The Hitman (2023) Plot Summary Explained

After Garret was shot and died momentarily in the emergency room, his supervisor Chambers arranged to conceal his survival. Rather than returning to his old life as a cop, Garret was given a new identity and trained as a hitman so he could infiltrate the criminal underworld. This allowed him to take down criminal organizations from within while keeping his true identity hidden from corrupt officers like Delany.

• Cliff Garret
• Danny Grogan
• undercover
• new identity
• police corruption

Delany was secretly corrupt and was already working with Luganni before Garret's transformation. When Delany shot Garret during the drug bust, he believed he had killed his partner. After Garret resurfaced as Grogan, Delany joined forces with Luganni to maintain his criminal operations and eliminate his former partner.

• Ronny Delany
• Marco Luganni
• corruption
• betrayal
• alliance

Grogan's plan was to orchestrate a meeting between rival mob bosses Luganni and French Canadian mafia leader André LaCombe, convincing them to form an alliance. Once together, he would eliminate both bosses in one coordinated strike. This approach allowed him to take down two major crime figures in a single operation rather than conducting separate missions.

• Marco Luganni
• André LaCombe
• alliance
• plan
• mob bosses

Delany rigged Tim to a chair with explosives and detonated it to force Grogan's cooperation. However, Grogan was prepared and unharmed. Tim also survived the explosion, the exact reason isn't detailed in the summary, but the bomb either failed to fully detonate or Tim was positioned in a way that allowed him to survive despite the attempt on his life.

• Tim Murphy
• chair bomb
• explosives
• Delany
• survival

The Iranian drug dealers were attempting to muscle in on everyone's territories. After Delany orchestrated LaCombe's death during alliance talks, the Iranians saw an opportunity to eliminate Luganni as well and take control of his operations. They killed Luganni alongside Delany, though Grogan ultimately arrived and killed them both.

• Iranian drug dealers
• Marco Luganni
• turf war
• gang war

Chambers, who arranged Garret's undercover transformation, appears to have expected Grogan to operate within certain limits. When Grogan kills Delany by strapping him to a chair and blowing him up outside a window, Chambers is described as being upset. This suggests Chambers wanted Delany handled through proper channels or at least not through such direct, public violence, even though Delany was a corrupt cop who endangered a child.

• Chambers
• Delany
• revenge
• disapproval
• final act

Grogan befriends Tim, a fatherless boy being bullied in their apartment building. After witnessing Tim get bullied on the street, Grogan decides to teach him self-defense. The lessons give Tim confidence, and he eventually stands up to his bully. This mentorship represents Grogan's attempt to protect and guide the boy, reflecting his own lost sense of purpose and connection.

• Tim Murphy
• self-defense
• mentorship
• bullying
• father figure

After Tim beats the bully in a fight, the bully's father drags him away and beats him for losing. Grogan witnesses this and responds by punching the father through a screen door hard enough to knock him down. Grogan then walks away, establishing himself as Tim's protector and showing that he will not tolerate anyone harming the boy, even adults who abuse their children.

• bully
• father
• Tim Murphy
• protection
• violence

Before departing, Grogan leaves an enormous sum of money in Tim's hospital room for Tim and his mother. Tim's mother discovers the money and is very grateful. The amount is significant enough to改善 their lives, representing Grogan's way of ensuring the boy he mentored will be taken care of financially after his death or departure.

• Tim Murphy
• money
• hospital
• gratitude
• care

At the alliance meeting, Delany has Luganni's men kill LaCombe and his followers. Then the Iranians and Delany kill Luganni. Grogan arrives on the scene after these betrayals and kills everyone involved, the Iranian dealers, Luganni's remaining men, and presumably LaCombe's surviving crew. This allows Grogan to eliminate all the criminal factions in one climactic moment and achieve his revenge.

• Grogan
• massacre
• meeting
• revenge
• all kills