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John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum

R
English
May 17, 2019
2hr 11min
Status: released

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John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum Movie Details:

Based onCharacters by Derek Kolstad
Country United States
Language English
GenreAction, Crime, Thriller
Release dateMay 9, 2019 (Regal Union Square)
May 17, 2019 (United States)
Running time2hr 11min
Age ratingR
StarringKeanu Reeves
Halle Berry
Laurence Fishburne
Mark Dacascos
Asia Kate Dillon
Lance Reddick
Anjelica Huston
Ian McShane
Directed by Chad Stahelski
Screenplay byDerek Kolstad
Shay Hatten
Chris Collins
Marc Abrams
Story byDerek Kolstad
Produced byBasil Iwanyk
Erica Lee
Cinematography by Dan Laustsen
Edited by Evan Schiff
Music byTyler Bates
Joel J. Richard
Production CompanySummit Entertainment
Thunder Road Films
87Eleven Productions
Distributor Lionsgate

John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum Movie Cast & Characters:

  • Keanu Reeves as John Wick, a former assassin on the run from the High Table.
  • Halle Berry as Sofia Al-Azwar, an ex-assassin, a former friend of John, and the manager of the Continental Hotel in Casablanca
  • Laurence Fishburne as “The Bowery King”
  • Mark Dacascos as Zero
  • Asia Kate Dillon as “The Adjudicator”
  • Lance Reddick as Charon, the concierge at the Continental Hotel in New York.
  • Anjelica Huston as “The Director”
  • Ian McShane as Winston Scott, the enigmatic manager of the New York Continental and friend of John
  • Tobias Segal as Earl
  • Saïd Taghmaoui as “The Elder”
  • Jerome Flynn as Berrada
  • Randall Duk Kim as “The Doctor”
  • Margaret Daly as Operator
  • Robin Lord Taylor as “Administrator”
  • Susan Blommaert as “Librarian”
  • Jason Mantzoukas as “Tick Tock Man”, one of the Bowery King’s men
  • Cecep Arif Rahman as Shinobi #1, one of Zero’s pupils
  • Yayan Ruhian as Shinobi #2, another of Zero’s pupils
  • Unity Phelan as Rooney, a ballerina training to become an assassin
  • Roger Yuan as Huang, a Triad gang assassin (uncredited)
  • Tiger Chen as Triad (uncredited)
  • Boban Marjanović as Ernest
  • Aïssam Bouali as Yassin, the concierge at the Continental Hotel in Casablanca

Storyline:

In this third installment of the adrenaline-fueled action franchise, skilled assassin John Wick (Keanu Reeves) returns with a $14 million price tag on his head and an army of bounty-hunting killers on his trail. After killing a member of the shadowy international assassin’s guild, the High Table, John Wick is excommunicado, but the world’s most ruthless hit men and women await his every turn.

John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum Movie Box Office Collection & Budget:

Budget$75 million
Worldwide Collection$327.7 million

About John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum Movie:

John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum is based on a story by Derek Kolstad. The film is the sequel to John Wick: Chapter 2 (2017) and the third installment in the John Wick franchise.

In October 2016, Chad Stahelski, who made his directorial debut with John Wick and served as Reeves’ Matrix stunt double, stated that a third film in the John Wick series was in the works. In June 2017, it was reported that Derek Kolstad, who wrote the two prior films, would return to write the screenplay. In January 2018, it was reported that Stahelski would return to direct.

According to Reeves, the film’s title was taken from the famous 4th-century Roman military quote “Si vis pacem, para bellum”, which means, “If you want peace, prepare for war.” In an interview with the New York Times, McShane said that the film would be big and good and that nothing is the same while also hinting that part of the action could be the High Table’s payback not only on Wick but also on his close friend Winston.

Principal photography began May 5, 2018, in New York City, along with additional filming locations in Casablanca. Principal photography lasted until November 17, 2018.

The action scene with a hitman named Ernest, played by NBA basketball player Boban Marjanović, was inspired by the Bruce Lee film Game of Death (1972), where Lee fights NBA basketball player Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. Unlike most of the other stunt scenes, Ernest has a few lines bantering with John Wick, but he still loses.

The visual effects are provided by Method Studios, Image Engine, and Soho VFX.

John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum had its premiere at the Regal Union Square in New York City on May 9, 2019, and was released in the United States on May 17, by Lionsgate. It received generally positive reviews from critics, with praise for the action sequences, visual style, and Reeves’s performance.

The film grossed over $327 million worldwide and took just 10 days to become the highest-grossing film in the franchise. A sequel, John Wick: Chapter 4, was released in March 2023, with a spin-off film, John Wick Presents: Ballerina, set to be released on June 6, 2025.

The film was released on Digital HD on August 23, 2019, and on DVD, Blu-ray, and Ultra HD Blu-ray on September 10, 2019, by Lionsgate Home Entertainment.

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