Killshot is a 2008 American action thriller film directed by John Madden, and starring Diane Lane, Thomas Jane, Mickey Rourke and Joseph Gordon-Levitt.

Visiting Walpole Island, Blackbird crosses paths with Lionel, a fellow First Nations member, and notices Wayne Colson, a recently fired ironworker.

Unable to collect his payment for the hotel murder, Blackbird learns the Mafia boss wants him dead for needlessly killing the witness.

He meets Richie Nix, a volatile young criminal, and joins his scheme to extort Carmen's boss, Nelson Davies.

Richie takes off after him, and Carmen confronts Blackbird with Wayne's shotgun before locking herself inside and calling the police.

Richie torments Carmen, spraying her with buck lure, forcing her to stay in her underwear, and putting a bullet in her mouth which she spits onto the floor.

As Blackbird moves in for the killshot, he turns to see Carmen aiming Richie's gun, which he reminds her is empty, but remembers the bullet she spat out earlier.

[3] After completing Pulp Fiction (1994), Quentin Tarantino and Roger Avary acquired the film rights to Elmore Leonard's novel Killshot.

[4] By September 2004, the adaptation entered active development, with director John Madden expressing interest in helming.

[5] By January 2005, The Weinstein Company hired Madden to direct the film based on a script by Hossein Amini.

The following August, actors Diane Lane, Thomas Jane, and Mickey Rourke were cast in the lead roles.