11 (Every) Insane Rules Of High Table And The Continental - Explored

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  • @smith4591
    @smith4591 Год назад +1728

    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.

    • @ythandlename
      @ythandlename Год назад +91

      And to think he did it in return as well. That's not only honorable, but professional too. He returned the courtesy that was given to him many times when he asked for help.

    • @rsdillbot3646
      @rsdillbot3646 Год назад +35

      ​@@ythandlename he also gave cassian a chance to live like the bowery king

    • @yuy2375
      @yuy2375 Год назад +40

      yeah. i think that's why even though they say john doesnt have a lot of friends, those friends are willing to help him even if it's risking their lives.
      compared to big bosses who have people on their sides using power, fear, benefits(if tides changes and tables turned, they might not stay), john earns his bonds with his humanity. can tell by the friendly atmosphere when they see john returned.

  • @jasonderp5933
    @jasonderp5933 Год назад +1246

    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.

    • @Marbeary
      @Marbeary Год назад +117

      Also information is more important why the Scholar/Map holder in JW2 was paid more than the rest of the shop he went.

    • @athenovae
      @athenovae Год назад +51

      Throw a coin at the high table each and tell them to go off themselves 😂

    • @ryujinayato1623
      @ryujinayato1623 Год назад +100

      As Berrada said about the coin
      It does not represent monatery value, but the commerce of relationship; social contract in which you agreed to partake.

    • @Broseph359
      @Broseph359 Год назад +31

      I viewed at a coin per body count. Made me wonder how many people an Adjudicator had to deal with in order to get the black coin. Either that or it’s a sign of hierarchy like the Marquis pin in Chapter 4

    • @jasonderp5933
      @jasonderp5933 Год назад +43

      @@Broseph359 I dare say it's not as much a coin as a token that unlike a coin, you can't refuse, it's only ever shown as a form of identification and not actually given away. So I would see it as more of a universal marker that must be honoured with multiple uses.

  • @LordSluggo
    @LordSluggo Год назад +1112

    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

    • @villekuronen6242
      @villekuronen6242 Год назад +77

      you mean that dinner reservation for 12?

    • @CodeNameTC
      @CodeNameTC Год назад +18

      Also, they earn it by finishing a task per coin. I guess.

    • @illbedamned3586
      @illbedamned3586 Год назад +70

      One coin... Will get you a life saving surgery in a back ally drs office... OR, you can buy some one a bourbon on ice.
      Their scale worth seems to be a tad twisted.

    • @andrewamann2821
      @andrewamann2821 Год назад +62

      ​@@illbedamned3586 The trouble is that you're thinking about the coins like a traditional monetary system, instead of what they are: physical tokens of an otherwise intangible social currency, based on a market of favors.
      Theoretically, they do have "denominations," as shown by the markers, and other symbolic trinkets, but, unlike traditional currency, which is, or at least was, pinned to the value of a tangible item, or substance, the various tokens represent, at their most basic, actions. Do a small favor, get a token. Do a bigger favor, get a more substantial token. Simple, if a bit difficult to break from old thinking habits.

    • @NotTheAlbinauricWoman
      @NotTheAlbinauricWoman Год назад +9

      Values of a coin can vary, depending on whose coins they are from.

  • @Silversmok3
    @Silversmok3 Год назад +686

    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

    • @kamirostorino9416
      @kamirostorino9416 Год назад +48

      also when you clear the boddies it is 1 coin per body

    • @karelrindo13
      @karelrindo13 Год назад +1

      source?

    • @kamirostorino9416
      @kamirostorino9416 Год назад +33

      @@karelrindo13 watch closelly the movies.

    • @GuitarsRockForever
      @GuitarsRockForever Год назад +32

      That makes perfect sense. One coin per job, there is no way to undercut the boss.

    • @flamboyantwarlock7101
      @flamboyantwarlock7101 Год назад +15

      @@GuitarsRockForever No but it does means that every employee is constantly undercut and can never actually make any money. The job pays one coin, the gear you need for the job costs one or more. At best, you break even and are working for free. At worst, you're paying them for the privilege of working for them.

