John wick has become an action movie icon over the past few years, and with a reputation like such there a standards to be met with an addition to this beloved franchise, this film meets them all. Delivering on all accounts John wick: chapter 3- parabellum is proof that sequels can add on to their predecessors and it just recycle old material.

I loved the first one. It brought back the true action genre which got sidelined by the effects oriented n shaken cam stuff.

The first one is filled with action, stylish visuals n top notch editing. The first one created a solid universe n the scene where John Wick breaks the concrete floor revealing his guns n gold coins is thrilling. Also the scene where Michael Nyqvist's character informs his son about the past of John Wick n Wick cutting off the phone line (of course without Neeson's style -i will hunt u down) truly establishes the deadly character of Wick.

The second one is a non stop action packed flick with body counts almost giving Rambo, Jason Voorhees n Michael Myers a tough competition. The second has Franco Nero (Django) in a tiny role n a mirror fight sequence a la Bruce Lee's Enter the Dragon style. In the second John Wick does warns that he will kill everyone who will come after him.

The third is the epitome of high octane action flick with lots of known fighters as assassins. We have Mark Dacascos (Drive), Cecep Arif Rahman n Yayan Ruhian (The Raid Redemption) as the deadly assassins. This one too has a Enter the Dragon style mirror fight sequence with lots of Samurai armours with Oni masks on display. It has lots of martial arts, sword fightings, knife fightings, lots of sword n knife piercings in the head, face, neck, etc. It also has solid shot gun sequences n some unique horse kicks.

The character John Wick n its universe has inspired so many films: Atomic Blonde, 24 Hours to Live, Polar, Peppermint, Hotel Artemis, Hitman's bodyguard, Equalizer, The Accountant, etc.

Does John Wick deserve a place in the Expendables 4?

I liked the first two movies, both had a meaning behind all the action that takes place, this movie the plot is weak and the fight scenes way too long for the weak plot. Keanu still portrays his character as the Boogeyman really well, I enjoyed it but just felt it dragged on a bit much and the fight scene especially with Halle could have been cut down.