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UNITED STATES · 2023
John Wick: Chapter 4
Synopsis
With the price on his head ever increasing, John Wick uncovers a path to defeating The High Table. But before he can earn his freedom, Wick must face off against a new enemy with powerful alliances across the globe and forces that turn old friends into foes.
Cinematic DNA
Director Chad Stahelski mapped Sergio Leone's The Good, the Bad and the Ugly directly onto the climax—three combatants approaching each other in a graveyard-like space (here, Sacré-Cœur in Paris), music swelling, time dilating. Stahelski also cited the Japanese Zatoichi blind swordsman films as the blueprint for Donnie Yen's character, the sense of a master assassin navigating the world through pure technique and memory.
We've gone on record many times, that we love Hong Kong action, the early John Woo stuff, Yuen Woo-ping stuff. We are students of the game.
— Yuen Woo-ping · SlashFilm interview with Chad Stahelski
Films with Similar Themes
revenge and redemption · power and hierarchy · betrayal and loyalty · international crime syndicates · personal freedom
