#Parabellum

[heatherbelart]

If you want peace, prepare for war…

They really should have left his dog alone. 

Looking forward to seeing John Wick 4 in the cinema very soon!    

The lovely Keanu, painted in digital oils and pastels on procreate. As always, click on the image for better quality 💜

[tonguetyd]

HEY II???

HEY II WHY’D YOU REPOST THIS JEWELRY

II WHAT DOES THIS MEAN

[ashesfordayz]

John Wick but Warrior Cats

[octopodeez]

John Wick Baba Yaga Loving Husband

You want a war? Or do you want to just give me a gun?

[thetriinity]

john constantine and john wick, best of both worlds.

[originally posted on my twitter @gvrfieIds]

[72para-bellum]

Pekka's weaponry :

Catherine the gun - I got some info about this coming up on ze weekend, some people managed to ask Pecker about the name and Pekka gave hiz answer, sort of. I'll get back to that later, don't mind me blabbering.

Papa bear Auvinen's knife which Pekka had with him, he didn't use it on 071107 though. What was on his mind...? Hmm, only can wonder!!

And the water bottle, which had the 'gasoline', which smartarze tried to lit up the pwetty flamez in school but didn't happen. ;(( anyways, I got HQ picturez coming up with where was most of the liquid on ze school floors and wall. :((

- anyways, I'm pretty glad that he didn't manage to light it up. If he would of been zmarter, the ubermensch he claimed to be, he would of known better which liquid to take and which not, uhmh?? Am I correct or am I correct? -

<3

[min-vvulf]

"john wick isnt autistic" then explain this

[interimpv]

the antagonist

[vinyl-artwork]

Parabellum – On Est Gouverné Par Des Imbéciles (1985) Cover photography : Cacaboudin.

[tilde44]

Parabellum - Sacrilegio (Full EP)

A dude from Colombia saw my patches so we were talking about metal and he told me about this band... holy shit!

[letterboxd-worth-a-damn]

[alex-iltempo]

[incubo-di-morte]

Piolín - Reencarnación

[rookie-critic]

Rookie-Critic's Film Review Weekend Wrap-Up - Week of 3/20-3/26/2023

Shazam! Fury of the Gods (2023, dir. David F. Sandberg) I think that this Shazam! sequel is really just a dialed up version of everything that worked in the original. More Zachary Levi, more Jack Dylan Grazer, more funny jokes about the fact that he's a kid in a super-powered adult's body. It makes the film a very fun watch, but at the same time, a lot of the jokes don't land because it really feels like they're trying too hard. Also, because they went so heavy with Zachary Levi's screen time, Asher Angel (who actually plays Billy Batson in his normal teen-form) is barely in the film. It kind of creates a disconnect with the kid-adult dynamic that's at the core of the film's humor. That being said, a lot of it is till very funny, the acting is good, especially from Levi, Grazer, Grace Caroline Currey, and of course Helen Mirren and Lucy Liu (who are honestly so good they feel like they're from a different movie), and I had a fun time, even with the myriad of problems the movie had. A nice, turn-your-brain-off distraction.

Score: 6/10 Only in theaters. You can read my full review of Shazam! Fury of the Gods here.

John Wick (2014, dir. Chad Stahelski) [REWATCH] I'm not ashamed to admit that I adore Keanu Reeves. I think he's a fine actor given the right material, and he clearly found his niche the day he decided to star in John Wick. I'm of the, for some reason, unpopular opinion that the first John Wick film is the best in the franchise. The story is engaging, and while the action might not be as balls-to-the-wall crazy as the later installments' would be, it's still some of the most tightly constructed, well shot action choreography modern action filmmaking has given us. There's also an allure to the mystery of the assassin underworld the we barely dip our toes into in the first film that, of course, doesn't exist in the later films. It's just a fantastic action film that covers all its bases.

Score: 10/10 Currently streaming on Peacock.

