywood as the most capable and talented action stars of his generation. Parabellum does not lose the spirit of its' predecessors and succeeds in gripping the audiences with breathtaking action set pieces.Reviewer© rating: 5 stars
MPAA rating: R (for pervasive strong violence and some language)
Runtime: 131 minutes
Reviewer-The Blog©
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