I have served. I will be of service.

I love these films so much. Each one has taken what we have learned in the previous film and builds on it. And John Wick (Keanu Reeves) gets pulled back, completely into the underworld of assassination that he left for five years.

When the film opens, he is on the run, fleeing The Continental, after having violated it rules, by conducting business on consecrated grounds. He’s got an hour to find a way out of town and he flees to Casablanca.

There he connects with Sofia (Halle Berry) and he calls in a marker, much like what was done to him in the second film. He wants to speak to those at the High Table, the highest of the hierarchy in the world that Wick moves in.

But it’s not going to be easy, and, of course, it’s going to be bloody, violent, and filled with fantastic stunts.

There are so many sequences to love in this film. The horses, the dogs, the motorcycles, the knives, the guns (lots of guns) and Mark Dacascos fanboy, Zero.

The film also expands on the worlds of The Continental as both Winston (Ian McShane) and the Bowery King (Laurence Fishburne) find themselves dealing with an Adjudicator (Asia Kate Dillon) because of their actions, or in-actions concerning John.

John’s only way back may be committing to the life he left, and he will have to prove it.

Stahelski and Reeves keep the story moving, while filling out the world, and introducing us to more backstory, like The Director (Anjelica Huston) and her ballerinas (which, of course, sets the stage for the Ballerina spin-off). It also shows us how, and where Wick came up.

There’s lots of great stunts, and fights throughout this film, and it is very difficult to pick a favourite sequence. It’s stylistic, vibrant, expands the world, and has a helluva time entertaining us as it does.

I love the fact that the supporting cast is filled with solid actors (Lance Reddick shines!), familiar faces, and stunt performers, and that the film gives them an opportunity to showcase their talents. Honestly, the John Wick film series may be the height of North American stunt work and fight choreography.

And I love that each film is longer than the last one. This one clocks in at just over two hours, while the first one was just about an hour and a half, and Chapter 4… well that’s almost three. And it still flies by, because, holy crap the action sequences and stunt work.

These are movies that are very rewatchable for me. And by that I mean, I rewatch them. I don’t put them on in the background and wander in and out of moments, once these films start rolling, I’m drawn into the neon-saturated images, the sets, the action beats, and Reeves.

Damn I love these movies.