Don't set him off.
— Tagline
Aurelio: *picks up phone* Aurelio speaking.
Viggo: *back turned* I heard you struck my son.
Aurelio: Yes, sir, I did.
Viggo: And may I ask why?
Aurelio: Yeah, well... 'cause he stole John Wick's car, sir, and, uh... killed his dog.
Viggo: *turns around, face fallen* ...oh. *hangs up*
Viggo: *back turned* I heard you struck my son.
Aurelio: Yes, sir, I did.
Viggo: And may I ask why?
Aurelio: Yeah, well... 'cause he stole John Wick's car, sir, and, uh... killed his dog.
Viggo: *turns around, face fallen* ...oh. *hangs up*
Viggo: It's not what you did, son, that angers me so. It's who you did it to.
Iosef: Who? That fucking nobody?
Viggo: That "fuckin' nobody"... is John Wick. He once was an associate of ours. They call him "Baba Yaga."
Iosef: The Boogeyman?
Viggo: Well, John wasn't exactly the Boogeyman. He was the one you sent to kill the fucking Boogeyman.
Iosef: Oh.
Viggo: John is a man of focus, commitment, sheer will... something you know very little about. I once saw him kill three men in a bar... with a pencil, with a fucking pencil. Then suddenly one day he asked to leave. It's over a woman, of course. So I made a deal with him. I gave him an impossible task. A job no one could have pulled off. The bodies he buried that day laid the foundation of what we are now. And then my son, a few days after his wife died, you steal his car and kill his fucking dog.
Iosef: Father, I can make this right.
Viggo: Oh? How do you plan that?
Iosef: By finishing what I started.
Viggo: What the... did he hear a fuckin' word I said?
Iosef: [Russian] Dad, I can do this! Please!
Viggo: Iosef, Iosef! Listen! Huh? John will come for you, and you will do nothing because you can do nothing, so get the fuck out of my sight!
Iosef: Who? That fucking nobody?
Viggo: That "fuckin' nobody"... is John Wick. He once was an associate of ours. They call him "Baba Yaga."
Iosef: The Boogeyman?
Viggo: Well, John wasn't exactly the Boogeyman. He was the one you sent to kill the fucking Boogeyman.
Iosef: Oh.
Viggo: John is a man of focus, commitment, sheer will... something you know very little about. I once saw him kill three men in a bar... with a pencil, with a fucking pencil. Then suddenly one day he asked to leave. It's over a woman, of course. So I made a deal with him. I gave him an impossible task. A job no one could have pulled off. The bodies he buried that day laid the foundation of what we are now. And then my son, a few days after his wife died, you steal his car and kill his fucking dog.
Iosef: Father, I can make this right.
Viggo: Oh? How do you plan that?
Iosef: By finishing what I started.
Viggo: What the... did he hear a fuckin' word I said?
Iosef: [Russian] Dad, I can do this! Please!
Viggo: Iosef, Iosef! Listen! Huh? John will come for you, and you will do nothing because you can do nothing, so get the fuck out of my sight!
When Helen died, I lost everything. Until that dog arrived on my doorstep. A final gift from my wife. In that moment, I received some semblance of hope ... an opportunity to grieve unalone. And your son ... took that from me. Stole that from me. Killed that from me! People keep asking if I'm back and I haven't really had an answer. But now, yeah, I'm thinking I'm back. So you can either hand over your son or you can die screaming alongside him!
—John Wick
So I guess you have a choice. You want a war? Or do you wanna just... give me a gun?
—John Wick, Chapter 2
Winston..? Will you take me home?
—John Wick, Chapter 4
