JOHN WICK FRANCHISE REVIEW

JOHN WICK

WHO IS JOHN WICK?

John Wick is the main character in the eponymous film series. He is a highly skilled hitman who retired from his criminal career after meeting and falling in love with his wife. However, after she passed away from an illness, John was forced back into the criminal underworld when a group of thugs killed his dog and stole his car, which were gifts from his late wife.

John is portrayed by actor Keanu Reeves, and throughout the series, he is shown as a formidable fighter and marksman who is feared by both criminals and law enforcement alike. Despite his reputation as an assassin, John is also depicted as a man of honor and loyalty, who has a strong sense of justice and a code of ethics that he follows.

Throughout the films, John becomes embroiled in various conflicts with criminal organizations and individuals, leading to intense action sequences and thrilling fight scenes. The character of John Wick has become a beloved icon in action cinema, with his signature black suit, slicked-back hair, and stoic demeanor.

JOHN WICK PART 1

"John Wick" is a 2014 American neo-noir action thriller film directed by Chad Stahelski, and written by Derek Kolstad. The film stars Keanu Reeves as John Wick, a retired hitman seeking vengeance for the theft of his vintage car and the murder of his beloved dog, which was the last gift from his recently deceased wife.

The movie begins with a brief glimpse into John Wick's past, showing him as a ruthless hitman working for the Russian mafia, but he left the profession after falling in love with his wife, Helen, who later died of an illness. After Helen's funeral, John receives a posthumous gift from her, a puppy named Daisy, intended to help him cope with his loss.

One day, John stops at a gas station, where he encounters a trio of Russian gangsters led by Iosef Tarasov (Alfie Allen), the son of his former boss, Viggo Tarasov (Michael Nyqvist). Iosef admires John's vintage car and tries to buy it, but John refuses. Later that night, Iosef and his men break into John's house, beat him up, kill Daisy, and steal his car.

Viggo learns of his son's actions and realizes that he has made a grave mistake by attacking John. He sends his men to John's house to kill him, but John manages to kill them all in self-defense. Viggo then puts out a contract on John, offering a large sum of money to anyone who can kill him.

John seeks the help of his old friend and fellow hitman, Marcus (Willem Dafoe), who warns John that killing Iosef will only lead to more trouble, but John is determined to seek revenge. He goes to a hotel called the Continental, which is a neutral ground for assassins, to seek refuge and get more information about Iosef's whereabouts.

John then sets out on a mission to take down Iosef and the rest of the Tarasov family, using his lethal skills and expertise. He fights his way through a series of encounters with Viggo's henchmen, including a brutal fight with Viggo's right-hand man, Kirill (Daniel Bernhardt), and an intense shootout in a nightclub.

The climax of the film takes place in a church, where John confronts Viggo and his remaining henchmen. After a fierce battle, John emerges victorious, killing Viggo and avenging the death of his beloved dog.

In the end, John goes back to the Continental and hands over his money to the hotel's owner, Winston (Ian McShane). Winston reveals that he knew John's wife and that he was grateful to her for helping him establish the Continental. He then gives John a marker, a symbolic coin that represents a debt that John owes him, and tells him that he may need to call in the favor one day. John leaves the hotel and drives off into the night, uncertain of what the future holds for him.

john wick chapter 2

John Wick Chapter 2 is a 2017 action-thriller film directed by Chad Stahelski and starring Keanu Reeves in the titular role of John Wick. It is a direct sequel to the 2014 film "John Wick" and follows the story of a retired hitman, John Wick, who is forced to return to his old life and deal with the consequences of his actions in the previous film.

The movie starts with John Wick retrieving his stolen Mustang from a Russian gang, led by his former associate, Abram Tarasov, brother of the villainous Viggo Tarasov from the first movie. After taking out Tarasov's men in a spectacular car chase, Wick returns home to resume his peaceful life.

However, he is soon approached by Santino D'Antonio, an Italian crime lord, who reminds Wick of a debt he owes him. In the past, Wick had made a "marker" deal with D'Antonio, a sacred oath among assassins, which requires Wick to carry out a hit for D'Antonio whenever he calls upon him.

Reluctantly, Wick accepts the job, but things quickly spiral out of control when he realizes that his target is D'Antonio's own sister, Gianna. After completing the mission, Wick becomes a target of the entire criminal underworld, including a new group of assassins known as the "Adjudicators," sent by the shadowy organization known as the High Table.

