Editing Hudson Hawk (section)

==Plot==
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Eddie Hawkins—"Hudson Hawk" (from the bracing winds off the [[Hudson River|Hudson]])—is a master cat burglar and [[Safe-cracking|safe-cracker]] with a penchant for using low-tech solutions against high-tech security systems. He is also known for conducting his robberies with precise, synchronized timing (later revealed to be a robust catalog of memorized music that he and his partner(s) sing along with during jobs).

Upon Hawk's release from prison, and on his first day of parole, he and his former partner, Tommy "Five-Tone" Messina, seek out a good cup of cappuccino. However, before Hawk can drink it, he is [[blackmail]]ed by various entities. These include his parole officer, the minor Mario Brothers [[Italian-American Mafia|Mafia]] family, and the [[Central Intelligence Agency|CIA]], who push him into doing a few art heists.

Hawk refuses each, despite mounting pressure and coercion, stating that his only natural desires are to remain out of prison and enjoy a good cup of cappuccino—though he is [[Running gag|repeatedly interrupted before doing so]]. Hawk eventually relents and proceeds to [[Reconnaissance|case]] the art pieces.

Unbeknownst to Hawk, his blackmailers are all manipulated by the American corporation Mayflower Industries, run by husband and wife Darwin and Minerva Mayflower and their butler Alfred. Headquartered in the [[Esposizione Universale Roma]], the company seeks to take over the world by building La Macchina dell'Oro, a machine invented by [[Leonardo da Vinci]] that [[Alchemy|converts lead into gold]].

An assembly of [[crystal]]s needed for the machine to function is hidden in various of Leonardo's artworks: the [[maquette]] of the [[House of Sforza|Sforza]], the [[Codex Trivulzianus|Da Vinci Codex]], and a scale model of da Vinci's helicopter. Sister Anna Baragli is an operative for a secret [[Holy See|Vatican]] [[Counterintelligence|counter-espionage]] agency, working with the CIA to assist in Hawk's mission in Rome, intending to foil the robbery at [[St. Peter's Basilica|St. Peter's]].

After blowing up an auctioneer to cover up the theft of the Sforza, the Mario Bros. take Hawk away in an ambulance. He sticks syringes into Antony Mario's face and falls out of the ambulance on a gurney on the [[Brooklyn Bridge]], and they try to run him down with the ambulance as they speed along the highway.

The brothers get killed when their ambulance crashes. Immediately afterward, Hawk meets [[Central Intelligence Agency|CIA]] head George Kaplan and four codenamed agents (Snickers, Kit Kat, Almond Joy, and Butterfinger) who take him to the Mayflowers.

Hawk successfully steals the Da Vinci Codex from another museum, but later refuses to steal the helicopter design. Tommy Five-Tone fakes his death so they can escape. They are discovered and attacked by the CIA agents; Kaplan reveals that he and his agents stole the piece but, unlike them, had no problem killing the guards. Hawk and Tommy escape when Snickers and Almond Joy are killed and pursue the remaining agents. Kit Kat and Butterfinger take Anna to the castle where the Macchina dell'Oro is reconstructed.

The showdown is in the castle between the remaining CIA agents, the Mayflowers, and the team of Hudson, Five-Tone, and Baragli. Minerva kills Kit Kat and Butterfinger, although Kit Kat frees Baragli before dying. Tommy fights Darwin and Alfred inside a speeding limousine, and Hudson fights George Kaplan on the castle's roof. Kaplan topples from the castle, landing on the limousine. Alfred plants a bomb in it, escaping with Darwin; Tommy gets trapped inside while Kaplan is hanging onto the hood. The bomb detonates as the limousine speeds over a cliff.

Darwin and Minerva force Hawk to assemble the crystal powering the machine, but he intentionally leaves out one small piece. When the machine is activated, it malfunctions and explodes, killing the Mayflowers. Hawk battles Alfred, using his blades to decapitate him.

Hawk and Baragli escape the castle using the da Vinci flying machine. Baragli implies she will be leaving her order to watch out for Hawk. They discover Tommy waiting for them at a café, having miraculously escaped death through a combination of airbags and a sprinkler system in the limo. With the world saved and da Vinci's secrets protected, Hawk finally enjoys a cappuccino.