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- Jonathan "John" Wick is a fictional character created by American screenwriter Derek Kolstad and portrayed by Canadian actor Keanu Reeves. He is the titular protagonist of the neo-noir media franchise John Wick.
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John Wick is an American neo-noir action film series and media franchise created by Derek Kolstad. It centers on the titular character portrayed by actor Keanu Reeves. Wick is a legendary hitman who is reluctantly drawn back into the criminal underworld after retiring.
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—John Wick to Viggo Tarasov
Jonathan "John" Wick, born Jardani Jovonovich (Джарданы Джовонович), is the titular protagonist of the film series of the same name.
Over the course of his violent career as a killer-for-hire, John Wick has earned a widespread reputation as one of the world's deadliest and most skilled professional assassins. His extraordinary exploits, formidable skill set, lethal precision, and unwavering focus and determination to complete his tasks have solidified his status as both a legendary and infamous figure within the international criminal underworld: known and feared by many as the Baba Yaga (Баба-Яга) or The Boogeyman.
He previously worked for the Tarasov Mob until his retirement. He retired in order to spend time with his wife, Helen Wick, who later passed away from an unidentified illness. 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.
Following his wife's death, John came out of retirement after Viggo's son, Iosef Tarasov, murdered his dog, Daisy (who was gifted to John posthumously by Helen to help him grieve), and stole his car during a home invasion. He succeeds in his quest by killing Iosef and eventually Viggo, before reacquiring his car from Viggo's brother Abram Tarasov.
Unfortunately, his "impossible task" forced him to swear a blood oath to Camorra boss, Santino D'Antonio, who ruined his chances of returning to retirement by compelling him to assassinate his sister, Gianna, allowing him to take over their family's legacy. Once John killed Gianna in Rome, he finds himself at odds with numerous assassins hired by Santino, who wanted to tie up loose ends. After several confrontations, John successfully returns to New York and elects to murder Santino in the Continental's lounge, where no assassinations are allowed.
Early Life
Jardani Jovonovich was born in the Byelorussian SSR (now Belarus), Soviet Union on September 12, 1964. Little is known about his childhood, but it was revealed that he was orphaned at a young age, adopted and recruited by the Ruska Roma organized crime group, then mentored by one of its leaders, a woman known as the The Director, in New York City. Jardani became associated with many members from the other branches of the Ruska Roma around the world, including Katia, who became his surrogate sister. Under the Director's supervision, Jardani was extensively trained to become a lethal hitman and learned multiple skills which included martial arts, marksmanship, melee combat, tactical and defensive driving, stealth, infiltration, and escapology. Jardani would later adopt the name "Jonathan Wick", or "John Wick" for short as the anglicized form of his birth name. It is revealed in the John Wick comic book mini-series that he spent a significant portion of his adolescence in El Sauzel, Mexico and was also depicted that one point in his life, he went on a mission to avenge his childhood hometown and fifty civilians who were destroyed/killed by a gang. He also encountered Charon, an old acquaintance, and saved his life after witnessing some assassins who were holding him at gunpoint opposite to the room he was living in. This would be the catalyst to their friendship as Charon told John he owed him a life debt.
Military Career
John was shown to have a tattoo across his back with the Latin phrase "Fortis Fortuna Adiuvat" (English: "fortune favors the bold"), which would imply that he once served in the United States Marine Corps, but this has yet to be confirmed. If he was, it was likely he was a member of the Special Operations Command division of the branch, given his extensive knowledge of security surveillance and being able to strategically plan things very well, although this is just speculation.
Career as a Hitman
—Viggo Tarasov and Iosef Tarasov Years after leaving the Ruska Roma, John became a professional hitman who earned the nickname Baba Yaga ("The Boogeyman" in Russian) for his unparalleled hyper-lethality. He joined the Continental in New York City, a hotel chain catering exclusively to criminals. His reputation for peerless efficiency and reliability earned him considerable respect and fear within the criminal underworld, as well as his persistence to go after those who earn his anger, making him a legendary figure, known to the leaders of virtually all criminal organizations as someone never to be crossed. John eventually joined a Russian criminal organization known as the Tarasov Mob, becoming one of the main executors of its leader, Viggo Tarasov, who valued and respected John's exceptional abilities, and once saw John kill three men in a bar with a single pencil. During this time, Wick developed relationships with various other criminals working for the High Table, the highest known power in the international criminal underworld, comprised of delegates representing each controlling mafia family. However, John also made a considerable array of enemies - unsurprising, given his profession - including Ms. Perkins, Cassian, and Ernest. In spite of this collection of enemies, John developed valuable friendships with fellow assassins like Sofia Al-Azwar, Caine, and Koji Shimazu, forging a brotherly bond with the latter two. During this time, he even helped Sofia rescue her daughter from the mob, and consequently received a blood oath marker from her, symbolizing her debt to him.
