Focus (2015) Movie Synopsis - Plot Summary
Seasoned
con-man Nicky Spurgeon (Will Smith) goes to a nightclub, where a very
inexperienced grifter, Jess Barrett (Margot Robbie), attempts to seduce him and
later pretends that they've been caught by her jealous husband, in order to con
Nicky. Seeing through their deception, Nicky exposes their plan and advises
them never to lose focus when faced with unexpected situations before leaving.
Jess finds him in another nightclub a few days later and convinces Nicky to
become her mentor by detailing all information she acquired on him, including
that his father, Bucky Spurgeon, was forced to shoot Nicky's grandfather after
a con gone wrong, a ploy known as the "Toledo Panic Button."
Nick takes
Jess to New Orleans, where she is introduced to Nicky's crew. She picks a few
pockets as a test, and soon Nicky and Jess develop a romantic relationship,
upsetting Nicky, who was taught by his father to never become emotionally
involved with anyone in their line of business. At the 17th Associated Football
Franchise of America Championship Game at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome between the
Chicago Rhinos and the Miami Threshers, Nicky and Jess con a compulsive
gambler, Liyuan Tse (B.D. Wong) out of all his money, after making Tse pick a
player's number, 55, from the game---a number that he was psychologically
programmed by Nicky and his crew to pick which would be the same number worn on
the Chicago sideline by a person Jess would easily recognize: Farhad (Adrian
Martinez), a member of the crew. Nicky later explains that Jess was the
"little blind mouse" who was not supposed to know until later that
Nicky was running a game on Tse the whole time. Afterwards, Nicky gives Jess
her share but reluctantly sends her away, leaving her heartbroken.
Three
years later, Nicky is in Buenos Aires, working for billionaire motorsport team
owner Rafael Garriga (Rodrigo Santoro). Garriga needs to beat a team headed by
Australian businessman McEwen (Robert Taylor) to win the championship. Nicky
will pretend to be a disgruntled technician on Garriga's team and will sell a
bogus component to McEwen, slowing their car down during the race. At a
pre-race party, Nicky runs into Jess, who is now Garriga's girlfriend. Nicky
has a convincing fight with Garriga in public and is recruited by McEwen to
provide the component.
Nicky
begins pursuing Jess again, and they eventually rekindle their relationship.
The head of Garriga's security entourage, Owens (Gerald McRaney), is suspicious
and follows Nicky and Jess. Nicky delivers the component to McEwen for three
million euros but also sells it to the other teams for similar amounts. While
he is waiting for Jess at his hotel room, he receives a text saying
"You're burned leave now" meaning he is exposed and should leave
immediately.
Nicky and
Jess attempt to return to the United States together. However, they are caught
by Garriga's men and taken to Garriga's garage, where Nicky pleads for Jess's
life and is beaten by Garriga. Nicky explains his game. It involved wooing Jess
(again) enough to plant a necklace on her with a device that would remotely
read Garriga's keystrokes on his laptop, thus giving Nicky the password to
download the specs for the component onto his own laptop. In other words, Jess
was the "little blind mouse" in Nicky's con once again. However, Jess
then reveals that she was only trying to seduce Garriga in order to steal his
valuable watch, and afterward Owens shoots Nicky in the chest, causing a
horrified Garriga to leave. Owens then reveals himself to be Nicky's father,
Bucky, and assures Jess that he avoided any major arteries. He simply employed
the "Toledo Panic Button." Bucky then tapes up Nicky's wounds and
draws excess blood out of his son's chest with a metal plunger so that he can
breathe again. They flee the garage in Garriga's vehicle.
Bucky
drives Nicky and Jess to the hospital to treat Nicky's punctured lung and
departs with Nicky's money as a reminder of the consequences of losing focus.
After he leaves, Jess reveals that she snatched Garriga's watch before he left
the warehouse, and a smiling Nicky and Jess then go into the hospital together. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Focus_%282015_film%29
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