Redirected (2014) Timeline Explained – Every Event in Order

Karl insisted that three men weren't enough for the job, so he forced Johnny, Ben, and Tim to recruit a fourth person. They chose their friend Michael, who worked as a guard at Buckingham Palace, and abducted him without explaining the plan to keep him unaware of what he was being used for.

Foreshadowing: Earlier in the film, Karl makes it clear the crew needs four men, setting up Michael's forced involvement.

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After the heist, Golden Pole killed Karl because surveillance footage revealed that Michael was involved in the robbery. Since Karl was the mastermind behind the job and had recruited the crew, Golden Pole held him responsible and eliminated him as a warning or punishment.

Foreshadowing: The tense moment at the poker table when the crew questions if they're stealing the right ring signals that something is already going wrong.

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After Golden Pole's crew chased Michael from his house, he rushed to the airport to confront his friends and reclaim the money. Tim hit him with a fire extinguisher, knocking him unconscious onto the flight. When a volcanic eruption in Iceland grounded planes and diverted the flight to Lithuania, Michael woke up in a Lithuanian hotel with no memory of how he got there.

Foreshadowing: The fire extinguisher scene at the airport sets up Michael's disoriented arrival in Lithuania.

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A volcanic eruption in Iceland occurred while the group was flying to Malaysia, grounding all flights in the region. This forced the plane to divert to Lithuania, stranding the characters in a country none of them knew and completely derailing their escape plan.

Foreshadowing: The sudden news of the volcanic eruption interrupts their attempt to flee, marking a major turning point.

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Johnny had hidden the money inside a toilet cistern in the hotel room. Michael discovered it there, but a corrupt police officer who attacked Michael in an alley later took the cash. Golden Pole's crew eventually got the money, confirming during the gas station confrontation that they held both the money and Michael.

Foreshadowing: Michael finding the money in the toilet cistern is a key moment that ties him to the stolen funds.

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During the chaotic night in Lithuania, Ben gave his wedding ring to a woman he met, not realizing it was actually Golden Pole's stolen ring. When Ben and Tim later tried to trade the ring for their freedom, they discovered the ring they possessed was the same wedding band Ben had given to the bride, which was Golden Pole's prized possession.

Foreshadowing: The confusion around which ring is which becomes critical during the negotiation with Golden Pole.

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Ben and Tim arranged to meet Golden Pole at a wedding, planning to trade the ring for money. However, the ring turned out to be the wedding band Ben had given to his bride the night before. When Golden Pole's crew arrived demanding the ring, a violent shootout erupted between the local smugglers and Golden Pole's men. Johnny, Ben, Tim, and Michael barely escaped during the chaos.

Foreshadowing: The wedding, presided over by the same priest who found Johnny earlier, becomes the convergence point for all the story's conflicts.

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After the wedding shootout, as Johnny, Ben, Tim, and Michael tried to escape, a Russian tank appeared out of nowhere. A lone Russian soldier emerged and ordered the group to cross the border back to England, leaving their ultimate fate uncertain and ambiguous.

Foreshadowing: The ominous tank silhouette looming in the distance during the wedding sets up this surreal final encounter.

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Tim hit Michael with a fire extinguisher at the airport because Michael was trying to stop them from fleeing to Malaysia and reclaim the money. In the chaos of Golden Pole's crew chasing him, Tim used the fire extinguisher to knock Michael unconscious so they could still escape on the plane.

Foreshadowing: This violent act foreshadows how the friendship deteriorates under pressure.

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Johnny, Ben, Tim, and Michael all appear to survive the wedding shootout and make it to the border. However, the film leaves their ultimate fate unclear after the Russian soldier forces them to walk back across the border. The ambiguous ending suggests they may face further danger or punishment.

Foreshadowing: Throughout the film, characters endure extreme violence but keep surviving, building to this uncertain conclusion.

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The corrupt cop was one of the men who assaulted Michael in the alley after he hired a taxi. This same officer later interrogated Michael at the police station before stealing the money. He was working with Golden Pole's operation, using his position to track down the stolen cash and the crew.

Foreshadowing: Michael's encounter with the officer at the station becomes suspicious when he interrupts the interrogation.

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After leaving a club with a woman, Johnny was knocked unconscious with a baseball bat. He woke up naked and chained to a radiator in a derelict building. A Catholic priest and a hooker discovered him, and he escaped with the hooker while still bound, leading to a chaotic chase through the building.

Foreshadowing: The baseball bat strike from the mysterious man at the club sets up this bizarre situation.

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