They all escape the burning building, where Mike tells Armando he will have to pay for his crimes, but Mike will be there for him. Isabel shoots at Mike but strikes Armando instead, after which Rita shoots and kills Isabel. Armando refuses to believe him until Mike insists that Isabel confirm it. While Marcus briefly incapacitates Isabel, Mike confronts Armando to try and convince him he is his father. A shootout occurs between AMMO and Isabel's henchmen which ends when Marcus shoots the pilot of Isabel's getaway helicopter, causing it to crash into the building setting it ablaze. Mike decides to go to Mexico City to confront her alone, but Marcus and AMMO accompany him despite his protests.Īt the Hidalgo Palace, Mike scolds Isabel for not telling Armando the truth about his father and for raising him to be an assassin. All of the previous victims killed by Armando were working on the same case. Despite promising to flee with her, Mike ultimately had her arrested as well as Benito knowing how dangerous she was. Being deep undercover, he had an affair with Isabel, which led to the birth of Armando as Benito was sterile, and they used to say 'Hasta el fuego' to each other. Before trying to kill him, Armando says 'Hasta el fuego.' Marcus, however, stops Armando with gunfire and Mike jumps into the river to escape.Īs AMMO is about to be shut down due to their recent failure, Mike explains to Marcus in private that Armando may be his biological son: Before he and Marcus were partners, he was recruited by Captain Howard out of the academy to infiltrate the Aretas cartel. Mike, Marcus, and AMMO give chase but are halted by Armando on a helicopter over the bridge. They crash a birthday party for Zway-Lo, but Zway-Lo flees. Marcus identifies the key suspect as Lorenzo “Zway-Lo” Rodriguez, someone Marcus used to coach basketball. Marcus enlists the help of AMMO to track down Grassie's accountant to find who was sold the ammunition. After the captain’s funeral, Marcus decides to help Mike out one last time. Howard is subsequently killed by Armando with a sniper rifle. Sometime later, Captain Howard tells Mike it may be time for him to retire as well before he gets himself killed. Mike fights Armando and seems to recognize his eyes before Armando escapes.

Marcus picks up Mike to go to Carver’s home only to see him thrown out and killed. Soon after, Marcus receives a call from an old informant, Carver Remy, warning him that everyone who had protected him had been assassinated and asks for help. The team goes to a business deal Grassie is holding to obtain evidence to bring him in, but when Mike sees that the buyers are attempting to kill Grassie, Mike attempts but fails to save him.

Howard reluctantly brings Mike as a consultant into the tech-driven Advanced Miami Metro Operations (AMMO), led by Mike's ex-girlfriend Rita. This causes a fall out between the two friends.ĭespite orders from Captain Howard, Mike learns the identity of the arms dealer who sold the ammunition used in his assassination attempt, Booker Grassie. Mike demands Marcus's help to catch the assassin, but Marcus decides to go into retirement, as after Mike's near death experience Marcus prayed to God that if Mike survives he will never turn to violence again. Armando proceeds over the next six months to assassinate everyone else responsible (a judge, a forensics analyst, and a prosecutor) while Mike makes a near-full recovery. Despite being told to kill Mike last, Armando targeted him first as he deemed him the biggest threat to their plans. Armando was sent by Isabel to assassinate all of those responsible, including Mike, for the demise of the Aretas cartel run by her and her husband Benito, who was sent to prison and subsequently died.

Armando had recently helped stage the prison escape of his mother Isabel Aretas. After a celebration party, Mike is shot by an assassin named Armando. Set 17 years after the last film in 2020, Miami Police detective Marcus Burnett, who just witnessed the birth of his grandson, tells his partner Mike Lowrey his intentions to retire, much to Mike's chagrin.

Bad boys for life