Winston shot John in the torso, where he knew John's magic bulletproof suit would prevent the bullets from killing him, and he may have even known that John would hit some obstacles on his way down, breaking his fall, if he hurtled off the roof in that exact place. In light of that, there's another possibility: Winston was just doing what he had to in order to make it seem like he'd turned on John, while actually trying his best to ensure John walked away from the situation with his life. When Winston said he'd rather be killed by a friend, he appeared to mean it. Throughout these movies, the friendship and trust between John and Winston have seemed genuine. But that may not necessarily be the case.
If you take this scene at face value, it seems that Winston betrayed John in order to reaffirm his loyalty to the High Table.
Winston shoots John several times, seemingly taking the assassin by surprise, and John plummets off the Continental's roof. It was a simple show of force-at least, according to the version of events Winston and the Adjudicator settled on in the end.Įither way, that left one loose end: John Wick himself. When they met for a parley, Winston and the Adjudicator agreed to a ceasefire, under the shared revision that Winston had only risen up in the first place in order to prove his strength and devotion to the High Table. The Continental and John won the initial skirmish, but both sides knew this fight was just the beginning. John may have gone through with it in order to survive, had Winston not offered him an alternative-teaming up to fight the High Table. Winston had no interest in stepping down, and John didn't really want to kill him. Obviously, the High Table's plans in this case didn't work out, largely thanks to the bond that Winston and John share after years of working together. They sent the Adjudicator (Asia Kate Dillon) to negotiate Winston's "retirement," and the High Table's Elder (Saïd Taghmaoui) sent John back to New York to kill Winston. The High Table doesn't take lightly to being defied, and the hour Winston gave John at the end of 2 was enough to get the NY Continental manager in deep trouble with his overlords. The High Tableįirst off, let's talk about the conflict that served as John Wick 3's climax: the fight between the Continental (well, really John and Charon (Lance Reddick), since Winston mostly hid in a vault with John's dog), and the High Table's elite strike team. Now Playing: John Wick: Chapter 3 Parabellum - Official Trailer The Continental vs. By clicking 'enter', you agree to GameSpot's
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