![]() Sarah recovers the tablet and uses it to restart the computer systems in the Pearl, allowing the extinguishing systems to reset and put out the blaze. Meanwhile, Wu leads an attack on the likely dropzone, securing Xia and killing her other men. Botha grabs Georgia and threatens to drop her over the edge of the building, but Sawyer beats him, rescues Georgia, and lets Botha die in an grenade explosion on a lower level. In the trade, Zhao distracts Botha, allowing Sawyer to kill the rest of Botha's men. ![]() Sawyer brings Zhao to Botha at the top of the skyscraper, preparing to make the trade for Georgia. Zhao shows him that Botha had been coercing and intimidating him throughout the construction of the Pearl with money laundering, but Zhao kept a detailed log of the various transactions, information that would be dire to Botha if it became public and why he believes Botha is attacking the tower. Sawyer is forced to disable the locks on Zhao's penthouse through an exterior panel on the building, but safely returns to meet Zhao. Botha will only let Georgia go if Sawyer brings him Zhao. Sawyer goes to recover Georgia but Botha has captured her by the time Sawyer crosses. ![]() Sawyer has Sarah and Henry ride through the fire barrier in a free-fall elevator before applying the emergency brakes, letting them escape safely Sarah immediately explains the situation to Wu and that Botha's men will likely escape via parachute to a nearby landing zone. Sawyer arrives in time to kill Pierce before he can kill his family, though Georgia is separated from the others across a large atrium. Sawyer evades the police and makes his way into the Pearl above the fire barrier via construction equipment from a neighboring building. Outside, Inspector Wu leads the local police to secure the Pearl and to capture Sawyer, who is believed to be behind the incidents. Urged on by Pierce, Zhao orders the remaining personnel to evacuate via helicopter, but Pierce reveals he is also an agent for Botha, killing all but Zhao who escapes into his penthouse apartment, locking it down from any intrusion. Zhao and Okeke send security guards to rescue Sawyer's family, but they are killed in an explosion, and the family is believed dead. Simultaneously, Botha and a group of his men break into the Pearl and start a fire on the 96th floor without extinguishing, the fire creates a barrier from preventing entry or exit from the upper floors. Xia and her agents attack the offsite center, killing all the guards there, and then hack the tablet to bypass its facial security and disable the fire extinguishing systems in the upper half of the Pearl. Sawyer fatally wounds Gillespie, but Gillespie warns him that Botha will kill Sawyer to get the tablet.Īs Sawyer tries to return to the Pearl, the tablet is stolen by Xia, one of Botha's associates. In the confrontation, Gillespie reveals he is also working for Botha. Sawyer and Gillespie travel to the offsite location, but en route, a thief hired by Kores Botha, an international terrorist, attempts to steal the tablet. ![]() Zhao provides him with a tablet locked with facial recognition that gives him complete control over the computerized systems in the Pearl. Sawyer reports the computerized security systems are all secure but he needs to inspect the offsite security center. Sawyer meets with Zhao, Zhao's security directors Ajani Okeke and Ben Gillespie (who is also Sawyer's friend and fellow ex-FBI agent), and insurance executive Mr. During his assessment, his family - wife, Sarah, and twin children, Georgia and Henry - have resided in the not yet opened residential floors. He is currently reviewing "The Pearl", a newly-constructed 225-story skyscraper in Hong Kong for financier Zhao Long Ji. His left leg is amputated as a result of a suicide explosion from a previous mission. Marine war veteran and retired FBI Hostage Rescue Team leader Will Sawyer now assesses security for skyscrapers. Spoiler alert! Please do not read the following plot summary if you have not seen the film. ![]()
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