John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum ( alternatively known as John Wick: Chapter 3 or merely John Wick 3 ) is a 2019 american neo-noir action thriller film directed by Chad Stahelski and written by Derek Kolstad, Shay Hatten, Chris Collins, and Marc Abrams, based on a fib by Kolstad. It is the sequel to John Wick ( 2014 ) and John Wick: Chapter 2 ( 2017 ), and is the third base installment in the John Wick franchise. It stars Keanu Reeves as the eponymous character, aboard Halle Berry, Laurence Fishburne, Mark Dacascos, Asia Kate Dillon, Lance Reddick, Anjelica Huston, and Ian McShane. In the film, John Wick goes on the ladder from a legion of assassins after a bounty is placed for his murder. The one-third episode was announced in June 2017. much of the returning cast and crew was confirmed in February 2018, with raw members joining that May. Filming began that month and lasted through November, taking target in New York City, Montreal, and Morocco.
Parabellum was theatrically released in the United States on May 17, 2019, by Lionsgate. It grossed $ 326 million cosmopolitan, becoming the highest-grossing film of the franchise in just 10 days, and received positive reviews from critics, with praise for the action sequences, ocular style, and Reeves ‘s performance. [ 5 ] A sequel, John Wick: Chapter 4, is set to be released on March 24, 2023. [ 6 ] [ 7 ]
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John Wick makes his room through Manhattan before he is labeled “ excommunicado “ for the unauthorized kill of High Table crime overlord Santino D’Antonio on the grounds of the New York Continental Hotel [ N 1 ] —before this, he sends his chase to safety with the concierge, Charon, at the very like hotel. At the New York Public Library, John retrieves a marker medallion and a rosary. He is injured in a contend with another gunman and seeks checkup treatment from an hell sophisticate, but his $ 14 million amplitude activates before the doctor can finish, forcing John to complete the suturing himself. Upon leaving, he is promptly pursued by diverse gangs of assassins, all of whom he kills. John meets with the “ Director ”, the capitulum of the Ruska Roma crime syndicate, where he presents the rosary and demands safe passage to Casablanca. As John was once one of them, the Director reluctantly helps. meanwhile, a High Table Adjudicator meets with New York Continental coach Winston and the Bowery King, notifying them that they both have seven days to resign from their positions for helping John and indirectly going against the rules of the Table. [ N 1 ] The Adjudicator hires Zero, a japanese assassin, and orders him to stab the Director through both of her hands as penance for aiding John. In Casablanca, John meets Sofia, a former friend and director of the Moroccan Continental. John presents a Marker, which he obtained after helping her to protect her daughter, and demands to be directed to the “ Elder ” — the entirely person above the High Table. Sofia begrudgingly takes John to Berrada, her early party boss, who tells John he may find the Elder by wandering through the desert until he can no long walk. In rally, Berrada asks for one of Sofia ‘s dogs, and shoots it when she refuses, which survives due to its bulletproof vest. Sofia tries to kill Berrada, but merely wounds him at John ‘s warning. They fight their way out of the kasbah and drive into the desert, where she leaves John. Seven days subsequently, the Adjudicator and Zero confront the Bowery King, who refuses to abdicate his position. In reply, Zero ‘s students slaughter his men while the King is slashed seven times with a wakizashi as penance. meanwhile, John collapses in the defect and is brought to the Elder, who asks why he is there ; John states that he wants to live to keep the memory of the love he once had with his belated wife. [ N 2 ] The Elder agrees to forgive John ‘s transgressions if he kills Winston and remains slavish to the High Table for the remainder of his life. To show his allegiance, John severs his ring finger and gives his wedding ring to the Elder. John returns to New York and is attacked by Zero and his students before reaching the security of the Continental. The Adjudicator arrives, but Winston refuses to abdicate and John refuses to kill him, leading the Adjudicator to revoke the Continental ‘s achromatic status and send both Zero and an army of heavily armed High Table enforcers to kill John and Winston. Winston provides John with weapons and the aid of Charon and his staff. After killing all the enforcers, John is ambushed by Zero and his students, and John proceeds to kill all but two students who surrender with respect after being beaten. Zero battles John but is finally defeated and left to die. The Adjudicator agrees to a parley with Winston, who offers allegiance to the High Table. John arrives and Winston shoots him, causing him to fall off the ceiling. Winston reassumes his coach position. The badly injure John is secretly collected and delivered to the heavily hurt Bowery King in an underground bunker ; the two agree to join forces against the High Table .
