His sole mission in life now is to live so that he can enjoy the memory of that bliss experienced beside Helen ( Bridget Moynahan). Alfie Allen let the rampage out of the bottle in 2014, and it will never be contained.Ĭhapter 3 does not offer a resolution to John Wick. By the time we reach the climax of John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum, a healthy audience member might want peace for our “hero,” but for the person who feels more pain for Marley than Me, there should never be an end to the Baba Yaga’s vengeance quest.
Such fury and gratuitous violence have rarely felt so justified. The absurd pile of corpses beneath Wick’s feet makes perfect sense.Īll on account of a puppy? Duh. Keanu Reeves is not just avenging his wife’s Daisy, he’s repaying the pain of Pippet from Jaws, Max’s Australian shepherd in The Road Warrior, Hooch from Turner & Hooch, and Sam in I Am Legend. Watching John Wick eradicate villains using guns, knives, bats, axes, swords, cars, books, pencils, and his bare hands throughout three movies is the cathartic release of rage animal lovers have wanted ever since they saw their first pitiful cinematic hound parish. The cutie didn’t do a damn thing to deserve such an end. Seeing a puppy murdered on screen is hurtful. A dog is an innocent life with no ill will, and beaming with unconditional love no matter what horror you are as a person. I’m not here to psychoanalyze the intense anger that arises when a fictional animal is slaughtered compared to the blase reaction to the faceless goons obliterated at the end of Arnold Schwarzenegger’s barrel. Then comes the moment when the killer turns his sharp instrument on the household pet. There’s a big bucket of popcorn in our lap, and we’re munching away as some masked slasher vivisects one teenager after another. We’re scooched down in the bottom of our seat.
In this entry, we chase the ending of John Wick: Chapter 3.Ī dog’s death can destroy an audience. Ending Explained is a recurring series in which we explore the finales, secrets, and themes of interesting movies and shows, both new and old.
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