![]() ![]() The High Table seems to have set the one-to-one transaction rules for coinage, as everything in the Continental costs one single coin.įrom a drink at the bar to requesting a doctor to patch up your wounds, it can be all yours for the price of the gold in your tailored pockets. And who is responsible for the Continental and the governing of this world? They are known as the High Table, which the filmmakers have described as a governing body that is older and bigger than any other in history, which explains why it operates above the law and under no jurisdiction but its own. It's responsible for keeping the coins (and those that spend them) in circulation. The Continental hotel network is also equal parts an ATM and customs for assassins passing through and in between assignments. Killing of any kind on Continental grounds is verboten and punishable by death and/or being "excommunicado" from all services and protections afforded this underworld of gun-fu enthusiasts. This adherence stems from the fact that (as we learn in John Wick: Chapter 2) the hotel network John and his fellow assassins use, The Continental, is the main banking hub for Wickbucks. and those in John Wick's line of work are mostly strict adherents of it. The act of paying with these coins provides a sense of security as even killers have a "code of conduct". More importantly, these coins exceed the value of the physical items they buy, for they act as a toll one pays to travel through and amongst this secret society with their honor and safety intact. Looking to upgrade your arsenal with a grenade launcher or six? *Places elaborately decorated gold coin here.* You want a hotel room for the night to escape the trigger-happy, vaguely European murderers on your tail? That'll be one gold coin, please. The gold coins in this culture allow these mercs and others to acquire goods and services. Everyone from contract killers to hotel concierges to doctors - even the poor (but scary-looking) guys in charge of disposing of bodies - are seemingly only paid with these special coins instead of real money. John Wick and its sequels peel back the curtain on that mythology, revealing that this shadowy world of crime syndicates and well-armed enforcers is an international agency that uses these coins as both fiscal and ethical currency within their profession. No, seriously: What's up with those gold coins? In 2014's John Wick, what audiences thought was just Keanu Reeves' version of Death Wish - centered on a mysterious assassin with a skillset that would make Taken's Liam Neeson blush - turned out to be an action movie with its own mythos when those coins show up. RELATED: Keanu's best action movies, ranked from 'The Matrix' to 'John Wick' The gritty world of John Wick is so complex, it even has its own economy - one that runs on gold coins that are often worth more than actual gold among this secret society of gun-toting, black-suited, tattooed assassins.Īs we gear up for John Wick: Chapter 4 hitting theaters next month, and with the first three films in the franchise available to stream on Peacock, here's a deep-ish dive into how the currency of John Wick's criminal underbelly works - and what's up with all those gold coins. ![]() However, there's nothing basic about the intricate world building that underpins all the fights and shootouts. The John Wick franchise is a hit with audiences in large part due to its "back to basics" approach to action films: Just show genre fans cool ways to punch and shoot bad guys and repeat. ![]()
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