Year: 2021
Runtime: 107 min
Language: English
Director: Joe Carnahan
In the Nevada desert, con artist Teddy Murretto attempts to escape a deadly hitman, Bob Viddick, by staging his own arrest and framing rookie cop Valerie Young. His plan goes awry when Viddick continues his pursuit from within prison, and a third, equally ruthless assassin enters the scene. Now, Teddy and Bob must use their wits and courage to survive a dangerous and escalating series of confrontations.
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Con artist and fixer Teddy Murretto finds himself on the run, piloting a stolen unmarked police vehicle that unfortunately breaks down near a bustling casino in Nevada. In a desperate attempt to evade his relentless pursuers, he resorts to a cunning move: during a brawl outside the casino, he sucker-punches rookie officer Valerie Young, ensuring her arrest will provide him a temporary refuge from danger.
However, unbeknownst to Murretto, one of his pursuers, the lethal hitman Bob Viddick, has his own plan. He ingeniously orchestrates a situation to get himself incarcerated in the same small-town jail where Murretto is held. By pretending to be inebriated and crashing his car into the police vehicle Murretto abandoned, he successfully gets caught and enters the facility under the guise of a drunken man.
While initially separated in different cells, their fates take a turn when Viddick sets off a small explosive device at the station’s entrance, causing chaos that allows him to escape his confines. In the resulting turmoil, he incapacitates a fellow inmate and the police sergeant, seizing the opportunity to seize a firearm. Just as he attempts to eliminate Murretto, officer Young intervenes and successfully returns Viddick to his cell.
As the tension escalates, a new adversary emerges: Anthony Lamb, a second hitman brought in to finish the job on Murretto. Cloaked in deception, he enters the police station wielding a bouquet of balloons, swiftly dispatching several officers before Young realizes the precarious situation. Retreating behind bulletproof glass in a desperate bid for safety, she finds herself caught amidst a hail of gunfire when one of her own bullets ricochets back, striking her in the abdomen.
Compounded by the treachery of corrupt officer Huber, who collaborates with Lamb after having his own nefarious deeds exposed, the stakes reach a staggering height. Murretto reveals his dark past—employed by a mob boss in a Nevada casino and betrayed after trying to corrupt the state’s attorney general, William Fenton, who was brutally murdered, leaving behind incriminating evidence against Murretto. With hired guns now on his tail, his only option was to work with the FBI.
In a surprising turn of events, Murretto persuades Young to deliver the keys to their cells. Once released, he faces off against Huber and Lamb in a dramatic confrontation. As bullets fly, the danger intensifies. In a misty, steam-filled shower room, Lamb accidentally kills Huber mid-battle, but Murretto capitalizes on the chaos.
Eventually, Viddick escapes his confines too, intervening just in time to stab Lamb. Viddick presents Murretto with the opportunity for revenge against his enemies, but in a shocking twist, Murretto shoots both Viddick and Lamb instead, dousing the room in gasoline, revealing his true intentions of destruction.
As he prepares to flee, Young, having tended to her wound, approaches to confront him. A fierce gunfight ensues until a corrupt detective, Deena Schier, intervenes, shooting Young. In the midst of the mayhem, Viddick comes to Young’s aid, helping her out of the chaos before escaping in a police vehicle.
With the situation escalating, Young commandeers an ambulance and races after Viddick, determined to see justice served, both grappling with their intertwined fates as they sing the same song.
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The film concludes with chaos erupting inside the police station as a heavily armed hitman, Anthony, arrives and begins killing everyone in his path, sparing only Valerie Young and Huber initially. Valerie, injured and bleeding, hands over her gun and keys to Teddy, hoping he can use them to save her. Teddy, motivated by the revelation that Anthony murdered his wife and child, opens fire on the hitman in a fit of vengeance. Meanwhile, Bob manages to kill Huber and Anthony, fulfilling his contract but also saving Valerie’s life. Teddy then sets the station ablaze and searches for Valerie, who manages to confront him. She shoots his arm, but before she could take him down, Detective Deena intervenes with a shotgun, shooting Valerie in the process. Bob, having survived, kills Teddy and leaves the station.
As they are on the way to the hospital, Valerie, aware of Bob’s actions, tries to pursue him in an ambulance, intending to arrest him. The ending leaves us with Valerie racing after Bob, suggesting that even amidst the chaos and violence, her pursuit of justice continues. The story ends with the idea that in this lawless chaos, characters are forced into moral gray areas, and justice remains an ongoing chase rather than a clear resolution. The chaos and violence serve as a reflection of the corrupt and deadly environment they operate in, emphasizing that sometimes, the lines between right and wrong are blurred, and the pursuit of justice is never truly over.
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