In South Africa, a convoy of interpol agents led by Lin (Xu Qing) transport a prisoner, Keith. At a checkpoint, they are ambushed. Most of the agents are killed, but Lin escapes with Keith.
Travis Conrad (Ethan Hawke), a hitman, fishes with his father in law, Frank (Rutger Hauer). They scatter ashes in the ocean, noting the one year anniversary of the deaths they commemorate. After Frank falls asleep, Travis goes to a bar to get cocaine. He assaults two thugs following him who tell him Jim wants to see him. Jim offers Travis $1 million per day to clean up the botched assassination attempt on Keith and Lin. Though he initially refuses, claiming he’s retired, the money convinces him. He travels to Hong Kong and meets Lin’s son, from whom he steals his cell phone and determines Lin’s location. He meets her at the airport and seduces her. The next morning, he gets Keith’s location from her phone but chooses not to kill her; she realizes he is an agent and kills him.