  • @RCP641
    @RCP641 Год назад +1456

    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.

    • @boomsaway3
      @boomsaway3 Год назад +36

      What about the first movie where he sniped a bunch of dudes from miles away?

    • @mauricebot
      @mauricebot Год назад +236

      @@boomsaway3 They're just collateral. But the main targets see him coming.

    • @Urd-Vidan
      @Urd-Vidan Год назад +46

      Feels like FGO's version of the first Hassan, on the very last minute, only the victim sees and knows he's after them and knows that they will die.

    • @MrWongWey
      @MrWongWey Год назад +36

      @@boomsaway3 Those are side characters, they don’t get that privilege

    • @renansantos6533
      @renansantos6533 Год назад +14

      It's very subtle, but is so badass lol

  • @fitnessoni7881
    @fitnessoni7881 Год назад +2112

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

    • @thepopstheturtleexperience9171
      @thepopstheturtleexperience9171 Год назад +33

      when was that established?

    • @ThatHitman47
      @ThatHitman47 Год назад +341

      @@thepopstheturtleexperience9171 caine gave his eyes to the marquis as deposit. its said in the movie when he talks to nobody about the price he paid. No body had to pull his hand out the knife and caine gave his eyes to serve and be of service.

    • @TalkingGIJoe
      @TalkingGIJoe Год назад +10

      I don't think so...

    • @gabehardin7331
      @gabehardin7331 Год назад +175

      @@ThatHitman47 your right! But the high table wouldn’t let him get near his daughter, in his opening shot when Caine listening to his daughters violen solo, and gets called to speak to the marquis, the Marquis says “you got to close today”. Cain can’t visually see his daughter, or be within a certain distance of her, or the high table will kill her!

    • @ThatHitman47
      @ThatHitman47 Год назад +46

      @@gabehardin7331 well the good thing is that he is very free now

  • @AncestorEmpire1
    @AncestorEmpire1 Год назад +318

    The John Wick Saga:
    The Assassin Creed movies we deserved

    • @MusicmanEJB
      @MusicmanEJB Год назад +11

      Most underappreciated comment

    • @AncestorEmpire1
      @AncestorEmpire1 Год назад +4

      @@MusicmanEJB indeed

    • @vananon51
      @vananon51 Год назад +25

      The Real Assassins Creed that had nothin to do with blasphemous nonsense about aliens creating the earth...
      John Wick (Babayaga) is the Greatest assassin of all time who is feared by everyone in the “guild” all over the world, and equally respected by many as well. He’s legendary beyond all others, and strikes terror into his enemies...the shadow of death 💀.

    • @AlyssMa7rin
      @AlyssMa7rin Год назад +7

      Honestly. This movie series (especially the cartoonish JW 4) feels like Assassin's creed modern day.
      Who knows, perhaps the Continental are simply an arm of the Templars :P

  • @joshuaperry4112
    @joshuaperry4112 Год назад +328

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

    • @stefanaraharijaona324
      @stefanaraharijaona324 Год назад +27

      I share your concern 😂

    • @Chris-bg7rs
      @Chris-bg7rs Год назад +59

      If you remember when Santino hide himself in the Continental he says to John that he can eat a new dish every day and still never eat the same thing twice

    • @gelosstudio
      @gelosstudio 7 месяцев назад

      Obviously they dont offer dry cleaning and pet day care.. based on John Wick I

    • @reezevlog
      @reezevlog 4 месяца назад +4

      u mean a continental breakfast..?? yes i think they do each morning😅

    • @grabbity
      @grabbity 3 месяца назад

      I wonder if there's an Intercontinental, as well as an Intercontinental breakfast.
      Basically curious if you'd have to defend your hotel room and meals from all other customers.

  • @murphythelatecomer4608
    @murphythelatecomer4608 Год назад +289

    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.

