The film opens with an assassin, named Sam saying that she works for a shady organization
called,The Firm She is seen going up against a whole gang
of men all by herself before returning to her apartment injured
She is contacted by her handler Nathan, who asks to see her at the diner
one that she has been going to for years A flashback from 15 years earlier shows that
she waiting for her mother Scarlet for three hours to pick her up
When Scarlet arrives, she apologizes to her daughter and they share a milkshake after
Sam gives her a gun stashed in a book Moments later, she hides because a gang of
Russian goons come for her The leader approaches Sam and threateningly
asks her for her mom then, Scarlet comes out and executes all the
men in the diner, before having to flee the place
Sam tries to run after her, but Nathan grabs Sam
while Scarlet tearfully looks back and drives away
Nathan shows up to meet Sam, chastising her for making a mess of a job, despite him having
told her she would only have to deal without about four or five guys, and not the whole
gang that went after her He gives Sam her next assignment, which is
to retrieve money from a man that has stolen from The Firm
At the scene of Sam’s last hit is Jim, leader of an Irish gang
Apparently, his son was among the casualties of Sam’s job, and he orders his nephew Virgil
to find those responsible for the death Sam visits a library that is a front for an
organization of assassins that Scarlet used to be part of
She meets Madeleine, Florence, and Anna May They don’t fully recognize Sam, until she
tells them she is Scarlet’s daughter They take her old weapons, some of which she
stole from there, and they give her clean guns stowed away in classic novels
Sam goes to the man’s apartment and finds the money in a panda-shaped suitcase
a man called David finds her, but Sam aims her gun at him
His phone starts ringing and he insists he has to take it, but Sam tells him not to move
David goes for the phone and in the struggle, Sam accidentally shoots David in the stomach
He still manages to answer the phone, revealing that some men have kidnapped his daughter
Emily and the money was for her safe return David pleads with Sam to give the money just
for Emily’s safety Sam takes pity on him and brings him to a
special hospital for assassins to try and patch David up, while she completes his task
Sam heads to the bowling alley where David was instructed to go
Nathan calls her and she tells him that she is going to save Emily
He orders her against it and to bring the money back to The Firm, but she disobeys him
then, Nathan sends his three goons, to go after Sam but to not harm her
she arrives at the bowling alley and follows the instructions of the leader
after she changes clothes per his demands, the goons show up and order Sam to give them
the money Sam once again refuses and starts to fight,
which the kidnappers witness They begin to get rougher with her, but Sam
incapacitates all of them before getting the money back
Sam meets the kidnappers at a video store, where they give her Emily in return for the
money After making sure Emily is safe, Sam goes
after the kidnappers when one of the men turns on his crew and
shoots the driver in the head The car crashes and another one dies before
the traitor tries to escape The leader goes after him and shoots the traitor
just as he pulls out a grenade, blowing up himself AND the money
after he tries to shoot her she kills him with the broken end of a mop
Sam brings Emily to the hospital where they find that David has died
meanwhile, The men show up at the hospital, high off laughing
and the doctor tells them that Sam is there at the hospital
and they can use a paralyzing serum for her then, they can beat and kill her
The doctor injects her in the arm but is pushed out of the room
she can't move her arms, then she tells Emily what to do
The girl tapes a gun and knife to Sam’s hands
while she has use of her fingers and proceeds to take on the men
she shoots them and starts to fight with the knife until she throws the giant tooth at
one's head she managed to kill all
and they take the elevator down where Sam prepares to execute the doctor,
but at Emily’s behest she changes her mind and reminds the doctor
that a child helped spare his life Sam and Emily make their way to the parking
lot where Sam gives Emily a driving lesson some of the goons come for them
In order to spare Emily from the sight of violence, Sam has her close her eyes as she
guides her through the parking lot to avoid the goons after them
the two manage to impale several thugs before making their escape
Sam brings Emily back to her apartment, only to be found by Scarlet
The two have a tense reunion, where Scarlet has to explain that she had to go on the run,
after she killed the man responsible for the death of Sam’s father
because he worked with The Firm and it made Scarlet a wanted woman, so she had to leave
Sam behind for her protection Soon, more goons come hunting for the women,
so Scarlet manages to find a way for their to escape
The trio head to the library where they reunite with Scarlet’s old assassin sisters
Although Madeleine and Florence are happy to see Scarlet again
Anna is none too happy due to her disappearing without so much as a heads-up
The thugs led by Virgil arrive at the library for a showdown
Emily wants to stay to help Sam, seeing herself as Sam’s apprentice
but in order to get Emily out of there, Sam confesses to her that she was assigned to
kill Emily’s father and that she carried it out
The thugs break through the library while Sam and Scarlet stay behind for a shootout
Madeleine keeps Emily safe in a van while she and Florence get in on the action
The ladies battle the thugs and execute most of them, while Virgil battles Madeleine with
her sledgehammer After a lengthy fight with the ladies coming
out victorious, they find Madeleine mortally wounded, telling them that Virgil kidnapped
Emily She dies alongside her sisters
after that, Sam goes after Emily alone and Scarlet says it is too unsafe to do so
she meets Jim and his goons at the diner to get Emily back
he tells Sam how he was so proud to have a son after having many daughters, so it is
extra personal to him that she killed his son
She is genuinely remorseful for having done so, and accepts whatever torture Jim plans
to inflict upon her She is saved when Scarlet, Florence and Anna
come by to protect her Sam gets Emily out of the diner, and although
the men are instructed to stand down, Jim attempts to attack first with a knife, only
to get a bullet to the head courtesy of Scarlet they proceed to gun down Virgil and the rest
of the men Sam brings Emily to a hideout off the grid
for protection She has a nightmare that Emily kills her in
retribution for her father’s death, so she tells her she is sorry for what happened with
her father and Emily forgives her because Sam still tried
to save him In the aftermath, Sam has Emily go to Nathan’s
house posing as a girl scout to send a warning to him
Knowing that The Firm wants to kill them, she uses a sniper rifle to get Nathan to send
a warning to The Firm, stating that Sam, Scarlet and the other Librarians have what it takes
to kill all of them without any of them seeing it coming, and Nathan gets the message
The film closes with the women and Emily driving away to an unknown destination, but freer
and closer than ever