As he fights to survive and clear his name, Wick teams up with old allies, such as Winston, the owner of the Continental Hotel, and new ones like the Bowery King, the leader of a group of homeless assassins. Together, they face off against D'Antonio and the High Table in a climactic showdown.

Overall, John Wick Chapter 2 is a thrilling and action-packed film that expands upon the world and characters established in the first movie, delving deeper into the complex and brutal world of assassins and their codes of honor.

john wick chapter 3

John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum is the third installment in the John Wick film franchise. It continues the story of the titular character, John Wick, a retired hitman who is forced back into the criminal underworld when a contract is put on his life.

The movie picks up right where the second film left off. John Wick, played by Keanu Reeves, has just been declared "excommunicado" by the High Table, a council of powerful crime bosses who oversee the criminal world. This means that he is now a target for all assassins and cannot receive any assistance from anyone within the criminal underworld.

With a $14 million bounty on his head, John must fight his way through the streets of New York City to stay alive and clear his name. Along the way, he encounters old allies and enemies, as well as new characters, such as Sofia (Halle Berry), a fellow assassin who owes John a debt.

As John fights his way through wave after wave of assassins, he eventually reaches the High Table itself, where he confronts its leader, the Adjudicator (Asia Kate Dillon). The Adjudicator offers John a deal: kill Winston (Ian McShane), the manager of the Continental Hotel, and he will be allowed to live. However, John refuses and instead goes on a rampage, killing anyone who stands in his way.

In the final showdown, John faces off against Zero (Mark Dacascos), a highly-skilled assassin who is determined to kill John and claim the $14 million bounty for himself. In a brutal fight sequence, John eventually emerges victorious and manages to escape with the help of the Bowery King (Laurence Fishburne), another powerful crime lord.

The film ends with John Wick still on the run, but with the promise of future adventures to come. Overall, John Wick: Chapter 3 is a thrilling, action-packed movie that delivers on the franchise's signature blend of intense fight scenes, stylish visuals, and a captivating world of organized crime.

john wick chapter 4

In New York City, John Wick prepares to exact revenge against the High Table while hiding underground with the Bowery King. He travels to Morocco and kills the Elder, the "one who sits above the Table". In response, the Marquis Vincent de Gramont, a member of the High Table, summons New York Continental hotel manager Winston and his concierge, Charon.

De Gramont explains that the High Table has released him from following normal rules and given him unlimited resources so he can find and kill John Wick. He chastises Winston for his failure to assassinate John. As punishment, De Gramont strips Winston of his duties as manager, declares him "excommunicado", destroys the Continental, and executes Charon. De Gramont then travels to Paris and enlists Caine – a blind, retired High Table assassin – to kill his old friend John, threatening to murder Caine's daughter otherwise.

John takes refuge at the Osaka Continental, run by his friend Shimazu Koji. De Gramont's aide Chidi, backed by High Table assassins and Caine, arrives to investigate the hotel. Shimazu's daughter Akira, the hotel's concierge, evacuates the hotel just before the High Table "deconsecrates" it, igniting a melee. John fights through waves of armored assassins, and a showdown with Caine is interrupted by a bounty hunter who calls himself "Mr. Nobody". He aids in John's escape after determining the contract money for killing John to be insufficient. Caine allows a wounded Akira to flee after reluctantly killing her father.

John returns to New York and meets with a vengeful Winston at Charon's gravesite. Winston advises John to invoke an old High Table tradition and challenge De Gramont to a duel. Winning would free John of all obligations to the High Table, but he can only request a duel on behalf of a crime family. He travels to the Berlin headquarters of the Ruska Roma crime syndicate, with whom he had severed ties^[, to request readmission. His adoptive sister Katia agrees to his request in exchange for John killing Killa, a High Table member who murdered her father. Although Killa sets up an ambush at his nightclub, John still manages to kill him and regain his status.

Winston relays John's formal challenge to De Gramont. He requests the New York Continental be rebuilt, with him reinstated as manager, should John win, but also learns he will be killed if John fails. In Paris, John and De Gramont decide the parameters of their duel - dueling pistols on the following sunrise at Sacré-Cœur - in a meeting moderated by the Harbinger, the Table's emissary. De Gramont nominates a reluctant Caine to fight in his place, promising to free him and his daughter from the Table's influence if he wins; John and Winston will be executed should either fail to appear on time. The Bowery King arrives in Paris to give John a pistol and a new ballistic suit.

