Hodak is a secondary antagonist in the 2019 film Charlie's Angels. He is John Bosley's right-hand man and a professional assassin who becomes Jane Kano nemesis. He is portrayed by Jonathan Tucker.
Biography[]
Hodak is secretly hired by John Bosley to kill all of his superiors in the Charles Townsend Detective Agency so he can gain full control. When Elena Houghlin meets with operative Edgar "Bosley" in Hamburg, Germany, to turn over her findings, Hodak is already there at the same cafe. He successfully ambushes the meeting and subsequently kills Edgar and leaves Elena to drown. However, Jane Kano rescues her just in time.
Later, when the Angels track Peter Fleming down to a remote rock quarry in Istanbul, Turkey, where a supposedly-imprisoned Jonny Smith is revealed to be Fleming's intermediary for selling Calisto, Hodak shows up and kills Fleming before the Angels can break up the sale. Hodak fails to kill Rebekah, but succeeds in stealing the Calisto prototypes with Smith and escapes.
He later joins John and Alexander Brock at a ball gala, and John presents his project: Calisto to them and manages to convince Brock to use it illegally for him. However, the Angels, having deduced John's plan due to the information provided by Smith, who is later revealed to have defected to their side, show up and rescue Elena and Langston to fight the trio. The other agents of the Townsend Agency battle John's henchmen and Jane fights Hodak. She eventually exacts revenge for him killing Edgar by impaling Hodak on a spike from an ice sculpture.
Personality[]
Not much is known about Hodak's personality as he barely says a word. He looks like a cold professional who performs the job without remorse. At certain points he became visibly annoyed with his attempts getting thwarted by the angels.
He also used a gold dog collar to restrain Elena to intimidate and symbolically enslave her.
Covers and techniques[]
A master assassin Hodak is able to blend in and take out his targets. Despite noticeable by his tattoos he does a great job not sticking out. Hodak is highly skiled with weaponry and vehicles as evident chasing the angels.
Hodak is a superior and terrifying combatant up close able to quite easily dominate both Jane and Sabine in hand to hand combat. However his arsenal of moves and ability to adapt was limited and after multiple fights Jane was able to figure out his seven favorite moves and outmaneuvred him, causing his death.
Trivia[]
- Hodak is based on the Thin Man from the first two films :
- Both are top assassins for their respective boss (John Bosley for Hodak / Eric Knox for the Thin Man).
- Both are extravagant and mute.
- Both are killed while being impaled with a sharp object.
- Hodak has the highest body count of the three secondary antagonists (the first two being Vivian Wood and Seamus O'Grady) in the Charlie's Angels film series.