  • @ajatardracarys5659
    @ajatardracarys5659 Год назад +145

    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.

    • @Inkpinkierosie
      @Inkpinkierosie Год назад +2

      His wife wasn’t she also innocent or did she pass before

    • @jorenvanderark3567
      @jorenvanderark3567 Год назад +20

      ​@@Inkpinkierosie
      She passed from illness.

    • @harrytyrrell2124
      @harrytyrrell2124 9 месяцев назад +4

      The moral of John Wick is don’t be a dick and don’t kill dogs

    • @jeffraven
      @jeffraven 14 дней назад

      More like John was trying to grieve in peace, and the dog was one last gift of love from his wife, who he loved very much, to try and help assuage his pain. Especially given how much he had done, how much he had sacrificed, just to be with her.
      The killing of the puppy was not just a heinous act in and of itself, but also a twisting of the knife of John's grief, that he had yet again, let down the love of his life. But this time, someone was responsible for taking that away from him.

  • @lonewolf9390
    @lonewolf9390 Год назад +47

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

  • @redtapex4091
    @redtapex4091 Год назад +46

    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

  • @uuu12343
    @uuu12343 Год назад +44

    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

    • @CubeInspector
      @CubeInspector 11 месяцев назад

      Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord in vain

    • @gatsbymaguire
      @gatsbymaguire 9 месяцев назад +2

      ​@@CubeInspector how bout we keep doing it :)

    • @TheWorstestPro
      @TheWorstestPro 8 месяцев назад

      @@CubeInspector Jesus Christ, stay out of goddamn comment sections if all you're going to do is preach about your cult.

    • @rhino5250
      @rhino5250 7 месяцев назад

      @@CubeInspectorsaying goddamn is not using the lords name in vain. I suggest you actually read up on the meaning of things before trying to act like a smartass

    • @gyrozeppeli4862
      @gyrozeppeli4862 6 месяцев назад

      @@CubeInspector you're goddamn right

  • @ember3579
    @ember3579 Год назад +94

    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.

    • @MythicRanger2401
      @MythicRanger2401 Год назад +7

      In the later movies, there are shots inside several Continental hotels showing people checking coins with magnifying glasses. Winston is shown doing it himself in Chapter 2, and IIRC tells staff to "put them into circulation". In Chapter 3, Berrada (the man Sofia takes John to to find out about The Elder) mentions that the building they're in mints both coins and markers.
      Presumably, the Casablanca facility (and possibly more, led by those highly trusted by the High Table) produce coins. The Continentals across the world are sent shipments of coins, where they're checked over for imperfections. If they're acceptable, the Continental then circulates them. If I had to guess, they do this by swapping out damaged coins for new ones, possibly hiring people for menial tasks, and paying their staff with coins.

    • @maksymisaiev1828
      @maksymisaiev1828 9 месяцев назад

      @@MythicRanger2401 New York continental gave coin printing to Bowery. That was an outcome of Continental series.

  • @ZachPrime
    @ZachPrime Год назад +288

    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.

    • @GrambertMoore
      @GrambertMoore Год назад +1

      It’s Caine

    • @williamwinder3466
      @williamwinder3466 Год назад +15

      I think it has to do more with why he left (well he sort of left). He wanted his daughter to be safe. So they made sure he could never see her again.

  • @superdave8248
    @superdave8248 Год назад +67

    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.

    • @ramon4184
      @ramon4184 Год назад +4

      Gold coins holds literal no monotary value I hate to be a dick but I don't know how much more clearer sofia's boss could've been when he literally explains it just a coin of the relationship of commerce it's a simply a favour or service/services token

    • @Gottiline_Ace
      @Gottiline_Ace Год назад

      So it is a literal representation of a "token of gratitude", or repaying a favor with a favor. If it is real gold, it literally has monetary value. Even in the outside world. They are just more valuable than the gold itself to those who use them for their intended purposes.

