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| “ | Viggo: We call him "Baba Yaga". Iosef: The Boogeyman? Viggo: Well, John wasn't exactly the Boogeyman. He was the one you sent to kill the fucking Boogeyman. Iosef: Oh... Viggo: John is a man of focus. Commitment. And sheer will... something you know very little about. I once saw him kill three men in a bar... with a pencil, with a fucking pencil. |
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| ~ Viggo Tarasov explains to his son, Iosef Tarasov, about John Wick. |
| “ | When Helen died, I lost everything. Until that dog arrived on my doorstep. A final gift from my wife. In that moment, I received some semblance of hope. An opportunity to grieve un-alone. And your son took that from me! Stole that from me! Killed that from me! People keep asking if I'm back and I haven't really had an answer. But now, yeah, I'm thinkin' I'm back. So you can either hand over your son... or you can die screaming alongside him! | „ |
| ~ John Wick to Viggo Tarasov, and his most famous quote. |
| “ | Helen... | „ |
| ~ John Wick's last words before his supposed death. |
Jardani Jovanovich, better known as Jonathan "John" Wick, or simply John Wick, is the titular main protagonist of the film series of the same name. He is a ex-hitman who comes out of retirement to find the people that murdered his loving dog, the last gift from his dying wife.
Learning that his target is the son of Viggo Tarasov, Wick goes on a rampage to get revenge. In Chapter 2, he set to find the people that destroyed his house, learning that it was Santino D'Antonio since he refused to help the criminal. Upon killing Santino in the Continental, he is forced to evade the bounty placed on his head for breaking the rules. Following his survival, John decides to work with the Bowery King to defeat the High Table.
He is portrayed by the charismatic Keanu Reeves, who also played Neo in The Matrix series, Jack Traven in Speed, "Ted" Theodore Logan in the Bill & Ted films, Johnny Utah in Point Break (1991), Jonathan Harker in Bram Stoker's Dracula, Evan Webber in Knock Knock, Johnny Silverhand in Cyberpunk 2077, John Constantine in Constantine (2005), Johnny Mnemonic in the film of the same name, Sage in The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run, and also voiced Batman in DC League of Super-Pets, Duke Caboom in Toy Story 4, and will be voicing Shadow the Hedgehog in Sonic the Hedgehog 3 (2024).
In Payday 2, he was voiced by Dave Fouquette, who also voiced Yogi Bear in The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy, Ghost Rider in the titular tie-in video game, and Other Father in the Coraline tie-in video game.
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Biography[]
Background[]
John Wick was born under the name Jardani Jovanovich, and was a Ruska Roma orphan from Belarus before being taken in by the Director. The Director brought him to the United States, and under her tutelage, Jardani developed martial art skills and basic training. At some point, Jardani adopted the name "Jonathan "John" Wick", and left the Ruska Roma for undisclosed reasons. In the comics, John was a thief in an impoverished Mexican village, who was almost killed by a group of gunmen led by a woman named Calamity, due to John having stole from them.
Military Career[]
John Wick served in the United States Marine Corps, as evidenced by his tattoos. It was in the Marine Corps, he met Marcus. Though it appears that he was part of the military, it hasn't been confirmed.
Hitman Career[]
After leaving the Marine Corps, John put his skills to use as a professional hitman, joining the Continental, a hotel catering exclusively to criminals. Gaining a reputation for his efficiency, making him highly respected and feared within the criminal underworld.
At some point, he began a business relationship with Russian mobster Viggo Tarasov. Viggo valued Wick as an associate for his skill, witnessing him kill three men with a single pencil.
Wick met a woman named Helen, whom he fell deeply in love with, seeking to leave his life as a criminal to be with her. He asked Viggo's permission to leave, Viggo agreed to let Wick leave, on the condition he complete "an impossible task", killing all of his rivals.
Needing assistance, Wick sought the help of Santino D'Antonio, in exchange for making a blood oath with him. Upon completing the task, Wick was freed from his service to Viggo, and retired from his life of crime.
John Wick[]
Helen soon passes away from a terminal illness but leaves John a dog named Daisy to comfort him during his grieving. While spending his time driving his car with Daisy, Wick encounters Iosef at a gas station, and the latter attempts to buy his car. John refuses, which results in Iosef and his men breaking into his house, beating Wick unconscious, taking his car, and killing Daisy before leaving the premises. Later regaining consciousness, Wick becomes vengeful and meets with Aurelio, who reveals that Iosef is the son of Viggo. He is then contacted by Viggo, wanting the former to spare his son, but Wick refuses, and the crime boss sends several men to his home to eliminate him.
