Hitman: The Hong Kong Job
Genre: Action
Director: Francis Lawrence
Writer: Dwight Gallo
Based on the video game series
Cast: Ed Skrein, Charlotte Riley, Christian Berkel, Iain Armitage, Will Arnett, Gabriel Bateman, Karl Roden, Tzi Ma and Li Bingbing
Plot: Agent 47 (Ed Skrein) and his handler Diana Burnwood (Charlotte Riley) sit in a spartan room where she briefs him on his first job for the International Contract Agency. She explains that it won't be a simple job as he can't just kill the target, that he first must play two Triad groups, the Red Dragon Triad and the Blue Lotus Triad, so that there won't be any suspicion surrounding the murder of the head of the Red Dragon Triad, Lee Hong (Tzi Ma). Burnwood stresses that successfully starting a war between the two gangs will be instrumental to killing Hong. 47 boards a privately chartered jet that takes him off to Hong Kong.
FLASHBACK: Young 47 (Iain Armitage) and 6 (Gabriel Bateman) make their first attempt at escaping from the asylum, but they are stopped by security as soon as they jump from a second story window. Dr. Ort-Meyer (Christian Berkel) tells them that they'll have to do better than that if they want to runaway.
Agent 47 arrives at Chiu Dai Park, where business negotiations between representatives from the Blue Lotus and Red Dragon. Diana speaks to him through an earpiece and tells him that he should only kill the Red Dragon negotiator, and that the Blue Lotus representative must survive in order to take the blame. 47 walks by the negotiation, covertly pricking the Red Dragon negotiator with a poisonous needle. 47 keeps walking, nobody the wiser. Suddenly, the Red Dragon member collapses from the poison.
Young 47 and 6 are taken into a medical examination room where they meet Dr. Kovacs (Karl Roden), who gives the two boys an injection. The two boys quickly pass out. Dr. Ort-Meyer and Kovacs talk about how effective the explosive implants Kovacs just implanted in the boys are, and Kovacs tells him that the detonator has a 10 mile range, so as long as the charge is within that range it would effectively kill the person containing it.
Agent 47 plants a car bomb on the car of the Blue Lotus representative, and then follows the car as it drives to the Wang Fou Restaurant, base of operations of the Red Dragon Triad. Once the car stops in front of the restaurant, 47 detonates the bomb, killing the Blue Lotus representative. Diana tells him he did well as now the Blue Lotus Triad will believe that the Red Dragon have retaliated for the death at the park.
Agent 47 enters Cheung Chau Fish Restaurant. He talks to the bartender and orders a drink. Soon, members of the Red Dragon and Blue Lotus arrive surrounded by police to keep the peace as they discuss the recent deaths. 47 turns around and shoots up the restaurant with an Uzi, the weapon of choice of the Red Dragon Triad.
With the police no longer acting as protection for Lee Hong, and the Red Dragon Triad low on members, following the massacre at the Cheunf Chau Fish Restaurant, Agent 47 heads to the Red Dragon base, the Wang Fou Restaurant. When 47 enters the restaurant, he finds it empty. He finds an entrance to a basement, where he finds a large labyrinth of tunnels underneath the restaurant. He encounters a prostitute, Lei Ling (Li Bingbing) locked in a room. She begs him to let her out, but he's not particularly concerned about the plight of a prostitute. She offers to lead him through the tunnels to Lee Hong if he lets her free, which he agrees to. When he lets her out she gives him a big kiss, which he acts indifferently to. She leads him through the tunnels to a torture chamber where Hong is torturing CIA Agent Carlton Smith (Will Arnett). 47 approaches Hong from behind and strangles him with his garrote. 47 prepares to kill Agent Smith as well to cover his tracks before Smith thanks him, on behalf of the United States government for killing Hong.
