John Wick makes his way
through Manhattan before he is labeled "excommunicado" for
the unauthorized killing of High Table crime lord Santino D'Antonio on the
grounds of the New York Continental Hotel[N 1]—before
this, he sends his dog to safety with the concierge, Charon, at the very
same hotel. At the New York Public Library, John retrieves a marker
medallion and a rosary. He is injured in a fight with another hitman and
seeks medical treatment from an underworld doctor, but his $14 million bounty activates
before the doctor can finish, forcing John to complete the suturing himself.
Upon leaving, he is quickly pursued by various gangs of assassins, all of whom
he kills.
John meets with the
"Director", the head of the Ruska Roma crime syndicate,
where he presents the rosary and demands safe passage to Casablanca. As
John was once one of them, the Director reluctantly helps. Meanwhile, a High
Table Adjudicator meets with New York Continental manager Winston and
the Bowery King, notifying them that they both have seven days to resign
from their positions for helping John and indirectly going against the rules of
the Table.[N 1] The Adjudicator enlists Zero, a
Japanese assassin, and orders him to stab the Director through both of her
hands as penance for aiding John. In Casablanca, John meets Sofia, a
former friend and manager of the Moroccan Continental.
John presents a Marker, which he
obtained after helping her to protect her daughter, and demands to be directed
to the "Elder" — the only person above the High Table. Sofia
begrudgingly takes John to Berrada, her former boss, who tells John he may find
the Elder by wandering through the desert until he can no longer
walk. In exchange, Berrada asks for one of Sofia's dogs. When she refuses he
shoots the dog, which survives due to its bulletproof vest. Sofia wants to
kill Berrada, but only wounds him at John's warning. They fight their way out
of the kasbah and drive into the desert, where she leaves John. Seven
days later, the Adjudicator and Zero confront the Bowery King, who refuses
to abdicate his position. In response, Zero's students slaughter his
men while the King is slashed seven times with a wakizashi as
penance. Meanwhile, John collapses in the desert and is brought to the Elder,
who asks why he is there; John states that he wants to live to keep the memory
of the love he once had with his late wife.[N 2] The
Elder agrees to forgive John's transgressions if he kills Winston and remains
subservient to the High Table for the remainder of his life. To show his fealty,
John severs his ring finger and gives his wedding ring to the Elder.
John returns to New York and is
attacked by Zero and his students before reaching the protection of the
Continental. The Adjudicator arrives, but Winston refuses to abdicate and John
refuses to kill him, leading the Adjudicator to revoke the
Continental's neutral status and send both Zero and an army of heavily armed
High Table enforcers to kill John and Winston. Winston provides John with
weapons and the assistance of Charon and his staff. After killing all the
enforcers, John is ambushed by Zero and his students, and John proceeds to kill
all but two students who surrender with honor after being beaten. Zero battles
John but is eventually defeated and left to die. The Adjudicator agrees to
a parley with Winston, who offers fealty to the High Table.
John arrives and Winston shoots
him, causing him to fall off the roof. Winston reassumes his manager position.
The severely injured John is secretly collected and delivered to the heavily
wounded Bowery King in an underground bunker; the two agree to join forces
against the High Table.
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