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production [edit ]
In October 2016, Chad Stahelski, who made his directorial debut with John Wick and served as Reeves ‘ Matrix stunt double, [ 8 ] stated that a third film in the John Wick series was in the works, [ 9 ] and in June 2017, it was reported that Derek Kolstad, who wrote the two anterior films, would return to write the screenplay. [ 10 ] In January 2018, it was reported that Stahelski would return to direct. [ 11 ] According to Reeves, the film ‘s title was taken from the celebrated 4th-century Roman military quote “ Si vis pacem, para bellum “, which means, “ If you want peace, prepare for war. ” [ 12 ] In an consultation with The New York Times, McShane said that the film would be big, good, and that nothing is the like while besides hinting that part of the action could be the High Table ‘s payback not entirely on Wick but besides on his close friend Winston. [ 13 ]
Casting [edit ]
In January 2018, it was reported that Hiroyuki Sanada was in talks to join the vomit. [ 11 ] Later, it was revealed that Ian McShane, Laurence Fishburne, and Lance Reddick would reprise their roles from previous John Wick films. [ 14 ] In May 2018, Halle Berry, Anjelica Huston, Asia Kate Dillon, Mark Dacascos, Jason Mantzoukas, Yayan Ruhian, Cecep Arif Rahman, and Tiger Chen joined the roll. [ 15 ] [ 16 ] [ 17 ] In November 2018, Said Taghmaoui confirmed his participation in the movie. [ 18 ]
Filming [edit ]
Principal photography began May 5, 2018, in New York City and Montreal, along with the extra filming locations of Morocco. Principal photography lasted until November 17, 2018. [ 14 ] [ 18 ] [ 19 ] Cinematographer Dan Laustsen was asked about how challenging it was to use as many extended fight scene takes as possible while filming the high action screenplay. He stated, “ Of course it is [ a challenge ], because all the fights—Chad [ Stahelski ] is doing most of the fights himself. We play that arsenic wide as we can. Because that way we see it ‘s him. We do that a draw, we try to play it vitamin a wide as we can and do hanker shots. Of run, because Chad has a backdrop from the stunt world he knows precisely how to block this kind of stuff. I ‘m not the best stunt person in the world, but I ‘m learning. ” [ 20 ] In an interview with Jimmy Fallon, Halle Berry said, “ I broke three ribs in rehearsal. ” [ 21 ] The natural process scene with a gunman named Earnest, played by NBA basketball player Boban Marjanović, was inspired by the Bruce Lee movie Game of Death ( 1972 ), where Lee fights NBA basketball player Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. [ 22 ] Unlike most of the other stunt scenes, Earnest has a few lines bantering with John Wick, but he still loses .
particular effects [edit ]
The ocular effects are provided by Method Studios, Image Engine, and Soho VFX. [ 23 ]
music [edit ]
Tyler Bates and Joel J. Richard return to score the film. The soundtrack was released by Varèse Sarabande.
The theme song for the film is “ Bullet Holes “ by English rock band Bush. While Tyler Bates was writing music with the band, he decided that the song would be perfective for the film, and sent it to Chad Stahelski. [ 24 ] besides featured is the song “ Ninja Re Bang Bang “ by japanese artist Kyary Pamyu Pamyu. [ 25 ]
marketing [edit ]
The studio spent an estimated $ 48 million on prints and advertisements promoting the movie. [ 26 ]
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theatrical performance [edit ]
Parabellum premiered in Brooklyn, New York on May 9, 2019. [ 27 ] The film was theatrically released in the United States on May 17, 2019, by Lionsgate .
home media [edit ]
The film was released on Digital HD on August 23, 2019, and was released on DVD, Blu-ray, and Ultra HD Blu-ray on September 10, 2019, by Lionsgate Home Entertainment .
reception [edit ]
Box position [edit ]
John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum grossed $ 171 million in the United States and Canada, and $ 155.7 million in other territories, for a cosmopolitan entire of $ 326.7 million. [ 4 ] Deadline Hollywood calculated the net profit of the film to be $ 89 million, when factoring together all expenses and revenues. [ 26 ] In the United States and Canada, Parabellum was released aboard A Dog’s Journey and The Sun Is Also a Star and was initially projected to gross $ 30–40 million from 3,850 theaters in its opening weekend. [ 29 ] [ 30 ] The film made $ 5.9 million from Thursday night previews, more than the sum of the Thursday night previews for the former two films ( $ 950,000 and $ 2.2 million ). It then made $ 22.7 million on its beginning day ( including previews ), increasing its projected gross to $ 56 million. It went on to debut at $ 57 million, becoming the first film to dethrone Avengers: Endgame atop the box agency. [ 31 ] It was the best first step of the series, and more than the inaugural film made during its integral theatrical ply ( $ 43 million ). [ 32 ] In its second gear weekend the film made $ 24.4 million, finishing second behind newcomer Aladdin. [ 33 ] It then earned $ 11.1 million in its third weekend and $ 6.4 million in its fourth. [ 34 ] [ 35 ]
critical response [edit ]
On review collector Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rat of 89 %, with an average rat of 7.5/10, based on 353 reviews. The web site ‘s critical consensus reads, “ John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum reload for another hard-hitting round of the brilliantly choreographed, extraordinary action that fans of the franchise requirement. ” [ 36 ] On Metacritic, the film has a slant average mark of 73 out of 100, based on 50 critics, indicating “ by and large favorable reviews ”. [ 37 ] Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the movie an average grade of “ A– ” on an A+ to F scale, the same as its harbinger, while those at PostTrak gave it 4.5 out of 5 stars and a “ definite recommend ” of 75 %. [ 32 ] Rotten Tomatoes besides ranked it at No. 2 on its list of “ The Best action Movies of 2019 ”. [ 38 ] Peter Sobczynski of RogerEbert.com gave the film 4 out of 4 stars, calling it “ a work of pop cinema so blissfully, albeit viciously, entertaining that you come out of it feeling even more resentful of its multiplex neighbors for not making a similar feat. ” [ 39 ] Chris Nashawaty of Entertainment Weekly gave the film a grade of “ A- ”, writing that “ as gorgeously choreographed, gratuitously violent action movies go, it ‘s high art ”. [ 40 ] Wendy Ide of The Observer gave the film 4 out of 5 stars, calling it “ a flying kick to the senses ” and writing that “ The outstanding third gear installment in Keanu Reeves ‘s fighting franchise overwhelms with deluxe martial arts set pieces ”. [ 41 ]
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sequel [edit ]
On May 20, 2019, following the third film ‘s successful debut, John Wick: Chapter 4 was announced and given a May 21, 2021 publish go steady. This film was planned to be released aboard The Matrix Resurrections, besides starring Keanu Reeves. [ 69 ] however, on May 1, 2020, the movie was delayed to March 24, 2023, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. [ 70 ]