John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum

Chad Stahelski’s John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum is a tough action thriller with more battles and corpses than most wars.

Keanu Reeves is, once again, superb as his character John Wick attempts to avoid the price put on his head by The Table of international evildoers; a “contract” resulting from his violation of the rules by committing an assassination on neutral grounds in the previous Chapter.

Here, he is trying to meet The Table's Elder (Said Taghmaoui), who might grant him absolution for his infraction; an effort that takes him to near death in the North African desert.

I won’t give away any more of the plot except to say that “parabellum” means “preparation for war.”  So, what you might have thought, as I did, was going to be a three-part story is really part of a quartet (quintet!?).

Chad Stahelski keeps the action moving to the point of being relentless with only brief moments of macabre humor to let viewers breathe. 

I would argue that John Wick, himself, is put on an equal plain with any of the Avengers.  Halle Berry’s Sofia is a wonderful badass, as well.

I give John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum a 3.8 out of 5 and am anticipating the next Chapter.