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Plot Summary

An unidentified boy witnesses a man, who he doesn’t recognise, but only see his gun, gun his friend down.  The film cuts three years later where an isolated young man, Eric, spots another man, Kyle, spying on him. Fearing for his safety, Eric arms himself with a gun he had hidden. Later that night, Kyle breaks into Eric’s house to kill him. After a shootout, Eric is held at gunpoint by Kyle, whilst critically wounded. Eric recognises the gun in Kyle’s hand from three years ago. At the last second, Eric shoots Kyle moments before he could pull the trigger before blacking out.  Eric wakes up the next day. Eric patches himself up, hides Kyle’s corpse in his store room, and cleans up all the evidence of a fight occurring. As he walks out of his house, he recalls the events of three years ago. It is revealed that Kyle was the boy who witnessed the assassination of his best friend, and it was Eric who was the assassin, three years ago.  Eric stops by a tree, receiving a call fr...
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Evaluation

The film centres around a merciless professional hitman. He has the innocent look of an ordinary and caring civilian. This appearance can be used to mask his true nature - the old idiom of looks can be deceiving. The film is a representation of the Hollywood trope of ‘Lone Hitman’, similar to ‘John Wick’ as they are both assassins and also enjoy similar rich lifestyles. They are both professional and successful. I presented my main character as a man with good looks, and seemingly harmless, but he is, in reality, a cold, calculating and ruthless mercenary killer. This is seen by the close-up of the smile he had on his face to show his delight when he thought back to both his past deeds and possible future. His greed for money is shown by a phone call where he coldly demands a price for an assassination contract. He sees life as transactional, always in demand as a killer for hire. The victim is the opposite, his desire to kill is driven by revenge, an emotional motivator. This is repre...
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