Like the going rate for five-star accommodations in downtown Manhattan.
Either Wick is an extremely generous tipper, or maybe he didn’t have anything smaller, and felt awkward asking for change?īut let’s get back to questions we can actually answer. Not going to lie, this is a pretty confusingly inconsistent cost structure. Now, I can’t tell you how much it costs to professionally dispose of a dozen corpses – at least not without my search history landing me on a government watch list – so instead, let’s run down some of John’s other purchases: a two-night stay at the New York Continental (cost: one coin), cover charge to get into the hotel bar (cost: one coin), a few hours of babysitting a woman who attempted to kill him (again, one coin), tipping the valet for carrying his bags to the car (another coin). Again, that’s a relatively one-to-one exchange. Who needs a 401k?)īut the first time we see any gold exchanging hands in that movie, Wick’s paying a clean-up crew 12 coins to dispose of 12 bodies. Not to mention, conscientious about saving for retirement. (And since Wick has fat stacks buried in his basement, we can safely assume the guy’s good at his job. Online fan theories range from anywhere between $1,000 USD to $10,000, but let’s start with what we know for sure: the first John Wick appears to establish that one gold coin equals one contract kill. But what I want to know is: just how much are those gold coins supposed to be worth in the John Wick-verse? What kind of exchange rates are we talking here? We even see their Accounts Payable department, as Wick drops some serious coin at each. “Sommeliers” who offer personalized gun pairings.
Tailors who specialize in tactical evening wear. (Think Hogwarts, but with Glocks instead of wands.)Ĭhapter 2 doubles down on this esoteric criminal underground there’s a second Continental, in Rome.
Their home base – a high-end Manhattan social club/hotel called The Continental – essentially functioned as a separate city state, with its own special laws, customs and currency, in the form of stacks upon stacks of gold coins. See, part of the fun of the first movie was its introduction of a secret society of assassins hidden in plain sight. …Do these people never learn? In a shadowy world filled with complex, arcane rules, you’d think “Never piss off John Wick” would be right near the top of the list.īut that’s not the question that keeps me up at night. All because an Italian mob boss drags Wick back in to repay a blood oath, and then promptly double-crosses him. Keanu destroys more property, fires off more rounds, kills more bad guys (118 to 77, to be exact). Like any good follow-up, everything’s dialled up to 11 for the sequel. Actually, maybe even more so, considering we’re not forced to watch a cute dog get offed by Theon Greyjoy before getting to see Wick wreak havoc on the criminal underworld. And good news: John Wick: Chapter 2 is just as awesome.
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