    • @ramon4184
      @ramon4184 Год назад

      @@Gottiline_Ace obviously gold is worth something but in the wick universe it's a coin for a favor/service it's not used as money

    • @Gottiline_Ace
      @Gottiline_Ace Год назад

      @@ramon4184 i know and understand this, but they do have some sort of monetary value still. The pay for the said favor or service, all which would be paid in some sort of monetary exchange in any other situation. I get what you were saying, but it just comes across wrong when you say the gold coins have literally no monetary value. Which is true and untrue at the same time. But for all intents and purposes of the comment and context, you are correct.

  • @heccify883
    @heccify883 Год назад +128

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

    • @BaguettePair
      @BaguettePair Год назад +7

      ​@@KeanuReeves-kv4cu bot

    • @kalimalikhel
      @kalimalikhel 9 месяцев назад +1

      It’s like New York hotel in Washington DC. 😂

  • @johnhenry15
    @johnhenry15 Год назад +7

    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.

  • @IrrevMike
    @IrrevMike Год назад +244

    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?

    • @mudyao
      @mudyao Год назад +42

      Because they can

    • @raccus2719
      @raccus2719 Год назад +27

      reasonable suspicion maybe? it could've been a flaw that the directors overlooked as well

    • @bf945
      @bf945 Год назад +126

      Because he gave John the gun used to kill Santino on company ground. Santino was also a member of the High Table. Double problem.

    • @ML-sc3pt
      @ML-sc3pt Год назад +14

      ​@@bf945 killing high table members is allowed tho. Like Santino's sister

    • @maboi0007
      @maboi0007 Год назад +22

      ​@@ML-sc3pt not in the continental. Ence John wick 3 happening

  • @ty814
    @ty814 Год назад +30

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

  • @NotAGoodUsername360
    @NotAGoodUsername360 Год назад +87

    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.

    • @wattpad3094
      @wattpad3094 Год назад +43

      Rule is rigid to also keep the manager in check. What if he’s corrupt and give no protection to those he hates? That means he effectively disregarding the neutral ground of continental, making it useless as a rule. Target cannot stay in the hotel forever, as some point they have to leave it and the assassin can still make a move then.

    • @Nostra_
      @Nostra_ Год назад +3

      well to be fair he already completed the marker so he was free to do whatever he wants, also doubt any other than a member of the high table could stay there for long periods

  • @DUCHESSANNE72
    @DUCHESSANNE72 Год назад +4

    Mr Reeves. You are my inspiration and I admire you greatly. Also when you smile,it makes me smile. I'm am also not your foe, I am a friend to you and to many. ❤🤗😘🙏

    • @Keanu352
      @Keanu352 Год назад +1

      Thank you for your love and support, I really appreciate so much ❤ where are you from?

    • @DUCHESSANNE72
      @DUCHESSANNE72 Год назад

      @@Keanu352 North Wales in Britain

    • @Keanu352
      @Keanu352 Год назад

      @@DUCHESSANNE72 okay how long have you been a fan ?

  • @jonahstirbis3408
    @jonahstirbis3408 Год назад +37

    I agree no killing dogs is number 1.

    • @brianstanton2721
      @brianstanton2721 Год назад +4

      Yeah I'm pretty sure any of us would go on a giant murder spree and stack bodies until we were killed or killed everyone involved in killing our dog by any means lol the car can be replaced

    • @dr.burtgummerfan439
      @dr.burtgummerfan439 Год назад

      @@brianstanton2721 Did you even SEE the movie?

    • @brianstanton2721
      @brianstanton2721 Год назад +1

      @@dr.burtgummerfan439 every one except the last one, and if someone killed my dog and stole my car it'd be a problem. Not sure why your asking

    • @dr.burtgummerfan439
      @dr.burtgummerfan439 Год назад

      @@brianstanton2721 I misread the first part of your comment as sarcasm.
      But still the car couldn't be replaced.

