Oh, goody! Another fake Superwomyn at 110 pounds whomping snot out of 250-pound thugs.
52-year-old “vixen”... the audience for this is who? Nursing home residents?
The “parabellum” in the title of John Wick: Chapter 3 comes from the Latin Si vis pacem, para bellum — translation: If you desire peace, prepare for war, a line spoken by one of the movie’s great character actors. As effective as that line is, though, my favorite is a much simpler one that comes from our hero, John Wick (Keanu Reeves), when he’s asked, “What do you need?”
His answer?“Guns. Lots of guns.”Oh. Hell. Yes.[...]No one, though, is more welcome than Halle Berry, who plays Sofia, one of the unfortunates who owes Wick a favor. Unlike her appearance in the Kingsman franchise, where she seems to be waiting around for a better movie role, JW3 serves up Berry’s best role since, well, maybe ever.
In most cases, when a woman gets in on the action, you have to suspend disbelief to believe a 105 pound female can take on a platoon of hurly-burly men. As diminutive as Berry is, and as good she fills out those leather pants, I still bought her every move, head shot, and bone break. You can tell she trained every bit as hard as Reeves, and it shows, especially in those long takes where no cheating is allowed.
I know...totally ruined immersion. Featherweight lady takes on trained thug. In movie she round house kicks him across room. In reality, thug snaps bird bones neck 180 degrees, drops twitching body and moves on, wondering what that was all about, probably being reminded about an angry ex.