It created it's own sub-genre of action film. His name is a verb now. Everyone knows what you mean when you say "I John Wick-ed that guy". Wick is one of the most influential movie characters in the last 10 years.

The crowd that was in the screening I was in actually clapped to the Matrix reference with a few cheers in the background. It was pretty cool. Well... hopefully Carrie Anne Moss gets the call for chapter 4. Fingers crossed.

Nice review Oliver. I agree the actions scenes were a bit long...BUT...I'd rather watch lengthy "real" action scenes versus CGI fights! Loved the first 15 minutes of the movie which was the "Escape from New York" as well.

The director also body doubled for Brandon Lee in The Crow after the tragedy

John Wick is the best action franchise of the decade.

I always knew Keanu Reeves was awesome and I did not agree when people would tease him as being a bad actor many years ago. He proved them all wrong again and again.

Nobody ever gets the reference to SPEED in the first one either. His neighbor in the Hotel is named Harry, and dies midway through the movie.

How come no one talks about mad dog from the raid. Such a legend

Your enthusiasm for films is infectious. Thanks for your vids they are always great

Hey Oliver Great video and content would love to see more of this type of review videos from you aswell as your retrospective videos which I really enjoy to. Big fan of your work.

Was disappointed. Fight scenes too long. Turning campy. To self aware. Appears to be losing precision. not picking up guns from defeated foes when unarmed (and thus unarmed *again* next scene), and too many cuts during action scenes. Enjoyed the film. But it's losing the things that made them special.

YES A VIDEO TO WATCH WITH A HOTPOCKET !!!! I’m never this early btw but great vid 😤😤👌🏽👌🏽

Dacascos absolute stole the show. Dude is always a blast to watch.

I haven't seen this film yet so thank you very much for keeping the spoilers to a minimum. That's a proper cool little nod to The Matrix =P The song Plastic Heart by Ciscandra Nostalghia you featured at the end of this is stuck with me forever it's so good and fits the films so well. Nice one Ollie, and I absolutely can't wait to watch In Search of the Last Action Heroes.

Hoping for a constantine part two :)

Saw it and I will say, the first half action was amazing. The Good The Bad and The Ugly reference and The Game of Death one were great and the knife/axe fight in the museum was one of the best action scenes I have ever seen. But I did not like where the film went and I feel by the end, its not the same franchise I originally enjoyed and I don't think I care to see a forth as much as I was hoping this would end the Trilogy.

Can't wait to see this. Thanks for the review.

Bronn's Italian accent was something else.

Great review. Thanks mate!

Oh snap with the "Lots of guns" reference - I also laughed out loud in a strangely silent cinema audience :)

3 is awesome I felt some of the fights went on a little too long easily the best part imo is the start in New York

Using the dogs as weapons was awesome. Something we don't usually se, only a few times and for a really short scenes, like the police dog in Shooter. But this were really the Dogs of War.

The one sentence review of John Wick 3: "The don't-forget-to-monitor-your-blood-pressure film of the year" This was one of the most intense action movies I've ever seen in the movie theater.

First-class review, I did not understand that much because my English was a bit rusty.

I fully agree Oliver, the fight scenes toward the end go on too long. Still a great movie though!!

Keanu is not 55 years old, he is 295 years old. I have seen the meme and I think it holds water.

Perfect review. Rarely do I agree with someone 100%. But you nailed this. I feel the exact same way about everything you just said in this review.

I love how this worlds unfolds. Nice review.

John Wick = Taken (Liam Neeson) + Batman + 80s Arnold tidbits.

The Matrix-Hommage, i found hilarious! Thanx for bringing this up.

Oliver just had to mention Commando. I wish John Wick 3 ended with "We Fight for Love". Somewhere, somehow, someone...

I enjoyed the film but spotted 3 editing / directing problems that really stood out. (1.) Early in the film John is hit by 2 cars in the rain. The 2nd car stops and the assassin gets out of the car to fight Wick instead of just staying in the car and running over John before he stands up. (2. & 3.) There is a scene at a public transit station where assassins kill 2 or 3 other assassins that are closer to John. The crowd of dozens of normal people walking very near by ignore the assassins & dead men and walk on like nothing happened and the 2 or 3 dead men on the ground simply vanish in the next shot of the scene. WTF. But like I said, I still enjoyed the movie.

The “Lots of guns” line was great, but also shown in the trailer. Audiences already knew it was coming.

Same for me at the cinema when Wick says' "Guns. Lots of guns" - I was the only one to laugh out loud. Perhaps the average age of the audience?

Definitely agree regarding there being too many action sequences in the climax. Just one fight sequence removed would have helped get to the end that bit quicker and would have improved the movie overall. I was just thinking “this is great action and all, but can we just get on with it?”

Anyone else feel The Good The Bad The Ugly homage with the antique gunshop scene and the walk in the desert? Movie is about revenge and profit too. TGTBTU was the third movie in dollars trilogy. Coincidence?

keanu reaves has his career boosted thanks to the john wick character im happy for him to me keanu is one of the most authentic and down to earth actors out there in hollywood

I saw it at the Disney springs dine in. When Mister Wick sed he needed guns... lots of guns everyone applauded.

