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The Gold Coins

posted 7 years ago by Steefnesss
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I really like the idea of a ready made currency that is universal among the criminal underworld, but there are a few uses of the coins that really make me scratch my head. The uses in question are the fees for the cleaners, and entrance to the secret bar. It seems one gold coin is good enough to get a single body disposed of (and they even clean up the place for you as well, what service!) as well as getting you into the bar for seemingly one night. It seems that either the cleaners are getting underpaid for their services (the little old guy had a bunch of employees) or the bar is getting overpaid in their cover charges. It's a ticky tacky thing to point out, but its something that's been rattling around in my head since I watched it again in preparation for the sequel.

Take your flunky and dangle.

[–] tristanwerbe 7 years ago

Well we don't know how much the coins are worth. One coin could be worth a lot or it could be worth not so much, it's never really stated.

[–] sribnyi 7 years ago

I think that maybe when you leave the bar you get your coin back? You insert it just to prove that you're from "this" pond

[–] Strike_Eagle 7 years ago

He gives the cleaners about 10 to 12 gold coins, not just 1.

[–] bummerinthesummer 7 years ago

Yes, and he gets about 10 or 12 bodies cleaned up doesn't he? So that's still about 1 body per coin.

[–] Devin88 (2) 7 years ago

The gold coins are worth a 1000 dollars per coin. It is mentioned by David Leitch in the special features on the blu-ray disc.

[–] KutWrite (1220) 7 years ago

I thought about that. But it's a cool movie device. Esp. as you point out, the little coin-vendor slot in the bar door.

It also implies how much Wick made per hit, since he has rolls of 'em.

I have some set aside for extreme emergencies, and they've cost me from $700 to $1000 per ounce. So Wick's rolls are probably worth millions. Cool house, too. I guess crime paid for him. Except for the Karma part that the Russian dad mentioned.

[–] yuvi786 (1) 5 years ago

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[–] brux (14666) 5 years ago

Maybe the price of gold is fluctuating ... the whole idea of this, and this movie is nonsense.
How braindead do you have to be to watch this stuff, let alone think about it or care about it?

[–] Overanalyzer (24) 5 years ago

Don't go around calling people 'braindead' over their taste in movies, it's bad for your karma..

[–] brux (14666) 5 years ago

I was not talking about any specific person, so the laws of Karma are not violated!