John Wick: Chapter 4 is a 2023 American neo-noir action thriller film directed by Chad Stahelski and written by Shay Hatten and Michael Finch. The sequel to John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum (2019) and the fourth instalment in the John Wick franchise, the film stars Keanu Reeves as the title character, alongside Donnie Yen, Bill Skarsgård, Laurence Fishburne, Hiroyuki Sanada, Shamier Anderson, Lance Reddick, Rina Sawayama, Scott Adkins, Clancy Brown, and Ian McShane. In the film, John Wick sets out to get revenge on the High Table and those who left him for dead.

Development for a fourth John Wick film was confirmed before the release of its predecessor; it was formally announced by Lionsgate in May 2019. This is the first film in the franchise not to be written by franchise creator Derek Kolstad, with Hatten hired in May 2020, followed by Finch in March 2021. Principal photography took place from June to October 2021, with filming locations including France, Germany, New York City, and Japan.

Originally set for release on May 21, 2021, John Wick: Chapter 4 faced delays due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[5] The film had its premiere at the Odeon Luxe Leicester Square in London on March 6, 2023, and was released in the United States on March 24, by Lionsgate. It received positive reviews from critics and has grossed over $361 million worldwide, becoming the highest-grossing film in the franchise and the fifth-highest-grossing film of 2023.

PLOT

In New York City, John Wick prepares to exact revenge against the High Table while hiding underground with the Bowery King. He travels to Morocco and kills the Elder, the "one who sits above the Table". In response, the Marquis Vincent de Gramont, a member of the High Table, summons New York Continental hotel manager Winston and his concierge, Charon.

The Marquis explains that the High Table has given him unlimited resources to find and kill John Wick. He chastises Winston for his failure to assassinate John.[a] As punishment, the Marquis strips Winston of his duties as manager, declares him "excommunicado", destroys the Continental, and executes Charon. The Marquis then travels to Paris and enlists Caine – a blind, retired High Table assassin – to kill his old friend, John, threatening to murder Caine's daughter otherwise.

John takes refuge at the Osaka Continental, run by his friend Shimazu Koji. The Marquis' lieutenant Chidi, backed by High Table assassins and Caine, arrives to investigate the hotel. Shimazu's daughter Akira, the hotel's concierge, evacuates the hotel just before the High Table "deconsecrates" it, igniting a melee. John fights through waves of armoured assassins, and a showdown with Caine is interrupted by a bounty hunter who calls himself "Mr Nobody". He aids in John's escape after determining the bounty for killing John to be insufficient. Caine allows a wounded Akira to flee after reluctantly killing her father.

John returns to New York and meets with a vengeful Winston at Charon's gravesite. Winston advises John to invoke an old High Table tradition to challenge the Marquis to a duel. Winning would free John of all obligations to the High Table, but he can only request a duel on behalf of a crime family. He travels to the Berlin headquarters of the Ruska Roma crime syndicate, with whom he had severed ties[a], to request readmission. His adoptive sister Katia agrees to his request in exchange for John killing Killa, a High Table member who murdered her father. Although Killa sets up an ambush at his nightclub, John still manages to kill him and regain his status.

Winston relays John's formal challenge to the Marquis. He requests the New York Continental be rebuilt, with him reinstated as manager, should John win. In Paris, John and the Marquis decide the parameters of their duel - duelling pistols on the following sunrise at Sacré-Cœur - in a meeting moderated by the Harbinger, the Table's emissary. The Marquis nominates a reluctant Caine to fight in his place; John and Winston will be executed should either fail to appear on time. The Bowery King arrives in Paris to give John a pistol and a new ballistic suit.

The Marquis intends to prevent John from arriving at the duel in time by placing a $26 million bounty on him. John fights off hordes of assassins on his way to Sacré-Cœur, including Mr Nobody, who negotiates a bounty increase to $40 million. During their confrontation, John prevents Chidi from killing Mr Nobody's dog, causing a stunned Mr Nobody to abandon his pursuit of John. After Caine and Mr Nobody assists John in fighting off several assassins—including Chidi, whom Mr Nobody kills—at a long staircase that leads to Sacré-Cœur, they reach the summit just in time for the duel. John and Caine proceed to remove their armour, then inflict serious wounds on each other through two rounds of duelling.