John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum

Less than an hour after the events of the second film, John Wick is now a marked man on the run in Manhattan. Before he is labeled "excommunicado" as a result of his unauthorized killing of High Table member Santino D'Antonio, Wick travels to the New York Public Library and retrieves two concealed items – a "marker" medallion and a crucifix. Then he is injured following a fight with a giant assassin named Ernest. Wick leaves to get medical treatment, but his excommunicado begins before the doctor can finish. Wick patches the injury himself and leaves but is found by a gang and after a fight in an antique dealership escapes onto the streets.

John meets with Director, the head of the Ruska Roma, with the crucifix and requests her help in getting safe passage to Casablanca. The Director reluctantly helps, as John is a former protégé and is from Belarus, knowing that this act will violate her peace treaty with the High Table. An Adjudicator of the High Table meets with Winston, the manager of the New York Continental, and the Bowery King, the leader of a network of vagrants. The Adjudicator punishes both for helping John, giving them seven days to resign their positions, and hires Zero, a Japanese ninja. Zero and his students find the Director, slaughtering her guards and stabbing her hands as punishment for helping John.

In Casablanca, John meets Sofia, a former friend and the manager of the Moroccan Continental. He asks her to honor a debt she owes him for aiding her daughter by directing him to the Elder, the only person above the High Table. Sofia takes John to Berrada, her former boss, who tells John he may find the Elder by wandering through the desert until he cannot walk any longer. In exchange, Berrada asks for one of Sofia's dogs. When Sofia refuses, he shoots the dog with the bullet lodging in its bullet proof vest. In retaliation, Sofia tries to kill Berrada but she only wounds him at John's warning. The two fight their way out of the kasbah and drive into the desert, where she leaves him.

The Adjudicator and Zero confront the Bowery King, who refuses to abdicate his position. Zero's students slaughter almost all of his henchmen. As penance for helping John, Zero cuts the Bowery King seven times with a wakizashi.

Collapsing in the desert, John is brought to the Elder and states that he is desperate to live to "earn" the memory of the love he once had with his wife. The Elder agrees to forgive Wick on condition that he assassinates Winston and keeps working for the High Table until his death. To show his commitment, John severs his ring finger and offers his wedding ring to the Elder. John returns to New York City and is attacked by Zero and his students, before reaching the protection of the Continental. John meets with Winston, who encourages John not to die as a killer but as a man who loved and was loved by his wife.

The Adjudicator arrives, but Winston has no intention of giving up his office and John refuses to kill him, leading the Adjudicator to "deconsecrate" the NY Continental, revoking its neutral ground status. The Adjudicator notifies Zero and sends heavily armed and armored enforcers to kill John and Winston. The latter decides to defend the hotel by furnishing John with weapons, alongside Charon and other hotel staff. After killing the enforcers, John is ambushed by Zero and his students, so he proceeds to kill all but two of them, who fight him respectfully and nearly enthusiastically. Eventually John confronts and fatally wounds Zero.

The Adjudicator agrees to a parley with Winston, who explains his rebellion as a "show of strength" and offers fealty to the High Table. After John arrives, the Adjudicator questions what should be done with him. Winston shoots John repeatedly, leading him to fall from the roof of the hotel. The Continental is "reconsecrated," but the Adjudicator informs Winston that John's body has disappeared, and that he remains a threat to them both. A seriously injured John and his dog are delivered to a now heavily scarred Bowery King, who states that he is really pissed off at the High Table and asks John if he is too. The film ends with John replying "Yeah."

• Keanu Reeves as John Wick
• Halle Berry as Sofia, an ex-assassin, former friend of John and the manager of the Continental Hotel in Casablanca.
• Ian McShane as Winston
• 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
• Tobias Segal as Earl
• Anjelica Huston as the Director
• Saïd Taghmaoui as the Elder
• Jerome Flynn as Berrada
• Randall Duk Kim as the Doctor. Duk Kim reprised his role from the first film.
• 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
• Tiger Chen as Triad
• Boban Marjanović as Ernest

In October 2016, Chad Stahelski, who made his directorial debut with John Wick and served as Reeves' Matrix stunt double,[9] stated that a third film in the John Wick series was in the works,[10] and in June 2017 it was reported that Derek Kolstad, who wrote the two prior films, would return to write the screenplay.[11] In January 2018, it was reported that Stahelski would return to direct.[12]

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."[13] In an interview with The New York Times, McShane said that the film would be big, 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.[14]

Tyler Bates and Joel J. Richard return to score the film. The soundtrack was released by Varese Sarabande Records. Also featured is the song "Ninja Re Bang Bang" by Japanese artist Kyary Pamyu Pamyu.[24]

Parabellum premiered in Brooklyn, New York on May 9, 2019.[25] The film was theatrically released in the United States on May 17, 2019, by Lionsgate. The film was released on Digital HD on August 23, 2019 and was released on DVD, Blu-ray, and 4K Ultra HD on September 10, 2019.[26]

The studio spent an estimated $48 million on prints and advertisements promoting the film.[27]

On May 20, 2019, following the third film's successful debut, John Wick: Chapter 4 was announced and given a May 21, 2021 release date.[43] On May 1, 2020, the film was delayed to May 27, 2022 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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