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** The duel between Caine and Koji was almost entirely choreographed by Creator/DonnieYen and Creator/HiroyukiSanada.
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* CastTheRunnerUp: Likely as an apology for Creator/HiroyukiSanada needing to drop out of ''[[Film/JohnWickChapter3Parabellum Chapter 3]]''[[note]]he was initially cast as Zero, but left when he did not recover from surgery to his Achilles tendon as fast as he hoped[[/note]], he is cast as a new character in this film.

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* CastTheRunnerUp: Likely as an apology for Creator/HiroyukiSanada needing to drop out of ''[[Film/JohnWickChapter3Parabellum Chapter 3]]''[[note]]he was initially cast as Zero, but left when he did not recover from surgery to his Achilles tendon as fast as he hoped[[/note]], he is cast as a new character Shimazu Koji in this film.
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* RefittedForSequel: Being played by a 6'4'', gravelly-voiced Clancy Brown, the Harbringer appears at least somewhat based on the original concept for the Adjudicator in ''Chapter 3''.

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* RefittedForSequel: Being played by a 6'4'', 6ft4in, gravelly-voiced Clancy Brown, the Harbringer appears at least somewhat based on the original concept for the Adjudicator in ''Chapter 3''.
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* RefittedForSequel: Being played by a 6'4'', gravelly-voiced Clancy Brown, the Harbringer appears at least somewhat based on the original concept for the Adjudicator in ''Chapter 3''.
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* ActorAllusion: Creator/DonnieYen is basically the assassin version of [[Film/RogueOne Chirrut Îmwe]].



* DoItYourselfThemeTune: The film's credits song, "Eye for an Eye", is performed by Music/RinaSawayama (Akira).



* TheForeignSubtitle: The film is called "John Wick Chapter 4: Baba Yaga" in some territories.
** In Japan, the film is called ''John Wick: Consequences''.
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** In Japan, the film is called ''John Wick: Consequences''.

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* RecycledSet: The PATH, representing the Osaka Metro in this film, was previously featured as itself in ''[[Film/JohnWickChapter2 Chapter 2]]''.

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* RecycledSet: The PATH, representing the Osaka Metro in this film, was previously featured as itself the C train in ''[[Film/JohnWickChapter2 Chapter 2]]''.
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* ActorAllusion: Creator/DonnieYen is basically the assassin version of [[Film/RogueOne Chirrut Îmwe]].
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* IKnewIt: [[https://www.indiewire.com/2019/05/john-wick-4-release-1202143419/ When Chad Stahelski teased]] that [[spoiler:John Wick would not get a happy ending,]] many fans immediately took it as confirmation that [[spoiler:the character would wind up dead]] by the end of the film, which does indeed come to pass[[note]]although Stahelski later stated that the ending was intentionally left ambiguous and open to audience interpretation[[/note]].
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* IKnewIt: [[https://www.indiewire.com/2019/05/john-wick-4-release-1202143419/ When Chad Stahelski teased the character John Wick not have a happy ending,]] [[spoiler:the movie confirmed John dies for real, as the bittersweet ending to Keanu Reeves's character. (Although Stahelski later stated that the ending was intentionally left ambiguous and open to audience interpretation.)]]

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* IKnewIt: [[https://www.indiewire.com/2019/05/john-wick-4-release-1202143419/ When Chad Stahelski teased the character John teased]] that [[spoiler:John Wick would not have get a happy ending,]] many fans immediately took it as confirmation that [[spoiler:the movie confirmed John dies for real, as character would wind up dead]] by the bittersweet ending end of the film, which does indeed come to Keanu Reeves's character. (Although pass[[note]]although Stahelski later stated that the ending was intentionally left ambiguous and open to audience interpretation.)]] interpretation[[/note]].
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** [[https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-features/john-wick-chapter-4-ending-chad-stahelski-ending-1235359772/ According to director Chad Stahelski]], production shot an alternate ending [[spoiler:which left John Wick's death [[UncertainDoom much more mysterious]]]], but it was heavily rejected by the audience of the one test screening it was shown in [[spoiler: [[https://www.indiewire.com/news/breaking-news/john-wick-chapter-4-alternate-ending-chad-stahelski-1234882111/ (as he would have be alive by the bad feeling of Reeves's character and missing the point of I Knew It! above)]]]], leading them to go with the initial ending seen in the final film.

