Director Chad Stahelski cited The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966), Point Blank (1967), Le Cercle Rouge (1970), and The Killer (1989) as influences for the series. About The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, Stahelski said, "Look at Clint Eastwood in [the film] – there is so much back-story unsaid there.
It's a fun confidence to note, as John Wick has become one of the defining aesthetics of modern action-filmmaking -- and a one-off anti-villain from an episode of Samurai Jack quietly predicted many of the aspects that have come to define his films.
Fictional character biography. 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 ...
John Wick Was Originally a 75-Year-Old Man, but Keanu Reeves Took the Script and 'Made It His Own' - IMDb. 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.
Oldboy. Stahelski and John Wick co-director David Leitch have cited Oldboy – along with the other two entries in Park Chan-wook's Vengeance Trilogy – as a key influence on the franchise.
Summary. "The Continental" prequel series fails to confirm the popular theory that Winston is John Wick's father despite numerous connections between the characters.
Even though the earliest films in the series gave significant clues about Wick's Marine Corps service (and the video game Payday 2 confirmed it), questions about just how he joined the service have gotten more tangled as the movies have expanded their universe and revealed other hints about Wick's background.
John Wick himself has to be atop the list of most deadly assassins in the John Wick movies. It wouldn't make much sense for the movies to be about him if he wasn't the very best. He is constantly known and feared by almost every other member of the underground world.
A skilled sniper, Marcus represents an older generation of Continental members. Part mentor, part mystery, Marcus has John's back. Marcus was an extremely loyal friend to John Wick, as he only accepted Viggo Tarasov's contract to protect Wick from other assassins such as Ms. Perkins.
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.
His mother is English, originating from Essex. His American father is from Hawaii, and is of Native Hawaiian, Chinese, English, Irish, and Portuguese descent. Reeves's paternal grandmother is of Chinese and Hawaiian descent.
While it is possible to use the measurements of the coins and the value per weight of gold to calculate how much one of them is worth in dollars (somewhere between $2,000 and $5,000), in the John Wick universe, the monetary value of the coins do not matter. The coins are metaphorical vessels that symbolizes a favor.
The decision to cut off John Wick's finger was initially made because they thought the third movie would be the last in the franchise. For Stahelski and Reeves, the missing finger symbolizes the character's inability to remarry and wear another wedding ring, adding depth to the story.
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.
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.
The biggest hint of all that supports the Winston and John Wick father-son theory arrives in the very final moments of John Wick: Chapter 4, in which Winston looked over "Jonathan's" grave and says in Russian "Goodbye, my son." While this could be interpreted as a figure of speech to demonstrate the fatherly type of ...
Master shooter Taran Butler was brought in to train Reeves, and by the end of it, Butler declared Reeves the best actor he's ever worked with in regard to his skills with a gun.
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.
Falling deeply in love with her, he sought a way out of his hectic, violent life. Viggo was willing to grant his wish, but with the catch that John had to complete an "Impossible Task." That meant he needed to defeat all of Tarasov's enemies in one night to ensure that they'd have no way to regroup and retaliate.