Despite being rusty, Wick manages to kill all of the men hired by Viggo, and calls in the service to clean up the evidence. Gaining his gear and equipment from the concrete floor, Wick leaves his home to the Continental, but Viggo places a bounty on John, calling his former mentor Marcus and willing to pay assassins more money if they break the Continental's rules. Meeting with Winston, John is informed that Iosef is hiding at the Red Circle, and Wick heads there to kill his target. Failing to kill Iosef, Wick returns to the Continental to tend to his wounds, and is later warned by Marcus of Ms. Perkins' attempt to kill him. Managing to subdue her, John leaves her to be judged and destroys Viggo's money and materials at a Russian church.
Viggo and his men soon arrive and capture Wick, whom is saved by Marcus once again, allowing him to force Tasarov to reveal Iosef's location. John then leaves the area and kills Iosef at his safe house, and is later contacted by Viggo, informing him that he killed Marcus and has sent Ms. Perkins to eliminate him. However, Winston has Ms. Perkins killed due to breaking the rules, allowing John to confront Viggo and his men. Wick then fights Tasarov in combat, managing to kill him before leaving the area. Entering an animal clinic to tend his wounds, he decides to adopt a pit bull.
John Wick 2[]
Santino D'Antonio arrives at John Wick's house asking him to pay his debt. When he refuses, Santino destroys his house. Afterwards John goes to the Continental Hotel where he is confronted by Winston who tells John to fulfill his debt, otherwise, his life is forfeit. John then confronts Santino who tasks him to kill his sister Gianna D'Antonio. Reluctantly, he accepts, and completes his mission after Gianna orders her subordinate Cassian to be left alone.
Once the mission is complete, Santino orders his men to kill John, who manages to survive the attack from both Santino's men and Cassian, when he together with John Wick crashes at the Continental. In the bar, John apologizes for killing Gianna, while Cassian vows revenge. Later Santino tries to make peace with John, but he is ignored and places a $7.000.000 bounty on his head.
A lot of hitmen attempt to kill John, including Cassian. But John kills them all, except Cassian who is left alive for professional respect. John Wick goes to see the Bowery King where his wounds are treated. John convinces the Bowery King to help him kill Santino, who provides him a gun with only seven bullets, and information about Santino's location. John manages to kill most of Santino's henchmen and leaves Ares badly injured, while Santino escapes the Continental.
Santino demands Winston revoke John Wick's membership, but he tells him that the Continental is his kingdom, and John hasn't broken any rules yet. At the same time, Winston tells Santino that he has privileges in the Continental. However, John Wick arrives and kills Santino while he is rating, despite Winston's warnings. The next day, Winston tells John that the bounty has been doubled and placed internationally. He also tells him that he is excommunicado, but gives John Wick a one hour head start and provides him with a Marker for future use. John then runs, knowing about the possible hitmen that surround him.
John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum[]
John Wick, now internationally a marked man, is on the run. Before his excommunicado status is initiated, Wick travels to the New York Public Library and gets a marker medallion and a crucifix. There, he gets attacked and defends himself from an assassin who tries to kill Wick early. Wick visits a doctor to treat his injuries, but his 1 hour head start finishes and his status as excommunicado is initiated, just before the doctor can finish. Wick treats his injuries on his own and leaves. On the way, he's attacked by a gang but manages to defeat them all.
John visits The Director, the head of the Ruska Roma, and uses the crucifix to ask her for help in aiding Wick with safe passage to Casablanca. Aware that aiding Wick will be a violation to her peace treaty with the High Table, the Director reluctantly agrees, knowing that John is a former protégé.
In Casablanca, John meets Sofia, a former close friend, and asks her help in locating the The Elder, the mysterious head of the High Table, whom Wick can receive penance from, as well as removal of his excommunicado status. Sofia takes John to Berrada, her former boss, who tells John he may find the Elder by wandering through the desert until he cannot walk any longer. In exchange, Berrada asks for one of Sofia's dogs. Sofia refuses, and Berrada shoots the dog, which is saved by a bulletproof vest. In retaliation, Sofia tries to kill Berrada, but John prevents her from doing so. Sofia then wounds Berrada and both her and Wick fight their way out.
