E18 | FILM - KATE

<p><br>Kate is an assassin who uses her skills as a <a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sniper">sniper</a> to kill targets selected by her trusted mentor and <a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Handler">handler</a>, Varrick. After she was left orphaned as a child, Varrick raised her, playing both a <a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Father_figure">father figure</a> role and giving her extensive training in weapons and combat.</p><p><br>As the film opens, Kate is in <a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osaka">Osaka</a> on an assignment to kill a member of a crime syndicate, readying herself with her rifle in an <a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Overwatch_(military_tactic)">overwatch</a> position. The syndicate member steps out of his car and presents as a target, but Kate resists taking the shot because a child has unexpectedly accompanied him. She ultimately shoots the target at Varrick's insistence. While Kate's assignment is a success, this breach of her ethics and of the agreement she had with Varrick that they would not kill targets in the presence of children leaves her in emotional turmoil. She tells Varrick that she will do one final mission before retiring from her work for him as an assassin.</p><p><br>Before the final mission, Kate meets a charismatic stranger at her hotel's bar. The pair share a bottle of wine and have sex in her room. Later, when she is in position for her next sniping mission, she starts getting symptoms of dizziness that make her miss the shot. Kate realizes that the stranger at the hotel poisoned her, and is told by doctors that she has <a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acute_radiation_sickness">acute radiation poisoning</a> and only twenty-four hours to live. She steals injectable stimulant drugs and sets out to exact revenge on whoever is behind the poisoning.</p><p><br>As Kate sets about finding answers, she starts with tracking down the stranger from the hotel encounter. He turns out to have been a pawn in a larger game, forced into do