QUICK RECAP: The story of JOHN WICK (WATCH BEFORE YOU SEE JOHN WICK 4)

John Wick 4 is now in theaters I'm gonna give you a quick recap of the story so far everything that's happened with John Wick to get you caught up and ready for John Wick 4. [Music] the story starts with John Wick the day of his wife's funeral we see that she died from cancer his old friend Marcus shows up to pay his respects to John that night he gets a package from her along with a note with the indication of her knowing this day would come inside is a dog named Daisy the next day John has asked about his car at the gas station by a stranger he drives a 1969 Mustang Boss 429 he's asked how much he would sell it for to which he replies she's not for sale that night his house gets broken into and he's attacked by the same stranger and his friends looking for the keys to his Mustang he gets knocked unconscious and wakes up the next day with his car gone his home destroyed and his new puppy dead they take the car to get a new vin and papers and as soon as they get to the mechanic shop the owner Aurelio recognizes the car and who it belongs to he punches The Stranger in the face Jon later shows up to the shop and we see he's good friends without Elio Aurelio explains that the car was taken by Joseph tarasov son of Vigo tears off Jon has history with ego he asked Aurelio for a car and he said on the path of Revenge beagle then calls Aurelio and that's why he punched his son and Aurelio simply replies with he stole John Wick's car and killed his dog Vigo understands how serious the reply was and doesn't question it Rigo brings his son in for an ass whooping and to explain to him what he had just done this is where we find out who John Wick really is John Wick belonged to an organization that knew him as the boogeyman because he's an assassin unlike any other one day he has to leave because of a woman beagle gave him an impossible task which Jon completed that task and the people he killed laid a foundation for what Migos Empire is now Vigo explains to his son that John's wife just died and he just stole his car and killed his dog Yosef realizes the severity of his mistake but Migo tells him it's already too late Regal knows what John is capable of and lets his son know that Jon will come for him soon we then see Jon dig up his old weapons his past life once again he gets a call from Vigo trying to explain himself but John hangs up without saying a word legal decides to get a crew together to get to John before he gets to his son but John is ready and waiting for them at his house he eliminates the entire Groove using Welling shots and martial arts and we begin to get a glimpse of what he's capable of beagle then goes to Marcus John's friend who went to his wife's funeral to ask if Marcus would kill John Wick for 2 million dollars Marcus accepts John checks into a hotel known as the Continental runs into a woman who seems to know who he is and he refers to her as Perkins we are introduced to the concierge it's indicated the hotel is part of the organization John belongs to their main source of currency looks like his gold coins he goes to talk to the owner of the Continental Winston and it's indicated they are also friends Winston knows Jon intends to kill Yosef but tells him he cannot do anything on the grounds of the Continental which is a role of the organization John then prepares to go hunt Joseph down he's at a nightclub and heavily guarded Jon makes his way in quietly and begins killing his way to Joseph at this point we see John as merciless and why they call him the boogeyman he ruthlessly kills anyone standing in the way of him and Joseph and some of the way he kills these guards is pretty insane John does suffer injuries but Powers through Yosef escapes and John goes back to the Continental to heal up a little later we see his old friend Marcus has set up a sniper outside John's window and through the scope we see Jon sleeping he looks around the room and sees someone else's in the shadows Marcus shoots the pillow next to Jon which cause him to wake up Perkins was in the shadows and begins shooting at John Vigo has painter to break the rules and kill him in the hotel John is able to get the upper hand and questions her about Vigo she reveals the location of the church where Vigo keeps all his money Jon spares her life and knocks her out the person in the Next Room hears the noise and comes out he also knows Jon his name is Harry John asks Harry if he would watch after Perkins for a coin he accepts John then goes to the church and burns all of beagles money and waits nearby for him [Music] back at the hotel Perkins escapes killing Harry in the process beagle shows up to the church and Jon begins shooting his way to him but is stopped he wakes up tied up with Vigo in front of him so you can either hand over your son or you can't touch beagle refuses and leaves his men to kill Jon and walks out as they're doing so one of them gets shot from what seems to be a sniper it's Marcus John is able to free himself and catches up to Vigo beagle gives up his son's location in exchange for his own life John finally hunts Joseph down and everyone with him [Music] Marcus is then visited and killed