John Wick recovers his stolen Ford Mustang Mach 1 from Abram Tarasov, brother of the late Viggo.[N 1] John dispatches Tarasov's men in a violent rampage that heavily damages the Mustang, but spares Tarasov under the promise of peace, and returns home. John is visited by the Camorra crime boss Santino D'Antonio, who reminds him that he was the one who helped John complete his "impossible task", which allowed John to retire and marry Helen. In return, John swore to a "marker", an unbreakable vow symbolized by a "blood oath" medallion. Santino presents the marker to demand services from John, who declines. Santino retaliates by destroying John's house with a grenade launcher. John survives and travels to the Continental Hotel in New York City where Winston reminds John that if he rejects the marker, he will be violating one of the two unbreakable rules of the underworld: no killing on Continental grounds, and honoring every marker. John reluctantly accepts his commitment and meets with Santino, who tasks him with assassinating his sister, Gianna, so he can claim her seat at the "High Table", a council of twelve high-level crime bosses. Santino sends Ares, his mute bodyguard, to observe John's mission.
In Rome, Italy, John
infiltrates Gianna's coronation and confronts her in a dressing room.
Faced with certain death, Gianna chooses to take her own life by
slitting her wrists. As Gianna dies, John shoots her in the head to fulfill the
marker. As John leaves, Gianna's bodyguard, Cassian, recognizes John and upon
realizing that he was sent to kill Gianna, attacks him. John flees to the catacombs,
where he is double-crossed by Ares and Santino's henchmen, who intend to tie up
"loose ends" by killing him. After killing most of the henchmen, John
is again pursued by Cassian. Their fight leads them into the reception area of
the Rome Continental Hotel, which, like the New York Continental, prohibits
conducting any "business" on its grounds. As the two share a drink, John
explains his reason for killing Gianna. Nevertheless, Cassian promises to kill
John quickly as a sign of professional respect.
As John returns to New York City,
Santino opens a contract for $7 million to kill John under the guise
of avenging his sister, leading numerous assassins to unsuccessfully attack
John. Cassian confronts John in the subway and, after a vicious
fight, is left with a knife stuck in his aorta, leaving his fate
uncertain. The badly injured John seeks help from an underground crime boss
known as the Bowery King, whose subordinates treat John's injuries.
Intrigued by John's intent to kill a member of the High Table, the Bowery King
sportingly gives him a gun with only seven bullets, one for each million of the
contract, and directs John to an art museum where Santino holds a gala. John
pursues Santino throughout the museum, killing his remaining henchmen and Ares,
but Santino manages to escape to the Continental, where he intends to remain
indefinitely in its sanctuary. Despite Winston's warnings, the exasperated John
shoots and kills Santino in the Continental lounge.
The next day, Winston meets with
John and explains that, per the High Table, the contract on John has been
doubled and offered globally. As a further consequence of killing Santino on
Continental grounds, Winston declares John "excommunicado",
terminating all his access and privileges to underworld resources. However,
Winston delays announcing John's excommunication by one hour to give him a head
start and provides him with a marker for future use. Before leaving, John
advises Winston to tell every other assassin for the High Table that when they
try to hunt him, they will all be killed. John departs with his dog as Winston
makes a call enacting John's "excommunicado" to be activated in one
hour. As the contract is activated and cellular phones begin to ring all around
him, John begins to run.
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