How does Max’s night shift begin?
Annie Farrell, a federal prosecutor, gives her business card to Max. They form an unspoken friendship and Annie gives her card to Max.
Max is reluctant to take Vincent to several locations, but after being offered $600, he agrees. It’s not long before Max starts smelling a rat.
How does Vincent’s night shift begin?
Max drives Vincent to the first stop, and then waits outside the building for Vincent to get back. Soon, a dead body falls onto the taxi – partially smashing the windshield. ..
Vincent reveals himself as a hitman in Los Angeles to put five people to death in one night. He coerces Max to hide the corpse of his first victim in the trunk of his car. Freaked out, Max begs Vincent to let him go – but Vincent has fixed Max as his designated driver for the duration of his task. What’s more, Vincent makes it clear he won’t hesitate to shoot him down if he tries to slip out or betray him.
Who does Vincent go after next?
Vincent has four more individuals left on his list to hunt down. At the second stop, he ties Max to the steering wheel and murders his second target. Max asks two young passers-by to help him out. Instead of helping him, the men mug him and seize Vincent’s briefcase. Vincent arrives at the spot and shoots them both down without wasting a moment. ..
Vincent then commands Max to drive to a jazz club, where he meets with the club owner, Daniel – who he reveals to be his next target. Despite Max’s request to let Daniel live, Vincent unexpectedly executes a headshot on Daniel after a bit of gameplay.
Vincent and Max go to the hospital to visit Max’s ailing mother. On the way, Vincent buys a bouquet of flowers for Max’s mother. The old lady is warm towards Vincent and tells him that she is very proud of her son. Uncomfortable seeing his mother in the company of a man with serious homicidal tendencies, Max leaves and runs with Vincent’s briefcase. ..
With the briefcase, Vincent chasing Max down to a flyover where Max throws the briefcase on a freeway destroying it in an instant. With the briefcase, Vincent’s information about the last two targets is also lost.
Vincent orders Max to pose as him to retrieve the information of the last two targets from drug lord Felix Reyes-Torrena. Max does as he says.
Vincent and Max head to a nightclub to take the fourth one down. However, having found the three previous murders are connected, LAPD undercover detective Ray Fanning (Mark Ruffalo) is there too – in pursuit of the murderer.
Despite the presence of law enforcement, Vincent shoots down the man he is after, along with a bunch of bodyguards. Wrapping up the rumble in the nightclub, Vincent again forces Max to get into the car and continue driving. Now, all that concerns him in Los Angeles is the fifth target. ..
What happens during the final portion of Vincent’s task?
Vincent and Max are back on the road, but the situation is much tenser now. The unexpected duo gets into a verbal fight, and Max, in a fit of rage, deliberately crashes the car. Vincent escapes before a cop arrives and tries to arrest Max after finding the corpse in the trunk.
Max, who has been cooperating with the cop so far, notices in Vincent’s open laptop that his final target is none other than the lady who booked his taxi before Vincent. Aware that she is a nice working lady, Max is determined to save her life no matter the consequences. He overpowers the arresting cop and bolts towards Annie’s building. ..
Annie and Max are in Vincent’s building - prepared to close the Los Angeles chapter. However, before they can do any harm to Annie, Max interrupts them and escapes with Anne to the nearby metro station and they board a train. Vincent also boards the same train - in a rather stylish way. Not able to locate the couple inside the train, Vincent looks for them from compartment to compartment before eventually being shot by Max. ..
What does the ending really mean?
As the two men travel together, they start to develop a close bond. Vincent is determined to find the truth about what happened to his family and Max is willing to help out. However, their journey will be full of challenges and they will have to rely on each other for support.
The two have a complicated relationship. Vincent is indirectly telling Max to do the opposite of what he does. He teaches Max the right way to tackle such people and to be nice to his mother. However, Vincent never uses violence against Max – not even when Max destroys his briefcase.
In the end, Vincent screams that he is doing everything to make a living. And, when Max shoots him, he has a very content appearance – as if he is okay with his fate, his death. Or maybe he is just glad to see Max employing in real life the lessons he taught him. ..
