John Wick 3

John Wick 3: Parabellum runs like a video game.  What it lacks in a coherent and underdeveloped storyline, it makes or shall we say overshadows with in action sequences.  In this sense, it is heavily influenced by Asian action films. I could certainly see influences, references, and playful nods to lots of films, like The Raid, Game of Death, and The Matrix films.  It was just over the top and heavy handed in this sense and hard to understand or even care much about what could have been a more interesting backstory with some interesting characters.  For martial art action fans like myself, I can't be totally disappointed in this common criticism because on the surface alone it does excel both more in the action quantity and quality, more than the previous two films put together. I'm happy about the franchise, but at the same time, I think Reeves and director Chad Stahelski should be more vigilant about it digressing into just slick action alone.  I also emphasize this because some of the cgi aspects of the film got a little sloppy and with an abundant budget and resources, that's just not to acceptable.  I would want to see the franchise tighten it up a bit in chapter 5.  It was good seeing Halle Berry kicking ass of course, but actors understandably jumping onboard action franchises is arguably so common place now especially with her donning this type of role before.  All of that being said, John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum, like the previous two, is still a highly enjoyable romp into an exciting fictional film noir, that doesn't let up in action and intensity.