Beckman (2020) on Netflix
A contract killer becomes the reverend of an LA church until a cult leader and his minions kidnap his daughter. Blinded by vengeance, he cuts a bloody path across the city. The only thing that can stop him is his newfound faith.
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- IMDb4.3/10898 votes
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Aaron Beckman, a contract killer for a criminal organization called The Network, is ordered to kill his friend Hayes after he disobeyed The Network's orders despite having retired. With his dying breath, Hayes tells him that "There's no way out for us."Suffering from a gunshot wound, Beckman stumbles into a nearby church for shelter and offers his $350,000 in cash to the pastor, Philip. Philip treats Beckman's injuries and gives him shelter, taking only enough money to pay the church's expenses and burning the rest. Beckman, who is overwhelmed by guilt for a lifetime of violence, eventually prays to God at Philip's encouragement. When Philip dies of cancer, he asks Beckman to take over for him. Beckman has difficulty adjusting to his new life, still wracked by guilt, but that changes when a 17-year old girl named Tabitha, Philip's niece, appears on the church's front steps one night.
Unwilling to talk about what has happened to her but clearly traumatized, Beckman adopts her as his own. One year later, Tabitha seems to have finally recovered, graduated from high school and on her way to college. However, her past violently reemerges when armed assailants, led by a man named Reese who appears to know her, abducts her as a helpless Beckman watches, unwittingly led there by another young parishioner named Tom. With little other recourse, Beckman contacts The Network and tracks down one of the assailants, Erik, based on a description given by Tom.