    • @brianstanton2721
      @brianstanton2721 Год назад +2

      @@dr.burtgummerfan439 Gotcha, I mean yeah maybe not it was definitely one-of-a-kind but it was still just a car is what I meant, basically the cold-blooded murder of anybody and everybody involved would all be because of the dog not really the car

  • @bbillabongs
    @bbillabongs Год назад +18

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

  • @TheDarkIllumination
    @TheDarkIllumination 9 месяцев назад +3

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

  • @hothotheat3000
    @hothotheat3000 9 месяцев назад +20

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

    • @SomeCowguy
      @SomeCowguy 5 месяцев назад +3

      That is now explained in The Continental show

    • @kingmuizz708
      @kingmuizz708 4 месяца назад

      ​@@SomeCowguythe shows out?

  • @nealjustus9500
    @nealjustus9500 Год назад +29

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

  • @FloorItDuh
    @FloorItDuh Год назад +44

    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.

  • @DarkestAB1
    @DarkestAB1 Год назад +7

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

  • @MarcG7424
    @MarcG7424 Год назад +10

    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

  • @Acmecaboose
    @Acmecaboose Год назад +14

    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.

    • @ashh4929
      @ashh4929 11 месяцев назад +1

      100%, I feel that's a universal rule. I know I'd learn guerilla warfare tactics if someone hurt my girl.

  • @-EchoesIntoEternity-
    @-EchoesIntoEternity- Год назад +69

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

    • @ryanli8371
      @ryanli8371 Год назад +9

      Julius was the Rome Manager's name.

    • @reezevlog
      @reezevlog 4 месяца назад

      i’ve stayed at that hotel in Rome last month.. it’s called The Grand Plaza Roma.. only the interior lobby was used in John Wick 2..

  • @stephanieeungel5147
    @stephanieeungel5147 5 месяцев назад +1

    Brilliant(,😮😊👏) because it teaches, that no matter where place you are placed at, there are always ruled by RULES, disobey. Consequences follows. Good lesson learned from this movie.

  • @claireredfield7368
    @claireredfield7368 Год назад +10

    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.

  • @lukeorridge3988
    @lukeorridge3988 Год назад +9

    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

  • @leandre021
    @leandre021 Год назад +46

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

    • @WERNUTZ
      @WERNUTZ Год назад +4

      2 Japanese Continental Branches. 1st Nihon Branch and Main one. Osaka Continental
      2nd off shoot Branch Called Osaka Continental in Tokyo = Osaka Continental Tokyo!

    • @BlueJohnXD
      @BlueJohnXD Год назад +1

      @@WERNUTZ Except the Osaka Continental is very much in Osaka, not Tokyo.

    • @WERNUTZ
      @WERNUTZ Год назад

      @@BlueJohnXD hey Atleast it ain't Osaka Continental in Florida!

  • @rrs1669
    @rrs1669 Год назад +10

    This franchise was thought out really well foreal 💯

  • @analyticmoviereviews101
    @analyticmoviereviews101 Год назад +9

    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.

  • @55Quirll
    @55Quirll Год назад +17

    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

  • @EzeICE
    @EzeICE Год назад +18

    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."

  • @ton44048
    @ton44048 Год назад +10

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

  • @14Jesman
    @14Jesman Год назад +58

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

    • @-EchoesIntoEternity-
      @-EchoesIntoEternity- Год назад +8

      lets be a little bit fairer, weird like saying LA Continental in San Francisco 😂

    • @untiedbowties
      @untiedbowties Год назад +2

      It's to clarify where the location of the continental is. One can assume that the Osaka continental is in Osaka, Japan, but the actual location the movie depicts the Osaka continent is at the National Art Center in Tokyo, Japan.

    • @vananon51
      @vananon51 Год назад +2

      @@untiedbowties the NY continental run by Winston isn’t called “the Manhattan continental in NY”...

