Reeves, McShane and Reddick will reprise their respective roles as Wick, Winston, and Charon in the upcoming film Ballerina, [115] a spin-off to the John Wick films set between the events of Chapter 3 and Chapter 4. Near the start of the film, the character of Caine is shown handling an opulent gold watch from the jeweler Carl F. Sometime later, back in New York, Winston and the Bowery King bid farewell to John at his grave, located next to that of his wife Helen. But if you can live with that, you’ll get the movie in a cool-looking steelbook case, and it comes with 12 painted character cards that look downright gorgeous. 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.

In Paris, John and the Marquis decide on the duel's parameters — dueling pistols at sunrise the following day at Sacré-Cœur — in a meeting moderated by the Harbinger, the Table's emissary. Donnie Yen as Caine, a blind High Table assassin and an old friend of John Wick, who is forced out of retirement to kill John Wick to ensure the safety of his daughter. And you might want to, because the movie is great according to just about everyone, including our 10/10 John Wick: Chapter 4 review.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. Winston chides the Marquis for his arrogance, revealing that John has not yet fired his third bullet; John shoots the Marquis dead. The efforts of the location team were recognized by the Location Managers Guild International with their 2023 LMGI Award. For more, check out our explainer of the ending of John Wick: Chapter 4, our favorite Keanu Reeves movie stunts, and our feature all about the art of realistic movie combat with John Wick, Donnie Yen, and Bruce Lee.

Winston relays John's challenge to the Marquis, acting as John's 'second' and requests that, should John win, the New York Continental be rebuilt, fully funded by the High Table. John Wick: Chapter 4 picks up where the previous film left off, with John Wick on the run and facing a massive bounty on his head.De Gramont nominates a reluctant Caine to fight in his place in a duel using enhanced 20th-century Thompson/Center Contenders in the sunrise scene at Sacré-Cœur. Lionsgate officially announced the film during Parabellum 's opening week, with a scheduled release date of May 21, 2021.

As punishment, the Marquis strips Winston of his managerial duties, declares him "excommunicado", destroys the New York Continental and executes Charon. This also marked the year's second-highest opening weekend at the time of its release, after Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania. Ian McShane as Winston Scott, the manager of the New York Continental Hotel and friend of John Wick. Also in development is a spin-off television series entitled The Continental: From the World of John Wick, which will feature younger versions of several John Wick characters.While director Chad Stahelski and star Keanu Reeves initially affirmed that John is deceased, [8] [9] Stahelski later stated that the ending was intentionally left ambiguous and open to interpretation. John travels to the Berlin headquarters of the Ruska Roma crime syndicate, with whom he had severed ties, to request readmission. Richard Brody of The New Yorker was ambivalent on much of the film, but found that the "giddily intense, swoony, swashbuckling, and sensational" ending makes the rest of the film "worth sitting through". Stahelski said that the reason he and Reeves abandoned plans for a sequel was his skepticism over his ability to "deliver two uniquely special experiences". Location Managers Guild International Awards Winners: 'John Wick 4,' 'All Quiet on the Western Front,' '1923,' 'The Last of Us,' 'The White Lotus' ".