De Gramont intends to prevent John from arriving at the duel in time by placing a $26 million bounty on him. John fights off hordes of assassins on his way to Sacré-Cœur, including Mr. Nobody, who negotiates a bounty increase to $40 million. During their confrontation, John prevents Chidi from killing Mr. Nobody's beloved dog; a stunned Mr. Nobody decides to abandon his pursuit of John. After Caine and Mr. Nobody assist John in fighting off several assassins—including Chidi, whom Mr. Nobody kills—at a long staircase that leads to Sacré-Cœur, they reach the summit just in time for the duel. John and Caine inflict serious wounds on each other through two rounds of dueling. The third round comes to a halt when Caine severely wounds John. Demanding the right to administer the coup de grâce, De Gramont eagerly swaps places with Caine. However, John, who had not yet fired his third bullet, shoots and kills an unsuspecting De Gramont.

The Harbinger grants Caine and John their freedom from the High Table, and Winston is reinstated. After collapsing on the staircase, John reflects upon his life and marriage before succumbing to his injuries. Sometime later, Winston and the Bowery King organize John's funeral and bid farewell to him at his tombstone, located next to his late wife Helen's.

In a post-credits scene, Caine returns to Paris to reunite with his daughter but is approached by the vengeful Akira, who brandishes a weapon.

CAST OF JOHN WICK OF ALL FOUR CHAPTERS:-

John Wick (2014)

• Keanu Reeves as John Wick
• Michael Nyqvist as Viggo Tarasov
• Alfie Allen as Iosef Tarasov
• Willem Dafoe as Marcus
• Adrianne Palicki as Ms. Perkins
• Bridget Moynahan as Helen Wick
• Ian McShane as Winston
• John Leguizamo as Aurelio
• Dean Winters as Avi
• Lance Reddick as Charon

John Wick: Chapter 2 (2017)

• Keanu Reeves as John Wick
• Riccardo Scamarcio as Santino D'Antonio
• Common as Cassian
• Laurence Fishburne as Bowery King
• Ruby Rose as Ares
• John Leguizamo as Aurelio
• Ian McShane as Winston
• Lance Reddick as Charon

John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum (2019)

• Keanu Reeves as John Wick
• Halle Berry as Sofia
• Laurence Fishburne as Bowery King
• Mark Dacascos as Zero
• Asia Kate Dillon as The Adjudicator
• Lance Reddick as Charon
• Ian McShane as Winston
• Anjelica Huston as The Director

JOHN WICK CHAPTER 4- {2023

• Keanu Reeves as John Wick, a professional hitman and assassin who has gained a legendary reputation for his set of skills and is now hunted by the High Table.
• Donnie Yen as Caine, a blind High Table assassin and an old friend of John Wick, who is forced out of retirement to kill John Wick to ensure the safety of his daughter.
• Bill Skarsgård as the Marquis Vincent de Gramont, a powerful member of the High Table whose position is challenged by John Wick
• Laurence Fishburne as the Bowery King, a former underground crime boss who was left for dead by the High Table and is now sponsoring John Wick.
• Hiroyuki Sanada as Shimazu Koji, the manager of the Osaka Continental Hotel and an old friend of John Wick.^[
• Shamier Anderson as Mr. Nobody / The Tracker, a bounty hunter pursuing Wick.
• Lance Reddick as Charon, the concierge at the Continental Hotel in New York.
• Rina Sawayama as Akira, Koji's daughter and concierge of the Osaka Continental.^[
• Scott Adkins as Killa Harkan, the head of the German Table.
• Clancy Brown as the Harbinger, a high-ranking operative of the High Table.
• Ian McShane as Winston Scott, the manager of the New York Continental Hotel and friend of John Wick.

Natalia Tena portrays Katia, John Wick's adoptive sister; and Marko Zaror portrays Chidi, the right-hand man of the Marquis de Gramont. George Georgiou appears as the Elder, "the one who sits above the Table"; Georgiou portrays a different character than the one played by Saïd Taghmaoui in John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum (2019). Bridget Moynahan appears as John's late wife, Helen. Sven Marquardt, an infamous European bouncer, appears as a Ruska Roma member named Klaus.  retired sumo wrestler Yoshinori Tashiro made an appearance as the Osaka Continental gatekeeper.

THERE ARE CHANCES OF JOHN WICK CHAPTER TO RELEASE AS THE ECUADOR IS STILL ALIVE.