After John Wick loses his wife Helen to a terminal illness, he receives intervenes again, allowing John to free

g John to free himself and to kill Kirill before accosting

a beagle puppy named Daisy from her to help him cope with his grief. Despite Viggo, who (implied to be tired of his son's behavior) reveals Iosef's location.
John's stoic demeanor, he bonds with the puppy and they spend their day John then travels to the safe house, killing Iosef and his bodyguards.
driving around in his vintage 1969 Ford Mustang Mach 1. At a gas station, he
Perkins learns that John and Marcus have been in contact and tells Viggo, who
encounters a trio of Russian gangsters whose leader Iosef insists on buying
has Marcus beaten and tortured before executing him in his home. Viggo calls
his car, but John repeatedly states that it is not for sale. Frustrated, the
John to report this, planning to have Perkins ambush him. While waiting for
mobsters learn where John's home is, knock him unconscious, steal his car,
John, Perkins is called to a meeting with Winston, who has her executed for
and kill Daisy.
killing Harry on Continental grounds. Winston calls John to inform him that
Iosef takes the Mustang to a chop shop to have the VIN changed. Aurelio, the Viggo is planning to escape by helicopter. John races to the harbor helipad,
shop's owner, recognizes the car and, upon learning that Iosef stole it from where he kills Viggo's remaining henchmen before engaging Viggo in a battle
John, punches Iosef before throwing him out of his shop. John visits Aurelio, on the dock. Viggo pulls out a knife, and John allows himself to be stabbed,
who identifies Iosef as the son of Viggo Tarasov, the head of the Russian surprising Viggo. John then disarms Viggo and fatally wounds him. John
crime syndicate in New York City. Viggo, notified by Aurelio of Iosef's activities, breaks into a waterfront animal clinic to treat his wound and releases a pit
beats and berates Iosef before explaining to him who John Wick is: A famed bull puppy scheduled to be euthanized. John and the dog walk home along the
assassin formerly in Viggo's employ, nicknamed "Baba Yaga" (translated in the boardwalk, where he had his last date with Helen.
film as Russian for '"Boogeyman"'). Previously, when John wanted to retire and
marry Helen, Viggo gave him an "impossible task", implied to involve multiple
assassinations in a short period of time. John succeeded, and his efforts were
key in establishing the Tarasov syndicate.
Viggo tries to talk John out of seeking retribution, but John refuses. Viggo then
sends a twelve-man hit group to John's house, but John kills them all and pays
for the bodies and evidence of the attack to be professionally cleaned and
removed. An unsurprised Viggo places a $2 million bounty on John's head and
personally offers the contract to John's mentor, Marcus, who accepts the offer.
John seeks refuge at the Continental Hotel, which caters exclusively to the
criminal underworld and permits no assassinations on its premises. Viggo
doubles the bounty for those willing to break the rules to kill John at the
Continental. Winston, the Continental's owner, tells John that Viggo has Iosef
under guard at his nightclub, the Red Circle. John enters the Red Circle and
fights through to Iosef, but Viggo's henchman Kirill blindsides John, allowing
Iosef to escape.
John retreats to the Continental to heal his injuries. Ms. Perkins, an assassin
and former acquaintance, sneaks into John's room to kill him, but Marcus
alerts John, allowing him to subdue Perkins. John forces Perkins to reveal the
location of Viggo's front, knocks her unconscious, and leaves her with Harry, a
fellow assassin, to await punishment. However, Perkins frees herself and kills
Harry. John travels to the Little Russia church, which serves as Viggo's front,
and destroys Viggo's cache of money and blackmail material. When Viggo and
his team arrive, John ambushes them, but is subdued and captured. Viggo
taunts John for thinking that he could leave his old life behind. Marcus