A new, intriguing neighbour (Mads Mikkelson) moves in opposite and she follows him, witnessing him slay a monster in the form of a group of men piloting a Chinese dragon.
When her parents are finally eaten (the monster is very real), concluding he has been delivered by the wish, she steals money to hire him to slay the monster.
The neighbour is an elite hitman but very much doesn't believe in monsters other than human ones.
At a first glance he looks like a homeless person, dressed in weird stuff including a see-through raincoat with lots of random dirty electronics attached. To keep everybody in line he announces he has a bomb and the "suicide vest" looks pretty convincing to the diners.
He claims this isn't the first time he's been there, the endeavour has failed numerous times, but maybe this time will be "the win".
CW: school shootings
Duke's fame comes from how, when he found out who he was working for, stole $15m from the Chicago Mob gave the bulk of it to charities and went on the run.
Mob Boss Jimmy Serrano (Dennis Farina) is, not unexpectedly, also looking for Duke but so is FBI agent Mosely (Yaphet Kotto) who wants to turn him State's evidence.
Shenanigans ensue.
Things aren't going particularly great, he's split up with Vanessa (Morena Baccarin) and sucks at his job at a car dealership but at least he still has friends.
That is until the Time Variance Authority agent "Paradox" (Matthew Macfadyen) shows up and informs him his whole timeline is collapsing because Wolverine (Hugh Jackman) died in the events of "Logan" and offers him a chance to finally really matter.
No good will come of this.
CW: all the big swears and lots of messy comic gore/deaths