The Entire John Wick Timeline Explained

another John Wick movie yeah we're thinking he's back but where's he back from he is a full timeline of John Wick's life as far as we know it so far morning spoilers ahead for John Wick chapter 4. not much is known about John Wick's early life but we do learn in the series third movie that John Wick is not his real name when he's desperate for assistance after being declared excommunicado he goes to see the director and during their meeting John's real name and Heritage is revealed to the audience [Music] John States us as the last of his particular tribe is enough to ensure him safe passage from New York City to Casablanca beyond that the only thing we can reliably say about John Wick's early life is that at some point he may have entered the United States Marine Corps which we can guess because of the tattoo across his upper back it reads forteous Futuna or duvat which is Latin for fortune favors the Bold the motto of the third Marine regiment stationed in Kaneohe Bay Hawaii which itself is likely a nod to read his own Hawaiian heritage the John Wick films don't tell us exactly when or how Jon became a killer for hire but they do suggest certain things namely the Wix Chief Mentor may have been Marcus his friend and fellow assassin who takes a contract to kill him in the first film it's quite possible they served in the military together and the Marcus took up the Hitman life first Paving the way for a slightly younger friend to eventually join up however their bond developed Marcus seems to have taught Jon quite a few of his tricks what we do know for sure is that John was a natural Hitman and quickly developed a reputation that earned in the nickname Baba Yaga he was a boogeyman for the most dangerous people in the world and he could kill with tremendous efficiency in just about any way he had to I once saw him killed three men and with a bouncer at some points during his career was a sought after and feared assassin John did some kind of favor for his friend Sophia which called for her to offer him a Blood Oath marker which he could later cash in at some point in his career as an assassin Wick came under the employee of Vigo torresoff a mob boss with big Ambitions then though the life he'd chosen was supposed to be permanent Wick approached tarasoft and asked to leave because he was in love with a woman so I made a deal with him I gave him an impossible task tarasoft does not go into specifics in the films but Wick's legendary impossible task was apparently a series of assassinations and the bodies he buried that day paved the way for taurusoff and his family to rise up to the ranks of organized crime having accomplished his impossible task Wick was allowed to retire from his life as a contract Killer and Tara soft became one of the most powerful men in the crime World drawing the impossible task though Rick also saw the help of his friends Santino d'antonio who secured a Blood Oath marker from wick for his trouble what the hell were you thinking giving a market woman like Santino d'antonio only way I could get out after the impossible task was completed Wick left the world of crime going so far as to bury his guns and remain in Gold under concrete in his basement he married Helen and the two settled into a happy life together that's happiness unfortunately was not to last at some point in the course of their marriage Helen fell ill the illness was terminal and she died shortly before the events of the first John Wick film the films rarely elaborate on Helen or her Illness but we know that her death greatly impacted Jon to the point that he's willing to stay alive if only to remember her to ease his pain at some point before her death she arranged for a puppy to be delivered to his doorstep to help him move on the main events of the first John Wick film begin just days after Helen's death when several years of apparently passed since John's retirement as an assassin we can infer this because Vigo Torres soft's son Joseph seems to be the only person in the criminal underworld who doesn't know who John is Yosef and his friends decide after seeing Wick's Classic Ford Mustang to Stage a home invasion and steal the car they also kill Wick's new puppy Daisy in the process and make the mistake of leaving Wick alive it's not what you did son with angers me soon it's who you did it to when Joseph takes a Mustang to a Job Shop to have its Vin changed word begins to spread in the Underworld of the sin he's just committed while John digs up his guns and gold and prepares to go on a quest for vengeance Vigo Tara soft berates his son for what he's done but still prepares to go to war with Wick even taking out a contract to have Wick killed in the process some of the most talented assassins in the world try and fail to stop work as he burns through the tarasoft family eventually killing Yosef and Vigo eventually the Vendetta ends at The Chop Shop of viggo's brother Abram where Wick retrieves his Karen makes peace he returns home and buries his guns once more John returns home with a new unnamed dog and tries to move on with his life but his piece is quickly interrupted by Santino who arrives to cash in on the marker John had given him years before in exchange for Santino's assistance with the impossible task Jon initially rejects Santino's demands that he under the marker and Centennial retaliates by destroying John's home John's journey to New York City once again and after encouragement from Winston the owner of New York's Continental he agrees to meet with Santino Santino wants to hire John to assassinate his sister Gianna who is about to ascend to a seat at the high table a council of crime Lords that rule over the whole underworld with his sister out of the way Santino could claim the high table seat for himself but he can't kill her because that would spark a war