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John Wick 3 – Parabellum (2019)
John Wick is on the run after killing a member of the international assassins’ guild, and with a $14 million price tag on his head, he is the target of hit men and women everywhere.
John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum (alternatively known as John Wick: Chapter 3 or simply John Wick 3) is a 2019 American neo-noir action thriller film directed by Chad Stahelski and written by Derek Kolstad, Shay Hatten, Chris Collins, and Marc Abrams, based on a story by Kolstad. It is the sequel to John Wick (2014) and John Wick: Chapter 2 (2017), and is the third installment in the John Wick franchise.
It stars Keanu Reeves as the eponymous character, alongside Halle Berry, Laurence Fishburne, Mark Dacascos, Asia Kate Dillon, Lance Reddick, Anjelica Huston, and Ian McShane. In the film, John Wick goes on the run from a legion of assassins after a bounty is placed for his murder.
The third installment was announced in June 2017. Much of the returning cast and crew was confirmed in February 2018, with new members joining that May. Filming began that month and lasted through November, taking place in New York City, Montreal, and Morocco.
Parabellum was theatrically released in the United States on May 17, 2019, by Lionsgate. It grossed $326 million worldwide, becoming the highest-grossing film of the franchise in just 10 days, and received positive reviews from critics, with praise for the action sequences, visual style, and Reeves’s performance.[5] A sequel, John Wick: Chapter 4, is set to be released on March 24, 2023.
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John Wick 3 – Parabellum (2019) Reviews
Although no one in the organization is supposed to offer any assistance to Wick, he does receive some aid from a couple of people from his past—his onetime mentor (Anjelica Huston) and Sofia (Halle Berry), a onetime killer who now runs the Morocco branch of the Continental and owes Wick for a past favor.
While he is off trying to find the head of the High Table and fighting off all comers, another member of the organization, known only as The Adjudicator (Asia Kate Dillon) arrives in New York to set things in order and punish both Winston and The Bowery King (Laurence Fishburne) for daring to aid Wick. To help carry this out, they enlist the services of Zero (Mark Dacascos), a sushi chef with an endless array of deadly ninjas at his service, all of whom seem giddy at the possibility of fighting the legendary John Wick.
When the original “John Wick” came out, audiences expecting just another dopey action film were shocked to find that it was a borderline brilliant work that contained an unexpectedly smart and funny screenplay, a performance from Keanu Reeves that bordered on the sublime in the way that it properly utilized his unique persona, and action sequences so stylishly executed that they reminded viewers of the best works of such genre masters as Walter Hill, John Woo, and Luc Besson.
Amazingly, the follow-up managed to more than clear the high bar set by its predecessor by doubling down on the action beats and by expanding the film’s universe in fascinating ways. If the original “John Wick” was “Mad Max”—a work that transcended expectations to become an instant classic—”John Wick: Chapter 2″ was “The Road Warrior,” a work that took off from an impossible-to-top source and proceeded to top it.
Still, there are a number of wonderful elements on display in “Parabellum.” There’s Reeves, whose ability to make the most out of the least amount of dialogue would leave the likes of Bronson and Eastwood agog. There are moments of unexpected humor that blindside you—the location where Wick meets his mentor yields a bigger laugh than most actual comedies.
And the consistently exciting fight scenes also yield a lot of big laughs, especially during the kills where Wick is forced to use something other than a gun. Oh yes, I almost forgot the dogs. Halle Berry’s character is accompanied by a couple of dogs who go on to steal practically every frame of film featuring them, more than holding their own during one of the movie’s big fight scenes. No, I haven’t seen “A Dog’s Journey” yet, but if you see only one movie sequel featuring dogs this weekend, I guarantee that “Parabellum” is the one to beat.
- Peter Sobczynski – Roger Ebert
- Peter Sobczynski is a contributor to eFilmcritic.com and Magill’s Cinema Annual and can be heard weekly on the nationally syndicated “Mancow’s Morning Madhouse” radio show.
John Wick 3 – Parabellum (2019) Credits
John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum (2019)
130 minutes
Cast
Keanu Reeves as John Wick
Halle Berry as Sofia
Ian McShane as Winston
Laurence Fishburne as The Bowery King
Anjelica Huston as The Director
Saïd Taghmaoui as The Elder
Mark Dacascos as Zero
Lance Reddick as Charon
Asia Kate Dillon as The Adjudicator
Jason Mantzoukas as Tick Tock Man
Tiger Hu Chen as Triad
Director
- Chad Stahelski
Writer (based on characters created by)
- Derek Kolstad
Writer (story by)
- Derek Kolstad
Writer
- Derek Kolstad
- Shay Hatten
- Chris Collins
- Marc Abrams
Cinematographer
- Dan Laustsen
Editor
- Evan Schiff
Composer
- Tyler Bates
- Joel J. Richard
John Wick 3 – Parabellum (2019) Plot
John Wick is making his way through Manhattan before he is labeled “excommunicado” for the unauthorized killing of High Table crime lord Santino D’Antonio on the grounds of the New York Continental Hotel[N 1], which is considered neutral ground. He sends his dog to safety with the concierge, Charon, at the very same hotel. At the New York Public Library, John retrieves a marker medallion and a rosary.