My understanding is that Wick was originally envisioned as a 60 year old retiree. This could go on for a long time

Great review and loved the movie. One of the best of the year for me. 😎

Mark Dacascos is superb, I love Drive, a derivative film with excellent fight scenes for an American production.

I think I saw JW3 the perfect way. Cheeky pint with my mate before, 3 cans for the film. Cinema full of lads clearly doing the same. Can hear beer and wine being drank, bottles falling over, EVERYONE is oohing, aahing and gasping, tons of nervous laughter when stuff goes nuts. Everyone lost it at the lots of guns line. Honestly it was great.

Oliver, will you do a retrospective for The Warriors and some old ww2 movies like Bridge on the River Kwai, and The Great Escape? We are begging you for the warriors for I think a year, so will we get it? :D :D

The knife fight scene was amazing!

Matrix was good, but personally, his martial arts sequences were choreographed well. It doesn't necessarily mean his ability was excellent. He's no Jackie Chan, but apart from that i agree with pretty much everything you said.

5:12 I'm pretty sure Point Break came out before Speed

Didn't they steal the horse scene from True Lies and the motorcycle fight from "The Villainess"?

Really enjoyed the movie. Agree with you that it was a tad too long. also thought they were a little gratuitous at times, all those on screen headshots were a little much I thought, kinda cheapened them by using it so very much, they did a good job of them but i think they'd have had a little more punch if you didnt see 90% of them in full view.

The John Wick Series gets better and better and I can't wait for Chapter 4. Love your review buddy.

I completely missed the Matrix reference... I think due to the fatigue at that point. Good film but a bit long.

I just want to see John rest for a bit and see what he can do at full power. I feel like the 4th we may see that.

So, Chad Stahelski is this era's Hal Needham

please do a The Relic 1997 retrospective

Not only a matrix tribute in there, they did a massive the good The bad and The ugly tribute in it too. =)

Sadly, they fast and furioused/golden circled/man of steeled John Wick 3. What do I mean by that? Fast Furioused = upped the stakes to ridiculous levels. Golden Circled = they increased the weird/quirky stuff from the first movie that pulls you out of the movie. Man of Steeled = too much fighting for too long/fight fatigue. Otherwise, I'm a huge fan of John Wick. Sadly, I don't want the 4th, even though I know it's in pre production already. They are going to ruin the franchise.

I'm sad to say that I was a bit disappointed by JW3. The execution was flawless of course, but I was hoping the story would go in a different direction. I'm a real sucker for, "Lone rebel goes to war against the massive and cruel system they used to champion," kinds of movies and was hoping that's where this one was going to go. Equilibrium is a good example. The whole "Secret society of assassins" thing is starting to get a little bit unbelievable too. Is there anyone in the entire world who's *_not_* a part of this organisation? Where every person he bumps into knows his name? Is there such a thing as an ordinary civilian in the JW universe? I've got no problem suspending my disbelief, but they're pushing things a bit far... Anyway, looks as though they're setting up #4 to be the "goes to war with 'The High Table'" movie, so I'm looking forward to that. Neo and Morpheus working together again will be cool too.

You think that's air your breathing?

To anyone reading the comments or watching the video: Go and watch John Wick 3 now!!! Support this movie, we need to bring back the badass stoic 80s action hero back. We've had enough of Marvel and DC movies showing on theaters all throughout the year.

By minor spoilers, we mean the entire plot.

First movie I saw in theaters in over a decade. So worth it.

John Wick 3: When will people learn to not mess with other people’s dogs.

To cut it short: third one ruins first two and looks more like netflix adaptation.

Are you excited for the third, “Bill and Ted,” movie, Oliver?

The fight scenes did eventually just become white noise, but worse still was the incoherent story that really only plays out towards the end. Why does the "High Table" forgive Winston for "showing he could defend himself" When it was Wick who did all the work? If that's what they care about, wouldn't they realize that they're better off keeping the guy who can kill just about anyone with anything alive? How many assassins are they going to waste on him before they decide that they should just forgive him and have him work for them? Ultimately the movie just ends where it started. Nothing that transpired really mattered, except for maybe Wick losing a finger and his wedding ring. I guess I'm not supposed to think about any of this and just enjoy the murder gimmicks. Maybe in part 4 he'll kill someone with a paper clip.

This one was better than Chapter 2 but not nearly as good as the first one. Of course I like them all but the first one was total magic that can never be repeated.

My problem is this..Part 2 ended in bright blue sky daylight...FIVE MINUTES LATER (at part 3’s beginning) it’s pouring rain...This doesn’t happen in New York.,,EVER...I GREW UP THERE, IT DOESNT HAPPEN!....That, and you can pretty much cut out the ENTIRE part in ?Morocco and NOT CHANGE THE PLOT ONE BIT (Sorry, Halle...you’re pleasant, but irrelevant)

Adjudicator not Adjucator

Do a retrospective and review on james Cameron's avatar

I’d say 2 is still the best movie but 3 was still brilliant. Can’t wait to rewatch it in 4K HDR

Looks like an anime.

