In the John Wick universe, Respect is the most important thing. John was saved many times by other characters even by giving their lives because they respected the man.

Thought the price that Caine paid was to never see his daughter again, so he blind himself.

The gold coins are considered favours per action. Clean 0ut 8 bodies, 8 coins. 1 room? 1 coin, 5 guns and as much ammo as you need, 5 coins. So yes, the value shifts, just depends on how much you NEED something.

One coin is basically one "thing" or one "favor". If you count the coins he gave to the clean-up crew it was one coin per body

The Gold Coins actually solve an important problem with the Continentals. Usually, the High Table would ask for a cut of the action on any transaction with their organization. Such as John buying a drink, or ordering a customized 3-gun set of AR/Shotgun/Glock pistol. Naturally this presents an obvious opening for people to skim off the top and embezzle from the High Table. We are dealing with vendors to assassins, after all. So the High Table solves the embezzlement problem with gold coins. The price for each service is one coin per job, no matter the task. While this means John overpays for a drink and underpays for a $9,000 set of guns, it also denies anyone the chance to steal from the High Table because they control the currency. If anyone wants to convert coins to money, they have to deal with the High Table…so any opportunity for money schemes is checked there too. Pretty slick storytelling

One personal rule that John seems to follow is that any target that he is after has to see his (or her) death coming, this is mostly depicted in chapter 2 when he walks out on the floor in the museum and lets Santino see him, it would have saved him some trouble if he had shot him from the edge of the room and then evaded the guards afterward.

Real question is: Does the Continental provide a full breakfast bar or just muffins/juice. Precisely how "Continental" is the Continental.

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I think at the end of the day, there are two big factors that govern the rules in the John Wick universe: respect and the threat of violence. This is an inherently violent world these characters live in. So they don’t stop violence; they just try to regulate it, mostly with the threats of intense violence or loss of privileges, as is shown with their dealings with John. Most assassins follow those rules to avoid reprisal. However, there are plenty of instances where characters help each other out purely out of respect for each other, as we see with Koji and Caine in the fourth movie. The Director in the third movie honors John’s ticket for safe passage out of respect for his affiliation with the Ruska Roma. Even the first movie has an instance of that when Marcus is following John and keeping an eye out for him out of respect. But I think that’s more of an individual attribute than an institutional rule from the High Table; the High Table is ok with inconsistently upholding the rules as long as it solidifies their power. It’s why the Adjudicator cracked down on the Bowery King even though he didn’t technically or actually break any rules. And even then, the High Table does honor their word as we see with the Harbinger in the fourth movie. TL;DR, the High Table are rules lawyers that use violence to enforce the rules. Individual assassins follow their own code of honor and respect toward each other that may or may not put them in conflict with the High Table. Just my two cents on the matter.

There is also the rule, that no innocents can be killed. And since dogs are pure souls... John just went to avenge the death of an innocent.

On the topic of the blind swordsman and his retirement, based on the line about giving up his eyes I think that it's heavily implied that he literally had to blind himself in order to leave the high tables control because they did not trust him being as capable as he was at the time out in the real world. Mind you it does not look like it brought him as low as they were hoping considering that they turned back to him for help.

When you said Osaka was in Tokyo I felt the geography coming inside of me considering they are both different cities

Zero's death really hit me, because the guy was a fanboy through and through, and to a certain extent - is INCREDIBLY relatable (excluding the whole assassin part) He was honourable as well, goddamn did that guy perform and was he a legend

Additional Rule Any people who seats the table or the family of it supports it can acquire duels itself. Moreover, the duel in JW4 is somewhat an escape exit on the hands of the High Table itself but only if you challenge the Elder or any members of the High Table who has Autum Imperator and they accepted it

Winston's most badass moment was when he told the Marquis "You arrogant asshole!....He didn't shoot."

So much trouble could've been avoided if the Managers had the authority to remove absolutely anyone attempting to safehouse on Continental grounds. Or if there was a specific rule that Marker holders are an exception to the Continental safe harbor. After all, you could get out of a Marker obligation if your target stayed at the Continental indefinitely, creating a paradox in the two rules.

The coin is effectively a favor's worth. How serious the favor is determines how many coins it's worth. More urgent or dangerous things weigh more coinage, as does the relevant skills of the people involved. I'd wager that the multiple coins paid to the cleanup crew was both for the whole crew and for knockon costs incurred (bribing cops, cleaning stray recordings, etcetera). What I'm interested in is how they are initially distributed.

For some reason the sommelier has always been stuck on me since my first viewing. "...should your hands get... wet." Very cool character. I wish he was ever present from then on.

I like to think of the gold coins as having a financial value but also can be used as an alternative currency for simplicity purposes. I'm sure there is a currency exchange as there is for all things. And the reason John starts out with several hundred of these coins is because he knows their value and made it a point not to trade them when received. It is also a easy assumed representation that each coin represented a single assination. I also assumed these operations were cash only. So unles you wanted to carry around a briefcase full of cash, you had to carry gold coins instead.

