John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum - Review
For years and years, the film industry has been trying to hit gold with game to movie adaptations. From the perfectly cast Angelina Jolie, in the cinematically dull Tomb Raider films (the original starred an American accented, pre-Bond, Daniel Craig, so that fan fiction of Bond and Croft teaming up exists, as well as a pre-Daenerys friend-zoned Iain "Jorah" Glenn), to the risible Doom flick (totally missing the point of the game being an action game with horror aesthetics and instead appearing to a remake of the original Resident Evil film). Strangely enough, to date, the best video game as a movie was one not based on a video game, namely Scott Pilgrim vs The World. It overtly blended the real and video game world, replete with 8-bit effects, beat-em up brawls, and boss fights. However, there is another film series, which has continued to get stronger with each entry is also borrowing heavily from video games to give you that non-stop action rush. The John Wick series. ...