Nuns on the Run (1990) Timeline Explained – Every Event in Order

Brian claims he is married to push Faith away and keep her safe from the gangsters hunting them. He wants her to stop pursuing a relationship so she won't become a target for Casey and his men who are looking for her to leverage against Brian and Charlie.

• brian
• faith
• marriage
• infirmary
• safety

When the Triads interrogate Faith, she directs them to Casey instead of Brian and Charlie. Recognizing that Casey is the one who ordered the attack on their operation, the Triads decide to release Faith and pursue Casey for revenge.

• faith
• triads
• kidnap
• casey
• interrogation

Despite the bounty on their heads and constant pursuit, Brian and Charlie manage to secure tickets to Brazil, likely through old contacts in the criminal underworld who don't care about the bounty or through forged documents. The film doesn't specify the exact method.

• brazil
• tickets
• escape
• hunted

Casey places a bounty on Brian and Charlie after they betray the gang by stealing the Triad drug money during the heist. Not only did they steal from their own crew, but they also killed a gang member during the chaos, making them liabilities that Casey wants eliminated.

Foreshadowing: The bounty is placed shortly after Brian and Charlie flee with the stolen money, with Casey's men Abbott and Morley sent to hunt them down.

• casey
• bounty
• brian
• charlie
• abbott
• morley

During the chaotic chase to the airport, the briefcase of money is lost. However, Sister Liz and Sister Mary recover it and decide to use the funds to establish a drug rehabilitation clinic in the community, putting the criminals' money to good use.

• briefcase
• money
• nuns
• rehabilitation

Faith is first shot in the wrist by Abbott during the gunfight outside the nunnery. Later, after being released by the Triads, she bumps into a lamppost while disoriented and hits her head, requiring hospitalization. A Triad even infiltrates the hospital as a cleaner to keep watch on her.

• faith
• hospital
• injury
• abbott
• triads

Sister Mary, the eccentric nun, discovers Brian and Charlie's true identities when they sneak back into the nunnery and accidentally wake her. She then joins Sister Superior Liz in pursuing them, believing they are imposters who have deceived the convent.

Foreshadowing: Sister Mary is established as an observant and somewhat erratic character who would likely notice something suspicious about the 'new' nuns.

• sister mary
• chase
• nuns
• disguise

During the final chase to the airport, Casey and his men pursue Brian, Charlie, and Faith. While Charlie stalls the gangsters, Brian and Faith escape. Casey is eventually apprehended by police, though the film doesn't specify exactly which law enforcement agency catches him.

• casey
• arrest
• chase
• police

Brian finally tells Faith the truth at the hospital while they are escaping together. He forces Charlie to take Faith to safety and then reveals his true feelings, confirming that he loves her and that his earlier claim of being married was a lie to protect her.

• brian
• faith
• truth
• love
• hospital

Brian and Charlie decide to rob the Triads because they need money to fund their escape to Brazil and start fresh. After their boss is killed in a bank robbery and a younger, more violent boss named Casey takes over, they want out of the criminal life but lack the funds to leave.

• triads
• rob
• money
• brazil
• escape