John Wick (film)

John Wick is a 2014 American neo-noir action-thriller film directed by Chad Stahelski. It stars Keanu Reeves, Michael Nyqvist, Alfie Allen, Adrianne Palicki, Bridget Moynahan, Dean Winters, Ian McShane, John Leguizamo, and Willem Dafoe. The movie was released to positive reviews and grossed USD 86 million worldwide. Two sequels, John Wick: Chapter 2, and John Wick  Chapter 3 – Parabellum, were released in February 2017 and May 2019 respectively. A fifth film is set for a May 2022 release and an untitled fifth film following that.

About John Wick (film) in brief

Summary John Wick (film)John Wick is a 2014 American neo-noir action-thriller film directed by Chad Stahelski. It stars Keanu Reeves, Michael Nyqvist, Alfie Allen, Adrianne Palicki, Bridget Moynahan, Dean Winters, Ian McShane, John Leguizamo, and Willem Dafoe. It is the first installment in the John Wick film series. The film was met with positive reviews, with critics labeling it as one of Reeves’ best performances and one of the best action films of 2014. Two sequels, John Wick: Chapter 2, and John Wick  Chapter 3 – Parabellum, were released in February 2017 and May 2019 respectively, both to comparable critical and commercial success. A fifth film is set for a May 2022 release and an untitled fifth film following that. The movie was released to positive reviews and grossed USD 86 million worldwide against a production budget of USD 20–30 million. It was released on November 14, 2014, at the box office in the U.S. and in the UK on November 17, 2014. The sequel, John Wick 3, is scheduled for release on May 25, 2015. The third and final sequel, John Wick 4, is set to be released on May 17, 2015, and will be released in the United States on May 18, 2015 and in Europe on May 19, 2015 and in Australia on May 20, 2016. The fourth and fifth sequels are scheduled for May 22, 2016 and May 23, 2016, and May 24, 2016 respectively, and they are set to release in Australia and the United Kingdom on May 28, 2016 and May 29, 2017.

The fifth and final sequel is set for release in May 2018, and it is scheduled to open in the US on May 30, 2018. The story focuses on John Wick searching for the men who broke into his home, stole his vintage car and killed his puppy, which was a last gift to him from his recently deceased wife. John Wick is formerly in the employ of Viggo Tarasov, the head of the Russian crime syndicate in New York City. John seeks assistance from the New York Continental Hotel, which permits no assassinations on its premises. John is forced to kill an assassin and former acquaintance, Marcus Perkins, allowing him to subdue him to have his injuries treated. John succeeds in killing the assassin, forcing him to retreat to the Continental to have Ms. Perkins treat his injuries. John later meets Iosef, who identifies John as a former hitman, nicknamed “Baba Yaga’s” by Vig go. John and Aurelio, the shop’s owner, deduces that the car was stolen from John, and throws him out. Aurelio relays IoseF’s activities to John, who beats and berates IOSEf before explaining to him who John Wick was: a famed assassin.