He is injured in a fight with Ernest, another hitman, and seeks medical treatment from an underworld doctor, but his $14 million bounty activates before the doctor can finish, forcing John to complete the suturing himself. Upon leaving, he is quickly pursued by various gangs of assassins, all of whom he kills.
John meets with the “Director”, the head of the Ruska Roma crime syndicate, where he presents the rosary and demands safe passage to Casablanca. As John was once one of them, the Director reluctantly helps. Meanwhile, a High Table Adjudicator meets with New York Continental manager Winston and the Bowery King, notifying them that they both have seven days to resign from their positions for helping John and indirectly going against the rules of the Table.
The Adjudicator enlists Zero, a Japanese assassin, and orders him to stab the Director through both of her hands as penance for aiding John. In Casablanca, John meets Sofia, a former friend and manager of the Moroccan Continental.
John presents the marker medallion, which binds Sofia to return a favor from the past, and demands to be directed to the “Elder” – the only person above the High Table. Sofia begrudgingly takes John to Berrada, her former boss, who tells John he may find the Elder by wandering through the desert until he can no longer walk. In exchange, Berrada asks for one of Sofia’s dogs. When she refuses he shoots the dog, which survives due to its bulletproof vest. Sofia wants to kill Berrada, but only wounds him at John’s warning.
They fight their way out of the kasbah and drive into the desert, where she leaves John. Seven days later, the Adjudicator and Zero confront the Bowery King, who refuses to abdicate his position. In response, Zero’s students slaughter his men while the King is slashed seven times with a wakizashi as penance. Meanwhile, John collapses in the desert and is brought to the Elder, who asks why he is there; John states that he wants to live to keep the memory of the love he once had with his late wife.
The Elder agrees to forgive John’s transgressions if he kills Winston and remains subservient to the High Table for the remainder of his life. To show his fealty, John severs his ring finger and gives his wedding ring to the Elder.
John returns to New York and is attacked by Zero and his students before reaching the protection of the Continental. The Adjudicator arrives, but Winston refuses to abdicate and John refuses to kill him, leading the Adjudicator to revoke the Continental’s neutral status and send both Zero and an army of heavily armed High Table enforcers to kill John and Winston.
Winston provides John with weapons and the assistance of Charon and his staff. After killing all the enforcers, John is ambushed by Zero and his students, and John proceeds to kill all but two of Zero’s students. Zero battles John but is eventually defeated and left to die. On the roof of The Continental, the Adjudicator agrees to a parley with Winston, who offers fealty to the High Table.
John arrives. Winston shoots him without killing him, and John falls off the roof to the street below. Winston reassumes his managerial position. The severely injured John is secretly collected and delivered to the heavily wounded Bowery King in an underground bunker; the two agree to join forces against the High Table.
John Wick 3 – Parabellum (2019) Box office
John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum grossed $171 million in the United States and Canada, and $155.7 million in other territories, for a worldwide total of $326.7 million. Deadline Hollywood calculated the net profit of the film to be $89 million, when factoring together all expenses and revenues.
In the United States and Canada, Parabellum was released alongside A Dog’s Journey and The Sun Is Also a Star and was initially projected to gross $30–40 million from 3,850 theaters in its opening weekend.
The film made $5.9 million from Thursday night previews, more than the total of the Thursday night previews for the previous two films ($950,000 and $2.2 million). It then made $22.7 million on its first day (including previews), increasing its projected gross to $56 million. It went on to debut at $57 million, becoming the first film to dethrone Avengers: Endgame atop the box office.
It was the best opening of the series, and more than the first film made during its entire theatrical run ($43 million).[32] In its second weekend the film made $24.4 million, finishing second behind newcomer Aladdin.[33] It then earned $11.1 million in its third weekend and $6.4 million in its fourth.
John Wick 3 – Parabellum (2019) Critical Response
On review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 89%, with an average rating of 7.5/10, based on 353 reviews. The website’s critical consensus reads, “John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum reloads for another hard-hitting round of the brilliantly choreographed, over-the-top action that fans of the franchise demand.”[36] On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 73 out of 100, based on 50 critics, indicating “generally favorable reviews”.
Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of “A−” on an A+ to F scale, the same as its predecessor, while those at PostTrak gave it 4.5 out of 5 stars and a “definite recommend” of 75%.[32] Rotten Tomatoes also ranked it at No. 2 on its list of “The Best Action Movies of 2019”.
Peter Sobczynski of RogerEbert.com gave the film 4 out of 4 stars, calling it “a work of pop cinema so blissfully, albeit brutally, entertaining that you come out of it feeling even more resentful of its multiplex neighbors for not making a similar effort.”[39] Chris Nashawaty of Entertainment Weekly gave the film a grade of “A−”, writing that “as gorgeously choreographed, gratuitously violent action movies go, it’s high art”.
Wendy Ide of The Observer gave the film 4 out of 5 stars, calling it “a flying kick to the senses” and writing that “The spectacular third installment in Keanu Reeves’s fighting franchise overwhelms with opulent martial arts set pieces”
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John Wick 3 – Parabellum (2019) Accolades
| Award | Category | Recipient | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Art Directors Guild Awards[42][43] | Best Contemporary Film | Kevin Kavanaugh | Nominated |
| Austin Film Critics Association[44] | Best Stunts | John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum | Won |
| BMI Awards[45] | BMI Film Music | Joel J. Richard (composer) Tyler Bates (composer) |
Won |
| British Film Designers Guild Awards[46] | International Studio Feature Film – Contemporary | Kevin Kavanaugh (Production Designer) Ian Bailie (Supervising Art Director) Chris Shriver (Supervising Art Director) David Schlesinger (Set Decorator) Letizia Santucci (Set Decorator) |
Won |
| Critics Choice Movie Awards[47] | Best Action Movie | John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum | Nominated |
| Golden Raspberry Awards[48] | Razzie Redeemer Award | Keanu Reeves | Nominated |
| Golden Schmoes Awards[49] | Favorite Celebrity of the Year | Won | |
| Coolest Character of the Year | John Wick | Runner-up | |
| Favorite Movie Poster of the Year nom | John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum | Nominated | |
| Best Action Sequence of the Year | Knife Fight in Shop | Runner-up | |
| Final Fight | Nominated | ||
| Golden Tomato Awards[50][51][52][53] | Best-Reviewed Action & Adventure Movies | John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum | Won |
| Fan Favorite Movies | 7th place | ||
| Golden Year Award | Keanu Reeves | Won | |
| Fan Favorite Actors | Nominated | ||
| Golden Trailer Awards[54][55] | Best of Show | John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum | Won |
| Best Action | Won | ||
| Best Summer 2019 Blockbuster Trailer | Won | ||
| Best Action Poster | Won | ||
| Best Teaser Poster | Won | ||
| Hollywood Critics Association Awards[56][57] | Best Stunt Work | John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum | Won |
| Best Action/War Film | Nominated | ||
| Houston Film Critics Society[58][59] | Best Stunt Coordination Team | Won | |
| Best Movie Poster Art | Nominated | ||
| IGN Awards[60] | Best Action Movie | Won | |
| People’s Choice Winner Best Action Movie | Won | ||
| Make-Up Artists and Hair Stylists Guild[61] | Best Contemporary Hair Styling – Feature-Length Motion Picture | Kerrie Smith Therese Ducey |
Nominated |
| Best Contemporary Make-Up – Feature-Length Motion Picture | Stephen Kelley Anna Stachow Jacenda Burkett |
Nominated | |
| Motion Picture Sound Editors[62] | Feature Film – Sound Effects / Foley | Mark P. Stoeckinger (supervising sound editor) Alan Rankin (sound designer) Martyn Zub (sound designer) Luke Gibleon (sound designer) Dan O’Connell (foley artist) John T. Cucci (foley artist) |
Nominated |
| Online Film Critics Society[63] | Best Stunt Coordination | John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum | Won |
| People’s Choice Awards[64] | Favorite Movie of 2019 | Nominated | |
| Favorite Action Movie of 2019 | Nominated | ||
| Favorite Male Movie Star of 2019 | Keanu Reeves | Nominated | |
| Favorite Action Movie Star of 2019 | Nominated | ||
| Halle Berry | Nominated | ||
| Saturn Awards[65] | Best Action or Adventure Film | John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum | Nominated |
| Best Actor | Keanu Reeves | Nominated | |
| Best Editing | Evan Schiff | Nominated | |
| Seattle Film Critics Society[66] | Best Action Choreography | John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum | Won |
| St. Louis Film Critics Association[67] | Best Action Film | Nominated | |
| Taurus World Stunt Awards[68] | Best Fight | Nominated | |
| Best Stunt Coordinator And/Or 2nd Unit Director | Won |
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