Plot[edit]
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' right-hand
man 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 armored 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 - dueling 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 assist 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 inflict serious wounds on each other through two rounds of dueling. The third round
comes to a halt when Caine severely wounds John. Demanding the right to administer the coup de
grâce, the Marquis eagerly swaps places with Caine. However, John, who had not yet fired his third
bullet, shoots and kills an unsuspecting Marquis.
The Harbinger grants Caine and John their freedom from the High Table, and Winston is reinstated.
After collapsing on the staircase, John reflects upon his life and marriage before succumbing to his
injuries. Sometime later, Winston and the Bowery King bid farewell to John at his tombstone, located
next to his late wife Helen's.[b]
In a post-credits scene, Caine returns to Paris to reunite with his daughter but is approached by the
vengeful Akira, who brandishes a weapon.
Cast[edit]
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Keanu Reeves as John Wick, a professional hitman and assassin who has gained a
legendary reputation for his set of skills and is now hunted by the High Table.[11][12]
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.
Bill Skarsgård as the Marquis Vincent de Gramont, a powerful member of the High Table
whose position is challenged by John Wick.
Laurence Fishburne as the Bowery King, a former underground crime boss who was left
for dead by the High Table and is now sponsoring John Wick.[13]
Hiroyuki Sanada as Shimazu Koji, the manager of the Osaka Continental Hotel and an
old friend of John Wick and Caine.[14]
Shamier Anderson as Mr. Nobody / The Tracker, a bounty hunter pursuing Wick.
Lance Reddick as Charon, the concierge at the Continental Hotel in New York.
Rina Sawayama as Shimazu Akira, Koji's daughter and concierge of the Osaka
Continental.[15][16]
Scott Adkins as Killa Harkan, the head of the German Table.[17]
Clancy Brown as the Harbinger, a high-ranking operative of the High Table.[18]
Ian McShane as Winston Scott, the manager of the New York Continental Hotel and
friend of John Wick.[19]
Natalia Tena portrays Katia, John Wick's adoptive sister;[20][21] and Marko Zaror portrays Chidi, the
lieutenant of the Marquis de Gramont.[citation needed] George Georgiou appears as the Elder, "the one who
sits above the Table"; Georgiou portrays a different character than the one played by Saïd
Taghmaoui in John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum (2019).[22][23] Bridget Moynahan appears as John's
late wife, Helen.[citation needed] Sven Marquardt, an infamous German bouncer, appears as a Ruska Roma
member named Klaus.[24][25] Retired sumo wrestler Yoshinori Tashiro made an appearance as the
Osaka Continental gatekeeper.[26]
Production[edit]
Development[edit]
On May 20, 2019, Lionsgate announced John Wick: Chapter 4 via their opt-in "John Wick" text
update service, writing, "You have served. You will be of service. John Wick: Chapter 4 is coming –
May 21, 2021".[27] In early August 2020, Lionsgate CEO Jon Feltheimer stated during an earnings
call, "We're also busy preparing scripts for the next two instalments of our John Wick action
franchise, with John Wick 4 slated to hit theatres Memorial Day weekend 2022. We hope to shoot
both John Wick 4 and 5 back to back when Keanu becomes available early next year."[28][29]
Before the third film's release, director Chad Stahelski confirmed on a Reddit "AMA" thread that
there had been discussion for another film, and that he would be involved with the project should the
third film be successful.[30][31] Despite this announcement back then, it was not confirmed if star Keanu
Reeves would return for a new instalment. 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."[27]
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. He's got nowhere to go. Honestly, I challenge you right now, here's a question for
you: How do you fucking want me to end it? Do you think he's going to ride off into the fucking
sunset? He's killed 300 fucking people and he's just going to [walk away], everything's okay? He's
just going to fall in love with a love interest? If you're this fucking guy, if this guy exist[ed], how is this
guy's day going to end? He's fucked for the rest of his life. It's just a matter of time."[27][32] Additionally,
Stahelski teased Winston's fate in the fourth film, saying, "He meant to shoot him. Did he mean to kill
him? That's open for interpretation, you can take it one of two ways, and that's kind of where we pick
up some of the unanswered questions in John Wick 4."[33] The studio opted to move on from series
creator Derek Kolstad and instead hired Shay Hatten to write the script in May 2020.[34][35] In
February, Stahelski brought Ricky Staub and Dan Walser on board to write the film after being
impressed with their film Concrete Cowboy.[36] In March 2021, screenwriting duties were passed
onto Predators screenwriter Michael Finch.[37]