In honor of the craft and care that went into killing 415 people across four films, we have carefully and thoughtfully compiled a list that ranks every single confirmed kill in the John Wick franchise.
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King shows that the series was saving the best for last, when it came to on-screen deaths at least. The most well-reviewed and praised of the three at the Oscars, The Return of the King also has by far the most characters getting killed on screen, at 836!
At the end of John Wick 2, John kills Santino in the New York City Continental, a violation of the strict rule of no "business" being conducted on Continental grounds. John is fully aware that breaking this rule will bring great consequences, which might make his decision seem difficult to grasp.
John Wick is highly skilled and deadly, but he is not invulnerable and can be defeated by other skilled assassins. Several movie assassins like Vincent, El Mariachi, and Léon possess unique advantages and abilities that could give them an edge over John Wick in a fight.
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.
A wealthy family is held hostage for harboring the target of a murderous syndicate during the Purge, a 12-hour period in which any and all crime is legal.
John Wick: Chapter 4, released on March 24, 2023, takes place six months after the third installment. Since the events between the first and the fourth happened the same year, John Wick is still either 50 years old or maybe 51. Although the character's age stays the same, Keanu Reeves's age changed from the first film.
People often suggest Nazi leader Adolf Hitler or Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin, both of whom saw millions die as a direct result of their policies. But recent scholarship suggests that the world's most murderous leader is China's Mao Zedong.
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.
The movie is full of groundbreaking action sequences, but it's also surprisingly emotional, as John is seen killed in a duel with Caine (Donnie Yen). The assassin shares his final words with his old friend Winston (Ian McShane), then is buried in New York with a headstone reading, "Loving Husband."
Let's begin where it all began, with a group of thugs breaking into John Wick's house and killing the dog his wife left him as a gift before she passed away. This is one of the few fights that Wick loses (mostly because he doesn't fight back).
Nobody ends up saving him more often and becomes an ally, providing comic relief and a potential spinoff opportunity. Mr. Nobody's motivation to kill John Wick is solely to collect the highest bounty, and he respects John Wick enough to keep him alive, ultimately helping him in the end.
At the moment, there is no official confirmation about John Wick 5 being in development at Lionsgate. However, we know we will see the character again, as the saga keeps growing in different ways — a spin-off movie starring Ana de Armas and Reeves, Ballerina, will arrive in summer 2025.
Caine is extremely selfless and honorable. Though he disregarded the words of Koji Shimazu, who tried to remind him of the brotherhood that they had both shared with John, Caine later referred to John as his brother after their duel, showing that he truly did regard John as a friend and a brother.
While the John Wick franchise is great at world-building, there has been nothing in the previous three movies that hinted toward Winston being John's biological father. Though the pair grew closer with each consecutive release, they were nothing more than allies in the John Wick series.
Some films however don't need dialogue to serve a film's story or reveal a character. Keanu Reeves knows this, which is why he decided to work with John Wick: Chapter 4 screenwriters, Shay Hatten and Michael Finch, to cut down John Wick's dialogue to 380 words.
Basil Iwanyk and Derek Kolstad's action thriller franchise John Wick follows Keanu Reeves' titular and stylish assassin feared throughout the Russian criminal underworld as Baba Yaga — John Wick's nickname — which supposedly means boogeyman.
He is a notorious Russian crime boss who is the head (or Pakhan) of the Tarasov Crime Family as well as Iosef Tarasov's father, Abram Tarasov's brother, and an enterprising businessman with questionable roots. He is also the former employer and the arch-nemesis of John Wick (the hero of the film).
Is Marcus John Wick's Dad? Marcus, who we see in the first movie, appears to be only an old friend of John's. It's easy to wonder if there's a family connection between the two with Marcus' desire to keep John alive and aid him against Viggo Tarasov. It seems unlikely that Marcus is John Wick's father, though.
What is John Wick: Chapter 5 about? While there is currently no synopsis for Chapter 5, it will likely depict the characters as they deal with the fallout of Wick's supposed death.
