Part of the visual appeal here comes from Stahelski's deliberate style, but that doesn't make this any less impressive. The HDR grade (available in Dolby Vision with compatible hardware) is routinely intense. The result is that even humdrum scenes, such as those in the Bowery King's HQ (Chapter 2), have a tremendous sense of depth, while Wick's subsequent jaunts through the night-time streets of Chinatown are awash with precise neon highlights. The 2.40:1-framed image continually pops with bright highlights, yet doesn't push black levels to the point of obstructing detail. Picture: John Wick 3 swaggers on to Ultra HD Blu-ray with a pristine, vibrant and dynamic 4K HDR transfer that – despite presumably being based upon the movie's 2K DI – feels as sharp as one of Wick's suits. Its narrative is peppered with (often quite lengthy) set-piece fights, an inventive, blade-filled scrap in a weapons museum and a running gun battle through darkened streets in Casablanca being the standouts. This is a brutally violent movie at times, but you won't hear us complain. Parabellum never forgets what the franchise is all about, which is bone-crunching hand-to-hand combat and thrillingly choreographed gunplay. Old favourites (Ian McShane as Winston, Laurence Fishburne as the Bowery King). There are new characters here, including Halle Berry as a former assassin, and returning Series writer Derek Kolstad and director Chad Stahelski ensure a stylistic and visual continuity with the film's predecessors, while (as was the case with John Wick 2) expanding on the Wick/Continental mythology. Chapter 3 – Parabellum picks up from there, following Wick as he evades assassins and attempts to triangulate a way out of his predicament. The previous John Wick movie ended with the title character (Keanu Reeves) excommunicated from the Continental, having broken its stuffy rules by killing crime boss Santino D'Antoni on the premises, and a price put on his head.
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