Oh John Wick is extremely Shadowrun! I loved Charlie the Cleaner, and I'm going to put him into my games as a contact without a doubt. "Reservation for 12 please."
I'm definitely going to put the Continental into my game as well, as a place for the upper echelon of the shadow community to rest, relax, and not be afraid of getting ganked by their rivals. And of course, there's only one punishment for someone who violates the hotel's rules: death. At first I was thinking that I'd put some shadowy organization behind the hotel, but the more I thought about it the more I thought that maybe all the criminal syndicates need something like this. There are going to be times when the Yakuza and the Vory need to meet up, and to have a pre-arranged place that is neutral and protected makes perfect sense. The corps would know about it and use it for meets as well, but it could just be an ultra-discrete hotel otherwise. They certainly cater to the shadows, but they don't have to be exclusive.
The fact that the Continental exists, and the criminals all have their own economy that can't be tracked or traced just feels like Shadowrun. And, if my understanding is correct, each of those gold coins represents a favor or job. Which means John Wick did a LOT of favors and jobs.