—John Wick to Cassian
Due to his harsh background and being rigorously trained for his childhood and adulthood by The Director and his career in the Marines, John could be described as a very serious and stoic individual who rarely spoke more than necessary (preferring actions over words and being described as someone who never wasted words) with a strong sense of obligation. As a professional assassin and hitman, John was highly confident in his abilities and reputation, being greatly respected and feared by many criminal organizations and other assassins alike. Both Viggo and Abram Tarasov described John as "a man of focus, commitment, and sheer will". Despite this, he had a strong moral code as well as honor which was unique among his colleagues according to Zero as John never willingly dragged innocent people to his job or threatens them during it. In spite of his professionalism, he was also friendly and develops strong friendships with many other dangerous people like Marcus and even managers of Continental Hotels, like Winston and Koji Shimazu. His good side was also seen after meeting Helen, John was willing the end his career as a killer and live a normal happy life with her, which Winston referred to as impossible.
However, John was a man who is worth his reputation as The Boogeyman for his lethality as he never failed on his missions. Despite his calm and collected behavior, once angered or taken by vengeance, he would stop at nothing until he kills his target no matter who or what stands in his way. After a puppy from his wife, which was the last posthumous gift from her not to be alone, was killed and his car stolen, John set out on a journey for revenge, which was successful but also created other problems for himself on future events.
Despite his skills, John preferred to avoid fights if he could. He was skilled at getting people to back down without resistance and would often let people go when they do and he was able to avoid allowing conflicts to escalate any further as seen when he was able to call a truce with Abram Tarasov and when he allows Zero's students to live after beating them in a fight. His friendly and professional personality allowed him to maintain contacts within the assassin community who were willing to come to his aid when needed. His strong sense of honor also meant he made a point of not allowing innocent people to get caught in the crossfire of his work.
—Zero
•Peak Human Condition: John Wick, being a highly trained hitman, had peak human physicality for a man of his age. He was very athletic, and his strength, durability, speed, agility, stamina, reflexes, and threshold for pain are in top condition. Despite being older than a majority of those who were after him, John always proved to be superior to them in terms of condition with Caine being his only equal and Zero coming close behind.
•Peak Human Strength: John was very strong, although it was not his greatest attribute. He could easily overpower and restrain larger opponents, knock out fully grown men and women with a single strike, break their necks and bones with relative ease, and effortlessly break through hardened glass. He was also able to throw Killa around with some difficulty, despite Killa being bigger than him.
•Peak Human Durability: John was highly resilient and sturdy by human standards. He was able to survive multiple gunshot wounds, stabbings and blunt force trauma without feeling much of an effect. His greatest feats of durability were when he survived falling off the Continental Hotel and when he survived falling numerous stories in Killa's nightclub in Berlin, as well as surviving multiple falls in Paris, especially down the stairs leading to Sacré Cour.
•Peak Human Endurance: Despite his mastery of martial arts and firearms, John was frequently injured, but demonstrated nearly inhuman tolerance to pain, being able to shrug off physical blows, cuts and bullet wounds with ease, only checking his wound for bleeding. During his final fight with Viggo Tarasov, John allowed Viggo's knife to re-enter an already existing stab wound, which caused a considerable amount of pain but allowed him to win the fight by breaking Viggo's arm while simultaneously avoiding creating any new wounds. In addition, when cutting off his own ring finger and having the wound cauterized, he showed little pain and the injury did not seem to affect him at all later on.
•Peak Human Speed: John was extremely fast, especially for a man of his age. He was able to outrun younger opponents, and in combat he could move too fast for them to react.