    • @xxDxxism
      @xxDxxism Год назад

      @@untiedbowties what a load of rubbish

    • @uuu12343
      @uuu12343 Год назад

      The continental hotel in Japan was in Osaka, and was...funnily enough, named "The Osaka", so its a case of just saying the name of the hotel in the location
      But geologically, different cities

  • @frankfernandez2690
    @frankfernandez2690 Год назад +25

    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

  • @OfTheEndless
    @OfTheEndless Год назад +17

    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?

  • @Vipers_Ink
    @Vipers_Ink 9 месяцев назад +2

    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 =)

  • @maryearly3259
    @maryearly3259 11 месяцев назад +1

    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.

  • @nathanlynch9634
    @nathanlynch9634 Год назад +2

    The biggest rule of them all NEVER HURT THE DOG.

  • @Asertix357
    @Asertix357 Год назад +87

    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?

    • @fearless3073
      @fearless3073 Год назад +19

      I thought about that as the scene played out lmfao. Adjudicators technically don't have power so I imagine it wouldn't be more than a slap on the wrist as they're just messengers, but I suppose the punishment was fighting Zero

    • @jonesjones3678
      @jonesjones3678 Год назад +20

      I was so hoping we would get to see her taken out in JW 4 but she wasn't even in it. What a shame.

    • @mudyao
      @mudyao Год назад +2

      Then you’ll get another adjudicator showing up….

    • @moelester3141
      @moelester3141 Год назад +1

      @@mudyao it's the harbeinger now

    • @mudyao
      @mudyao Год назад

      @@moelester3141 yes point being, shot one, another will replace

  • @jeank.4445
    @jeank.4445 Год назад +21

    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.

    • @johnweatherman5685
      @johnweatherman5685 11 месяцев назад

      In fairness, that seems to be part of the monomyth to a great extent.

  • @DarrenStevensohnOfficial
    @DarrenStevensohnOfficial Год назад +4

    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.

  • @alerynreid1286
    @alerynreid1286 Год назад +4

    From Berserk to John Wick I love your channel! Keep up the great work !

  • @Darknamja
    @Darknamja Год назад +12

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

  • @el_covfefe
    @el_covfefe Год назад +23

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

    • @izacgarcia708
      @izacgarcia708 Год назад +4

      It wasn't about the marker it was because he killed santino, santino only tried to kill John to cover up his tracks

    • @vananon51
      @vananon51 Год назад +4

      @@izacgarcia708 it’s because John deleted Santino on continental grounds.

    • @poijnve3912
      @poijnve3912 Год назад +7

      the market was respected, santino asked jhon to do a favor, and he has to do what ever the favor is.
      jhon was excomunicado for killing santino IN THE CONTINENTAL, no for broken the marker

    • @izacgarcia708
      @izacgarcia708 Год назад

      @@vananon51 lmao

  • @eren34558
    @eren34558 Год назад +5

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

  • @theforbiddenapfel
    @theforbiddenapfel 5 месяцев назад +1

    Winston did his part as a Second on the duel... He destructed the arrogant fool so John has the time to regain his strength and shoot

  • @robertwillett4122
    @robertwillett4122 Год назад

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

  • @jameswest4259
    @jameswest4259 Год назад +10

    Always great videos!

  • @DyrianLightbringer
    @DyrianLightbringer Год назад +27

    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.

  • @nightcroweyt
    @nightcroweyt Год назад +18

    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?

    • @ML-sc3pt
      @ML-sc3pt Год назад +4

      Nope. The debts are lost

    • @Dark_Darkonix
      @Dark_Darkonix Год назад +2

      @@ML-sc3ptas we see in a third movie, not at all

    • @crazylarryjr
      @crazylarryjr Год назад +1

      I assume the rule is absolute, meaning Hallie's character needed to oblige, Of course she'd sign her death warrant, which is a hole in the plot that has never been discussed

  • @aguywithanaturalperm2976
    @aguywithanaturalperm2976 Год назад +75

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

    • @jaythekid4728
      @jaythekid4728 Год назад +48

      Because Marcus wasn’t under contract. The contract was open and it was a verbal agreement. He only broke a gentleman’s agreement because Viggo simply asked him to do it but the contract wasn’t exclusive to Marcus.

