Freelance 🎥 2023 Movie Info

Plot Summary

Mason Pettits, a U.S. Army Special Forces operator, is injured and medically discharged after his helicopter is shot down during a failed mission to assassinate Juan Venegas, the dictator of the fictional South American nation of Paldonia. Years later, Mason, stuck in a dead-end job at a law firm, is approached by an old teammate, Sebastian Earle. Sebastian offers Mason a lucrative private security job protecting disgraced journalist Claire Wellington, who has been invited to Paldonia by Venegas to interview him in the midst of an uprising against his regime. Mason reluctantly accepts the job, upsetting his wife Jenny, who wishes him to remain in the life of his daughter Casey.

Mason and Claire travel to Paldonia, with Venegas personally escorting them from the airport. However, while they are on their way to Venegas’ estate, the convoy is ambushed by a militant group, which destroys their vehicles and kills Venegas’ bodyguards. Mason fights off the assailants and escapes into the jungle with Claire and Venegas. Venegas deduces that their attackers were his own soldiers in disguise, and that the assassination attempt is a coup orchestrated by his nephew Jorge, with the backing of a South African military group led by Colonel Jan Koehorst. Mason calls for an evacuation helicopter for himself and Claire, hoping to abandon Venegas in the jungle.

However, the arriving helicopter is crewed by mercenaries who attempt to kill Mason and Claire. Mason, with a little help from Venegas, fights them off, and the group arrives at a village where Venegas is highly respected. Claire successfully films her interview with Venegas, in which he asserts sovereignty over Paldonia’s valuable mineral resources. While Mason bonds further with Claire, he resists her romantic advances, remembering his family back home. The next day, Venegas hints at a true purpose for Mason’s job.

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