| Director | Gareth Evans |
|---|---|
| Genre | action film, crime film, drama film, martial arts film, thriller film |
| Runtime | 107 min |
| Country | United Kingdom, United States |
| Budget | $90 million |
Patrick Walker is a homicide detective, estranged from his family and on the payroll of Lawrence Beaumont, a real estate tycoon, mayoral candidate, and father of Charlie. Charlie is part of a gang of thieves, alongside his girlfriend Mia, Johnny, and Wes, all of whom steal a batch of washing machines that contains a hidden shipment of cocaine. They are pursued by Vincent, Hayes, Jake and Cortez, a group of narcotics squad detectives. Cortez is badly wounded and hospitalized.
That night, Charlie and Mia take the stolen cocaine to Tsui, the head of the local Triad. Mia had stolen Tsui's car and was forced to work for him to pay off the debt. While there, a gang of masked assailants bursts into the hideout, gunning down Tsui and his enforcers. Charlie and Mia barely escape. The masked gang is in league with Ching, Tsui's uncle and disgruntled lieutenant.
Upon learning that his son is accused of Tsui's murder, Lawrence commands Walker to find him. Working with his rookie partner, Ellie, Walker begins hunting down leads for Charlie and Mia's location. He visits Cortez at the hospital, as he and the entire narcotics squad used to be on Lawrence's payroll. Walker is estranged from Vincent, Hayes, Jake, and Cortez now, following an incident where Vincent killed an undercover cop during a drug theft gone wrong.
Tsui's mother and Ching's older sister, a Triad leader nicknamed "Mother", arrives in the city. Ching blames Charlie for her son's death, so Mother has Lawrence kidnapped to find Charlie. Walker tracks down Mia's uncle, Raul, who is forging passports that Charlie and Mia can use to leave the country. He takes Raul's phone and intercepts Mia at a nightclub. However, he is interrupted by Vincent, Hayes, and Jake, and then Triads, all attacking, resulting in a mass shootout. Mia identifies Vincent as Tsui's killer. Hayes, Raul, Johnny, Wes are killed in the brawl. Walker escapes with Mia and Charlie.
Walker realizes that Vincent and his colleagues were seeking to hijack the cocaine shipment for themselves, rather than capture Charlie's gang. Vincent is in league with Ching, who had a buyer for the cocaine. Ching sought to profit from the deal and take out Tsui, whom he resented for being promoted to head the Triads over him. Tying up loose ends, Ching murders Cortez and his wife at the hospital. Ellie, sent by Walker, captures him.
Walker takes Charlie and Mia to his father's old cabin on the city's outskirts. The Triads track them down and begin a massive assault, and Charlie and Mia are captured. Walker kills the Assassin, Mother's righthand, but is badly wounded. Mother arrives with Lawrence. Still believing Charlie killed Tsui, she tells Lawrence to shoot Mia since Charlie loves her.
Ellie arrives, having captured Vincent and Jake alongside Ching. She reveals them as the guilty parties. Ching admits that he plotted Tsui's death because he was jealous of his sister passing the leadership to her inexperienced son instead of to him after their eldest brother, the previous Triad leader, died. Jake tries to shoot Charlie, but Lawrence shields him, dying in Charlie's arms. Ching and traitorous Triad members loyal to him shoot Mother dead. Ching also wounds Vincent, who in turn guns Ching down and flees with the cocaine. Walker pursues him.
Charlie guns down Jake in revenge for his father. Vincent is shot by Walker. They talk but he shoots Walker, prompting him to shoot Vincent dead. Ellie lets Charlie and Mia go. Walker, wounded, urges Ellie to arrest him. She refuses, and Walker looks upon the arriving police cars, his fate uncertain.