Not even the Wickiverse can escape the clutches of inflation. The bounty on the head of John Wick (Keanu Reeves) starts at $20 million and only climbs. As I watched him take down goon after henchman after thug, I came to realize this number doesn’t represent the value of having him dead. It’s a guesstimate of how much money each would-be assassin thinks would even the odds enough for him (always a dude) to take a shot at the Baba Yaga — and often, it’s the only shot he’ll get off.
This is the attitude of Nobody (Shamier Anderson), a tracker who keeps one eye on John’s health and the other on the ever-rising bounty. Also, he has a German shepherd. In a franchise sparked by the death of a dog, you know that’s going to be important later.
