If there was a bit of a slog through would-be assassins in “John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum” - you know, shoot, stab, repeat - there is none here. Repeating that last bit: dragon’s breath shotgun. Of the 14 action sequences - yes, 14 - a few are truly mind-blowing, like a fight in the middle of the traffic circle around the Arc de Triomphe and a drone capturing a complicated set piece in a building involving what is being called a dragon’s breath shotgun. Returning director Chad Stahelski loves combining neon with gloom and now has the budget to rent out space in the Louvre.

We visit Germany, Japan and end in France, even going to a disused subway platform. Don’t forget a swarm of Paris-based amateur bounty-hunters and armored ninjas who seem as plentiful as the city’s baguettes.Īll the touches you expect from a Wick flick are here - a cool dog, hand-to-hand combat amid glass display cases, candles and Christian iconography, galloping horses, the screech of metal swords and a new way to hurt someone, in this case, a single playing card.

There’s also Killa, a jumbo-sized card shark played by martial arts star Scott Adkins, and The Tracker, a very talented bounty hunter played by Shamier Anderson.

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