The Gray Man (film)

*For the book, see The Gray Man novel.*

Court Gentry and Lloyd Hansen on movie poster

**The Gray Man** is an American action thriller film directed by Russo Brothers, who both produced the film with Mike Larocca, from a screenplay co-written with Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely, based on the 2009 novel of the same name by Mark Greaney.

## Premise

When Court Gentry, the CIA's most skilled mercenary whose true identity is known to none, accidentally uncovers dark agency secrets, Lloyd Hansen, a psychopathic former colleague, puts a bounty on his head, setting off a global manhunt by international assassins.

## Storyline

Court Gentry aka, Sierra Six a highly skilled former CIA Operative, was once the agency's best merchant of death. After his escape from prison, and recruitment by former handler Donald Fitzroy, Gentry is now on the run from the CIA with agent Lloyd Hansen hot on his trail. Aided by Agent Dani Miranda, Hansen will stop at nothing to bring Gentry down.

## Synopsis

When the CIA’s most skilled mercenary—whose true identity is known to none—accidentally uncovers dark agency secrets, a psychopathic former colleague puts a bounty on his head, setting off a global manhunt by international assassins.

Based on the book series: *The Gray Man* by Mark Greaney

## Plot

In 2003, senior CIA official Donald Fitzroy visits a prisoner named Courtland Gentry in Florida eight years into a very long sentence, which made him eligible for parole until 2031. The reaosn why Courtland is in prison is due to him killing his abusive father in order to protect his brother. Fitzroy offers him his freedom in exchange for working as an assassin in the CIA's Sierra program, existing in the gray and says that he would become a value-add. Fitzroy also mentions that Courtland would be indefinitely useful.

18 years later in, Courtland is now known as Sierra Six, working with fellow CIA agent Dani Miranda in order to assassinate a target named Dining Car suspected of selling off national security secrets in Bangkok. They first attempt to kill the target using stealth, but this proves unsuccessful when a child is in the way, which Courtland refuses to engage with. This angers CIA official Denny Carmichael, who orders him to attack even if it means hurting the child. Refusing once more, he attacks Dining Car directly, mortally wounding him. However, much to Courtland's surprise, Dining Car reveals he was also in the Sierra program, previously known as Sierra Four. Both of them fight, with Courtland eventually gaining the upper hand, mortally wounding Sierra Four. However, before he dies, he hands Six an encrypted drive detailing the corruption of CIA official Denny Carmichael, the lead agent on the assassination mission. Courtland is confused and approached by Dani, who takes evidence of the now dead Sierra Four.

Carmichael confronts Six, asking if Four had given him any information that he wanted to give him. However, Carmichae is elusive about the true purpose of the mission and the contents of the drive, and Six refuses evacuation from Bangkok with Carmichael's men, telling Dani to go by herself. Sending the drive to former Sierra Program handler Margaret Cahill in Prague, he calls a now-retired Fitzroy to request extraction.

In order to stop Six and get the drive back in his possession, Carmichael hires mercenary Lloyd Hansen, who is a former CIA agent kicked out for his sociopathic tendencies. Excited by the new job he has, Hansen applies pressure by not attacking Six directly, but rather by attacking Fitzroy, who he knows Six has a close relationship to. However, he does not attack Fitzroy directly either, but rather chooses to attack his niece Claire, forcing Fitzroy to authorize Six's murder by the extraction team. However, Six is able to fight all of them off and escapes, calling Fitzroy from Turkey. Fitzroy reveals that he had no choice but to betray him and Lloyd decides to talk to Six directly, saying that he would get the drive from him by using force.

Carmichael sends his subordinate Suzanne Brewer to oversee Hansen and keep him in line. Hansen keeps Claire hostage in a mansion in Croatia, at his base of operations. He also puts a massive bounty on Six's head to get mercenaries and assassins to hunt him down.

Six heads to Vienna to find the serial number of Claire's pacemaker from Laszlo Sosa, but he betrays him for the bounty which Hansen placed on his head, making him stand on a floor trap which leads him to fall into a hole.

