[THE BABA YAGA TETRALOGY]: JW:CH1 in 1080p (2014) - [1st of 4]

John Wick is an American neo-noir action thriller media franchise created by Derek Kolstad and centered around John Wick, a former hitman who is forced back into the criminal underworld he had previously abandoned. John was born Jardani Jovonovich (Russian: Джордани Йованович, Belarusian: Ярдані Яванавіч) in Padhorje, Byelorussian SSR, Soviet Union on September 2, 1964. He was orphaned at a young age before being taken in by an old friend of his father, who would eventually become John's mentor. Who is John Wick's mentor? Marcus (portrayed by Willem Dafoe in John Wick: Ch 1). He is an old guard who became an assassin. He is battle hardened man who is reliable and one of the Elites. Marcus is a high class assassin who is John's best friend. He was also a mentor to John. Marcus is a father figure to John and to other hitmen. He is skilled with a sniper rifle, meaning Marcus was a sniper in his past life. Marcus is a skilled fighter as well. This is seen when he is fighting Viggio's henchmen. How did John Wick earn the moniker "Baba Yaga?" Years after leaving the Ruska Roma, John became a professional assassin who earned the nickname Baba Yaga ("The Boogeyman" in Russian) for his unparalleled hyper-lethality. The genius of the first "John Wick" movie lies in the way it introduces its titular protagonist as a soft-spoken and depressed man looking to quietly mourn his wife's passing. It isn't until he's pushed to the brink of berserker rage that the audience learns that this unassuming widower is actually the most feared assassin in the criminal underworld. In the montage showing him preparing to enact his violent revenge against the Russian gangsters who murdered his dog, mob boss Viggo Tarasov ominously calls him "Baba Yaga." The name is a reference to a creature from Russian folklore, reflecting John's history with the mob, although it's often misinterpreted as a "Russian boogeyman."