John Wick 3 - Parabellum

Franchise bloat for Keanu Reeves' hitman

Parabellum. That's Latin, innit? And like everything about Keanu Reeves and stuntman turned director Chad Stahelski's neck-snappingly violent franchise, starring Reeves as an ex-hitman, the title smacks of delusional grandeur and a faintly ludicrous baroque pulpiness. This is the only action movie you'll see this year featuring the death of a bad guy battered to death with a rare volume of 18th-century Russian folklore in the aisle of a library. As per the two previous films, Stahelski cranks up the body count with a string of fight sequences so balletic you might forget you're watching violence - until Reeves sinks a knife into a man's eye. [...]

di Cath Clarke, articolo completo (1946 caratteri spazi inclusi) su The Guardian 16 maggio 2019