John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum

Last night I went to see John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum and it is awesome!  It is an adrenaline rush from beginning to end!  This movie picks up right where the last one left off with John Wick (Keanu Reeves) on the run after an unsanctioned hit on the crime lord Santino D'Antonio at the New York Continental, a safe haven for assassins.  He is declared excommunicado by the High Table, a shadowy guild of assassins, and placed under a $14 million bounty.  Eluding assassins eager for the bounty at every turn, he calls in markers from the Director (Anjelica Huston), a high ranking member of the High Table, and Sofia (Halle Berry), the manager of the Casablanca Continental, to reach the Elder (Said Taghmaoui), one who is above the High Table, who gives him a penance to perform to atone for his transgression.  Meanwhile, an Adjudicator (Asia Kate Dillon) from the High Table imposes consequences on Winston (Ian McShane), the Bowery King (Laurence Fishburne) and the Director for helping Wick and recruits the assassin Zero (Mark Dacascos) to kill him.  These events set in motion an epic confrontation at the New York Continental that results in a betrayal (and the setup for the next movie).  The action sequences in this movie are amazing!  They are brilliantly choreographed and ingeniously filmed with wide shots and fast cuts.  These scenes are intense, unrelenting, and exhilarating to watch!  Reeves gives a great performance in a role that is particularly well suited to his unique style of delivery (Reeves redeems himself after giving one of the worst performances of 2019).  I was also so impressed by his physicality in this role!  He fights off two assassins on motorcycles while on horseback!  Berry is also pretty kick-ass in the action sequences, as well!  Finally, this movie is visually stunning, especially the fight in between glass cases at the Continental.  I loved it and I think it might be my favorite in the franchise.  I highly recommend it to fans of action movies.

Note:  This movie is incredibly brutal and it is probably best that you don't take your elementary school aged children to see it (there were several in my screening!).