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PaulFThumpkins t1_iv15x6p wrote

Reply to comment by ncopp in ‘John Wick’ Prequel Series ‘The Continental’ to Stream on Amazon Internationally - The series will air on Peacock in the U.S. by Neo2199

I'm there for the action and Keanu (and Reddick and McShane), absolutely. But the actual plot of 3 is so incoherent it kind of kills the stakes. Few things the characters do really make sense and they set up these big stakes and kind of ignore them.

Feels like we jumped the shark at Wick shooting that guy at the end of 2 when the guy hadn't done anything nearly as bad as the villain in 1, and he'd already gone to the ends of the earth to curry the guy's favor, and knew it would rain hell on him. By 3 the entire plot is driven by characters making mercurial decisions on a whim, even if it ignores rules they said were ironclad.

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Malvania t1_iv170l3 wrote

Feels like the second could have ended with something like: The High Table understands that by the High Table's own rules of the marker, Mr. Wick was required to take the contract for Gianna D'Antonio. However, a contract on a member of the High Table can never be sanctioned, so Mr. Wick's actions in dispatching Santino D'Antonio will not trigger ex communicado sanctions.

Anything else is "Nah, hits on the high table are fine, here's your seat at the table"

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Toidal t1_iv1fl8b wrote

I really liked the dog sequence, but the last sequences, with the shotguns, the 2 on 1, and then the 1 on 1 felt kinda boring.

Like in the Jackie Chan action analysis video, all the action was all clear and visible but there wasn't a rhythm or narrative to it. Just one action sequence after another. Most boring rampage ever

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