    • @780Mamba
      @780Mamba Год назад +2

      Bro John was sleeping in the continental hotel when he had that sniper on him

    • @ythandlename
      @ythandlename Год назад

      Marcus never intended to take on the contract. It only makes sense if John completely trusts him because he could've and should've killed him at the hotel.

    • @bf945
      @bf945 Год назад +4

      @@780Mamba Marcus shed no blood.

    • @nomadichippie1930
      @nomadichippie1930 Год назад +1

      He didn’t fail to kill him. He had him right in his sights and when he sees Perkins enter the room he shoots the pillow to wake him up. If he wanted to he could’ve shot both of them. He missed so badly it wouldn’t even be close to a kill

  • @juanmaldonado3281
    @juanmaldonado3281 Год назад

    WAW. A. SUPER. AWESOME. EXPLANATION. YOU. SIR. ARE. THE. BEST. NOW. WE UNDERSTAND. ALL THAT. ....THE. MOVIE. IS. SO FAST. THAT. SOMETIMES. WE LOOSE. IT. AWESOME. REVIEW. TNKS

  • @kristoffersana960
    @kristoffersana960 Год назад +18

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

    • @monkey-wrench1027
      @monkey-wrench1027 Год назад +10

      Theres a multitude of reasons. Winston holds John in the highest level of esteem. He has the brains to stay on johns good side and the balls to give High Table the finger. and remember, John is called Baba Yaga... do i mean The boogeyman? No, i mean he's the one you call to kill the fucking Boogeyman!!!

    • @firdauswahab8485
      @firdauswahab8485 Год назад

      Perkins was excommunicated and because of that she was executed

    • @ramon4184
      @ramon4184 Год назад +4

      @@firdauswahab8485 winston respects john wick and gave him an hour to escape. Winton doesn't not respect or like perkins so he didn't give her the same courtesy he gave wick

  • @tranz2deep
    @tranz2deep Год назад +2

    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.

  • @DieHarder4ever
    @DieHarder4ever Год назад +2

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

  • @andruw9011
    @andruw9011 Год назад +8

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

  • @chriscripplercruz1833
    @chriscripplercruz1833 Год назад +5

    RIP Cheron

  • @kassadyne3602
    @kassadyne3602 Год назад

    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💯

  • @leoaerts2217
    @leoaerts2217 Год назад +3

    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

  • @Jon-ev3bn
    @Jon-ev3bn Год назад

    SHA-rone?!? 😂 That’s more than words man 😂😂

  • @XionLuis
    @XionLuis 7 месяцев назад

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

  • @estaveler3288
    @estaveler3288 Год назад +1

    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

  • @TraciPeteyforlife
    @TraciPeteyforlife Год назад +1

    Got to love those who stand by John

    • @Keanu352
      @Keanu352 Год назад

      Thank you for your love and support I appreciate so you ❤where are you from?

  • @BobMcBurger1
    @BobMcBurger1 Год назад +2

    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.

  • @ArioStarK
    @ArioStarK Год назад

    8:39 nice homage to the late David Carradine and Kung-fu The Legend Continues TV series.

  • @EggplantHarmesan
    @EggplantHarmesan 9 месяцев назад +3

    9:44 Its not cryptocurrency unless its digital. Those are physical coins and are just currency.

    • @Lafter-san
      @Lafter-san 24 дня назад

      Chatgpt + ai voice 😂

    • @kensparkgg
      @kensparkgg 9 дней назад

      What I think he just tried to give an example. Not literally “cryptocurrency”.

  • @teejaylecapois9741
    @teejaylecapois9741 4 месяца назад

    Thank you 😊

  • @uwillnevahno6837
    @uwillnevahno6837 Год назад +3

    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.