It should be noted that John Wick wasn't excommunicato when the Bowery King gave him the gun and 7 bullets. This means that the Bowery King didn't break any High Table rules by aiding John. So why did the Adjudicator order him to step down and then punish him with 7 sword cuts?

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the rule about the dog, might be a new rule that the high table put in after john went all.... john wick on them

“This hotel has been condemned. You have 1 hour.”

The most important fact is the High Table existed for a long time, even before any governments. Just shows how influential they are

I like your take that the 0th law is “don’t hurt a dog”. OrelioS’ dialog backs it up. If you watch the scene again it’s obvious that he is more impressed/shocked by the dog bit. It’s easy to understand that he knows the rule but the kid does not

I agree no killing dogs is number 1.

The lore of the whole John Wick series is fascinating. I really want to see them expound on all of this and it looks like they are starting to with the next up coming movie and the TV series.

"...The Osaka Continental in Tokyo" Try reading that back slowly

3:13 that was the Rome Continental, wasnt Charron who told them to stop but the Rome Manager.

"Honor among thieves? There ain't no such thing."-Richard Kuklinski, The Ice Man.

John doesn't kill unnecessarily I've noticed often giving an opponent the opportunity to withdraw and they respect him for it and will help him in return Francis comes to mind

After john wick we really need a movie to just explore the entire lore of the underworld, the origins of the high table and its entire world, they can give us a scene of when the first golden coin was made

Best part of John Wick was "you hurt the doggo, you get hurt. So don't hurt the doggo"

"the OSAKA continental in TOKYO" weird like saying LA continential in BOSTON

I would make 'don't hurt animals - dogs' as unflexable as well as because I considered my dogs my dogs as part of my family and would not take kindly to anyone who tried to hurt them. A good break downn of the rules in the assassins world

10:13 is clarified when you did pay close Attention to the Hitmen he killed in his House back in the First Movie: 12 Bodies = 1 Coin per Body.

The High Table should've make their retirement system, for example: Every member of The Table who desired to retires from The Table must fulfill all their Markers debt and pledge their last oath to never betray The Table at all cost. Then they will be released from any obligations and orders from The Table, will not be called for any favors or services, and their status is reduced to "retired" and they are given one last task where they can live normal life as they desired but still under The Table organizations surveillance where if they are to leak any information about them will result in immediate execution.

I'm going to go and see the 4th one again in theaters; possible a few more times. I loved it. I go and see the JW movies a few times when they release one.

I get the sense that “don’t harm dogs” is more of an unofficial rule. A dog will never abandon you and will always love you even if your job is killing people. So I imagine that anyone would fly off the handle if their dog was killed by somebody, especially if the dog didn’t do anything to that person.

This franchise was thought out really well foreal 💯

The most respect rule, no one hurt the dog.😂

John did his thing, but I'm still craving a spin off just to tie the other character arcs up in a nice bow! Maybe they bring down the high table, elder and avenge John?

As much as the rules are putting the life of crime in a romantic light, I gotta admit: It is a wonderful fiction. It basically says: "We are scum, but even we have rules that we follow. Lest we turn into rabid animals." Very interesting 'verse. And very good video! Thanks for going through the work to do it =)

One minor correction. It was Julius the manager of the Rome branch who stops John and Cassian in Chapter 2 not Charon as he stops John and Zero in Chapter 3. Thanks 😁 3:02

So what do the rules say about killing a potentially corrupt adjudicator just before she's about to call and have your Continental deconsecrated in retaliation, and then disposing of her body in the incinerator immediately?

The actress who played Miss Perkins also played Bobbi (S.H.I.E.L.D. agent). 🥰🥰

There's one thing that still bothers me Santino violation and the marker was never used to clear Wick's name

as far as giving the clean up guy multipul coins, he was actually giving him one coin per body. you can tell this during his "reservation" chat. Its a damn good series.

What happens if a regular person stumbles across the Continental and tries to get a room, thinking it’s a hotel for everyone?

CHARON: "Excuse me sir, you have an...Avenger here waiting in the lobby to see you." WINSTON" Excellent, my four o'clock is here." PETER PARKER: "Sorry for the lateness, I came as soon as I could."

The biggest rule of them all NEVER HURT THE DOG.

I actually looked it up, those gold coins are said to be worth somewhere between $2000-$5000

Seems like the Marker is the highest rule of all as it was the only one that was actually followed throughout the series

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I just realized Wick just got exiled but Perkins got executed. They committed the same kind of rule-breaking.

Look, dogs are man's best friend. They have empathy. Even pit bulls are empathetic and nanny dogs

John Wick always seems to have only one true problem in the world. Lesser men, greater in power in the world but small minded and thus arrogant and needlessly cruel don't understand that simply leaving him alone, to grieve, repair, rest, whatever, would save their lives. Instead they have to push and poke the sleeping beast, even if unknowingly doing so, like in the first movie.

So, even though the title suggests you've discovered 11 rules of the High Table, and supposedly, that's ALL of their rules, you really only included 3 rules in the video. The rest aren't rules, just observations. Don't hurt a dog isn't a rule. Someone just happened to kill John's dog, and John took that personally. The only real rules you discussed were: 1 No business on Continental grounds 2 If the manager violates the rules, the Continental can be declared excommunicado 3 You must always honor your marker Everything else in the video is just observations about the movies and aren't necessarily rules of the High Table.

