Plot: In London, fifty-four year-old professional killer Victor Maynard (Bill Nighy) is a lonely and methodic hitman that comes from a lineage of killers and lives in the country. He is considered the best and most expensive killer in London. When thief Rose (Emily Blunt) lures powerful gangster Ferguson (Rupert Everett) and sells a fake Rembrandt to him for nine hundred thousand pounds sterling, he contracts Maynard to kill her. He follows Rose and fails in his attempt; but soon he feels attracted for her and spares her life. Meanwhile, Ferguson sends his two bodyguards to kill Rose in a parking garage, but Maynard saves her, helped by the car washer Tony (Rupert Grint). Maynard feels potential in Tony and invites him to be his apprentice and Rose and Tony believe he is a private detective. They flee from the bodyguard that has survived, and Maynard decides to protect Rose and Tony. Soon Victor is pressed by his mother Louisa Maynard (Dame Eileen Atkins), who is worried about her family reputation, while Ferguson hires two sadistic killers to hunt Rose and Victor down. But Victor and Rose seem to be made for each other.
Alternative Plot: Longing to get out of the assassination business, a hit man (Bill Nighy) decides not to follow through with his latest assignment to kill a pretty art thief (Emily Blunt).
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