John Wick: Chapter 2 (2017, dir. Chad Stahelski) [REWATCH] This is probably my least favorite installment. The story is less interesting. Santino D'Antonio is a wholly uninteresting villain, and the fights largely feel very generic (although they're still insanely well-designed fights). This film has two saving graces. One, it gave us Laurence Fishburne's The Bowery King, who is my personal favorite character in the franchise (possibly second, we'll get into that in a minute). Fishburne plays Bowery King with the perfect amount of gravitas and bravado to make it the character wonderful. The second saving grace is a particularly brilliant fight scene between John Wick and Cassian, a character played by Common. This fight, which takes place in part in a crowded subway station, is easily one of the more memorable of the franchise and keeps this from being a middling ho-hum sequel to an amazing first outing.

Score: 7/10 Currently streaming on Peacock.

John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum (2019, dir. Chad Stahelski [REWATCH] I remember not being a big fan of Chapter 3 when it first came out. I remember thinking that the second film had written its successor into a corner that said successor doesn't really do a great job of digging itself out of. I can definitely see why the me of 2019 thought that about Parabellum, but really the me that rewatched this on Thursday night thinks it's a really fun entry into the John Wick franchise that contains a few fantastic set pieces and houses another handful of greatly-choreographed fight scenes. Mark Dacascos' Zero also makes for a vastly more engaging and interesting nemesis for Wick than Santino D'Antonio was in Chapter 2. Their final fight and the ensuing madness that descends upon the New York Continental at the film's end were awesome and, needless to say, I have a higher opinion of this one now than I did when I first watched it back in 2019.

Score: 8/10 Currently streaming on Peacock.

John Wick: Chapter 4 (2023, dir. Chad Stahelski) This one comes so close to achieving the greatness that the original had. The John Wick franchise's biggest issue has always been that, with each new installment, as the action gets bigger, the story is sacrificed. Thankfully, Chapter 4 subverts that pattern and almost is able to find that perfect balance. I won't say too much, because a full review of this will be dropping at some point this week, but what I will say is that the fight choreography in Chapter 4 is, hands down, the best in the franchise, and Donnie Yen's Cain is quite possibly the greatest character of the franchise, as well, even more John Wick himself. It could have been maybe 20-30 minutes shorter, though.

Score: 9/10 Only in theaters. FULL REVIEW COMING WEDNESDAY.

Waterworld (1995, dir. Kevin Reynolds) You know, I've always heard that this is one of the worst films of all time, and that it was one of the most famous flops of all time, and I gotta say the latter is just factually incorrect, and the former is, in my opinion, not even close to the truth. It's not a good movie, by any means, but really it was kind of, just, ok. There's a lot here that makes absolutely no sense, and the story just kind of chugs along, uncaring as to whether or not the audience has the tools necessary to chug along with it. My friends and I watched the theatrical cut of the film, and I understand that there is a 3-hour cut called the Ulysses Cut that would probably explain a lot of the more confusing holes in the film's story line, but, honestly, I don't think I could sit through 3 hours of Waterworld. I just didn't find it that interesting and I can guarantee it didn't even need to be as along as the version I did watch to make everything make sense. I'm glad I finally watched it, it was a huge film history blindspot for me, but I'm good not having seen the "ideal" version, I'll be able to live with the fact that I'll never get more info on why Captain Joe Hazelwood is idolized by the Smokers, but no one even knows that there are cities beneath their feet at the bottom of the ocean.

Score: 4/10 Currently available to rent/purchase on digital (iTunes, Amazon, Vudu, etc.) and on 4K, Blu-ray & DVD through Universal Studios (I believe this disc does include The Ulysses Cut, for those interested. If it doesn't, I know it exists on the Arrow Video Blu-ray from 2015).

I also watched Scream VI again with my older brother Sunday morning, but y'all have heard me rant about how much I love those movies enough for now. Just know that, yes, even upon a second viewing, it still rocks.

[huahualania]

Cal, you know what Xizaya is now, are you sure staying with him is a good idea? do you really think DATING him is a good idea?

“It doesn’t matter what Xizaya is or isn’t. She’s reliable, and we both have a job to do.”

“Whatever happens, happens. We’ve both been… careful enough to get where we are now. I trust that won’t change.”

“I trust her with my life, and I’ll stick by her just the same. Heidi knows this, too. Nothing’s going to come from the incident between the two of them. I made sure of it.”

[kmcmovieflix]