Things That Happen In Every John Wick Movie

At the start of the "John Wick" franchise, the titular character is living a reasonably inoffensive life. He had retired from his days as a master assassin and only asked to be left alone to grieve the death of his wife with his dog. But fate has other plans, and soon John embarks on a violent quest to avenge the death of his pet.

Once John re-entered the world of assassins and criminal families, there was no going back for him. Time and again, other characters asked, begged, pleaded, or demanded John give up his mission of vengeance and return home. And every time John refused the call, forging forward determinedly to punish those who had destroyed his last chance at anything resembling peace and happiness. "For me, it was fun telling this mythological, Old Testament revenge tale," Keanu Reeves told The Austin Chronicle. "But I don't quite think of it as revenge. I think of it as reclaiming."

John's will to exact vengeance, coupled with his inability to forgive his enemies and go back to his retired life, is the character's defining trait. It is what has led to him almost dying several times. But it is also what makes him such a compelling protagonist whom you cannot help but root for. After all, what's more dangerous and fascinating than a man who no longer has anything left to lose embarking on a do-or-die mission against impossible odds?