Sofia takes Wick to the desert and leaves him there. After spending a long time wandering in the desert, John collapses and is found by the Elder's men. They take him to the Elder, where he asks John why he wants to live. John replies that he lives to earn the memory of the love he had with his wife. The Elder agrees to forgive him and revokes his excommunicado status, on the condition that he; assassinates his friend Winston and continues working for the High Table until his death. John agrees, and to show his commitment, he cuts off his ring finger and offers his wedding ring to the Elder.
John travels back to New York City. There, he is ambushed by Japanese assassins, lead by Zero and hired by the The Adjudicator, an enforcer agent of the High Table. John survives the encounter and heads to the Continental for protection. John meets Winston, who earlier was informed by the Adjudicator to step down as general manager of the Continental as punishment for aiding John Wick by delaying his excommunicado status by one hour.
The Adjudicator arrives at the Continental. With John refusing to kill Winston, and Winston refusing to step down as general manager, the Adjudicator declares the Continental as "deconsecrated", which permits killing in the hotel. With help from the hotel concierge Charon, John is able hold off against the High Table forces and ultimately defeat them, before being confronted by Zero's gang again. Wick fights them and eventually defeats them by mortally wounding Zero, but sparing his two students.
The Adjudicator contacts Winston to negotiate, ultimately retaining his position as general manager as well as gaining a fealty to the High Table due to his rebellion being seen as a "show of strength". However, when she asks what they're going to do with John Wick, Winston draws his pistol and shoots at John several times. John's ballistic coat manages to protect him, but the force pushed him off the building and he falls down to the streets, hitting several structures on the way.
As the Continental hotel is restored and cleaned up, the Adjudicator reveals to Winston that John is missing, and that he'll be a serious problem for them. Winston smiles, knowing what really happened.
A seriously injured John is taken to the Bowery King, who earlier got heavily scarred by Zero on the Adjudicator's orders as punishment for aiding John. When the Bowery King expresses his anger at the High Table and asks John if he is pissed off, John replies "Yeah".
John Wick Chapter 4[]
Hiding underground with the Bowery King, John spent several months recovering and training for his war against the High Table. Once he feels fully recovered, he returned to the Moroccan deserts. After dispatching several of the Elder's men, he eventually reached the tent where the Elder was located but found another man in his place. The new Elder insisted that the previous Elder was gone with John's wedding ring and reminded John that his death would only make the hitman's life even more difficult. When he believed John had come a long way for nothing, John executed him with a headshot before departing.
Knowing that the High Table would be out for blood more than ever, John seeks sanctuary in the Osaka Continental, where he is welcome with open arms by its manager and his old friend, Koji Shimazu. Shimazu informed John of the demolition of the New York Continental and the death of Charon at the hands of the Marquis de Gramont, who became the most powerful member of the Table following the Elder's death, which leaves John saddened and guilt-ridden. Koji's daughter Akira shows up and berated her father for his decision to aid John, despite his awareness that such action would make them the next targets of the Table.
Soon enough, the Continental is visited by the Marquis' right-hand man Chidi and fellow High Table enforcers, who strongly believe John to be hiding there. When Shimazu and his men deny their demands of an inspection, a fight breaks out. Despite the enforcers' upgraded armor, Shimazu, Akira and John manage to dispatch them. In the weapons room, John takes out several more men with both his handgun and a pair of nunchakus. Shortly afterwards, he is confronted by another of his old friends, Caine, and the two assassins engage in close-combat until they are forced to flee from a sniper hidden in the room.
Upon making it out of the hotel, John was confronted by Mr. Nobody, whom he identified as a Tracker, but he surprisingly allowed John to live due to his bounty being too low. In the subway, John was confronted by Akira, who blamed him for Shimazu's death at the hands of Caine. However, John promised to kill Caine to avenge Shimazu, something Akira appreciated.
John made his way back to New York, where he reunited with a grieving and excommunicated Winston at Charon's gravesite. Winston informed John that all of the High Table's resources are in the Marquis' hands and killing him would not solve their predicament as he could easily be replaced. The former New York Continental manager informed John of the only possible way to regain his freedom once and for all-- a duel to the death between him and the Marquis. However, John needed to be part of a family associated with the High Table to formally request a duel, which meant John had to regain his status within Ruska Roma.
