3 years after it's premiere, the “Dragon’s Breath” sequence in 'John Wick Chapter 4' still remains modern action filmmaking at its absolute best.

This scene directly inspired from 2019 Hong kong massacre game 🔥 🔥

Look really cool 🔥

What did you do to it to make it look like ass.

It's also a direct reference/hommage to Hotline Miami, which is something not stated enough.

Thanks for the insight

Hard to argue with that. That top-down sequence is basically visual poetry—if poetry involved a lot of fire and zero reload time.

Well said, Pink!

this scene reminded me of Hotline Miami

Nostalgic

According to director Chad Stahelski, the inspiration for the top-down action scene featuring the dragon's breath shotgun was from the video game The Hong Kong Massacre (2019).

The visual crossover between film and videogame achieved it’s mastery with this scene Will be studied and taught for a long time

The delivery was flawless 🫡

turn off motion smoothing 😭💀

Chapter 4 feels almost unreal the first time you see it like the camera just refuses to blink. The overhead tracking, the rhythm of the movement, the way every shot is timed to flow into the next… it’s not just action, it’s choreography at a different level.

Would have been better if it wasn't boosted to 60fps witg non existant smudge frames

This might be the direction they go with in the video game that is being made

The top down shot?

Yh, like a photo realistic top down shooter, it would look just like this, or they go the more mainstream route of 1st or 3rd person gameplay

Well camera angles would need to be adjusted, higher/wider shoot to get more info/environment etc but I could work

I liked 3 better as a film, but can't argue with how incredibly hard this scene goes.

Yeah Chapter 3 was awesome. And true this shot goes hard.

Such a visual treat on the big screen. I wish they would bring it back for a limited time for IMAX

Sign me up up up!

I screamed THIS IS FUCKING AWESOME in the theater when I went to see it lol

Pure bliss.

I'm sure they said Hotline Miami inspired this scene

You've done something truly awful to the frame rate. You've cropped it and done a pan-and-scan on it to further ruin it. I literally don't understand you, but this isn't how to love cinema.

And the wild part? Chad Stahelski pulled it off with long takes and practical chaos ,no shaky cuts, just pure controlled destruction.

Remember the game "loaded"

They should. Make a fucking game

An official AAA John Wick game is in development by Saber Interactive and Lionsgate. Announced in early 2026, the single-player title will feature the voice and likeness of Keanu Reeves, delivering stylish gun-fu combat, cinematic storytelling, and a prequel narrative set before the films.

yeah it's a good scene but it's a shame you ruined it with twixtor or some other similar bull shit

This scene reminds me of this, Short gun.

100% agree. Feels like a live action video game.

It was deliberate.

Then why did you ruin it with that shitty interpolation?

Terrible films. And this scene looks like a computer game.

I saw this in theaters twice lol. Idc if the plot gets silly. THIS scene was great

There's a reason why he's called Baba Yaga. They don't call him that for nothing.

There's quite a bit of CGI mixed with practical effects, pyrotechnics, and stuntmen doing half-burns, and each room was filmed over hours. Each stunt man in flames has to be put out, as a half-burn is just as dangerous as a full burn. Then edited all together.

Imagine not knowing about this scene from the early spoiler population and watching this for the first time in the theatre...👀

Mind blowing yeah

This is action filmmaking in all its majesty

FYI the sequence's name...

Would love to own one of those

Ditto.

Ame esa parte de la película, justo la semana que pasó me vi todas de nuevo.

Like a midnight fight express

The set is so good

The most useless and unimpressive statement I've read today.

I could watch a doc on how they filmed this