by Vigo Vigo calls John and tells him what he's done John rushes to Marcus's house to confirm this and finds Mark is dead Perkins is then found by Winston and revokes her membership to the continental and she shot dead on the spot Winston informs John that beagle is on his way to a helicopter John catches up to him after killing everyone he's with he finally kills Vigo terrasov he gets a new dog John is then visited by Santino de Antonio Santino presents to Jon what is called a marker it is then revealed that Santino helped Jon leave the organization to live a normal life in turn for that marker now Santino is requesting that Jon honors the marker Jon refuses a marker Santino leaves but now before launching a few grenades at John's house destroying it John and his new dog survived they make their way to the Continental he looks for Winston only for him to reveal that Jon has to honor the marker we find out a group of people governs over the organization and they refer to themselves as the high table they instilled rules that have to be followed by everyone in the organization and one of them is that every marker must be honored and that he can't kill the bearer of the marker John finds Santino to honor the marker Santino reveals he wants Jon to kill his sister Gianna dantonio Gianna holds a seat at the high table and Santino wants to take her place this task is nearly impossible since Gianna is of high value John oblies and makes his way to the Continental in Rome to prepare he tracks Gianna down the night of an event she is holding when we get introduced to one of her guards casting John Waits until she's alone and goes to complete the task as they are face to face Gianna states that she thought they were friends John assures her they still are and with a heavy heart he's there to serve a marker by her brother that he cannot refuse Gianna then slits her wrist telling John she will die her way John sits with her and solidifies her death with a final shot [Music] on his way out he runs into Cassian Cassian also knows Jon's history and figures out in that moment what he's there to do John shoots his way out and Cassian finds Dion the Dead John manages to escape injured and as soon as he's outside he gets hit by a car driven by Cassie they fight their way into the premises of the Continental in our stop they both Oblige by the rules and have a drink together John explains to Cassie and why he killed Giana and he understands but Cassian still has to avenge his Ward's death they finished the drink and part ways Santino then puts a hit on Jon for 7 million dollars and it sends out to all the assassins in the organization we then see Jon hunted by different assassins in public as he kills his way to Santino at this point we see how much more visitors done with he has another bra with Cassian which he wins but spares him his life he seeks Refuge with the king of the Bowery he's aware of the hit put on Jon but reveals Jon once spared him in his life the way he just did with Cassian John asked the Bari King for help but the barri king is hesitant stating that seven million dollars is a lot of money John assures him that Santino will have a seat at the high table and he will start a war so it's wise to help him he only gives John one gun with only seven rounds seeing how seven million dollars is a lot of money John goes on a hunt for Santino d'antonio once again skillfully killing everyone that stands in his way Santino escapes with the help of his bodyguard who also seems to know Jon they both have a scuffle and Don gets the upper hand Santino makes his way to the continental and looks for Winston he tries to use his Newfound power to revoke John Wick's membership but Winston refuses as John has not broken any rules John arrives at the continental and shoots Santino directly in the head right in front of Winston on Continental grounds Winston reveals the high table has doubled Santino's contract and he can no longer help him since John killed someone on Continental rounds he can no longer return the reason he's not dead yet is because Winston gives him one hour to escape [Music] now John is the one being hunted with a 14 million dollar bounty on his head and a single coin in his pocket he gets a cap to take his dog to the continental and gives up his last coin [Music] he quickly makes his way to the New York Public Library and asks for the location of a book while checking his watch for the hour to expire he finds the bug but it's revealed to be a safe with a picture of him and his wife five gold coins a rosary necklace and a marker he takes everything but the picture as he's closing the book He's approached by a man named Ernest who seems to know him and is also an assassin Jon reminds him that there's still time on the clock but Ernest ensures John that 14 million dollars is a lot of money and they go at it he's able to stab Jon but succumbs to his skill John escapes but not without a heavy injury with five minutes left he gets to a doctor who agrees to help him for a point he helps him to the last minute and stops as soon as the clock hits the hour John Wick is declared excommunicado and all services are now suspended to him including the doctor's help John finishes