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John Wick(2014)
Lionsgate Oct 24, 2014 | Wide
John Wick is a former hitman grieving the loss of his true love. When his home is broken into, robbed, and his dog killed, he is forced to return to action to exact revenge.
Releases
Original Release | Oct 24, 2014
10th Anniversary (Fathom Events) | Nov 3, 2024
Box Office
All Releases (2)
$43,037,835
$43,044,015
$86,081,850
$43,037,835
$42,975,221
$86,013,056
Director & Top Cast
Technical Specifications
Sound Mix: Dolby Digital,Auro 11.1,Dolby Atmos,Datasat
Aspect Ratio: 2.39 : 1
Other Details
Country of Origin: United States
Language: English,Russian,Hungarian
Summaries
Plot Summary
- John Wick (Keanu Reeves), who just lost his wife Helen (Bridget Moynahan) to an undisclosed illness, receives a gift from her posthumously in the form of a puppy named Daisy, along with a letter from her saying she arranged for him to have Daisy to help him cope with her demise. Initially indifferent to Daisy, he eventually connects to the puppy as they spend the day driving around in his vintage '69 Mustang. At a gas station, he encounters a trio of Russian gang members, whose leader Iosef (Alfie Allen) insists on buying his car. John refuses to sell and greets Iosef's snide remark in Russian with a retort in the same language before leaving. The three follow John to his home, break in at night, and attack John, who watches defenselessly as they kill Daisy before stealing his car.The following day, Iosef attempts to have the car modified by Aurelio (John Leguizamo), the owner of a chop shop who refuses to take it and hits Iosef when he realizes who it belongs to and what Iosef did to steal it. John subsequently visits Aurelio, who tells him Iosef is the son of Viggo Tarasov (Michael Nyqvist), head of the Russian crime syndicate in New York and John's former employer, before lending him another car. After Viggo calls him, Aurelio explains why he hit Iosef. Viggo then berates Iosef and explains who John Wick is: his best assassin, nicknamed Baba Yaga ("the Boogeyman"), who retired after falling in love with a woman, had helped Viggo gain control of his syndicate by eliminating all competition, a task Viggo considered "impossible."Viggo, wanting to protect his son, attempts to talk John out of seeking retribution, which John abruptly disregards, prompting Viggo to send a hit squad to John's house to execute him, only for John to dispatch them swiftly. Viggo puts a $2 million bounty on John and first gives the offer to Marcus (Willem Dafoe), a veteran assassin and John's mentor, who accepts. John subsequently seeks refuge at the Continental, a hotel that exclusively caters to assassins, with the rule that no business can be conducted on premises. When Viggo learns of this, he doubles the bounty for those willing to break the rules to kill John. John learns from Winston (Ian McShane), the owner of the Continental, that Viggo has Iosef protected at his nightclub, the Red Circle.John goes to the club and kills Iosef's friend Victor before dispatching most of the security staff, but Iosef escapes after John is subdued by Viggo's henchman Kirill. John escapes back to the Continental to treat his wounds before being attacked by Ms. Perkins (Adrianne Palicki), an assassin and former acquaintance of John's who had taken the contract to kill him. Her surprise attack on John is foiled when Marcus, who had been watching John sleep through a sniper rifle's scope from a building across the street, wakes John up by shooting the pillow next to his head. John eventually subdues Perkins and forces her to reveal the location of Viggo's cash before leaving her with a neighbor and friend, Harry (Clarke Peters), to await her punishment for breaking the hotel rules. Perkins eventually breaks free and kills Harry.John goes to a church, which is a front for the cash, eliminates all the guards, and burns Viggo's money, as well as various intelligence against the police and government officials that Viggo uses as leverage. When Viggo arrives at the church, John ambushes them, but is eventually subdued. Viggo taunts him for causing trouble over a dog and thinking he could leave his old life behind. He leaves John to be tortured and killed by Kirill and another henchman, but Marcus kills the other henchman, allowing John to break free and kill Kirill. John intercepts Viggo's car and forces him to reveal Iosef's location and pull the bounty, which Viggo reluctantly does. John goes to the safe house where Iosef is hiding and kills all of the guards before killing Iosef.Perkins sees that John and Marcus have been in contact and tells Viggo, who has Marcus tortured and killed in his home over his betrayal. Viggo contacts John about Marcus' death, luring John to his home, where Perkins is waiting to ambush him. Before she can do so, she gets called to a secret meeting with Winston, who revokes her membership to the Continental for breaking the rules and has her swiftly executed by a handful of other assassins. Winston calls John to inform him of a helicopter coming to the harbor to transport Viggo away. John races to the harbor and executes Viggo's remaining henchmen before getting into a fistfight with Viggo on the dock.Viggo pulls out a knife on John and as they fight, John forces it into in his already wounded abdomen. Startled by this, Viggo gives John the opportunity to break his arm and gain the upper hand. John then takes Viggo's knife and stabs him on the side of the neck. John leaves Viggo to die. John, wounded but still able-bodied, stops at a waterfront warehouse used as an animal shelter clinic where he attempts to treat his wound. He then rescues a pit-bull puppy from one of the cages and is last seen walking away on the boardwalk where he had his last date with Helen.
Storyline
- With the untimely death of his beloved wife still bitter in his mouth, John Wick, the expert former assassin, receives one final gift from her--a precious keepsake to help John find a new meaning in life now that she is gone. But when the arrogant Russian mob prince, Iosef Tarasov, and his men pay Wick a rather unwelcome visit to rob him of his prized 1969 Mustang and his wife's present, the legendary hitman will be forced to unearth his meticulously concealed identity. Blind with revenge, John will immediately unleash a carefully orchestrated maelstrom of destruction against the sophisticated kingpin, Viggo Tarasov, and his family, who are fully aware of his lethal capacity. Now, only blood can quench the boogeyman's thirst for retribution. — Nick Riganas John Wick is a retired hitman who returns to the criminal underworld to settle a debt. When his former employer's son, Santino, orders his men to take out John's beloved puppy, an unexpected and deadly altercation ensues, leaving his beloved pup dead. Fueled by vengeance and a drive for justice, John embarks on a brutal rampage to take down Santino and his gang, seeking vengeance for his beloved pup. Along the way, John discovers the shocking truth about the deaths of his wife and son and finds himself thrust into a final, epic showdown with Santino and his legion of hired guns. — FacebookPaginaMovies
