When Does "John Wick: Chapter 4" (2023) Take Place?
"John Wick: Chapter 4" (released for Japanese-speaking audiences as "John Wick: Konsekuensu"/"John Wick: Consequences") is a crime film written by Shay Hatten with Michael Finch and released March 24th, 2023.
It takes place on the fictional John Wick timeline in the year:
We know this because the story picks up 6 months or less after the previous movie, “John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum” (2019), which takes place in 2014 AD. [That story begins only minutes after the final scene of the film before that, "John Wick: Chapter 2" (2017), which takes place entirely in 2014 AD. In "Chapter 2", John Wick drives a Mustang with a month "10" (October) 2014 AD inspection expiration date on its windshield.]
2014 AD or 2015 AD
We know this because the story picks up 6 months or less after the previous movie, “John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum” (2019), which takes place in 2014 AD. [That story begins only minutes after the final scene of the film before that, "John Wick: Chapter 2" (2017), which takes place entirely in 2014 AD. In "Chapter 2", John Wick drives a Mustang with a month "10" (October) 2014 AD inspection expiration date on its windshield.]
It's not known what month the previous three films take place in. Therefore, a six-month jump could mean the audience is brought to 2014 AD or 2015 AD.
