Character Relationship Map: Skiptrace

Characters

• Bennie Chan (played by Jackie Chan) — protagonist

  Bennie Chan is a Hong Kong detective who has spent years pursuing a powerful criminal figure while honoring the memory of his former partner. After protecting his partner's daughter from a criminal sy...

• Connor Watts (played by Johnny Knoxville) — protagonist

  Connor Watts is an American conman and gambler who becomes a reluctant witness to a murder connected to a criminal syndicate. After being kidnapped and rescued by Bennie Chan, he travels across countr...

• Yung (played by Eric Tsang Chi-Wai) — supporting

  Yung is Bennie Chan's former police partner, presumed dead after sacrificing himself years earlier. He secretly survives and builds a criminal career, eventually revealing that he controls the organiz...

• Dasha (played by Eve Torres) — supporting

  Dasha is a Siberian hitwoman who leads a group pursuing Connor Watts after he becomes wanted by a Russian criminal leader. She and her gang break Connor and Bennie Chan out of police custody in order...

• Dima's daughter (played by Sara Forsberg) — minor

  Dima's daughter is connected to Connor Watts through a pregnancy that causes her father to order Connor's capture. Connor returns to Russia to fulfill what he considers his responsibility and witnesse...

• Dima, Russian Kingpin (played by Mikhail Gorevoy) — minor

  Dima, Russian Kingpin, is a powerful Russian criminal figure whose daughter becomes pregnant after an encounter with Connor Watts. He sends men to seize Connor and later has Dasha pursue him so he can...

• Victor Wong (played by Winston Chao) — supporting

  Victor Wong is a businessman whom Bennie Chan suspects of secretly leading a notorious criminal operation. Connor Watts recognizes Wong as the man responsible for a murder in his casino, while Wong's...

Canonical Relationships

Family, romantic, and professional connections based on plot evidence.

• Dima's daughter → Dima, Russian Kingpin (daughter)
• Bennie Chan → Yung (Professional Former Partner) — They begin as law-enforcement partners whose shared history shapes Chan's later investigation.

  The plot identifies Yung Bai as Bennie Chan's police partner during the 2007 investigation. Yung sacrifices himself and gives Chan his watch.

Story Dynamics

Alliances, conflicts, and narrative interactions that evolve throughout the story.

• Yung → Connor Watts (Conflict Criminal Captor) — Connor becomes a prisoner of Yung's organization because of the incriminating phone.

  Connor and Chan are held captive by the criminal gang after reaching the shipyard controlled by Matador.

• Bennie Chan → Dasha (Alliance Temporary Rescuers) — Dasha's intervention becomes useful to Chan during the final crisis.

  Dasha arrives with help to rescue Chan and Connor from the flooding cargo ship.

• Connor Watts → Dasha (Conflict Pursued Captive) — Dasha repeatedly treats Connor as a target rather than an ally.

  Dasha and her gang break Connor and Chan out of custody because they want to capture Connor and return him to their leader.

• Yung → Victor Wong (Conflict Criminal Adversaries) — The apparent crime boss is ultimately subordinate to the hidden criminal leader.

  At the shipyard, Chan and Connor witness Victor Wong talking to Matador before Matador kills him for failing to recover the phone.

• Bennie Chan → Victor Wong (Conflict Investigative Pursuer) — Victor Wong is the apparent target of Chan's long-running investigation.

  Chan has tracked the suspected crime boss for years and attempts to prove that the businessman is Matador.

• Bennie Chan → Connor Watts (Alliance Forced Partners) — Their reluctant partnership drives the journey and gradually develops into mutual reliance.

  Chan rescues Connor and must travel with him after Connor becomes the witness connected to the phone and the murder investigation.

• Connor Watts → Victor Wong (Conflict Witnessed Enemy) — Connor's eyewitness knowledge makes him a direct threat to Wong's criminal interests.

  Connor witnesses a woman's murder in the casino and later recognizes Victor Wong on the news as the murderer.

Story Analysis

A grieving detective and an unreliable witness cross borders to expose a hidden criminal identity and confront a betrayed partnership.

Plot Progression

1. The Watch and the Witness — Bennie Chan's old partnership with Yung establishes the emotional foundation of the investigation. Connor Watts becomes a dangerous witness after obtaining a phone tied to Matador.
2. A Passportless Journey — Chan rescues Connor, but Connor destroys the passport and forces them into an improvised journey. Their uneasy partnership exposes the phone's importance.
3. Evidence Under Threat — Connor identifies Victor Wong as the murderer while Chan faces threats against Yung's daughter. The partners separate, reunite, and struggle to unlock the phone.
4. The Hidden Matador — Chan and Connor infiltrate the shipyard and witness Wong's death. The investigation reaches its central reversal when Matador is revealed as Yung.
5. Flooded Redemption — The cargo ship floods, forcing former partners to cooperate in a final rescue. Yung dies, the criminal network collapses, and Chan receives a hopeful new beginning.