The Grey Man Ending, Defined

Netflix’s “The Grey Man” exploded into theaters on July 15 — per week earlier than its streaming launch — with an action-packed spy caper deserving of its 129-minute runtime. The Russo Brothers-directed adaptation — primarily based on Mark Greaney’s 2009 ebook — stars Ryan Gosling as prisoner turned CIA operative Sierra Six and Chris Evans as his psychopathic colleague Lloyd Hansen, each on a world manhunt as their group’s darkest secrets and techniques threaten to be uncovered.

After a mission in Bangkok to take out certainly one of their very own, led by Regé-Jean Web page’s agent Denny Carmichael, goes terribly incorrect, Six goes on the run in Europe to forestall the CIA’s labeled info — saved on a tough drive — from falling into the incorrect arms (aka Carmichael’s). With help from agent Dani Miranda (Ana de Armas), former CIA chief Margaret Cahill (Alfre Woodard), and mentor/CIA retiree Donald Fitzroy (Billy Bob Thornton), Six wrestles with near-deadly encounters and Lloyd’s trigger-happy ways because the CIA stops at nothing to cease his inevitable betrayal.

On the finish of “The Grey Man,” Six finds himself at a crossroads when the CIA exhausting drive is unexpectedly stolen by employed murderer Avik San (Dhanush). The hunt for the machine leads Six and Dani to a citadel shootout with Lloyd and his group — which incorporates CIA senior officer Suzanne Brewer (Jessica Henwick) — in addition to a rescue mission to save lots of Fitzroy and his 12-year-old niece, Claire (Julia Butters), who’re being held captive.

Armed with weapons galore, each events duke it out in a battle of excellent in opposition to evil till just a few are left standing. The excellent news is, Dani manages to get the exhausting drive again from Avik, who willingly provides it up after he realizes Lloyd and his crew “are usually not honorable individuals.” However Fitzroy sacrifices himself to a hand grenade on the citadel’s walkway to take down Lloyd, leaving him useless. Fortunately, Six escapes considerably unscathed from the scene with Claire in tow. That’s, till he and Lloyd have interaction in yet one more altercation on the citadel grounds, however Claire shoots the latter with a flare gun, knocking off two of his fingers.

Fed up that Six will not again down, Lloyd kidnaps Claire once more and disappears into the shadows of the citadel’s maze. Finally, Six finds them by a fountain with Lloyd holding Claire at gunpoint threatening to shoot. In the meantime, Dani is perched atop the maze with an assault rifle locked, loaded, and aimed toward Lloyd. Prepared to complete their brawl, Lloyd tosses his final gun, and Lloyd lets Claire go so the 2 can lastly struggle man to man. Frightened for his security, Six assures Claire he’ll be advantageous, telling her, “It is simply one other Thursday,” per their inside joke from earlier within the film. She then tells him to “kick his ass.”

Lloyd and Six change punches and tussle earlier than the previous stabs and virtually drowns Six within the fountain. Nevertheless, justice comes when Six almost strangles Lloyd to demise and Suzanne surprisingly delivers the ultimate blow with a shot to the latter’s chest, killing him. However the story does not finish there. Suzanne places a bullet in Six’s knee to make him cooperate along with her plan, however not with out sharing a surprising story in regards to the CIA’s historical past. Earlier than she, Lloyd, and Carmichael started combating on the identical group within the CIA, the trio really went to Harvard collectively, she reveals to Six. In keeping with her, Lloyd and Carmichael’s “absurd bromance” made it unattainable for her to tell the latter simply how a lot of a legal responsibility their colleague was to their group.

In order a part of her revenge, Suzanne tells Six that the rogue contractor will posthumously take the rap for all the failed mission — together with all of the destruction left behind within the citadel and half of Prague, per his deadly police shootout in the course of the town. To do this, she enlists Six as certainly one of her witnesses to attest to Lloyd’s crimes. In change, she ensures Claire will reside peacefully whereas Six goes again to jail.

Again in Washington DC, two weeks after the tragic occasions, Dani, Carmichael, and Suzanne are all exonerated of their involvement, which Carmichael takes as his cue to destroy the incriminating exhausting drive in opposition to him that might’ve revealed his unlawful affairs of utilizing CIA brokers to commit homicide for him. Contemplating how Lloyd died, neither Suzanne nor Carmichael see eye to eye anymore, as the previous begins to faucet into her authority. If there is a continuation of “The Grey Man,” there’s certainly extra to inform of that story.

Quick ahead, Claire has been taken to a residence in Virginia, which is closely guarded by CIA brokers to make sure she does not escape. In the meantime, Carmichael and Suzanne make a journey to the power Six is being held at, the place a US military guard tells them he is been “unresponsive” as of late. Seems, he escaped the jail and made a beeline to rescue Claire, as soon as once more.

As she enters her room, Claire discovers Mark Lindsay’s “Silver Hen” report with a be aware connected to it: “Play me loud.” She complies, and shortly after, a number of gunshots ring all through the home earlier than Six walks via the door they usually fortunately hug one another. The ultimate scene reveals the 2 jetting off in a black truck, making their escape. To the place? Maybe we’ll discover out if/when “The Grey Man” is given the inexperienced mild for a sequel.