Agent 47 arrives at the Hong Kong airport, disposing of his guns in a garbage can outside before entering. He gets onto a plane leaving Hong Kong and sits down and closes his eyes. Agent Smith sits down next to him, and begins chatting him about how big of a coincidence it is that they have seats next to each other on the very long flight from Hong Kong to Los Angeles. 47 threatens to kill Smith if he doesn't keep quiet so he can sleep.
Young 47 and 6 have cells next to each other in the asylum and begin communicating about their next escape plan using morse code by tapping on their shared wall. Dr. Ort-Meyer watches this from a video surveillance feed, curious what they're planning.
FLASHBACK: Young 47 (Iain Armitage) and 6 (Gabriel Bateman) make their first attempt at escaping from the asylum, but they are stopped by security as soon as they jump from a second story window. Dr. Ort-Meyer (Christian Berkel) tells them that they'll have to do better than that if they want to runaway.
Agent 47 arrives at Chiu Dai Park, where business negotiations between representatives from the Blue Lotus and Red Dragon. Diana speaks to him through an earpiece and tells him that he should only kill the Red Dragon negotiator, and that the Blue Lotus representative must survive in order to take the blame. 47 walks by the negotiation, covertly pricking the Red Dragon negotiator with a poisonous needle. 47 keeps walking, nobody the wiser. Suddenly, the Red Dragon member collapses from the poison.
Young 47 and 6 are taken into a medical examination room where they meet Dr. Kovacs (Karl Roden), who gives the two boys an injection. The two boys quickly pass out. Dr. Ort-Meyer and Kovacs talk about how effective the explosive implants Kovacs just implanted in the boys are, and Kovacs tells him that the detonator has a 10 mile range, so as long as the charge is within that range it would effectively kill the person containing it.
Agent 47 plants a car bomb on the car of the Blue Lotus representative, and then follows the car as it drives to the Wang Fou Restaurant, base of operations of the Red Dragon Triad. Once the car stops in front of the restaurant, 47 detonates the bomb, killing the Blue Lotus representative. Diana tells him he did well as now the Blue Lotus Triad will believe that the Red Dragon have retaliated for the death at the park.
Agent 47 enters Cheung Chau Fish Restaurant. He talks to the bartender and orders a drink. Soon, members of the Red Dragon and Blue Lotus arrive surrounded by police to keep the peace as they discuss the recent deaths. 47 turns around and shoots up the restaurant with an Uzi, the weapon of choice of the Red Dragon Triad.
With the police no longer acting as protection for Lee Hong, and the Red Dragon Triad low on members, following the massacre at the Cheunf Chau Fish Restaurant, Agent 47 heads to the Red Dragon base, the Wang Fou Restaurant. When 47 enters the restaurant, he finds it empty. He finds an entrance to a basement, where he finds a large labyrinth of tunnels underneath the restaurant. He encounters a prostitute, Lei Ling (Li Bingbing) locked in a room. She begs him to let her out, but he's not particularly concerned about the plight of a prostitute. She offers to lead him through the tunnels to Lee Hong if he lets her free, which he agrees to. When he lets her out she gives him a big kiss, which he acts indifferently to. She leads him through the tunnels to a torture chamber where Hong is torturing CIA Agent Carlton Smith (Will Arnett). 47 approaches Hong from behind and strangles him with his garrote. 47 prepares to kill Agent Smith as well to cover his tracks before Smith thanks him, on behalf of the United States government for killing Hong.
Agent 47 arrives at the Hong Kong airport, disposing of his guns in a garbage can outside before entering. He gets onto a plane leaving Hong Kong and sits down and closes his eyes. Agent Smith sits down next to him, and begins chatting him about how big of a coincidence it is that they have seats next to each other on the very long flight from Hong Kong to Los Angeles. 47 threatens to kill Smith if he doesn't keep quiet so he can sleep.
Young 47 and 6 have cells next to each other in the asylum and begin communicating about their next escape plan using morse code by tapping on their shared wall. Dr. Ort-Meyer watches this from a video surveillance feed, curious what they're planning.