Weapons
—John Wick to The Bowery King •Heckler & Koch P30L: Wick's primary sidearm is a semi-automatic pistol fitted with a custom compensator. He used it to shoot and kill eleven men in his house, 21 men at the red circle, one man at the church, one man and Iosef Tarasov at the compound, and three men at the dock. He also used it to fire at Avi, but he missed it. He continued to use the pistol when he infiltrated Abram Tarasov's garage to reclaim his car, but he reburied it with the rest of his arsenal afterward. Wick took this pistol from an assassin who went after him following his excommunication, and used it to shoot other assassins while on horseback. —The Sommelier to John Wick •Glock 26: Wick's backup sidearm is a compact pistol. He used it to kill three men at the Red Circle. After he reclaims his car from Abram Tarasov's garage, he buries it along with the rest of his arsenal. Wick retrieves another Glock 26 from a deposit box, but he does not use it. He purchases a new Glock 26 from The Sommelier in preparation to kill Gianna D'Antonio. He kills her and 33 others in the catacombs with the pistol and his backup pistol. He picks up a fourth Glock 26 from an assassin later on and shoots one through the wall. •Walther P99: Wick disarmed Ms. Perkins of her semi-automatic suppressed pistol and held her at gunpoint when she tried to kill him in his hotel room. •Glock 17: Wick briefly wielded a henchman's pistol when he disarmed him of it, but he quickly discarded it. He later disarmed a gunman of his suppressed Glock 17 in the subway and picks up multiple others before and after he kills Ares, accumulating over 40 kills with them. He later temporarily acquired a Glock 17 in Casablanca. He temporarily wielded a Glock 17 during the invasion of the Osaka Continental. •Glock 34: Wick purchased this pistol as a backup to his third Glock 26, using it interchangeably to kill 33 men in the catacombs. He used the Glock 34 in Casablanca, quickly reloading it at the same time as one of Berrada's henchmen, but shooting him before the latter could. He took a custom Glock 34 from the Continental armory to use against the High Table enforcers. He executed the Elder with a custom Glock 34 in the deserts of Morocco and used it during the siege of the Osaka Continental. After being deprived of his custom Glock 34, he acquired several regular ones and made use of them. •CZ P-09: Wick disarmed Yama of his suppressed pistol. •Smith & Wesson SW1911SC "E-Series": Wick covertly fired this suppressed pistol at Cassian. However, this is a continuity error as John had picked up a CZ P-09 and not this gun. After killing Ares, John takes one from her. —The Bowery King to John Wick •Kimber Warrior: The Bowery King gave Wick a pistol with only one magazine containing seven rounds, and he used it to kill five people. He later reloads it with a clip that he takes off of one of Santino's men. He uses it in his gunfight with Santino in the Hall of Mirrors before running out of bullets again. After pistol-whipping one of Santino's men, John drops it for good. The gun is subsequently recovered by The Adjudicator's men and they present it to the Bowery King as proof of his breaking the High Table's rules. •SIG Sauer P320: Wick took several of these pistols from Ares' guards. •Kimber Super Carry: Wick used this pistol to execute Santino D'Antonio in the Continental. After killing Santino, John leaves the empty gun on the lounge table. This may be a continuity error as this scene occurs right after his fight with Ares in which Wick was last seen picking up her "E Series." •Bond Arms Texas Defender: The Doctor gave Wick this derringer pistol to shoot him in order to elude suspicion that he aided him. •Walther PPQ: Wick briefly took this pistol from one of the assassins who attacked him in the knife display room. •Glock 19X: Wick found this pistol in Casablanca and used it against Berrada's henchmen. •Walther CCP: Wick used this pistol against one of Zero's students after disarming him of it. He used it again while riding a motorcycle. •Colt Model 1903 Pocket Hammerless: Winston gave Wick his sidearm in the Executive Lounge, but he returned it before the showdown at the Continental. •TTI STI 2011 Combat Master: Charon gave Wick this pistol from the Continental armory to use against the High Table enforcers. •Glock 19: Wick picked up a Glock 19 with a reflex sight from an enforcer sent by the High Table to the Continental, and kept it before he was disarmed by Zero's students. —The Bowery King to John Wick •TTI Pit Viper: This pistol was given to John by The Bowery King and he used it in his battles in Paris against dozens of men and assassins hired by the Marquis de Gramont to take him out. After running out of bullets, John quickly disassembles the gun and uses the pieces to stab other assassins that are after him. •Thompson Center Arms Encore: A pair of these guns were provided to John and Caine by the High Table for their duel. The rounds appear to be custom