Winston only shot John (he purposefully shot at John's bulletproof suit so as to keep him alive) in front of the Adjudicator of the High Table so as to fool her into thinking that he was dead by the time John had even hit the ground when he jumped off of the Continental during him getting shot, and so that he could ...
Winston shoots John Wick after having negotiated with The Adjudicator to return to the fold. In this cinematic universe, the characters genuinely believe that Wick has been eliminated. But the betrayal is merely a plot device to raise the stakes even more for Parabellum's ending.
Summary. "The Continental" prequel series fails to confirm the popular theory that Winston is John Wick's father despite numerous connections between the characters.
His John needed help after incurring the wrath of Santino. John brokered a deal with the Bowery King: for protection and, then, an arsenal. It turns out that after he and John feuded years back, the King took control of The Soup Kitchen. This was a homeless shelter, where he said he created an underground empire.
Kolstad began rewrites alongside Iwanyk and producer Erica Lee over two months. Iwanyk originally envisioned older actors such as Eastwood (then 83-years-old) or Harrison Ford (71-years-old) as John but later opted for an experienced actor rather than an elderly one.
Winston informs John that the bounty on him has been doubled by the High Table and that he was excommunicated from the Continental for killing Santino on Continental grounds. However, Winston told John that he will delay the announcement by one hour to give John a chance to escape.
The reason Winston betrayed John Wick could have been to save both of their lives. Throughout the John Wick movie series, John defied the High Table and its Elder's laws, forcing him to fight for his life against the world's deadliest assassins.
Winston's "son" line could be figurative, as people often say this to close friends of no blood relation, or a sign that Winston thought of John like a son, but combined with the tattoo, suspicions arise. What makes Winston's final words to John even more suspicious is the language in which he speaks them.
Speaking to Vanity Fair, Stahelski discussed several John Wick fan theories with beloved actor Keanu Reeves, who portrayed the feared Baba Yaga throughout the films. Stahelski once and for all confirmed that Winston knew John would likely survive when the Continental's manager fired several bullets his way.
Winston gives John a blood oath marker and warns him he can only give him an hour's head start. In John Wick: Chapter 2, there isn't any explicit explanation for the marker John is given. It's assumed to be John's original marker from his blood oath with Santino.
He also believes in fairness. After helping John reach the Sacré-Cœur, Caine stabbed John's dominant hand, forcing John to duel with his non-dominant hand, thus evening the odds of the duel. In addition, Caine also curses, especially when his in the mood of anger or during a fight.
Kennedy's executive order (executive order 11111). JFK's executive order on June 11, 1963, provided "assistance for the removal of obstructions of justice and suppression of unlawful combinations within the state of Alabama." On November 22, 1963 (five months later), he was assassinated.
After two rounds of the duel end in Caine and Wick injured but alive, John seems to make the decision to sacrifice his life in order to kill the Marquis. After all, killing Caine would free John from the High Table, but murdering the Marquis immediately after that would get Wick in trouble all over again.
John was born Jardani Jovonovich in a Padhorje village somewhere in the Byelorussian SSR of the Soviet Union to a Ruska Roma family on September 2, 1964. He was orphaned at a young age before being taken in by an old friend of his father, Winston, who would eventually become John's mentor.
Played by Shamier Anderson, Mr. Nobody, also known as Tracker, is a bounty hunter with his sights set on Keanu Reeves' eponymous assassin, though bides his time taking Wick down until the reward hits a certain point.
John Wick Presents: Ballerina is an upcoming American action thriller film directed by Len Wiseman, from a script written by Shay Hatten, Michael Finch, and Emerald Fennell, based on an original story by Hatten. It is the first spin-off, and fifth installment overall in the John Wick franchise.
By John Wick 3: Chapter 3 — Parabellum and a shocking ending we won't spoil here in John Wick: Chapter 4, it's clear that Winston's loyalty to John is as genuine as it gets, stretching the limits of the High Table's set-in-stone code that promises lethal consequences for aiding and abetting all rule-breakers.
After John killed Gianna by the orders of his brother, Santino immediately took her place within the High Table and ordered his right-hand woman Ares and many of his men to kill John to avenge his sister.
They are so surprisingly honorable and instead of finishing John when having a good chance they help him up even leave him to recover a bit in the fight, which was a reason why John ultimately spared them out of gratitude for their fair play.
His superior, Viggo Tarasov, promised to allow John to quit if he first completed an "impossible task": killing all of Tarasov's enemies in a single night. Having succeeded, John retired and lived peacefully for just over five years.
Without delving into spoiler-y developments in John Wick: Chapter 4, it's safe to say Winston even views John from the perspective of a father figure, with his paternal brand of affection really coming to the forefront at the end of John Wick: Chapter 2 and all throughout John Wick: Chapter 3 — Parabellum.
Keanu Reeves has turned John Wick into an iconic action hero over the last seven years, but it turns out the role was originally written for an actor more in the vein of Harrison Ford or Clint Eastwood.
