The movies I choose is John Wick chapter 1-3, I have watched them all in one day. Let’s talk about the first one, apparently this is a pure action movie without too many storylines. It just a reclusive killer turns to revenge after being attacked and robbed by a bunch of punks. Although the story is simple, it is clear, and the great action scenes make the movie more complete.

The director explained very clearly, like all the movie in the gangster protagonist, John killed countless people, but finally retired because of a woman . He and his wife lived in a safe, stable, harmonious town, with a big house, decent status, and a lot of money. He and his wife used to go to the beach for vacations, and when they were free, they would go out racing in his Mustang. This is the life every middle-aged male yearns for. Even until the sudden death of his wife, his life was not completely deprived. Because he had something to hang on to again, which is the little dog that his wife had given him. The main character John Wick has completed his transformation in the opening introduction, until some bad kids killed his dog, stolen his car and forced him to get back to his old life.

There are two characters influence the story. One is the kid who kill John’s dog, he changes John’s life, he makes the story goes to other direction. The other one is the kid’s father, Viggo, who is the boss of a Russian gang. John has worked for him before he retired. Through Viggo’s dialogues we know John’s personality and the reason of his revengement. He is a man of focus, commitment and sheer will. He retired because of a women. But the punks showed up and killed his dog, which is the first creature he had just begun to learn to love since his wife died, It also killed his future. It seemed to John’s key to a stable, normal life had been stolen from him. So he rejected Viggo’s compromise and decided to revenge. Not because of nervousness, but really just want to recapture the quiet ordinary life.

Eventually he killed Viggo and his son, and received the other dog from a dog pound.

In the beginning of chapter two, John Wick is going to kill a other Russian gang, just for bringing the car back. This is juts a appetizer, after finished that, the new story begins.

At the beginning of the story, we learn a little about John’s past, as well as some of the new settings of the gangster society. John Wick has needed the help of Italian Mafia boss Santino to run into a debt of gratitude, which is recorded by a prop known as the Marker. In the rules of this gangster society, a debt due to a Marker must be paid or it will be “disposed of”. Because of this, John has no choice so he embarks on a journey to Rome, trying to assassinate Santino’s sister in order to help him get a place in the Mafia round table. Unfortunately, after John succeeds, Santino goes back on his word and tries to kill him, which leads to the story that John must kill Santino.

Through the mouth of the hotel manager, who has a good relationship with John, we also learn some secrets about the underworld, the mysterious continental hotel — No blood on the continental ground, every marker mute be honored. Who breaks the rules will be killed by the high table. This settings not only show that the world is full of rules and regulations, but also suggests that there is a deeper, darker force in the world that ensures that these rules are enforced. At the same time, chapter 2 also explains the scale of the underworld, such as the tailoring shops that provided resources for the underworld, the street gangs that raised pigeons, and tattooed ladies in the bounty hunter department. And our main character, John Wick, whose face is recognized anywhere in the world.

At the end of the story, he kills Santino in the continental, breaks the rules. Then he’s going to be hunted down by killers all over New York, leads to the story of the chapter 3.

The chapter 3 is even more simple, telling the story of John Wick escapes and returns during the excommunicado. In this highly generalized story, the directors cleverly hide the vast worldview they have constructed, a murderous, religious, and slightly futuristic gray reality world.

He ran to the library, China town, Tarkovsky theater, Casablanca, the dessert, then back to New York for revenge. At the same time, an adjudicator from high table tracing John Wick and punished people who helped him after the excommunicado. In the end, John Wick and Winston fight against adjudicator’s men and win. At the same time, the street gangster are very angry about high table, he and John will declare the war to high table in chapter 4.