Stormy Monday

Brendan discovers an ad for a janitorial position at Mr. Finney's Key Club in Newcastle and heads to the interview. The search for steady work pulls him into a more dangerous world linked to jazz and local power. This moment marks the entry point into the film's central setup.

On the way to his interview, Brendan stops at a local shopping mall where he meets Kate, an American woman with a shadowed past. The chance encounter plants the seed for a cross‑cultural connection between them. Their meeting foreshadows the tangled personal and professional ties to come.

Brendan meets Finney at the Key Club; the club owner is initially uninterested until they discover a mutual passion for jazz. Impressed by Brendan's instinct and enthusiasm, Finney hires him on the spot. Brendan's new role sets him on a path that intertwines music, business, and danger.

Finney sends Brendan to retrieve the Kraków Jazz Ensemble from the airport and bring them to the Royal Station Hotel for America Week. The mission drags Brendan into an international network of deals and competing interests. The arrangement foreshadows the escalation of threats around the event.

Kate visits the hotel where Francis Cosmo is the guest of honour for America Week, hinting at Cosmo's influence over the city's development deals. Her past association with Cosmo adds a layer of tension to the evening's events. The hotel becomes a focal point for power plays and personal histories.

After his first shift, Brendan orders dinner at a restaurant and discovers the waitress serving him is Kate. The coincidence tightens their connection and complicates Brendan's professional responsibilities. The moment blends personal chemistry with the film's underlying danger.

While waiting for his meal, Brendan overhears two men discussing plans to buy Finney out of the club. They make it clear they are willing to kill Finney to get their way. The overheard threat becomes a catalyst for the couple’s subsequent actions.

Kate accepts Brendan's invitation for a date, and they visit a pub. The evening offers a moment of warmth amid growing danger and deepens their budding relationship. The date also heightens the stakes as external threats loom closer.

After the date, Brendan interrupts his evening to seek out Finney and warn him about the danger he overheard earlier. He delivers the warning at the Key Club, pushing Finney to prepare for potential conflict. The warning tightens the circle of trust around Finney and Brendan.

Finney and his men overpower the gangsters who break into the club, using their resources to neutralize the threat. In the clash, Finney uses improvised means to disable the heavy, underscoring his ruthlessness and readiness. As a token of gratitude for Brendan's warning, Finney gifts him a brand-new Jaguar.

Cosmo is honoured during America Week, and the Kraków Jazz Ensemble is substituted at the last minute. Kate attends the event and endures an unwelcome advance from a corpulent executive, highlighting the corrupt power dynamics surrounding Cosmo. When Kate asks for the night off at the restaurant, her boss fires her, and she responds by breaking several stacks of plates.

Andrej Slominski invites Brendan and Kate to a Polish social club, where a live musical performance moves Kate to tears. The intimate night deepens their bond and foreshadows the danger looming over them. As they leave, a coded signal signals trouble is not far behind.

Bob signals Brendan to stop the car and a confrontation erupts with Bob and several henchmen. Brendan defends himself, killing one attacker with a weapon from his glove compartment, and the couple flees to the Royal Station Hotel. They hide in Andrej's room as the threat intensifies.

Cosmo's associate plants a bomb in Brendan's Jaguar, which detonates at midnight after Andrej and Christine borrow the car and drive away, killing them. Brendan confronts Cosmo, but Finney intervenes to stop him from shooting. Finney then tears up the proposed contract, leaving Cosmo defeated and the club's fate uncertain.