No matter what boots I wore, or how carefully I walked (a.k.a., the ninety - year - old
shuffle), I slipped
around on the ice like a terrified
puppy.
Economically recapping the recent personal loss of retired Russian mob assassin John Wick (Reeves) in nested flashbacks following the untimely death of his wife Helen (Bridget Moynahan), the opening scenes find Wick
shuffling around in a fog of grief before latching onto his only remaining connection to her, a beagle
puppy named Daisy that Helen arranged as a gift before her passing.