All the Devil's Men (2018) — AI Story Visualization

Plot Analysis Summary

A returning operative pursues a disavowed target planning a nuclear purchase while confronting personal grievances, violent consequences, and doubts about the mission.

Story Structure — 5 Plot Phases

A Return to the Field

After a covert operation involving Oleg, Collins is cut loose by his former employer. FullSpec brings him back for a London assignment targeting McKnight, and a short deadline forces the team to move quickly.

Key Events

• Covert Operation Involving Oleg — The account refers to a covert operation involving Oleg before Collins is cut loose. Characters: Oleg, Collins Location: Unspecified
• Collins Is Cut Loose — Collins learns that his former employer is ending his employment. Characters: Collins Location: Unspecified
• FullSpec Offers London Assignment — FullSpec agrees to bring Collins back for a new assignment in London. Characters: Collins, Leigh Location: Unspecified
• McKnight Named as Target — Intelligence identifies McKnight as a high-priority target, giving the team twelve hours to act. Characters: Collins, Leigh, McKnight Location: Unspecified
• Team Assembles in London — Collins is reluctant to work with others as Brennan takes the lead and Samuelson joins. Characters: Collins, Brennan, Samuelson Location: London

Following Deighton's Lead

Collins joins Brennan and Samuelson, though he is reluctant to work with others. Their contact with Deighton provides a route toward McKnight, whose planned warhead purchase raises the mission's stakes.

Key Events

• Deighton Provides a Lead — The team approaches Deighton, who knows McKnight and provides information despite his wariness. Characters: Collins, Brennan, Samuelson, Deighton Location: London
• McKnight's Nuclear Deal Revealed — The team learns that McKnight is arranging to buy a warhead for a tactical nuclear weapon. Characters: Collins, McKnight Location: London
• Leigh Offers Cooperation — Leigh approaches Collins with an offer to cooperate in the pursuit. Characters: Leigh, Collins Location: Unspecified

Leigh's Double Game

Leigh offers Collins cooperation, but he suspects that she is maneuvering to benefit from both sides and claim credit for McKnight's death. She also reveals the personal grievance behind her pursuit: McKnight killed her father and sent her a video.

Key Events

• Leigh's Motives Surface — Collins realizes Leigh aims to profit from both sides and gain credit for McKnight's death. Characters: Leigh, Collins Location: Unspecified
• Leigh Reveals Her Father's Death — Leigh says McKnight beheaded her father and sent her a video of the killing. Characters: Leigh, Collins, McKnight Location: Unspecified

Violence and Reckoning

The pursuit turns violent, leaving Brennan lost and Collins wounded while McKnight takes refuge on a boat. Deighton threatens Collins, and Collins later confesses to a past killing that deepens his doubts about the mission.

Key Events

• Pursuit Turns Violent — The pursuit escalates into violence; Brennan is lost and Collins is wounded. Characters: Collins, Brennan, Samuelson, McKnight Location: London
• McKnight Takes Refuge on a Boat — McKnight takes refuge on a boat as the pursuit continues. Characters: McKnight Location: Boat
• Deighton Threatens Collins — Deighton admits that he intends to kill Collins and calls the conflict business. Characters: Deighton, Collins Location: Unspecified
• Collins Confesses His Past — Collins confesses to killing four unarmed Afghans, including a boy, after promising to protect them. Characters: Collins, Samuelson Location: Unspecified

An Unfinished Pursuit

The surviving operatives weigh Collins's doubts against the danger of McKnight's nuclear deal. Collins agrees to continue, and the group decides to hack TJD Security's servers, but the supplied account ends before the outcome is known.

Key Events

• The Team Recommits to the Mission — After questioning the mission's purpose, Collins agrees that McKnight's nuclear deal must be stopped. Characters: Collins, Samuelson Location: Unspecified
• TJD Security Hack Proposed — The group decides to hack TJD Security's servers; the available account ends before the attempt's outcome. Characters: Collins, Samuelson Location: Unspecified

Story Breakdown

• Collins Returns — After being cut loose, Collins is offered a new assignment in London.
  • Employer Cuts Ties — Collins is told that his former employer is ending their arrangement.
  • London Assignment — FullSpec agrees to bring Collins back for a new mission.
• Urgent Target Search — The team receives a short deadline to pursue McKnight.
  • McKnight Identified — Intelligence marks McKnight as a high-priority target.
  • Team Assembles — Brennan takes the lead while Samuelson joins the operation.
• Deighton's Lead — The team's contact with Deighton draws them closer to McKnight.
  • Old Associate — Deighton is described as an old associate who knows McKnight.
  • Information Given — Though wary, Deighton provides information that pulls the team into McKnight's orbit.
• Nuclear Stakes — The pursuit takes on broader urgency when McKnight's intended purchase is revealed.
  • Warhead Purchase — McKnight is arranging to buy a warhead for a tactical nuclear weapon.
  • Mission's Urgency — The nuclear deal becomes the argument for continuing the pursuit.
• Leigh's Conflicted Offer — Leigh's cooperation is complicated by her ambitions and personal history.
  • Cooperation Offered — Leigh approaches Collins with an offer to work together.
  • Competing Motives — Collins realizes Leigh seeks advantage from both sides and credit for McKnight's death.
• A Personal Grievance — Leigh's history with McKnight adds a personal dimension to the conflict.
  • Blame Directed at Collins — Leigh blames Collins for her father's death in South Waziristan.
  • McKnight's Violence — Leigh says McKnight beheaded her father and sent her a video.
• Pursuit Turns Violent — The operation suffers losses as McKnight evades the team.
  • Brennan Lost — Brennan is lost during the violent pursuit.
  • Collins Wounded — Collins is wounded as McKnight takes refuge on a boat.
• Deighton Turns Hostile — The former association between Deighton and Collins gives way to an explicit threat.
  • Lethal Intention — Deighton admits that he intends to kill Collins.
  • Business Versus Personal — Deighton calls the conflict business, while Collins sees it as personal.
• Collins Questions the Mission — Collins's past confession intensifies his doubts about the work and its consequences.
  • Past Killing Confessed — Collins says he killed four unarmed Afghans, including a boy, after promising to protect them.
  • Purpose Challenged — He questions whether their work protects the homeland or creates more enemies.
• Unfinished Next Move — The group commits to pursuing McKnight, but the supplied account stops before the outcome.
  • Collins Continues — Collins agrees that McKnight's nuclear deal makes stopping him urgent.
  • Server Hack Planned — The group decides to hack TJD Security's servers; the result is not provided.

Directed by

Matthew Hope

Key Cast

• Sylvia Hoeks — Leigh
• William Fichtner — Brennan
• Gbenga Akinnagbe — Samuelson
• Milo Gibson — Collins
• Elliot Cowan — McKnight