Anna Daniels
Knowing quite well that John Wick was battered after his war with the Tarasovs, an opportunistic Santino D’Antonio pulls John back into the underworld even further by cashing in his own marker. Santino’s request? Kill his sister Gianna, who’s been selected to represent their family at the High Table so he can assume her throne. John can’t refuse so he takes his conundrum to his old friend Winston at The Continental Hotel. Winston feels for Johnathan, as he calls him, but reminds him that a blood oath is not optional. A sad and reluctant John Wick flies to Rome where he uses gold coins to get a stylish, but tactical, wardrobe as well as weapons.
When he arrives at Gianna’s ascendence party, a gorgeous affair set in Roman ruins, she knows what her brother has done. To maintain what little agency she has left, Gianna slits her own wrists and John only shoots her after she’s dead. But because Santino can’t leave well enough alone, he lies and puts a hit of $7 million out on John Wick for assassinating his sister that leads to another huge showdown between John, Santino’s minions, and his assassin colleagues Cassian and Ares, all of whom John defeats.
Back in New York, John is forced to visit the Bowery King (Lawrence Fishburne), a low-level player but one with access to resources. The Bowery King gives John seven bullets, one for each million of the bounty, and John returns to the Continental for his showdown with Santino, who has taken up residence there. The rules don’t permit assassinations on the property, but John kills Santino anyway.
Written by: Looper