nickel-plated or silver bullets. During the last round of their duel, Caine mortally wounds John with his gun, but as John did not fire his own weapon, he is able to shoot the Marquis de Gramont in the head when he attempts to perform the coup de grace himself. •Remington 1875: Wick modified this revolver by replacing its barrel with one from a Colt 1851 Navy and its hammer with one from a Colt 1860 Army, and used it to shoot an assassin approaching him, in the head. •Coharie Arms CA-415: Wick brought a rifle with a shortened barrel, EOTech 553 holographic sight, vertical grip and Magpul PMAG to the church. He used it to kill 13 men in and outside the church, notably shooting a priest in his kneecap. —The Sommelier to John Wick •TR-1 Ultralight: After requesting a "tasting" of something robust and precise, Wick purchased an AR-15-style rifle fitted with a BCM Gunfighter Mod 0 collapsible stock, BCM KMR Alpha 13" forearm, BCM pistol grip and vertical foregrip, PRI Compensator, 1-6x24 Trijicon Accupoint scope with an RMR on a canted rail, and Magpul PMAGs from the Sommelier in preparation to kill Gianna. He used it to shoot and kill 18 men in the catacombs. •Kel-Tec KSG: Wick took a bullpup shotgun from one of Viggo's henchmen and used it to kill one of them outside of the church. He aimed it at Viggo, but he did not pull the trigger. —The Sommelier to John Wick •Benelli M4 Super 90: After requesting a "tasting" of something big and bold, Wick purchased a shotgun fitted with a fixed stock from the Sommelier in preparation to kill Gianna. He used it to shoot and kill 13 men in the catacombs. •Benelli M2 Super 90: Wick used this shotgun as his backup weapon against the enforcers sent by the High Table to the Continental. •TTI Dracarys Gen-12: John used one of these shotguns armed with "Dragon's Breath" ammunition against some of the Marquis' henchmen in an abandoned house in Paris. •SIG-Sauer MPX Copperhead: Wick used this sub-machine gun against Berrada's henchmen in Casablanca. •TTI SIG-Sauer MPX Carbine: Wick used this gun as his main defense against the enforcers sent by the High Table to the Continental. •Desert Tactical Arms Stealth Recon Scout: Wick took a sniper rifle from one of Viggo's henchmen guarding Iosef's compound, using it to shoot and kill four men. •Knives: Shortly after becoming excommunicado, John was pursued by a gang of assassins who wished to claim his bounty of $14 million into a museum filled with antique weapons. John managed to kill the whole gang by fatally wounding each and every member with antique knives that were stored within glass containers. •Axes: After Wick managed to kill the majority of the aforementioned gang, he realized there was one last member who was barely alive in spite of his wounds and killed him by throwing an axe into his head with incredible accuracy. During his fight with Killa Harkan's henchmen, John took an axe from one of the men and used it to kill several of Killa's men and wound Killa himself. •Wakizashi: Following a battle with two of Zero's best students, John stole a wakizashi blade and proceeded to use it in his battle against Zero himself. Wick used this blade to severely cut and paralyze Zero's legs so he would be unable to rely on his advanced kicking techniques. Wick ultimately wounded and killed Zero with the wakizashi. •Nunchaku: During the invasion of the Osaka Continental by dozens of men led by Chidi, John was thrown through a glass container in his struggle in the weapons room and picked up a set of orange nunchakus that was stored inside said container. He used the Okinawan weapon to dispatch several of Chidi's henchmen.
Vehicles
—John Wick to Abram Tarasov •1969 Mustang: Wick's car has a Boss 429 engine, with upwards of 500 horsepower. He used to practice driving and drifting at an airport to vent his frustrations. The car was originally coveted and stolen by Iosef Tarasov, who also killed his dog Daisy, leading Wick to go on a vengeful rampage. He later took his car back from Abram Tarasov for Aurelio to repair. •2006 Lexus RX 400h: Wick had another car in his garage, which likely belonged to his wife, Helen. He found a baseball bat lodged in the windshield and opted to take a bus to visit Aurelio. —John Wick to Aurelio •1970 Chevrolet Chevelle: Wick took a bus to see Aurelio and obtain a car to drive to the Continental Hotel. —Charon to John Wick •2011 Dodge Charger: Wick was gifted a new car from Winston to compensate for Ms. Perkins' attempted assassination. He originally drove it home, but when he heard of Marcus' death at the hands of Viggo Tarasov, he drove to a helipad to kill him and his men. He had to abandon the car when Viggo drove into the side of it and pushed it over the edge of a dock. •2013 Chevrolet Tahoe: After he killed Viggo at the helipad, Wick took his car and drove to a veterinarian's office for medical supplies. Although he was weak and thought he would die, he re-watched a video of him and his wife, inspiring him to keep moving forward.
