How strongly are the rules of The Continental enforced?
The two rules of the Continental are:
- No blood on Continental grounds.
- Every marker must be honored.
But the punishment for breaking those rules vary between the two movies. In the first, when Ms. Perkins (played by Adrianne Palicki) broke the first rule, Winston, the owner of the Continental, executed her himself. But when John Wick broke that very same rule by killing Santino D'Antonio (in front of Winston eyes), the punishment came as an Excumminicado for John Wick and not as an execution.
So why did Winston, the keeper of the rules, execute Ms. Perkins?
And I think the excution took place on the Continental, if that is true, doesn't it mean that Winston also broke the same rule?
Also, why did Ms. Perkins come to the meeting? She probably already knew that they knew of her breaking of the rules.
Best Answer
Excommunicado is clearly a 2nd film invention retconned into the Wick universe so applying it back to the first film doesn't necessarily work, but...
No blood on Continental grounds.
It's actually "doing business" but let's assume we can translate that to just killing so, effectively, you are correct.
So why did Winston, the keeper of the rules, execute Ms. Perkins?
Because she broke the rules and took money to kill at the Continental.
Why did Ms. Perkins come to the meeting?
There was no "meeting"...she was walking along and they surprised her...she clearly wasn't expecting Winston and his associates to be there. Although she probably should have.
But when John Wick broke that very same rule by killing Santino D'Antonio (in front of Winston eyes), the punishment came as an Excommunicado for John Wick and not as an execution.
True...but we don't know that Ms. Perkins wasn't also excommunicated..Winston tells her that her membership of the Continental has been "revoked" (by her own hand)...and then she's killed. That sounds like Excommunicado.
As for why Wick isn't also killed...he's clearly expecting it.
He even asks....
WICK: "So why am I not dead?"
The answer is Winston...
Obviously, as a Continental "manager" Winston has some authority as to the punishments involved in breaking the rules...this is entirely logical for any manager.
WINSTON: "Because I deemed it not so."
WINSTON: "You have one hour, I can't delay it any longer".
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What are the rules of the Continental?
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What happens if you break continental rules?
Rules. The Continental Hotel has its own rules: First and foremost is a sanctuary; no "business" can be conducted on the Hotel premises, including fighting and carrying out contracts on other assassins in the hotel; Ms. Perkins breaks this rule, resulting in her revocation and execution.Is the Continental in John Wick real?
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Wick earned that would-be death sentence because he broke The Continental's biggest rule: Do not conduct \u201cbusiness\u201d (as in, don't kill anybody) on the premises.THE CONTINENTAL HOTEL Explained | John Wick
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