Carmichael interrogates Dani, who he says is attractive. Carmichael asked her why Six had not followed orders and offers to have her move up fast through the CIA if she betrays Six. Holding her hand, he tells her that Six is a bad person and she is protecting him. Dani simply tells him to leave her alone, so Carmichael suspends her. Dani then runs over to help Six in order to bring him into the CIA in order to salvage her career.

Six escapes just as Hansen arrives with his team and kills Sosa, while Six kills all of Hansen's teammates and is rescued by Miranda from Hansen.

After Lloyd comes back empty handed, Suzanne berates him for having kidnapped a former agent's niece. However, Lloyd tells her that he managed to get Six scared and on the run while he is able to get to him easier than the CIA ever could because he does not follow any sort of rules whatsoever.

Six convinces Dani to drive him to Cahill's apartment in Prague, where she decrypts the drive. It reveals the extent of Carmichael's corruption on behalf of a mysterious benefactor working for a shadow government. Hansen sends several teams of assassins to Cahill, and the terminally ill Cahill blows up her home, so Six and Miranda can escape.

Six is arrested and handcuffed in the square. A massive shootout in Prague results in all the police officers present slaughtered and Six escapes on a tram. After a long chase and gun battle, Six is once again saved by Miranda, in Cahill's bulletproof car. They infiltrate a hospital to track down Claire through her pacemaker's wireless signal.

Suzanna berates Lloyd once again after he fails to retrieve the drive in Prague, but a Tamil mercenary, Avik San also known as "Lone Wolf" calls in and says that he is tracking the target.

Following them to the hospital, Avik steals the drive from them after a big fight, knocking them out, and bringing it to Hansen in order to get paid. However, he is surprised to learn that Hansen was planning on killing a child.

Six and Miranda follow the pacemaker to Hansen's base. She creates a distraction while he infiltrates the mansion rescuing Fitzroy and Claire. Mortally wounded as they flee, Fitzroy sacrifices himself attempting to kill Hansen. Miranda knocks out Hansen's men, but Lone Wolf narrowly escapes. He defeats her in a fight, but gives her the drive, having become disgusted with Hansen's lack of morals and honour.

Hansen takes Claire hostage and drags her into a hedge maze. After a standoff, he lets go of Claire and fights with Six. Before Six can kill him, Brewer shoots Hansen. She then tells Six that she plans to pin Carmichael's actions on Hansen to gain leverage over him. Furthermore, Brewer pledges Claire's safety, but only if Six continues to work for the CIA.

Six and Miranda are forced to co-operate in the cover-up, where ultimately no action is taken against Carmichael. After the debriefing at the CIA headquarters, Miranda threatens to kill Carmichael if any harm comes to Claire. Six escapes custody and frees Claire, who is being held at a secret location.

## Credits

**By type**

Cast

* **Chris Evans** as **Lloyd Hansen**
* **Ana de Armas** as **Dani Miranda**
* **Dhanush** as **Avik San**
* **Jessica Henwick** as **Suzanne Brewer**
* **Wagner Moura** as **Laszlo Sosa**
* **Julia Butters** as **Claire Fitzroy**
* **Regé-Jean Page** as **Denny Carmichael**
* **Billy Bob Thornton** as **Donald Fitzroy**
* **Alfre Woodard** as **Margaret Cahill**
* **Callan Mulvey** as **Sierra Four**
* **Eme Ikwuakor** as **Mr. Felix**
* **Scott Haze** as
* **Michael Gandolfini** as
* **Sam Lerner** as
* **Robert Kazinsky** as **Perini**
* **DeObia Oparei** as **Dulin**

Uncredited*

Crew

## Cast

* Ryan Gosling as Court Gentry
* Chris Evans as Lloyd Hansen
* Ana de Armas as Dani Miranda
* Dhanush as Avik San
* Jessica Henwick as Suzanne Brewer
* Wagner Moura as Laszlo Sosa
* Julia Butters as Claire Fitzroy
* Regé-Jean Page as Denny Carmichael
* Billy Bob Thornton as Donald Fitzroy
* Alfre Woodard as Margaret Cahill
* Callan Mulvey as Sierra Four
* Eme Ikwuakor as Mr. Felix
* Scott Haze as
* Michael Gandolfini as
* Sam Lerner as
* Robert Kazinsky as Perini
* DeObia Oparei as Dulin

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## References

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