The movie features EDM tracks from widely-known artists in the genre, like Gesaffelstein and Justice, [69] [70] as well as Le Castle Vania, whose work largely consisted of remixes of his work from John Wick and John Wick 2. Lionsgate initially demurred at the duo's plan to retire Reeves' character, but eventually acquiesced. A wounded Koji repeatedly attacks Caine on John's behalf, where Caine reluctantly kills Koji, but spares Akira.

Hollywood Critics Association 2023 Midseason HCA Awards: Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse, Past Lives, Air are Top Winners". Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 78 out of 100, based on 58 critics, indicating "generally favorable" reviews. The role played by the blind assassin portrayed by Donnie Yen references the blind swordsman in the Japanese film series centred on the character of Zatoichi. This last item is a 20 minute behind-the-scenes look at the creative process behind the four Wick films released so far.The official trailer for John Wick: Chapter 4 has landed and we are thrilled to announce that George Georgiou will play The Elder. John Wick: Chapter 4 (also known as John Wick 4 or JW4 and known in Japan as John Wick: Consequences [5] [6]) is a 2023 American neo-noir action thriller film directed and co-produced by Chad Stahelski and written by Shay Hatten and Michael Finch. Lionsgate officially announced the film during Parabellum 's opening week, with a scheduled release date of May 21, 2021.

Reviewing the film for Consequence, Liz Miller gave the film a C+ and said: "Watching John Wick: Chapter 4 sometimes felt like watching an above-average assembly cut.In May 2021, it was announced that Rina Sawayama would make her feature film debut in John Wick Chapter 4. As he fights his way through the streets, he uncovers a sinister plot to take down the High Table, a secret organization that governs the world's assassins.

John Wick: Chapter 4 director Chad Stahelski is thinking Keanu Reeves could be back in a fifth movie". By 2023, Lionsgate CEO Jon Feltheimer confirmed that a fifth film was being developed alongside John Wick: Chapter 4.In an interview with Finch by Looper magazine, Finch stated that there were several previous films which influenced his writing stating: "A lot of this begins with Chad being inspired by other films, other genres of film, be it Once Upon a Time in the West, The Good, the Bad and the Ugly or be it Bullitt or Dirty Harry or a Zatoichi film. Charles Bramesco of The Guardian gave the film two out of five stars, writing: "Those who appreciated the original for its brutal, sinewy agility have another thing coming: a lumbering, stultifying gargantuan of a film willing to kill everything except its darlings. However, he told GQ that he would carry on the role as long as the audience wanted it, saying, "As far as my legs can take me, as far as the audience wants to go. Koji's daughter Akira, the hotel's concierge, evacuates the hotel just before the High Table "deconsecrates" it, igniting a melee. million from Thursday night previews, the best of the series, and the best of any R-rated film released since March 2020.

Stahelski later teased the fourth film in an interview with IndieWire by saying Wick would not end the fourth film with "a happy ending", saying, "John may survive all this shit but at the end of it, there's no happy ending. Principal photography took place from June to October 2021, and filming locations included France, Germany, New York City, and Japan. The film's release date was delayed to May 27, 2022, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and then further to March 24, 2023, in part to avoid opening against Top Gun: Maverick.Tom Jorgensen of IGN gave the film a 10/10 score, describing it as a "modern epic" and "bursting at the seams with creative, thrillingly staged action choreography and cinematography" while giving particular praise to the performances of Reeves, Yen and Skarsgård.