ニックス・ムービー／水上の稲妻 (1980)

伝説的な暗殺者として裏社会にその名をとどろかせるも、殺しの仕事から手を引いたジョン・ウィック。暴力から遠く慣れた毎日に安らぎを覚えていた彼だったが、それをロシアン・マフィアによって奪われる。怒りと憎しみに支配された彼は、封印していた殺しのスキルをよみがえらせ、ロシアン・マフィアへのリベンジを果たすことを決意する。

In the woods, a 13-year-old boy is grabbed by an escaped convict and told to bring money later that day. The boy does as he's told, only to be attacked by the convict's partner. A murder ensues, and through happenstance, the murderer and the boy's mother form an alliance. All this takes place in four days during which the boy has his first communion, his separated parents face each other amidst grandmother's hopes they'll reunite, the grandfather just wants to go fishing, the school's chaplain complains about the boy's behavior, and the convicts' shared girlfriend comes, gun in hand, to help them escape to Tangier. The mother's surprising decisions complete the story.