John traveled to the headquarters of the Ruska Roma in Berlin and requested to see its patriarch, Pyotr. His visit was received with hostility from everyone, particularly John's adoptive sister Katia. Katia revealed Pyotr was murdered under the orders of the Marquis shortly after John put a bullet in the Elder's head but before John could die via hanging, he mentioned the chance of defeating the Marquis in a duel. This news changes Katia's mind and she promises to "mend [his] ticket" after he eliminated Pyotr's murderer, Killa Harkan.
Though John managed to infiltrate Killa's nightclub with little difficulty, he finds himself in trouble with Killa, Caine and the Tracker. Despite this, he ultimately succeeded in overpowering Killa and the latter dies from a fatal fall. As proof of his deed, he took one of the German crime boss' golden teeth and presented it to Katia, who gladly reintegrated John in Ruska Roma and marks him with the organization's crest. John selected Winston as his second supporter and has him deliver his challenge to the Marquis, who accepted granting John's permanent freedom as well as rebuilding the New York Continental and revoking Winston's excommunicator status should they win. The duel will take place in Sacré-Coeur with dueling pistols, with the Marquis choosing Caine to fight in his place. The Harbinger warned that Wick and Winston will be executed should they fail to appear by sunrise.
In the subway, John and Winston meet with the Bowery King, who provides John with a brand new bulletproof suit and a custom Pit Viper handgun for his duel and any possible obstacles in his way to Sacré-Coeur. Determined to win the duel at any cost, the Marquis increases John's bounty to $40 million and sends several of his men, including Chidi, to kill him. John battles the assassins in his way and manages to eliminate them all, coming to a truce with the Tracker after he saved the latter's dog from Chidi, who is ultimately killed by Nobody in retaliation for his attempt against his dog's life. Caine also switches sides and dispatches several of the Marquis' henchmen before aiding John in reaching Sacré-Coeur just in time.
Caine and John take the pistols and Caine gravely wounds John in the first three rounds. Believing John to be too weak to be a threat against him, the Marquis offers to perform the coup de grace himself, not aware that John had not fired in the third round. His arrogance leaves him open and John executes his enemy with a headshot. The Harbinger declares both Caine and John free from the High Table and promises Winston that he will be reinstated as manager of the New York Continental, which will also be rebuilt. Caine thanks John for not killing him and departs to check on his daughter Mia, who had been used as leverage by the Marquis to force Caine to work for him.
As he descended the stairs of the Roman Catholic church, the severity of the gunshot wounds in his side forced John to sit down and he gazed at the sunset. Upon remembering one of his moments with his beloved wife Helen, he whispered her name before apparently succumbing to his wounds and collapsing on the stairs. Several days later, the Bowery King has taken ownership of John's dog and he and Winston visit his gravestone, which contained the epitaph, "Loving Husband." The Bowery King wondered aloud whether John was reunited with Helen in Heaven or went to Hell for all of his crimes. Winston whispered, "Goodbye, my son." in Russian and he, the Bowery King and John's dog depart.
Other Media[]
Payday 2[]
Presumably after the events of the first movie, John Wick saves Chains (a comrade from the army) from the Swedish police. Afterwards, he is hired by Bain and joins the Payday Gang. Some time in early 2017, Wick contacts the Payday Gang and asks them to help rescue Charon in Brooklyn.
Fighting off Charon's captors and the police force, John and the gang successfully get Charon escorted to safety. Out of gratitude, the Continental concierge repays them by offering intel on Bob McKendrick hosting a party about his re-election on a yacht, which would allow the Payday Gang to "repay" the politician by stealing all the money from McKendrick's foreign bank accounts and ultimately prevent him ever being re-elected.
After the yacht heist, John Wick fully joins the Payday Gang.
Abilities[]
John Wick was once the best assassin under Viggo Tarasov's crime syndicate. As a former Marine, he was one of deadliest around, whom of which eliminated all of Viggo's competition on his way to the top. Despite John knowing his way through all kinds of guns, close-quarters combat and gun fu, he does have his favourites. His go-to weapon of choice is his Heckler and Koch P30L pistol, which most of his kills in his revenge plot came from. His other guns include a Glock 26 pistol, a Coharie Arms CA-415 assault rifle, a DTA Stealth Recon Scout sniper rifle, a run-of-the-mill knife, and his beautiful Kei-Tec KSG shotgun.
