A ruthless and heavily armed hitman hired to assassinate a newborn baby. He leads a team of thugs, survives an initial encounter due to a bulletproof vest, and later tortures both Donna and Smith to find the infant. He reveals he was responsible for killing Smith's family before being critically wounded and ultimately killed by Smith.
Their escalating conflict drives the film's central action.
Hertz leads repeated attempts to kill the newborn, while Smith repeatedly defeats his forces and ultimately kills him.
They coordinate the conspiracy's political and violent operations.
Hammerson and Hertz work together to manipulate the presidential situation and secure a bone-marrow donor for Senator Rutledge.
Rutledge benefits directly from Hertz's violent actions.
Hertz helps protect the donor operation because it is intended to provide Rutledge with a matching bone-marrow transplant.
Hertz uses violence to obtain information from Donna.
Hertz arrives at the brothel and tortures Donna for information about Smith and the newborn.
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