It wasn't all pulling off clean kills and lurking in the darkness for 47, though. The jig was up once he grabbed a police officer and turned him into a hostage/human shield for the purpose of making a slow, backward ascent up a flight of stairs. As the cops swarmed around him with guns aimed squarely at his head, the music began to swell. Then, 47 reached the top of the stairs, and without warning, he broke the cop's neck to make a mad dash for the top floor of the library. He quickly stepped out onto a fire escape followed by a dramatic cutscene that revealed the bad news: All that was waiting for him outside was a torrential downpour and one angry police helicopter shining its searchlight directly on him. All of this was accompanied by music that, by this point, had grown into full-on industrial metal--a thunderous soundtrack to match the heightened action.
Then, 47 fled from the helicopter and its blinding light in a slick chase scene capped off by a slow-motion leap from one building to another. Things calmed down as he found an unfortunate Chicago cop wandering the rooftops by himself, who quickly became fodder for the chance to steal a policeman's outfit. Indeed, once again, you'll be able to borrow outfits from fallen foes to disguise yourself among your pursuers. What followed was a moment of relative comic relief, as 47 strolled from the roof into an apartment filled with potheads either scrambling to hide their drugs or too stoned to notice the man dressed as a cop who just walked into their hideout. But 47 had no issues with them, as he snuck out into the hallway where another bunch of cops were knocking on doors of other apartments in search of our bald hero.
Every time 47 passed by a group of cops, the scene seemed to slow down to half speed as he pulled his cap down low to avoid being caught. This all happened in a slick, stylish way that managed to feel less like a break in the pace and more like the subtle ebb and flow of dramatic tension. Soon enough, after another series of dramatic near encounters with police officers, 47 managed to sneak out of the building and out onto a crowded train platform. At this point, the camera pulled out, and 47 was little more than a speck in the darkened, rain-soaked crowd. Escape successful.
