John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum is in theaters now and, if you love the first two John Wick movies, chances are you`ll enjoy yourself. GameSpot`s Michael Rougeau certainly did in his review of the film. It`s loaded with the kind of action and fight scenes that make the John Wick franchise so great, and there are some interesting new characters that expand this crazy world even further. That said, it`s not perfect. In fact, it`s staring down the barrel of a massive problem that could spoil the franchise if left unchecked. If you haven`t seen John Wick: Chapter 3 yet, stop reading now. This is your one and only spoiler warning.The first John Wick is a practically perfect movie. It`s a revenge tale that sees Keanu Reeves at arguably the best he`s ever been, with fantastically choreographed fight scenes and an urgency to the story that leaves you tense and on the edge of your seat. It`s also self-contained. While there are hints of a larger world within the society of assassins introduced in the film--the High Table--the story is resolved, and it`s utterly satisfying as a single film.Then Chapter 2 came along in 2017. The action and fighting fans loved was back, and the movie further expanded the world of the Continental Hotels. And it ended with a cliffhanger setting up an incredible third chapter with Wick facing off against the High Table in a final showdown. One way or another, it left us thinking John would find peace, either in defeating the High Table and riding into the sunset or in death to be reunited with his wife.That doesn`t happen, though. Instead, after Chapter 3, nothing has really changed. John fought the High Table, dispatched of seemingly hundreds of assassins around the world, and still somehow ended Parabellum as the secret society`s most wanted man with a big price on his head--just like he was at the end of Chapter 2.After waiting for what many of us thought would be the conclusion of the John Wick franchise--or at least to this storyline--t ...
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