  • @R00KIEo87
    @R00KIEo87 6 месяцев назад +7

    0:11 Finish John Wick was placed this hand on the finger if you hear in very carefully as he was breathing, he said. A hole

    • @evlx1240
      @evlx1240 2 месяца назад +1

      What does this mean

    • @heyitsvos
      @heyitsvos Месяц назад +1

      ​@@evlx1240I'm so confused

    • @KB5champ
      @KB5champ 14 дней назад

      English is not your strong suit bro.

  • @markusr1308
    @markusr1308 Год назад +1

    Rules start at 2:30

  • @R3TR0923
    @R3TR0923 Год назад +2

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

  • @8Smoker8
    @8Smoker8 11 месяцев назад

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

  • @benbo4394
    @benbo4394 Год назад

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

  • @alphagaming7494
    @alphagaming7494 Год назад

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

  • @criixt
    @criixt Год назад +2

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

  • @christianresel8051
    @christianresel8051 Год назад

    2:34 to 2:39 Can we just talk about how FAST and INVISIBLE that dude was there when john TOUCHED continental ground to basicaly tell them to CEASE HOSTILITY? He was nowhere THERE AT ALL and he basicaly JUST SPAWNED INTO EXISTENCE. Thats how badass they are.
    14:50 You working? Yea... you? Afraid so.. Enogh said about this. And even then, they threw some punches and carried on with their day's after it XD

  • @NobleWolf
    @NobleWolf Год назад +1

    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

  • @Music_is_Breathing
    @Music_is_Breathing 10 месяцев назад

    Well-done! Thank you :)

  • @lexluthor573
    @lexluthor573 Год назад +2

    John only seems to follow the rulz when it benefits him

  • @gordonfurness6253
    @gordonfurness6253 10 месяцев назад

    3:08 It wasn't Charon who stopped John Wick and Cassian(Gianna D'Antonio's bodyguard) from conducting business on Continental grounds, it was Julian, the manager of the Continental in Rome.

  • @psycoklown8461
    @psycoklown8461 Год назад

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

  • @Zoko889
    @Zoko889 Год назад +1

    Bain(Payday 2): Whoever messes with CrimeNet, you messing with a hell...

  • @a.w_.
    @a.w_. Год назад

    cool video, only thing I'd point out is the volume mixing between narration and movie audio isn't super balanced, but other than that, this was great

  • @maksymisaiev1828
    @maksymisaiev1828 9 месяцев назад

    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.

  • @russiandrivers9986
    @russiandrivers9986 Год назад +1

    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.

  • @dogloversrule8476
    @dogloversrule8476 Год назад

    15:11 you hurt a dog, & the hounds of hell are unleashed upon you

  • @majorhemroid
    @majorhemroid Год назад

    It's true for any group/society.
    There are rules.
    They must be followed.
    If you do not, anarchy is invited.
    Lawlessness becomes more prevalent.
    Until everything crumbles.

  • @marcusizayah
    @marcusizayah Год назад

    As a Continental Hotel Employee (well, inter-continental, anyway) I can confirm, my life is like this 24/7.
    I know many assassins.
    They like to have extra blankets, and extra water bottles.

  • @MEJ777
    @MEJ777 Год назад

    I've been waiting for them to give us actual lore on this assasins guild

  • @forehead-l3l
    @forehead-l3l Год назад +21

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

    • @zgtolerance5631
      @zgtolerance5631 Год назад +2

      Than animals itself??? I'm sorry but no. Just no. Sometimes rules make us worse than animals. Also guarantee that's been said at least 10,000+ times before you. Maybe the bad grammar makes it unique.

    • @forehead-l3l
      @forehead-l3l Год назад

      @@zgtolerance5631 Who has said it before me ? and yes the purpouse of using bad grammer is to make it unique

    • @stalker5299
      @stalker5299 Год назад +3

      @@forehead-l3l it's not a unique phrase, it's been said many a time in history

  • @projektvideo6451
    @projektvideo6451 4 месяца назад

    In the rules of the world of John Wick, if you kill a dog, you're Excommunicado