The one thing I'm still having trouble understanding, is if blood debts are required to be paid back, yet excommunicated people can't get help, shouldn't there be a policy where you can get your debts paid back before the excommunicado starts?

Let us be honest. the High Table is the metaphorical mountain and the systems of assassins are likely direct successors of the oldest, first sect, the Hashishim.

Something that you can assume about John's marker is that he went to Santino to get help to do Viggo's task. I think Santino states as such

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Best rule of all: Don’t kill the dog! Makes sense now why John lost his mind over his Wife’s gift, the puppy.

What about the cardinal rule? Where Marcus from the first film failed to kill John for viggo

Really a great concept of the continental, it's like home base. Rules and consequences. Already a classic, great movie.

damn I just love the electric noise zapping my ears every 30 seconds!

I would say the last rule is more of a personal thing than one regulated by the Table or a Contintental. Including what said dog represents, like John's first dog.

The unspoken rule is that Keanu cannot have any haters.

funny how the death of 1 dog lead to the semi dismantling of a whole organization of assassins, that's one hell of a butterfly effect

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John only seems to follow the rulz when it benefits him

Where is the Continental in Australia? Asking for a friend 😂

There is a loophole in roles. In John Wick 2, when Bowry King helped John, John wasn't excommunicado, he just had open contract. So technically, Bowry King had no restriction to help John. It is weird that in the end High Table considered it as a help, which lead to breaking the rules. In this case everybody else, who provided services to John should be punished too, which didn't happen. Also, hierarchy of rules is not clear as well. When ballet mother helped John to go to Africa due to having a mark, she still suffered punishment. Similar case with Russka Roma. High Table worked not in the relation to rules, as they punished by their own justification and not related to exact rules defined.

The problem with criminals is that they don't obey rules. It's hard enough to make rules work with you're dealing with normal people.

The weird thing is that SO MANY rules just step all over the others. Like...did no one really think a Marker wouldn't be employed to kill a person sitting at the table? You're asking someone to either die by you, or die by the table then, which is just ridiculous and should have come caveats. It's a literal golden ticket for assassins. Either puts some restrictions on the requests, exclude hits from being made on high table members through it exclusively, or just be able to cancel it with a duel if the request actually is just fking outlandish. Stupidest underground organization ever

The rules are whatever the script calls for in the scene. They are neither tied together nor cohesive. Wick was framed by someone on the council or w/e it's called in the 2nd movie and he was then punished not that person, even though it was known or learned that John was innocent.

You can't even trust yourself but if you hurt my dawg you are never going to be safe again

"Sometimes rules make us worst than animals itself"- me

I always wondered why he gave a stack of coins to the guy that showed him a map to the catacombs.

In the world of John Wick &&& the Assassin's world, a pet say as even a turtle, but a dog or cat is thee only true friend, family, & loyal friend you would ever have in that life💯

I always believed that since John was out that the rules about the marker should no longer apply. He was retired, out, and should no longer had been beholden to the marker or its holder.

John got really lucky to win the choice of the weapon. "Blades" would have been a total loss.

The actress who played Miss Perkins also played Commander Greyson in The Orville.

I can’t wait for the spin-off series to explore more of this world building

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The way he touched the stairs was like a kid touching base in a game of tag.

Self Mutilation does not inspire loyalty, nor not providing for your assassins. There should be a filtering process or set of rules for high table members to follow and go through, and none of it should rely on bloodlines or wealth. We see John fighting against this in every chapter

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I think the " Never assassinate the hitman's pet" rule is ridiculous... I'd prefer the rules of "If you messed with an assassin's family matter...You'll get a serious personal matter..."

Got to love those who stand by John

When you think about it, Wicks world is just a modern version of Discworld. . . . .

As a movie these rules are a great plot point; in reality “ there is no honor among thieves “

The Dispatcher office of the High Table has a strict pin-up gal dress code

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To me, the dumbest thing about the markers is that there is no rule preventing retaliation if a task was performed under obligation to a marker. I can see Santino's sister's bodyguard going after Santino, who held the marker under which JW was obligated and was the one who ordered the hit, but if John could not refuse the marker, that should be it. GO after Santino all you want, but John should be safe. OF course then the movie can't happen, unless they work in a sub plot about Santino somehow going behind the back of the High Table to order the hit on his sister. Leaving it open for JW to be attacked virtually guarantees the kind of chaos that ensued in later installments, and would eventually bring down the entire organization through internecine conflicts, rivalries, and vendettas.

Without the rules, we live among the animals. The rules must be honored and obeyed.

An assassin seems to also be able to ask for mercy by saying, “be seeing you.”

I even mentioned it in the comments the first day the movie went on sale on KZfaq. “I like how they didn’t kill another dog because they knew the fan base would light them on fire.”

Even in the Shadow World of Assassin's these rules are a system of order among the Chaos