| Director | Robert Schwentke |
|---|---|
| Genre | action film, comedy film, crime thriller film, spy film |
| Runtime | 111 min |
| Country | United States |
| Budget | $58 million |
| Box office | $199 million |
Former CIA black ops agent Frank Moses lives in the suburbs and frequently tears up his pension checks in order to call center employee Sarah Ross, with whom he has fallen in love over the phone. One day, an assassination squad attacks Frank at his home, but he kills the entire group. Knowing that his phone conversations with Sarah have been monitored and fearing for her safety, Frank travels to Missouri to rescue her, kidnapping her when she refuses to come with him. Meanwhile, CIA agent William Cooper is tasked by his supervisor Cynthia Wilkes to kill Frank.
In New Orleans, Frank ties up Sarah in a motel room while he visits his former mentor Joe at a retirement home for help identifying the squad. Joe's intel reveals that the same squad murdered a New York Times reporter recently. Sarah gets loose and calls 9-1-1, alerting Cooper to her location. Frank saves her from one of Cooper's agents, and the pair narrowly avoid Cooper. In New York, they speak with the reporter's mother and find a list of names the reporter was investigating (including Frank's), almost all of whom recently died. Meanwhile, Joe's room is infiltrated by a hitman, leaving Frank devastated.
Frank and Sarah track down retired agent Marvin Boggs in Florida, whose name is on the list. He finds that all the names on the list were part of a series of killings in Guatemala in 1981 that they were involved in. The three track down pilot Gabriel Singer, who flew the mission, but he is killed by a sniper before he can give any valuable information. Frank secures the help of retired FSB agent Ivan Simanov in exchange for a favor, and with Sarah infiltrates the Secure Records Vault at the CIA's headquarters in Virginia to obtain the Guatemala file. Frank runs into Cooper in his office and they fight; he dislocates Cooper's shoulder, and Cooper shoots and wounds Frank. Frank and Sarah are picked up by Marvin and Joe (who survived the assassination attempt). The four seek help from retired British assassin Victoria Winslow, who joins them as they decide to meet Alexander Dunning, an arms dealer who is the only other name on the list still alive.
Joe, Frank, and Marvin interrogate Dunning at his home, where he reveals that the killings were ordered by the Vice President of the US, Robert Stanton, in order to cover up Stanton's mass killing of innocent villagers in Guatemala. Meanwhile, Cooper receives a tip that leads him to Dunning's mansion. Joe sacrifices his life to help Frank and Marvin escape. The two and Victoria are extracted by Ivan, but Sarah is captured by Cooper's men. Finding the Guatemala file Frank left for him at his house, Cooper realizes that he is being used in the coverup and has himself assigned to Stanton's security detail.
The remaining group kidnaps Stanton with the help of Ivan. Frank calls Cooper and arranges to trade Stanton for Sarah. Cooper arrives alone and Cynthia brings Sarah, as well as Dunning, who shoots Stanton and reveals himself and Cynthia to be behind the assassinations. He orders Cooper to detain Frank, offering to make him CIA Director if he kills Frank and Sarah. Cooper instead kills Cynthia. Marvin and Victoria kill Dunning's bodyguards, and Frank and Marvin kill Dunning. Cooper then lets everyone leave, staying behind to clean up after them.
The group leaves, and Ivan cashes in his favor from Frank; a problem needs to be resolved in Moldova. Sarah happily insists that she join Frank on the mission. Frank and Marvin are then shown fleeing Moldovan troops with a stolen nuclear device.