Driven by the darkness of a traumatizing childhood, Ashley, a free-spirited fire dancer and Burning Man devotee, is recruited by a secretive global organization that molds her into Shadow, the untraceable assassin whose lethal skills she both fears and craves.

SYNOPSIS:

"KILLING EVE" meets "JACK REACHER" in WHIPPOORWILL, a psychological thriller and neo-Western that explores the violent transformation of a lost soul.

One year after the assassination of a Triad kingpin in Shanghai, we meet ASHLEY, a drifter crisscrossing the American desert in her VW bus, her only companion a rescued chicken named Myrtle. Her attempt to outrun her demons is a fragile lie. A chance, charged encounter at Burning Man with the enigmatic JASMINE was no accident; it was an audition.

Ashley’s solitary journey is interrupted by CODY, a charming hitchhiker whose rugged exterior masks a nature as predatory as her own. Their connection ignites from flirtation into a violent, near-lethal knife fight—a primal dance that cements them as lovers and partners in chaos. For a moment, a different future seems possible.

That illusion is shattered when Jasmine reappears, revealing herself as a recruiter for a powerful, shadowy syndicate of assassins. She confronts Ashley at a remote hot spring with a chilling ultimatum: embrace her true nature as a "perfect weapon" and join their ranks. To prove her commitment, Ashley must make an impossible choice. In a moment of brutal clarity, she chooses power over love, eliminating Cody.

With this final, bloody test passed, Ashley confesses to her violent history—including the murder of a hitchhiker, Sarah Falcone. Jasmine reveals the organization has been watching her all along, curating her resume of violence. Shedding the last of her old identity, Ashley accepts the offer, trading her nomadic existence for a purpose in the shadows. The girl is gone; the assassin has been born.

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