The fight scenes are not to long.

Loved it

Amazing franchise, I love it.

I really hope this film is enough to convince producers to give Mark Dacascos his own action film 😂

If people watch John Wick movies for story or plot then they need to reevaluate their lives.

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The middle definitely feels bloated and slowed down the movie too much. He should have never been able to get out of New York. If the whole movie was just 90 minutes of him trying to "escape from new york" and then he finally gets out at the end, it would have been a really nice lead-in to a sequel. Like John Wick has survived the wave of mediocre assassins and is ready to take on the high table.

Saw it today. Pretty fuckin intense. Wonder how they'll escalate it for part 4...

i think i am the only person, who really liked JW1 but hated JW2, which was utterly boring and without any substance of story and character development.

And now the director wants to kill him....why?

This movie is far too long, and the final fight is set in the same place as the final fight from the previous film. Can't help but be disappointed by this one in spite of the first 3rd being so strong. And apparently no one learned their lesson because the 4th movie is as long as Saving Private Ryan.

Action pack great show

The thing I hate about John Wick is John Wick 2, I hope 3 is better. John Wick was awesome!

John wick not superman? Tell that to his marksmanship headshots. That is his super power. Lol.

JW3 was utter shite, I actually didn't know if it was meant to be a parody of an action film.

John Wick was AMAZING... Everyone trembling at sound of his name; calling him the boogeyman... Low key guy turns out to be bad ass Russian assassin. Simple plot with 80% believable fighting and action. A refreshing no nonsense movie with a great lead actor. John Wick 2 was DUMB... All of a sudden no one is scared of the so called boogeyman. This guy just got done annihilating an entire Russian mob family but everyone has balls of steal now to come after him. The blood marker was a cool plot point, but could have been done so much better. Fighting and action was on par or slightly sloppier than the original. Keanu did a great job, the producer and director did not. John Wick 3 was a WASTE... The boogeyman doesn’t run away and then cut off his fucking finger only to put himself back into the same situation. So much of this movie could have been left out that it’s crazy. The consequences plot was decent, it’s nice to see what happens to characters after the credits roll. Gang members and other assassins complementing and respecting John was also a steer in the right direction. The fighting and action was substantially worse; so much so that you can actually tell it is a rehearsed dance. There is even a scene where the choreography is off and John blocks a kick before the kick is started. I had high hopes going into this movie that the sins of the part 2 would be cleared up and rectified. Instead, I got less quality, plot recycling, and the third act of a trilogy used to open another sequel instead of closing the book. Keanu did what he could with what was given to him, but the bad ass John Wick doesn’t feel like a threat anymore. The MANAGERS betrayal was a twist I didn’t really see coming, but it was too late in the movie. These types of movies need to be made by fans for fans. It might have started that way, but turned into a cash cow.

They should have left it as a trilogy, 3 great movies.. if JW4 sucks it will spoil the whole lot... It's hollywood milking something dry yet again....

I don’t it’s a household name.

I loved it. Best of the 3 films for me

I thought this movie was hot garbage. I thought Halle Barry's acting was some of the worst I had ever seen, and I have no idea how she even got the part. The bit about the dogs is just completely over used in this movie, and I feel like they tried to outdo the other movies. Instead of just letting their work speak for itself. The fight scenes were by far the worst of the series, many parts it looked fake, and in too many scenes they have all parties involved pass up perfectly fine weapons to just punch each other. The entire first half of the movies plot to totally worthless, as John immediately breaks his promise to serve, and throwing away his second chance.

John Matrix > Jonh Wick

the John Wick series is absolutely not an 80s nostalgia series. It is a video game. Complete with cut scenes, new levels, and each level having a new boss. It's the best video game movie series ever produced because it utilizes all the elements that make a video game good.

Why the fuck do you have so few subscribers. Sums up the world we live in. Quality material and talented people are not watched

Yawn, you want PROPER action movies, check Asia - nobody does them better. The motorbike scene in this is a total, blatant rip off of the scene from the Korean classic, The Villaness. Chad just watched and copies Asian action films, hence why two of the martial artists from The Raid also feature in this movie.

This movie was total shit. The first one is the only good one.

These films are overrated crap.

I watch John Wick movies, but I don't really know why. They don't have a story or plot. There full of unrealistic fights and impossible stunts (the ending of this one was particularly over the top). He never accomplishes any thing, just deeper into shit. They are vehicles for over the hill actors, that could do so much better. Idea, hire writers next time, tell the origen of John Wick. Tell why he fights when there no reason to, when every thing is dead, including his soul, if he ever had one. Give him a past. Tell how he was built. Tell why he can be shot three times, fall out a five story building, hit three fire escapes, land with a splat, then scraped up, dumped out, and still be stong enough to be pissed. To kill again. Doesn't matter, they won't do this. And I'll watch the next one too. But I won't pay for it.

John Wick 3 was a catastrophe. It was so cringy most of the time. Such a shame, nowhere close to the original.