There really is very little story time - maybe 20 minutes of the runtime - but probably not that much. The rest is just basically the same kind of fight scene, repeated over and over in different locations. The locations are mostly great - the monotonous action wears very thin quite early on.
I seem to remember that some of the earlier Wick movies had proper story lines - somewhere along the line they ditched them for non-stop repetitive action - action that stretches credulity well past breaking point - but some of it, especially towards the end, was ridiculous nonsense.
For any serious movie buff this installment completely fails to make the grade and is a total waste of time. Worse, it sullies the franchise.
2 stars for the locations, and because it's professionally made technically.
Minus 8 points for the lack of an engaging story and for reaching a new high for banal gratuitous violence.
Summary: So bad it's almost funny. But it's not funny, it's vacuous nonsense that cost a fortune to produce.
I seem to remember that some of the earlier Wick movies had proper story lines - somewhere along the line they ditched them for non-stop repetitive action - action that stretches credulity well past breaking point - but some of it, especially towards the end, was ridiculous nonsense.
For any serious movie buff this installment completely fails to make the grade and is a total waste of time. Worse, it sullies the franchise.
2 stars for the locations, and because it's professionally made technically.
Minus 8 points for the lack of an engaging story and for reaching a new high for banal gratuitous violence.
Summary: So bad it's almost funny. But it's not funny, it's vacuous nonsense that cost a fortune to produce.