Expected for the month of March 2023, John Wick 4 will once again feature actor Keanu Reeves (soon to star in this martial arts film) in an action film that already promises to be particularly violent. Because if we do not yet know the official synopsis, we already know that the character will suffer, suffer a lot. And for good reason, it is a desire shared by the actor and the director of the film.
An iconic action movie character
In 2014, Keanu Reeves returned to service through an action film that has become cult for many: John Wick. We find the actor, then 51 years old, at the heart ofa revenge mission following the death of his puppy, himself being a gift from his recently deceased wife. The feature film directed by David Leitch and Chad Stahelski met with great success, so much so that a sequel was released three years later, in 2017.
This time, Stahelski is alone at the controls, as is also the case for the third part, entitled John Wick Parabellumas well as for the fourth, scheduled for March 22, 2023. It is precisely the latter that interests us today, since we learn via The Hollywood Reporter that John Wick should spend some particularly unpleasant moments there. Well, even more than usual.
John Wick, more vulnerable than ever?
Two weeks ago was held the 2022 edition of CinemaCon, during which was revealed the very first teaser of John Wick 4 (Where John Wick: Chapter 4), this one ending with the character played by Keanu Reeves judging that “the only way to which leads [la paix] is death”. And even if we should find John Wick at least in a fifth installment, this sentence does not bode well. It is, moreover, all the less reassuring that director Chad Stahelski then told THZ that the film was intended to make its main protagonist suffer.
We keep finding new and interesting ways to make John Wick suffer. This is where the action comes from. We wonder how to make him suffer, then we design the scenes from there. Chad Stahelski
You would have understood it, the suffering felt by the character of John Wick should be the mainstay of the feature film scheduled for March 22, 2023 and should be both physical and psychological. Let’s hope that this is felt well and truly in the tone and in the staging of this John Wick 4 !