John Wick: Chapter 4 (2023)
92%RT Audience Score:
Awards & Nominations: NA
John Wick: Chapter 4 is a cinematic masterpiece that will leave you breathless and begging for more. The film is a symphony of violence, a ballet of bullets, and a love letter to the art of stunt choreography. Keanu Reeves delivers a performance that is both ferocious and zen-like, embodying the duality of the character with ease. The film’s sprawling narrative is a Shakespearean epic, with a duel at its heart and a dog as its soul. The action sequences are some of the best in franchise history, and the film’s length is used to pack in even more of what fans have come to love about the series. John Wick: Chapter 4 is a defining action film and a testament to the power of cinema to transport us to new heights of excitement and entertainment.
John Wick: Chapter 4 is the ultimate action-packed movie that will leave you on the edge of your seat. It’s like a rollercoaster ride that you never want to end. Keanu Reeves is a total badass and the fight scenes are out of this world. The movie is a bit long, but who cares when you’re having this much fun? It’s definitely a must-see for any action movie fan. Plus, there’s a dog, and who doesn’t love a good dog in a movie?
Production Company(ies)
87Eleven Action Design, Lionsgate, Thunder Road Pictures
Distributor
Lionsgate
Release Type
Theatrical, Theatrical (Wide)
Filming Location(s)
Paris, France; Berlin, Germany; Japan; Jordan; France
MPAA / Certificate
R
Year of Release
2023
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Color:Color
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Sound mix:Dolby Atmos, Dolby
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Aspect ratio:2.39 : 1
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Runtime:2h 49m
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Language(s):English
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Country of origin:United States
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Release date:Release Date (Theaters): Mar 24, 2023 Wide
Genre(s)
Action
Keyword(s)
starring Keanu Reeves, Donnie Yen, Bill Skarsgård, Laurence Fishburne, Hiroyuki Sanada, Shamier Anderson, directed by Chad Stahelski, written by Michael Finch, Shay Hatten, action, R rating, Lionsgate, box office performance, budget, reviewed by Justin Chang, Katie Walsh, Kambole Campbell, Richard Brody, Tim Robey, Michael O’Sullivan, Dolores Quintana, Dave Lee, Brian Lloyd, Stephanie Malone, Cain Noble-Davies, producer Basil Iwanyk, Erica Lee, Chad Stahelski, MPAA rating, Dolby Atmos, Digital 2.39:1, John Wick, The High Table, new enemy, old friends into foes, powerful alliances, lethal balletic style, epic wall-to-wall action, Shakespearean orgy of violence, salute to stunt choreographers, duel, dog
Worldwide gross: $426,220,105
Worldwide gross (inflation-adjusted): $29,400,000
Worldwide gross ranking (inflation-adjusted): 1,554
Worldwide tickets sold (est.): 3,206,107
US/Canada gross: $183,981,565
US/Canada gross (inflation-adjusted): $29,400,000
US/Canada gross ranking (inflation-adjusted): 1,282
US/Canada opening weekend:
US/Canada opening weekend (inflation-adjusted): NA
US/Canada opening weekend ranking (inflation-adjusted): NA
Budget and Earnings Details
Production budget (est.): $90,000,000
Production budget (inflation-adjusted): $90,000,000
Production budget ranking: 452
Marketing and distribution budget (inflation-adjusted est.): $48,465,000
Box office net earnings to date (inflation-adjusted est.): -$109,065,000
ROI to date (est.): -79%
ROI ranking: 1,876
Donnie Yen – Caine
Bill Skarsgård – Marquis
Laurence Fishburne – Bowery King
Hiroyuki Sanada – Shimazu
Shamier Anderson – Tracker
Director – Chad Stahelski
Producers – Basil Iwanyk, Erica Lee, Chad Stahelski
Writers – Michael Finch, Shay Hatten
Director(s)
Chad Stahelski
Writer(s)
Michael Finch, Shay Hatten
Producer(s)
Basil Iwanyk, Erica Lee, Chad Stahelski
Film Festivals
Berlin, South by Southwest
Awards & Nominations
NA
Academy Awards
All Critics (127) | Top Critics (27) | Fresh (120) | Rotten (7)
Through it all, Reeves somehow barrels through the picture with equal parts rampaging force and Zen-like cool.
March 23, 2023
Justin Chang
Los Angeles Times
TOP CRITIC
A sprawling, Shakespearean orgy of violence, a salute to stunt choreographers, and a return to the original film’s roots — at the heart of the matter, it is the fundamentally the story of a duel, and a dog.
March 22, 2023 | Rating: 3/4
Katie Walsh
Tribune News Service
TOP CRITIC
Probably too long, but uses that time to pack in more of some of the best action sequences franchise movies have to offer.
March 22, 2023 | Rating: 4/5
Kambole Campbell
Little White Lies
TOP CRITIC
“John Wick: Chapter 4” is by far the best of the four films starring Keanu Reeves as the eponymous hit man, the first of the cycle that I’d recommend—albeit with an asterisk.
March 22, 2023
Richard Brody
New Yorker
TOP CRITIC
Even at practically Kubrickian length, though, the lockstep slaughter barely gives you pause for breath. It’s a barrage, and a blast.
March 21, 2023 | Rating: 4/5
Tim Robey
Daily Telegraph (UK)
TOP CRITIC
The most John Wick-ian of all the John Wick films, by virtue of the simple fact that there is more time to lavish on the films’ fans exactly what they want, in spectacular fashion.
March 21, 2023 | Rating: 3.5/4
Michael O’Sullivan
Washington Post
TOP CRITIC
JOHN WICK: CHAPTER 4 is a mesmerizing symphony of violence and death that is also about friendship, honor, family.
March 23, 2023
Dolores Quintana
Dolores Quintana
A balls-to-the-wall nail-biter… an over-load of everything we’ve come to expect from the Wick movies, hopped-up on some extra adrenaline. It’s a defining action film and one of the best in more recent memory.
March 23, 2023 | Rating: 5/5
Dave Lee
Dave Lee Down Under
Where else could you possibly hope to see a ten-minute fight sequence up the steps of Sacré-Cœur with two titans of eastern and western action cinema? We may never see the likes of this kind of movie again, and we will never know how good we had it.
March 23, 2023 | Rating: 4/5
Brian Lloyd
entertainment.ie
There is precious little not to love here. The only legitimate gripe you might have is that it’s overly long. But every minute is filled with such artistry and passion; not a moment of frenzied madness is anything less than hypnotic.
March 22, 2023 | Rating: 5/5
Stephanie Malone
Morbidly Beautiful
… an epic both in duration and scale, and can stand proudly beside Mad Max: Fury Road, Mission: Impossible – Fallout, and The Raid 2: Redemption as one of the greatest modern action films.
March 22, 2023 | Rating: 19/20
Cain Noble-Davies
FILMINK (Australia)
Stahelski and crew have engineered a show-stopping spectacle for the third act that ascends to a level of greatness reserved only for the finest movies in the genre.
March 22, 2023 | Rating: A
Eric Marchen
Rogers TV…
Plot
John Wick must face off against a new enemy with powerful alliances across the globe and forces that turn old friends into foes in order to uncover a path to defeating The High Table and earn his freedom.
Trivia
Goofs / Tidbits
Keanu Reeves reprises his role as John Wick in this fourth installment of the action-packed franchise.
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