John has a total of 342 confirmed kills in his line of work, and has a further 86 unconfirmed kills, and in his revenge plot against losef and Viggo alone, killed 77 people. Even before these events, he was Viggo's best assassin, having eliminated all his competition single-handedly to get Viggo to the top. He's also said to be very deadly with even the most mundane objects. He is incredibly tough, having fended off a female assassin while one of his arms was in a sling. No matter how hurt he gets, he'll keep pushing forward until he's done. He has overcame the entire syndicate and got revenge.
- Master Marksman: John is a very formidable, skilled and lethal marksman, being highly skilled with ranged weapons.
- Master Combatant and Martial Artist: John is known to be an extremely skilled and formidable hand-to-hand combatant as well as a brilliant and very great martial artist. He was able to overcome large groups of enemies with his bare hands
- Peak Human Conditioning: John has proven himself to wield brute physical strength and durability easily apparent for someone of his physical build. Surprisingly, he is also fast and agile as well as extremely athletic.
- Peak Human Strength: John has great strength, allowing him to easily overpower opponents up to and including skilled trained fighters. In the first film, he was able to throw an assassin through some glass with one throw and force a man to impale himself with his own knife.
- Peak Human Endurance: John was repeatedly punched and kicked by his opponents but always came back as effective as ever.
- Peak Human Durability: It is shown that John is Very Durable because of him being hit by a car and surviving with minor or minimal wounds
- Peak Human Speed: John was extremely fast, being able to surprise and tackle full grown men to the floor in seconds.
- Peak Human Stamina: John was a very fit fighter, able to endure long brawls against multiple enemies and always come out victorious and without apparent tiring,
Peak Human Agility: It is shown that in Chapter 4 of John Wick he slid on the side of a horse to kill one of the bickers chasing him
- Peak Human Reflexes: John's Reflexes was able to knock a away and disarm many opponents due to his fast reflexe
- Genius-level Intellect: To be written
- Master Tactician and Strategist: John is known to be an exceptionally accomplished strategist and tactician.
- Weapon Proficiency: John is proficient in handling any type of object that he can use as weapons against his enemies, being able to overwhelm even armed opponents with his bare hands and once killing three men in a bar with a single pencil.
- Stealth: John is skilled at using stealth as he was capable of keeping himself hidden without anyone spotting him.
- Knifemanship: John is extremely proficient in the use of knives that he uses in combat or self-defense.
- Expert Horse Rider: John is an excellent horse rider.
- Master Driver: John is a proficient and skilled driver, adept at driving various vehicles.
- Indomitable Will: John does not need to back down or surrender, no matter the situation.
- Multilingualism: Besides English, John is shown to be able to speak many languages.
Quotes[]
| “ | Evenin', Jimmy... Noise complaint? | „ |
| ~ John Wick to Jimmy. |
| “ | Yeah... Be seeing you. | „ |
| ~ John to a dying Viggo. |
| “ | Whoever comes, whoever it is, I'll kill them. I'll kill them all. | „ |
| ~ John to Winston. |
| “ | Consider this a professional courtesy. | „ |
| ~ John to Cassian. |
| “ | Guns... Lot's of guns. | „ |
| ~ John to Winston on getting services before he leaves. |
| “ | I'm going to need a gun. | „ |
| ~ John to the Bowery King, John Wick - Chapter 4 |
| “ | Consequences. | „ |
| ~ John to Marquis before killing him. |
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Trivia[]
- His name was supposed to be Scorn, but Keanu loved John Wick so much the directors agreed to change his name to that.
- The character has become a skin in the famous battle royale Fortnite.
- John Wick has fought and lost against James Bond in an episode of DEATH BATTLE!.
- John Wick's official fate is up for interpretation, per co-writers Michael Finch and Slay Hatten. Finch says, "''What I will say is that we never actually see him dying, We see a [grave] plot. What happened in between is up for interpretation.”'" However, producer Erica Lee says in an interview that he is. Keanu Reeves also expresses uncertainty when asked, stating that "I don’t know, I guess I’m going to have to lean on never say never. I mean, I wouldn’t do a John Wick film without [director] Chad Stahelski. We’d have to see what that looked like… It feels right that John Wick finds peace."
External Links[]
- John Wick on the The John Wick Wiki
- John Wick on the Inconsistently Admirable Wiki
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