![]() McFarland and Stenders piece together the events that led to Charlie’s demise with puzzle-like dexterity, only gradually revealing who hired him. But this ain’t no sun-kissed restful paradise. Cinematographer Geoffrey Simpson turns this imposing natural setting into a dynamic canvas for sinister deeds, with a muscular shooting style and vivid embrace of color and light. That would be Eagles Nest, Western Australia, a sleepy coastal hamlet with miles of pristine beaches, presented here with wild bushland, desert sands and red rock gorges all within reach. In an opening voiceover, private detective and assassin-for-hire Charlie Wolfe ( Simon Pegg) announces his astonishment at dying in a place like this. Add in overdressed sets that call attention to themselves, heightened performance styles, skewed framing and cartoon violence, with the camera lavishing glossy money-shot adoration on every ribbon of bloodshed that explodes whenever bullet meets flesh. It continues with the non-sequential storytelling, divided into three time-shifting chapters (“Kill Me Once,” etc.) of overlapping action that allow key developments to be covered from different perspectives. That starts with the bold retro-graphic titles and swingin’ surf rock soundtrack, full of fat guitar licks. Wolfe is badly wounded, but he is still miraculously able to talk on phone and get another job.But everything here feels borrowed from readily identifiable sources. ![]() Alice comes out of nowhere and clobbers Wolfe with an ax. Wolfe shoots Dylan, but only hits his shoulder. At the door Dylan comes pointing a gun at Wolfe, but Wolfe slaps Dylan's hand, making him shoot Lucy dead. They quarrel, and Wolfe says hes leaving her. Wolfe arrives at Nathan and Lucy's, where its revealed that Wolfe and Lucy had been conspiring together to get all the money, even though Lucy curses him for killing Nathan, which prevents them from claiming the insurance money from killing Alice. Dylan didn't really leave, and he follows Wolfe as soon as Wolfe come out of Jack's. Bruce comes and finds Wolfe with Jacks corpse and Wolfe kills him. Wolfe comes to Jack's after killing Nathan, only to find Jack dead. The next day, Dylan comes barging in asking about Alice disappearing. Wolfe comes to collect his payment from Jack, Jack finds that his money is gone and assumes Alice has taken it. At the meeting Wolfe ends up killing Nathan, saying to him that hell complete the work by killing Lucy. He then sets up a meeting with the sender, who is Wolfe. Nathan receives an anonymous message of someone seeing them carrying Alice's body. Bruce finds Lucy's burning car and comes extorting extra money from Nathan. Wolfe meets Jack confirming Alice's death. Nathan and Alice quarrel about Alice's money but they keep it. Its shown that Alice actually wakes up and avoids the explosion. Wolfe follows Alice for the kill and he spots Nathan and Lucy on their scheme. Meanwhile a policeman, Bruce, who has been extorting money from Nathan and Lucy, comes and muscles out Nathans payment commitment. The next day Wolfe shows the video to Jack, who is angry and tells Wolfe to kill Alice. Wolfe tails Alice and records Alice and Dylan having sex. Jack hires Wolfe to tail Alice, who had previously gone from Jack's place with Jack's money. In a flashback, Alice's husband Jack is jealous of Alice and suspicious that she's having an affair. Driving Alice's car, Lucy spots money in Alice's bag under the seat and keeps it. Nathan and Lucy then put Alice in Lucy's car, put Lucy's jewelry on Lucy, set the car on fire, and let it roll into a ravine where it explodes. ![]() They prepare to switch Lucy into Lucy's car, but she wakes and gets away. As they prepare to burn Alice's VW bug, Nathan accidentally rolls it into the quarry. On the way to a quarry, Nathan stops for gas at Dylan's shop. But instead, Nathan and Lucy drug Alice, kidnap her, and prepare to murder her, all the while Wolfe watches from afar. Alice wakes up and arranges an appointment with her dentist Nathan through his wife/assistant Lucy. Charlie Wolfe is a fixer who, in the middle of a murder, gets a call, to which he answers that he'll be there in an hour.
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