among assassins that's why I need you John reluctantly agrees and travels to Italy to kill Gianna when he arrives and meets Gianna in secret during a coronation festivities we learned that the two are old friends though we don't learn much about their history knowing that Jon is bound by a Blood Oath to carry out the hit Gianna slits her rest in an effort to die in her own terms as she loses Consciousness in a bath John puts a bullet in her head even as he was honoring the marker by killing Gianna John was under surveillance from Santino's Chief bodyguard aerys in the catacombs beneath Gianna's compound Santino's henchman attack John Santino always intended into double cross's old friend entire pool possible Loose Ends connected to his coup against his sister Jon fights his way out and returns to New York City where he learns that Santino has taken out a 7 million dollar contract against him as a public show of Vengeance for his sister's death Gianna's loyal bodyguard Cassian attempts to cash in on this contract and Avenger but Jon defeats him in combat and ultimately seeks Refuge with the Bowery King somebody please get this man a gun he gives him a gun with seven bullets which he can use to seek Vengeance against Santino Jon fights his way through Santino's guards but Santino himself seeks refuge in the Continental where one of the chief rules is that no blood can be spilled on company grounds Jon breaks his cardinal rule and shoots Santino in the head in the hotel's Lounge forcing Winston to declare him excommunicado in honor of their friendship Winston Grant John one hour to flee before a contract on his life takes effect Jones response is simple tell them all whoever comes whoever it is I'll kill them even before his hour-long grace period is up other assassins are determined to kill John Wick seeking Refuge John retrieves a crucifix and one less marker from a dummy book in the New York Public Library and visits the director you are bound I am old she says his ticket and Brands him with the crucifix signifying that all of his favors have been used up this is enough to get into Casablanca where he finds Sofia and he uses the marker she gave him to ask for a favor that favor after first battling the Assassin Barada over one of Sophia's dogs is ultimately a journey to find the Elder the only person left who can restore his status with the high table and allow him to continue living his life John explains that he wants to keep living so that he can carry on the memory of his wife Helen and the Elder offers him a deal if John will show his loyalty by killing Winston and continuing to serve the high table as an assassin he can go on living John agrees to this deal severing his own ring finger and giving his wedding ring to the Elder as a sign of devotion while John is overseas attempting to restore his status with a high table and adjudicator arrives in New York to dispatch Justice on behalf of the high table for the wrongs done in John Wick chapter 2. to carry this out the adjudicator recruits zero a loyal assassin and they begin their work for his role in giving John a one-hour Head Start the adjudicator Tells Winston that he has seven days to get his Affairs in order at such time your successor will be named There Are Rules they are the only things that separate us the adjudicator then goes to the director and the retribution for her role in letting John Escape has zero plunge a sword through both of her hands they then visit the Bowery King as punishment for providing the gun in seven bullets Jon used to kill Santino and Continental grounds the adjudicator orders zero to give the Barry King seven Cuts with his sword the Bowery King is severely wounded but survives John returns to New York City after his meeting with the Elder but his restoration to service with the high table would not be complete until he kills Winston with Zero's men in Pursuit both John and Winston decide to deny their orders from the table Winston refuses to step down as manager of the continental and John refuses to kill his old friend in Wisconsin adjudicator declares the New York City Continental to beat it consecrated and a squad of high table and forces arrived to kill Winston John and everyone loyal to them including the continental's concierge Sharon though they initially struggled to fight off the SWAT like enforcers with their bulletproof armor Jon and Sharon defeat the squad with armor-piercing rounds Jon then goes on to battle zero and his men narrowly walking away Victorious Winston meanwhile uses his defeat of the high table in forces as leverage to Parlay with the adjudicator who decides to frame the defense of the Continental as a show of strength from Winston to prove his loyalty to the high table Winston shoots John who falls off the hotel roof the adjudicator agrees to reconsecrate the continental and restore Winston to power but when they look for Jon's body in the alley he's gone the adjudicator makes it clear that Jon remains a threat to both Winston and to the high table which Winston is also aware of himself Jon severely wounded but alive is transported to the Barry King by his servants the King still suffering from his sword wounds and struggling to walk makes it clear that he does not accept the punishment of the high table the Barry King declares that he's ready to wage war against the table for their attempt to remove him from his territory and ask John if he's also ready to fight back he yeah yeah we don't know exactly how much time passes between chapter 3 and chapter 4 of the John Wick Saga Burt's chapter 4 picks up enough time has passed on both Jon and the Bowery King have recovered from their wounds and Jon declares himself ready to take the fight to the high table once again John's out for Revenge after the table betrayed him at the end of chapter 3 and the Elder tells him that no matter