Targeted by a powerful multinational corporation, a former CIA operative-turned ultimate assassin must fight his way across Europe and past special forces teams from around the world in order to save the life of his handler and the handler's family.Yep, that's how I role.
Seriously though, James Gray will be the man in the chair holding the reigns for The Gray Man and that's how the meta reference came in. Gray has a definite vision for the project and for those of who remember We Own the Night read on.
[Gray] has a very specific plan to shoot the film that will distinguish it from past assassin-on-the-run thrillers like the Jason Bourne films. That is to have the point of view come from the assassin. He tried this style in the car chase scene in We Own the Night, where Joaquin Phoenix watched from the back of a car as assassins gunned down his police chief father (Robert Duvall). "Almost every shot was from Joaquin's point of view, inside that car, and I want to make a whole movie with that POV," Gray said. He's a fan of Paul Greengrass's Bourne films, but wanted a different approach than one Greengrass used so effectively. "What he did was a documentary-style objective approach, and he owns that style. I want to do the opposite, which feels like a good way to sympathize with a professional hitman. You humanize him by never distancing yourself from his experience. This story has emotional stakes that enable me to do that."Hmm... this could go either way. In Point Break that running with a handheld camera really made the movie as it put you right into the action and you felt like the fourth wall was broken. Just like The French Connection changed things up with starting the movie with a bang, I think this could work as long as it works. If people feel sick or still don't care about the assassin, then this will be a wasted effort.
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