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John Wick was refreshing when it came out. It's a throwback to the 80s, a simple revenge flick executed very well using modern technology without using modern story telling devices such as heavy CGI, wire fighting, shakey-cam or quick jump cuts. Chapter 2 carries the 80s action flick feel, especially as a sequel. New enemies, world building, and more development of the artistic style. The action scenes start to drag in a few places, where watching Keanu execute foot soldier after foot soldier after foot soldier feels like they're just filling cinematic space. Chapter 3 carries the 80s action movie feel further, with the action picking up almost literally where the last movie left off and building up to the antique store fight, which IMO is easily one of the best fight scenes filmed in the last few years, if not ever. However, the 2nd act is just dog poo poo. The visual style developed across Killer New York is abandoned for some random rear end desert adventure, and if I thought Keanu blasting random bad guys dragged on the 2nd movie, it feels like a chore in the 3rd. There's an action sequence where Keanu and Halle and her dogs are just wiping people out as they run haphazardly onto the sound set for at least a solid ten minutes. Nothing is accomplished, they all die the same way. However, once the vaguely nonsensical 2nd act is done, Chapter 3 snaps back into the fun, stylish action with a return to the Killer New York and an impressive final battle Personally I think the John Wick movies are Keanu's Commando. Simplistic story and plot to set up visually interesting action sequences, and there's nothing wrong with that.
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