what he does at this point he's Marked for Death killing the Elder will not make a difference but Jon does it anyway following John's murder of the Elder High table member Marky Vincent de gramand gathers the signatures of the other table members and applies his vast resources to taking out Wix allies one by one he starts by murdering Sharon and detonating a bomb inside the Continental the Marquis also tasks a bounty hunter calling himself nobody and John's old friend and retired assassin Kane with locating and killing John Wick meanwhile John Hyde's house at the Osaka Continental in Japan under the care of another old Ally Koji shimazu and his daughter Akira the Marquis Chief Lieutenant arrives with his men and informs Koji that the Ahsoka Hotel will be de-consecrated but Koji is not about to go down without a fight Koji and his men Engage The High tables forces in battle and as Jon Battles Through the Assassins he learns that Kane has arrived with orders to put him down Les Kane's own daughter be harmed by the table in order to buy John some time Koji engages Kane in adore more John himself heads out the back of the building fighting through more high table Killers along the way meanwhile at the Continental it came reluctantly kills Koji and tells Akira that he will be waiting should she ever want revenge soon after that fight Kane is able to track Jon's whereabouts and the bowels of the Osaka Continental they begin a duel only to be interrupted by nobody who tries to shoot Jon and creates an opening for him to flee on a train John reunites with Akira who promises him that if he doesn't kill Kane she will they part ways and John heads to New York John reunites with Winston at Sharon's gravesite and learns that his old friend is hungry for revenge against the Marquee while Jon views the situation as an endless fight Winston has a better idea challenge a marquee to a single combat doll in the tradition of the high table's old laws there's just one problem John is no longer a member of a table sanctioned family having torn his ticket with the Rusk Aroma in chapter three I don't sit at the table your family does hoping to earn his way back into the rescue Roma fold Jon travels to Berlin where current family leader Katya orders him to kill a man named Killer who murdered the previous head of the Rusk Aroma though it's a struggle Jon fights his way through Killer's club and finally escapes back to the rescue Roma with proof of Killer's death Katia keeps a promise and Brands him with the Rusk of Roma Crest the thus allowing him to issue a challenge to the Marquee the Marquee reluctantly accepts the challenge but there is one twist rather than fight Jon himself the Marquee names Kane his stand-in for the fight once both are Marquis and John are in Paris the door is set to take place the following day at sunrise at the secret under the watchful lie of the harbinger in an effort to subvert this samaki increases a bounty on Jon's head ensuring that every killer in Paris will spend the entire night before the duel trying to Snuff him out if Jon doesn't make it to the church by Sunrise he will forfeit the door and be executed luckily for Jon the Barry King arrives in Paris just in time to give him a new weapon and the new Kevlar infused suit Jon then fights his way towards the church with dozens of Assassins on his Trail while fighting his way through a house Jon saves nobody's dog thus winning nobody over to his side but even that's not the end of the battle John has to ascend more than 200 steps to get to the church and falls all the way down them until Kane and nobody intervene setting the stage for The Showdown with the Marquee the terms of the door are simple John and Kane are each given a single shot pistol told to walk out 30 paces and then fire if they're both still capable of continuing they'll move forward 10 more spaces and fire again and again until one of them goes down eventually John and Kane move in for the 10 Pace Face-Off both bleeding heavily on the third shot Kane strikes John in the Torso knocking him down the Marquee steps in and takes the pistol but Jon reveals that he never fired his weapon a third time and shoots the Marquee in the head winning the door John is freed from all high table obligations that's arcade and his daughter while Winston has reinstated as head of the New York Continental buys the cane that makes his way down to the steps of the church still bleeding profusely there with images of his wife in his head he says her name and seemingly dies Winston and the Bowery King returned to New York or they resume their roles within the city's criminal Network they visit John's grave right next to his wives and pay their respects but Winston implies the connection to the rescue Roma and calls John my son before leaving though it's clear that John is meant to appear dead chapter 4 leaves certain aspects of his passing somewhat's ambiguous whatever the case John Wick is well and truly gone at least for now you're going to die maybe not in a post-credits scene however the film reveals that some conflicts remain ongoing while Kane walks around a city listening to his daughter played a violin for a crowd of onlookers on the street Akira approaches with a box cutter in hand the sermon to make good on her promise to kill Kane if John did not both of their Fates are left ambiguous while we don't yet know for sure if we'll see a continuation of the John Wick story we do know that the franchise lives on in the form of two more upcoming projects a prequel series titled the Continental set up the hotel of the same name is headed to Peacock soon while the spin-off movie titled ballerina co-starring Keanu Reeves as John Wick is slated to hit theaters in the coming years thank you

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Length: 16min 43sec (1003 seconds)

Published: Mon Mar 27 2023