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** [[https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-features/john-wick-chapter-4-ending-chad-stahelski-ending-1235359772/ empireonline.com/movies/news/john-wick-4-nearly-had-more-obvious-ending-exclusive/ According to director Chad Stahelski]], production shot an alternate ending [[spoiler:which left John Wick's death [[UncertainDoom much more mysterious]]]], unambiguously confirmed John's survival]], but it was heavily rejected by the audience of the one test screening it was shown in [[spoiler: [[https://www.indiewire.com/news/breaking-news/john-wick-chapter-4-alternate-ending-chad-stahelski-1234882111/ (as he would have be alive by the bad feeling of Reeves's character and missing the point of I Knew It! above)]]]], in, leading them to go with the initial ending seen in the final film.
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* InMemoriam: The film is dedicated to Creator/LanceReddick, who played series regular Charon in every film since the first.

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* InMemoriam: The film is dedicated to Creator/LanceReddick, who played series regular Charon in every film since the first.first, and who passed away a few days before the film's US release.
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Making him alive instead of left him ambiguous misses Stahelshi's point of I Knew It! page. Either way, it would be a fitting end to the series (aside for the cliffhanger post-credit scene).


** [[https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-features/john-wick-chapter-4-ending-chad-stahelski-ending-1235359772/ According to director Chad Stahelski]], production shot an alternate ending [[spoiler:which left John Wick's death [[UncertainDoom much more mysterious]]]], but it was heavily rejected by the audience of the one test screening it was shown in, leading them to go with the initial ending seen in the final film.

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** [[https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-features/john-wick-chapter-4-ending-chad-stahelski-ending-1235359772/ According to director Chad Stahelski]], production shot an alternate ending [[spoiler:which left John Wick's death [[UncertainDoom much more mysterious]]]], but it was heavily rejected by the audience of the one test screening it was shown in, in [[spoiler: [[https://www.indiewire.com/news/breaking-news/john-wick-chapter-4-alternate-ending-chad-stahelski-1234882111/ (as he would have be alive by the bad feeling of Reeves's character and missing the point of I Knew It! above)]]]], leading them to go with the initial ending seen in the final film.
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* NoStuntDouble: As with previous ''John Wick'' film, Creator/KeanuReeves did a great many stunts himself, including the complex driving sequences. The doors of the 1971 Barracuda John drives were removed specifically to show that it was Reeves behind the wheel at every angle.
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* EnforcedMethodActing: Chad Stahelski claims that Creator/KeanuReeves didn't really need to act to depict John's anger at the steps up to Sacré-Cœur Basilica. After shooting long fight sequences running up the steps and getting knocked back down across multiple nights, Reeves' exhaustion and frustration started seeping through.
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** WordOfGod states that [[spoiler: Akira actually succeeded in killing Caine in the post-credit stinger scene, but since it was left out of the movie, it's potentially non-canon.]]

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** * WordOfGod states that [[spoiler: Akira actually succeeded in killing Caine in the post-credit stinger scene, but since it was left out of the movie, it's potentially non-canon.]]
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** WordOfGod states that [[spoiler: Akira actually succeeded in killing Caine in the post-credit stinger scene, but since it was left out of the movie, it's potentially non-canon.]]
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* ThrowItIn: On the first take of John pulling Killa’s tooth out, Keanu Reeves accidentally yanked Scott Adkins’ lip. On the next take, Adkins rolled his lip up to get it out of the way, which looked silly but director Stahelski liked it so he kept it in.
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* IKnewIt: [[https://www.indiewire.com/2019/05/john-wick-4-release-1202143419/ When Chad Stahelski teased the character John Wick not have a happy ending,]] [[spoiler:the movie confirmed John dies for real, as the bittersweet ending to Keanu Reeves's character.]]

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* IKnewIt: [[https://www.indiewire.com/2019/05/john-wick-4-release-1202143419/ When Chad Stahelski teased the character John Wick not have a happy ending,]] [[spoiler:the movie confirmed John dies for real, as the bittersweet ending to Keanu Reeves's character.]] (Although Stahelski later stated that the ending was intentionally left ambiguous and open to audience interpretation.)]]

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