History Headscratchers / JohnWick

* If you aren't allowed to try and murder people while inside the hotel and John respects the rules. Why didn't Iosef just rent a room and order room service while waiting for dads mooks to kill Mr. Wick?

* How come Viggo hasn't told Iosef who John Wick is and why he should be left alone? Seriously, all Viggo had to do to prevent this was to tell Iosef: "John Wick is our former assassin, and an extremely capable one at that. He's out of the organization now, which he earned, and we're leaving him alone. He will not rat us out or do anything to harm us as long as we leave him alone or treat him with respect"

** Iosef is the guy whom stole a random guy's car on a whim, killed that man's dog for making noise, and after actually being told who Wick is decided to laugh it up at a night club. Even if Iosef were told in advance it's extremely unlikely he'd have bothered to learned/remembered John's face or address. And even if he did he'd probably write him off as a washed up retiree.
** He might have mentioned it casually during some conversations, just never had an extensive conversation about him because he was just a former employee, in the end, however good, and Iosef doesn't look like Iosef actually had any role in the organization, he just enjoyed the perks of being Viggo's son. Also, they don't look like they have a very close relationship, so I also guest they don't really talk very much (Viggo's disappointed by his son at the very least).

** It is more likely that it wasn't a cop. Rather, it was a security guard for a gated community. Hence his getting their so quickly and knowing Wick personally, as well as his "business".

** While the above was probably meant as a joke, since the cop seems to know John personally and by reputation, it's entirely possible that, once he heard WHERE the ruckus was, he responded on the double to keep the whole thing from getting even worse.

* Since when do police respond so quickly to noise complaints?

** Viggo did say John wasn't actually the 'Boogeyman' but what you sent to kill it! Maybe Viggo felt that naming John after what he considered the scariest thing in Russian fairy tales was fitting.

** He might have mentioned it casually during some conversations, just never had an extensive conversation about him because he was just a former emplyer, in the end, however good, and Iosef doesn't look like Iosef actually had any role in the organization, he just enjoyed the perks of being Viggo's son. Also, they don't look like they have a very close relationship, so I also guest they don't really talk very much (Viggo's disappointed by his son at the very least).

* It seems they had a Russian consultant. Why are a lot of lines in Russian so disconnected from their subtitles? There were no reason for loose translations in those cases. Also: calling a badass assassin Baba Yaga - witch from a fairy tale - when there is a word "Booka" ("бука") which literally means Boogeyman. Were they going for a "wicked witch" stealth pun?

* It seems they had a Russian consultant. Why are a lot of lines in Russian so disconnected from their subtitles? Rhere were no reason for loose translations in those cases. Also: calling a badass assassin Baba Yaga - witch from a fairy tale - when there is a word "Booka" ("бука") which literally means Boogeyman. Were they going for a "wicked witch" stealth pun?

** Iosef is the guy whom stole a random guy's car on a whim, killed that man's dog for making noise, and after actually being told who Wick is decided to laugh it up at a night club. Even if Iosef were told in advance it's extremely unlikely he'd have bothered to learned/remembered John's face or address. And even if he did he'd probably write him off as a washed up retiree.

** Iosef is the guy whom stole a random guy's car on a whim, killed that man's dog for making noise, and after actually being told who Wick is decided to laugh it up at a night club. Even if Iosef were told in advance it's extremely unlikely he'd have bothered to learned/remembered John's face or address. And even if he did he'd probably write him up as a washed up retiree.

** Iosef is the guy whom stole a random guy's car on a whim, killed that man's dog for making noise, and after actually being told who Wick is decided to laugh it up at a night club. Even if Iosef were told in advance it's extremely unlikely he'd have bothered to learned/remembered John's face or name. And even if he did he'd probably wright him up as a washed up retiree.

** Best answer I can come up with is that Viggo just never considered to tell his son about John since he already left. No point talking about an ex-member. Besides, what were the chances that Iosef would run into the guy who made his dad's empire?

* How come Viggo hasn't told Iosef who John Wick is and why he should be left alone ? Seriously, all Viggo had to do to prevent this was to tell Iosef: "John Wick is our former assassin, and an extremely capable one at that. He's out of the organization now, which he earned, and we're leaving him alone. He will not rat us out or do anything to harm us as long as we leave him alone or treat him with respect"

** Maybe the guard was also American?

*** RealityIs Unrealistic. It's very easy to lose control of a fight you should, by any means, [[CurbStompBattle win no problem]], simply because you weren't expecting something, like a gun, or a knife, or even just a guy lunging at you. And it can be somewhat difficult to get over the innate urge to swerve out of the way of hitting a pedestrian. So yeah, it's a little lucky, but fairly explainable, if not likely.

* Why did no one recognize John's obvious American accent when he talked into the radio he stole off the dead guard?

* What happens to Avi after [[spoiler: John's interrogation]]? He presumably isn't in the SUV or John would have killed him there.

* When John faces down Viggo after escaping from the church, why doesn't Viggo's driver just run John down? Instead he swerves to avoid him and ends up crashing. Did the driver just panic?