Rogue City (2020) Timeline Explained – Every Event in Order

Maranzano suffocates his wife because she is terminally ill with cancer and explicitly requests him to end her suffering. She asks him to help her die peacefully rather than continue enduring pain. After performing the act, Maranzano thanks Vronski for facilitating the hospital visit, showing his gratitude despite the tragic nature of the moment.

• paul maranzano
• mercy killing
• terminally ill wife
• cancer

Costa kills Rizzo to eliminate him as a witness and cover his tracks, since Rizzo was apprehended after the bar shooting and could identify gang members. Costa had been secretly working for the Bastianis and had already tipped them off about the rival gang's visit to the bar. By killing Rizzo during a staged fight and planting his weapon, Costa ensures Rizzo takes the blame.

• detective costa
• rizzo
• corruption
• bastiani gang
• cover up

Vronski takes Willy Kapellian's blood test to protect him from losing his job. Willy was drunk driving after a night out and had recklessly driven away with Leonetti's daughter during a gang shooting. When Willy faces consequences, Vronski steps in and takes the test himself, resulting in Vronski's suspension when Chief Leonetti discovers the truth.

• richard vronski
• willy kapellian
• blood test
• suspension
• loyalty

Vronski's unit plans an unauthorized ambush on the Bastianis during a major drug deal, using confiscated weapons provided by Maranzano's tip. However, the operation turns chaotic when rival gang leader Nadal learns of it through Costa's corruption. During the four-way gunfight at the creek near Marseille, an undercover narcotics agent embedded with Spanish drug smugglers is killed, escalating the conflict significantly.

• ambush
• bastianis
• drug deal
• undercover agent
• creek shootout

Willy kills his family and then himself after damning evidence surfaces connecting him to the undercover officer's death during the ambush. Overwhelmed by the guilt, his deteriorating marriage, excessive drinking, and the prospect of losing everything, Willy commits this unthinkable act as a desperate escape from his reality.

• willy kapellian
• suicide
• family murder
• guilt
• evidence

Nadal kills Costa and his wife in revenge, believing Costa betrayed him. Costa had been secretly working for the Bastianis while also feeding information to Nadal, creating a web of double-crossing. When Nadal discovers Costa's true allegiances and role in the events leading to the ambush, he views Costa as responsible for the deaths of his men and takes brutal revenge.

• franck nadal
• detective costa
• revenge
• betrayal
• murder

Vronski makes a deal with the Bastianis to eliminate Nadal's gang because he is facing severe consequences from the Narcotics Bureau Special Ops chief Jakowitz regarding his unit's involvement in the unauthorized ambush. With an undercover agent dead and evidence mounting against him, Vronski agrees to help the Bastianis take out his rival in exchange for clearing his name.

• vronski
• bastianis
• nadal
• deal
• clear name

The Narcotics Bureau Special Ops chief Stephan Jakowitz orchestrates the systematic murder of Vronski and his remaining unit members. This is retribution for the death of the undercover narcotics agent during the earlier ambush. The chief also kills Chief Leonetti and the Bastiani matriarch, ultimately leaving Leonetti's daughter in impending danger as the film concludes.

• stephan jakowitz
• vronski death
• revenge
• chief
• special ops

Leonetti's daughter discovers incriminating evidence in Costa's diary showing payments made to Costa by the Bastianis, proving his corruption and secret alliance with the gang. She hands this evidence to Vronski, which further complicates the situation and contributes to the escalating conflict between law enforcement and the criminal underworld.

• leonetti daughter
• costa diary
• evidence
• corruption
• payments

Maranzano thanks Vronski because Vronski, leading the anti-gang squad escorting Maranzano between prisons, granted Maranzano's request to visit his terminally ill wife at the hospital. This allowed Maranzano to be present with his wife during her final moments and fulfill her wish to end her suffering, making Vronski complicit in the mercy killing.

• maranzano
• vronski
• thank
• hospital visit
• mercy killing

After completing his deal with the Bastianis to eliminate Nadal's gang and ensuring the blame for the undercover officer's death falls on them, Vronski resigns from the police force. He then takes a significant portion of the drug money as payment, leaving the remaining half for his loyal unit members Zach and Max. This marks his complete descent into corruption and criminal activity.

• vronski
• resignation
• money
• corruption
• departure

The Bar du Telephone massacre, where the Bastianis gang executes a mass shooting at an outdoor bar targeting Franck Nadal's rival gang, is the catalytic event that plunges Marseille into chaos. The attack leaves nine people dead and sets off the chain of retaliations, betrayals, and escalating violence that defines the entire narrative.

• bar du telephone
• massacre
• bastianis
• nadal
• nine dead