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.
Ultimately, Winston shoots John Wick to save him from the High Table — and the brutal consequences they're both facing for violating the rules. Winston's support of John lands him on the High Table's bad side, leading to a negotiation where he seemingly swears his fealty to the council.
The John Wick 3 ending introduces a stunning betrayal by Winston, the Manager of The Continental, setting the stage for John Wick: Chapter 4 and The Continental prequel series. John Wick survives his wounds and is taken in by The Bowery King, creating a new underground subplot and expanding the world of the franchise.
John reluctantly travels to Rome and fulfills the oath, only to realize that Santino is targeting him to tie up loose ends. Santino sends his bodyguard Ares to kill John and Gianna's former bodyguard Cassian also pursues John because John killed his ward and he was close to Gianna.
Breaking the Continental's rule puts a target on John Wick's back, but he believes he has no escape. Killing Santino in John Wick: Chapter Two not only represents another turn in the epic revenge saga, but also sets up the rest of John's journey as he becomes excommunicado.
Franchise star Ian McShane can't say for sure that his Winston character is the father of Keanu Reeves' John Wick, but he's happy to fuel the fan theories. In John Wick: Chapter 4, it was subtly teased that there may be a family connection between Winston and John Wick.
Santino then tries to phone call John, but Wick refuses to listen. Santino then places a $7 million bounty on John Wick's head, prompting hitmen from all over the world to try and assassinate him. Santino opening a contract to kill John Wick. John fends off most of the assassins, but is wounded while doing so.
Summary. Ian McShane hints at Winston's familial connection to John in John Wick: Chapter 4, but whether it's true or not remains unknown. The theory of Winston being John's father adds depth to their relationship, but it may undermine the moral compass and mystery of John's character.
After murdering one of its members on Continental grounds, the High Table puts a bounty on Wick's head and cuts off all access to his former privileges, something he tries to get reversed in John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum but ultimately gets pulled deeper into the High Table's web.
Viggo Tarasov calling John Wick after having killed Marcus. Viggo Tarasov (Russian: Вигго Тарасов, Viggo Tarasov) is the main antagonist of the 2014 action film John Wick, the first installment of the John Wick franchise.
Yes, John Wick 5 is in development, but there's no confirmed release date yet. Chad Stahelski is working on the story, but details are scarce. Who might return for John Wick 5? Keanu Reeves is expected to reprise his role as John Wick.
The Elder in John Wick is the one who controls the High Table and all these other organizations. More about John Wick's world is bound to be revealed in the plot of John Wick: Chapter 4, which sees John and his friends go up against the High Table.
If suspicions are correct that Winston is still trustworthy, he may have shot John to persuade the High Table to “reconsecrate” the Continental, so it may once again become a safe zone.
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.
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.
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.
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 ...
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.
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.
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.
The Ruska Roma agrees to give him safe passage to Casablanca, in exchange for his Crucifix. The rosary beads are then removed from the Crucifix, which is heated and used to brand John Wick's back, a marking that shows he has forfeited his membership.
John Wick earned that would-be death sentence because he broke The Continental's biggest rule: Do not conduct “business” – as in, don't kill anybody – on the premises.
