As of this writing John Wick 1, 2, and 3 all have a 7.4 rating. That is preposterous to me. The first Wick was definitely a 7-8 level movie. 2 was more of a 6. This one wasn't even that.

The strength of the JW1 was it's rejection of even having a plot. It was an action movie that mocked the tendency of action movies to pretend they are more than they are by justifying the action with the killing of a dog. But in JW2 and even more in JW3, they are trying harder to pretend there's a plot going on...and it's not good.

JW3 tries to engross us with a plot, but it's too thin and too weak to be anything more than brief respite between shootouts. And it feels awkward. Characters are introduced at random, randomly help or betray John - who shows no remorse for completely screwing over his friends repeatedly. Not that remorse is a thing that exists in Assassin World.

The worldbuild continues to get sillier as I swear every single human being on planet Earth instantly recognizes JW and is a trained ninja and marksman. You think I'm exaggerating, but I'm not.

The ninja of this world definitely follow the 'Inverse Ninja Law' with the more of them that exist, the weaker they get. At one point, Halle Barry murders an enemy with an empty gun by throwing it at him. Protagonists almost never miss. When JW is hurt, the injuries are never more than a temporary inconvenience. They continue to show on him, but never slow or weaken him. JW and others kill enemies at times with light touches...and otherwise people take superhuman level of damage before dying.

Now, let's be clear, the inconsistencies definitely are a weakness, as are the legions of disposable baddies. But this is a movie series that chose to chase body count with an emphasis for style over realism. This isn't meant to be John McClane. This is a video game protagonist playing on "Baby's First FPS" level.

Here's the problem though, at this point the action movies are all largely the same from JW movie to JW movie. There's the flipping and the gun-kata and ramming knife into people with his hammer and anvil movie and being hit by cars and so on. My point is that the action is getting stale the longer the series goes and when that's the entire point of the movie....that's a bad sign.

JW movies are starting to feel like parodies of JW1. They don't feel fresh or interesting. The world feels increasingly unreal. The characters feel less fresh. And the action is stale.