"Yeah...consequences...."
If you enjoyed the first two John Wick movies and action movies in general, the third entry will delight. Picking up where Chapter 2 left off, Wick now has a (growing) bounty on his head, creating almost a two-hour-plus chase movie, with only a minor picturesque desert-set detour sag in the middle, but also with plenty of character and story moments that make this a cut well above a standard actioner. The mythos is simple and effortlessly employed again here, creating its own little almost-believable world. Of the set pieces themselves, Stahelski continues to push the bar in breathtaking fashion, and particular excels in staging fights in confined settings, my favourite being a museum corridor in which Wick and opponents basically end up flinging knives at each other with reckless abandon. The film has enough humour, tension and seriousness to give it weight and some levity, Halle Berry makes a welcome addition doing what she does best and more, and just when you think you are in action heaven, along come the legendary Mark Dacascos for a barnstorming final smackdown. There is a very clear set-up for another instalment, which would be very welcome if it can maintain the high standard of the three films so far.
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