When Does "John Wick" (2014) Take Place?
"John Wick" is a crime film written by Derek Kolstad and released October 24th, 2014.
It takes place on the fictional John Wick timeline in the year:
We know this because John Wick drives a Mustang with a 2014 AD inspection expiration date on its windshield in the next film, "John Wick: Chapter 2" (2017), which takes place merely hours or days after this film. Car inspection certification stickers are only good for 2 years in the state of New Jersey, placing the story in 2012 AD at the absolute earliest.
This Reddit user made an exhaustive attempt to pin down how long the first three films take to occur.
2014 AD
We know this because John Wick drives a Mustang with a 2014 AD inspection expiration date on its windshield in the next film, "John Wick: Chapter 2" (2017), which takes place merely hours or days after this film. Car inspection certification stickers are only good for 2 years in the state of New Jersey, placing the story in 2012 AD at the absolute earliest.
This Reddit user made an exhaustive attempt to pin down how long the first three films take to occur.
It is the chronologically second story in the John Wick universe (the first chronological film to feature John Wick) and can be watched at its timeline point or entirely separately.
