In the opening scene of "The Gray Man," we're introduced to Court Gentry. Court's been in a Florida prison since 1995, with a lot of years on his sentence still ahead of him. The year is 2003 when Agent Donald Fitzroy (Billy Bob Thornton) pays him a visit. Fitzroy offers Court the chance to walk out to freedom with him at that moment — all he has to do is agree to kill "bad guys" for the CIA.
Court becomes a disposable Sierra agent, his former identity destroyed, who exists "in the gray." Much like his future existence, this first sequence is shrouded in mystery. The details of Court's past are cloudy, and neither he nor the audience is sure if Fitzroy can be trusted. But most of all, who's Winky, and what happened to his cantina?
The first line of the whole film comes from Court, who says, "If this is about Winky's Cantina, I didn't have anything to do with it." He continues by saying that he likes honey buns, but "not enough to gouge someone's eye out for one." It's certainly a curious way to start things off, and the story isn't returned to for the rest of the movie. Maybe it's a simple ruse by Court, or maybe the sequel will finally explain what happened at Wionky's Cantina.
