You Won’t Believe It, But Things Are Quite Intense In The ‘John Wick: Chapter Three’ Trailer
Featuring 52 different types of murder!
We are living in an action cinema boom, a revolution led by the ridiculously exciting, ridiculously ridiculous John Wick franchise.
The first film, which sees Keanu Reeves’ titular assassin called back in for one last job after a bunch of punks murder his new puppy and steal his car, was a comparatively simple, murder by numbers action flick, made transcendent by stunning choreography and a career-best performance by the expressionistic Reeves.
But the second film is a different beast entirely — The Road Warrior to the first film’s Mad Max. It doubles down on the world-building potential of the franchise, creating a magic realist universe of murderers, cut-throats and a very pissed-off Ruby Rose. It’s basically all you could ever want for an action film. Except, maybe a scene where Reeves rides a horse and fights off a pack of gun-wielding motorcyclists — which is where the third film comes in.
Yes, John Wick: Chapter Three — Parabellum (what a title), has something for everyone, from the equine enthusiast to people who just like lots of complicated forms of murder.
Lest you need reminding, the second John Wick film ends with the assassin forced into hiding, a sizeable bounty on his head. Looks like this new film is picking up straight from that point — that’d explain why Wick spends much of it on his back feet, fighting off new and unusual foes, and why there’s a scene of him asking Ian McShane’s Winston whether he might be able to dip into the Continental’s considerable weapons arsenal.
If all that sounded like mumbo jumbo to you, then hey, guess what — you haven’t watched a John Wick film recently enough. So go back and directly inject that shit into your eyeballs, and then get ready for the film’s Australian release on Thursday May 16.