John Wick 4: Keanu Reeves did all his own driving stunts, and he was “awesome”

Historians have long confirmed that the Arc de Triomphe was designed so that motorists could forever honour those who fought and died in the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars… by never being able to leave its clutches. Rumours abound of drivers who entered the roundabout last century still searching for an exit.

For the moviemaking maestros behind John Wick: Chapter 4, however, the world’s most baffling roundabout (special shout out: Hemel Hempstead) is just another stage to host one of the finest, most visceral and certifiably insane action scenes you are ever likely to witness.

Keanu Reeves is of course, very much back as the titular action hero, wreaking revenge and chaos upon all who fall within the reach of his calloused knuckles. As ever, there are plenty of cars involved – including astonishing use of a 1971 Plymouth Barracuda – though for this one it’s been concentrated specifically around that Parisian monument in a stunt sequence for the ages. And by ‘stunt sequence’, we of course mean ‘barely contained vehicular chaos’.

Tanner Foust – racing driver and a man who’s stunt-driven for some of Hollywood’s biggest blockbusters (Ford v FerrariNeed for SpeedThe Bourne LegacyIron Man 2Fast & Furious to name just five), was called on to help with JW4. But this job was like no other.

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