Origami Dali posted:

At this point, the story is a waste of time. I don't care about the high table, or some elder weirdo, or the adjudication poo poo and it's wishy washy judgments, or some other rear end in a top hat mogul who makes coins and has... some kind of power?, or any other hierarchy in he mythology that makes this feel like pure fantasy bogged down by too much poo poo. Keep it simple. Assassin fucks up and has to fight his way out of it, boom, over.

What I would have liked to see is Wick, now without the aid of the continental privileges had to rely on ingenuity alone for the entire movie. Maybe introduce a character or two who are completely unaware of all this syndicate soap opera bullshit (i.e., normal bystanders) and help Wick, and get caught up in the storm, a-la Bourne Identity. The first 30 mins or so we're like this, and I really wanted the rest of the movie to just keep going in that vein. Instead, we get Halle Berry, another continental owner, who waltzes Wick into the inner sanctum on the flimsiest of pretenses within 15 mins. Meh. Still a fun time, some moments are amazing, and overall the action is better than JW2, but as a whole it always seems just shy of greatness.