sewing himself up but the doctor lastly tells him which medicine will help in exchange he has John shoot him twice in spots that won't ensure his death he knows the high table will find out he helped John and does this to lower suspicions his Bounty grows to 15 million and he makes his way to a theater presenting the rosary for admission we then meet that director she asks why John has brought Beth to her door she also serves a high table it is revealed that Jon is a child of the Belarus and an orphan of her tribe and the rosary ensures she is bound to help him one final time he requests passage to Casablanca and gives up the rosary and she oblies ensuring him he can never come back home she rips the rosary apart and uses the cross to Brand him Winston then gets a visit at the Continental by someone known as an adjudicator who seems to work for the high table she is there for the incident between John and Santino she reveals she's there to a judge Winston they know he gave Jon an hour to escape and are giving him a week to pack everything up and he'll be replaced the same person visits the king of the Bowery she shows him the very same gun he gave to John with the seven rounds they are giving him seven days as well to abdicate his throne John arrives in Morocco and finds a Woman by the name of Sophia he pulls out the marker he got inside the book in this reveal she's tied to it she explained that she's part of management now and can't kill anyone he simply asked her to take her to her boss and she refuses stay the night he'll kill them both but most importantly she doesn't want anyone finding and killing her daughter John was given the marker by Sophia because he helped Sophia's daughter Escape Sophia reluctantly agrees the adjudicator then visits a Shinobi and reveals who she is and that she works for the high table she asks him about John Wick he reveals he's heard everything that's happened she gives him the task of killing Jon and punishing everyone that helped him he accepts the adjudicator then visits the director along with the Shinobi the director explains that John presented a ticket which was the rosary but the adjudicator reminds the director that the high table's rules are still above everything and she must be punished for helping Jon she's asked to pledge her fealty and to hold out her hands she oblies and has a blade put through her hands Jon and Sophia visit her boss referred to as Barada along with her two well-trained dogs once face to face brada asked John why he should let him live after he's broken the rules John states he wants to talk to barato's boss known as the Elder to make amends brother explains he will only be found if he wants to be found and explains to him the process of how to get to him John and Sophia thank him and make their way out but not before they are stopped the request to keep one of Sophia's dog in exchange for the information [Music] she refuses and he shoots the dog a monster awakens within Sofia and she goes on a killing spree along with John and the dogs she almost kills burrata but is stopped by Jon and they shoot their way out with the dogs we see Sofia has trained the dogs to assist her in takedowns and they all managed to escape alive he takes Jon to the edge of the desert and they part ways she has honored the marker Jon makes his way towards the desert and passes out the adjudicator visits the king of the Barry and gives him his punishment seven slashes for giving John seven bullets John wakes up and finds himself in front of the Elder one the older one reveals that there's only one way he can have the contract close and his Services restored but John would not be free he would have to serve under the high table until his death John accepts and asks what must be done they task him with killing many people the first one being Winston John accepts and cuts off one of his fingers in front of the Elder he picks up the finger and gets the ring around it and hands it to the Elder the Elder accepts and welcomes John back he makes his way back to New York and is greeted by the Shinobi he escapes and manages to reach the Continental premises just as he's about to be shot Rosa rules and they all make their way in sight Jon finds himself in front of Winston Winston reveals he was asked to step down for helping him and he knows John is also there to kill him he proposes going to war with the high table and gives Jon the choice to either help him or kill him Jon accepts along with a few other men begin defending the Continental Jon is then found by the Shinobi they have a final Face-Off but Jon finishes it the adjudicator then calls Winston to request a parlay as they are face to face John Watson Winston requests to keep his power under the high table and the Continental the adjudicator accepts Winston shoots John in front of her foreign body as she's leaving and his body is nowhere to be found we then see John's barely conscious body drop in front of the king of the Bowery the King has survived but not without scars John gets back up and that brings us to the story of John Wickford [Music] thank you

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Length: 18min 48sec (1128 seconds)

Published: Sat Mar 25 2023