This movie is much less of a plot-driven popcorn-fest, and much more of a character study - even if one of the leads reveal little about himself. As Kate told Logan: "I can see you're a very private man". Anyway, it's not an action adventure where motives are called for to explain the actions of the pro-/antagonists. It's rather the opposite of that.
Who Frank worked for, and why he killed some people, is NOT a central theme of the movie. It is about 2 persons who are caught in situations where they're not likely to connect with ANYBODY, connecting with each other for a little while. Knowing exactly who Logan worked for, and what his victims did "wrong", is simply not necessary to know. In fact, that would distract and then people would start IMDB threads and complain that the movie is "disjointed".
The premise is that he is a undercover hitman, who is not content with what he is doing any more. The rest is taken from there, and the spotlight falls on the character's reaction to an unexpected meeting with a woman who affects his life in a positive way.
Logan works in a tailor shop, because that is his cover. That makes him a "legitimate" presence in the town, a strategy professional hitmen should have. No real hitman is offing people on a continual basis. They need to have something else to do that appears to be perfectly normal, so as not to raise any suspicions.
He was suicidal because deep down, he was unhappy about his loneliness, and having no-one else to care for. We can work that out for ourselves at the way he goes about nurturing the new friendship with Kate. Deep down, that is what he craved in life, and he was simply tired of the distancing from affection that being a hitman calls for.
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_Sergey_
7 years ago
Thank you for an excellent explanation, my thoughts exactly.
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