Attire
—Angelo to John Wick •Suits: Wick dons suits with tactical lining during missions.
Over the course of the story, John Wick has had a series of bounties placed on his head through Administration by members and associates of the High Table. Presumably any bounties that were left on him were revoked when John won his duel and this won his freedom from the High Table.
•$2 million - ordered by Viggo Tarasov to eliminate John before he could kill Viggo's son Iosef Tarasov, increased to $4 million for Ms. Perkins due to her willingness to break the rules of Continental; revoked by Viggo when John held him at gunpoint.
•$7 million - ordered by Santino D'Antonio to eliminate John after he killed Gianna D'Antonio; revoked upon Santino's death.
•$14 million - ordered by the High Table after John killed Santino and was declared excommunicado. Increased to $15 million when John escaped to Casablanca; would have been revoked when John obtained forgiveness from The Elder and completed his mission.
•$18 million - ordered by the High Table after John killed The Elder. Increased to $20 million during the siege of the Osaka Continental.
•$26 million - an increase ordered by the Marquis Vincent Bisset de Gramont to prevent John from traversing Paris and reaching Sacré-Cœur for their duel; it was set to be automatically revoked at sunrise, when the duel was scheduled to begin.
•John asking Winston for "guns. Lots of guns" in John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum is a reference to Keanu Reeves' character Neo in The Matrix. Neo asks for "guns. Lots of guns" before invading a heavily protected government building to rescue Morpheus who was played by Laurence Fishburne who plays the Bowery King in the John Wick series•The movie name was supposed to be named Scorn but Keanu loved the name John Wick so much the directors agreed to change it.
•Jardani translates to John from Romany, and "Wick" is the phonetic pronunciation of the final four letters of his birth name.
•Two John Wick skins and Pickaxes were available in the video game Fortnite during Season 3 and Season 9.
•Jardani is the Caló form of John (Caló is a language spoken by the Spanish and Portuguese Romani)
•His back tattoo "Fortuna Fortes Juvat" means Fortune Favors The Bold.
•Wick shows a lot of traits that clearly indicate that he was once a Marine: using M-16 variant weaponry; driving Ford Mustang and tendency to shoot his enemies two times in the chest and one in the head, which is part of Table 2 Marine marksmanship training.
Video Games
John Wick has made several appearances, in video games such as Payday 2 and •In Payday 2 he has special abilities, such as extra health and more accuracy with handguns. •In Fortnite, he is a cosmetic item, only unlockable after completing the battle pass at tier 100 (Season 3.) He also has a special pickaxe called the Trusty No. 2 and a glider called High Octane, with Trusty No. 2 being a pencil pickaxe, and the High Octane being a glider that makes noises like John's 1969 Mustang 327. He would later reappear in Fortnite as an official promotional skin for Chapter 3: Parabellum, he cost 2,000 V-Bucks and could only be gotten via purchasing him through the in-game store (he also came with a Gun Bag "Back Bling", which came with him if you bought him) along with a Sledgehammer Pickaxe, two emotes, one gun skin. There were other items like a black parasol and a Gold Coin Back Bling awarded to players who would play the new game mode "Wick's Bounty" (a game mode where you would collect Gold Coins of dead players, you had to collect the most coins and reach a goal for a certain number of coins to win.) The Parasol could be gotten by winning a match of "Wick's Bounty" while the Gold Coin Back Bling was awarded to players who collected a certain number of coins while playing the game mode, along with another gun skin which was given to people who eliminated a certain number of players in the mode. •Forza Horizon 3 has his Mustang as a downloadable item; the car is ranked as a supercar and has NoS system installed. •In Pixel Gun 3D, there's a skin called “The Gunman” which looks a lot like John. •On May 8, 2019, it was announced that there was a John Wick action strategy game in development called John Wick Hex.
Graphic Novels
•In 2017, an official John Wick comic series was released. With five issues, this comic series is a prequel to the original film from 2014.
Mar 23, 2023 · John Wick's Real Name Is Jardani Jovonovich. After John is able to fend off a few dozen assassins, he sets his plan to leave New York and escape with the hope of meeting the one man who is above The High Table so that he can be pardoned and continue to live.
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