John Wick - Watch Order: Release Order
The John Wick franchise follows the titular retired assassin as he's pulled back into the criminal underworld after the death of his wife and the theft of his car. What begins as a simple revenge story in the first film expands into a complex mythology surrounding the Continental Hotel network and the High Table that governs the assassin world.
This watch order includes all films in the John Wick universe, including the spin-off Ballerina, which explores the same world through a different character's perspective. The films follow a linear timeline with each movie picking up shortly after the previous one ends.
Linear Timeline: Release Order = Story Order
John Wick: Chapter 2
John Wick is forced out of retirement by a former associate looking to seize control of a shadowy international assassins’ guild. Bound by a blood oath to aid him, Wick travels to Rome and does battle against some of the world’s most dangerous killers.
John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum
Super-assassin John Wick returns with a $14 million price tag on his head and an army of bounty-hunting killers on his trail. After killing a member of the shadowy international assassin’s guild, the High Table, John Wick is excommunicado, but the world’s most ruthless hit men and women await his every turn.
John Wick: Chapter 4
With the price on his head ever increasing, John Wick uncovers a path to defeating The High Table. But before he can earn his freedom, Wick must face off against a new enemy with powerful alliances across the globe and forces that turn old friends into foes.
From the World of John Wick: Ballerina
Taking place during the events of John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum, Eve Macarro begins her training in the assassin traditions of the Ruska Roma.
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