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* DesignatedHero: Arguably, Aaron Cross. He is a semi-innocent man trying to survive, but demonstrates himself to be a fair bit more ruthless than Bourne is in trying to do that. In particular, he brually beats three security guards to submission at the Manila factory, damages a lot of their equipment for a distraction, and knocks out the plant manager preventing his escape but steals his watch as an afterthought.
** Marta is basically a villainous scientist who happens to be on the wrong end of ThePurge and was lucky enough to survive. Her job was to manufacture drugs for shady black-ops government assassins and she apparently didn't really question the morality or purpose of this until her co-workers were murdered and her life was in danger.
** Marta is basically a villainous scientist who happens to be on the wrong end of ThePurge and was lucky enough to survive. Her job was to manufacture drugs for shady black-ops government assassins and she apparently didn't really question the morality or purpose of this until her co-workers were murdered and her life was in danger.
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* MagnificentBastard:
** Aaron Cross, formerly Kenneth James Kitsom, was a PFC in the military who agreed to join Operation Outcome after injuries and become a biologically engineered assassin—doing so by taking the medications provided to be able to temporarily advance those physical and mental prowesses. During a training exercise after a mission where he accidentally wrought collateral damage, Cross discovers he's being targeted by drone by means of his tracking device; fakes his death by implanting it on a pursuing wolf and then tracks down and takes out operatives sent after virologist Dr. Marta Shearing while faking her death as well so that he can bring her with him to the facility in Manila, The Philippines—where she successfully virals him off and makes the effects of the medications permanent. Upon both being targeted by police and LARX #3, Cross beats the cops down in combat; leads LARX through a destructive and harrowing chase to get rid of him and then escapes off the grid with Marta indefinitely.
** Colonel Eric Byer of the National Research Assay Group personally oversaw the structuring; architecture and workings of Outcome and its specially-enhanced operatives and having known Cross from his PFC days, selected him to join as one of their test subjects. Upon Blackbriar's exposure and the heavy investigating and scrutiny the CIA is facing, Byer comes in and makes the arrangements to erase everything related to Outcome as a means of damage control—such as sending poisoned medications to all their assassins; taking out another with a drone strike—and nearly Cross himself in the process—and having a scientist at the lab drugged so that he'll shoot all his colleagues dead before taking himself out—with Marta miraculously surviving and Byer nearly having her killed in a staged suicide shortly after. He also has Dr. Albert Hirsch killed when his own role is too badly compromised and upon discovering Cross is alive and saved Marta—who is now going to viral him off in Manila, Byer sends LARX #3–specially trained with no emotions to robotically follow responses without question—to track them down there before it's too late.
** Aaron Cross, formerly Kenneth James Kitsom, was a PFC in the military who agreed to join Operation Outcome after injuries and become a biologically engineered assassin—doing so by taking the medications provided to be able to temporarily advance those physical and mental prowesses. During a training exercise after a mission where he accidentally wrought collateral damage, Cross discovers he's being targeted by drone by means of his tracking device; fakes his death by implanting it on a pursuing wolf and then tracks down and takes out operatives sent after virologist Dr. Marta Shearing while faking her death as well so that he can bring her with him to the facility in Manila, The Philippines—where she successfully virals him off and makes the effects of the medications permanent. Upon both being targeted by police and LARX #3, Cross beats the cops down in combat; leads LARX through a destructive and harrowing chase to get rid of him and then escapes off the grid with Marta indefinitely.
** Colonel Eric Byer of the National Research Assay Group personally oversaw the structuring; architecture and workings of Outcome and its specially-enhanced operatives and having known Cross from his PFC days, selected him to join as one of their test subjects. Upon Blackbriar's exposure and the heavy investigating and scrutiny the CIA is facing, Byer comes in and makes the arrangements to erase everything related to Outcome as a means of damage control—such as sending poisoned medications to all their assassins; taking out another with a drone strike—and nearly Cross himself in the process—and having a scientist at the lab drugged so that he'll shoot all his colleagues dead before taking himself out—with Marta miraculously surviving and Byer nearly having her killed in a staged suicide shortly after. He also has Dr. Albert Hirsch killed when his own role is too badly compromised and upon discovering Cross is alive and saved Marta—who is now going to viral him off in Manila, Byer sends LARX #3–specially trained with no emotions to robotically follow responses without question—to track them down there before it's too late.
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** Marta is basically a villainous scientist who happens to be on the wrong end of ThePurge and was lucky enough to survive. Her job was to manufacture drugs for shady black-ops government assassins and she apparently didn't really question the morality or purpose of this until her co-workers were murdered and her life was in danger.
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* HilariousInHindsight: This wouldn't be the first time that Creator/RachelWeisz plays a government scientist who was involved in creating [[Film/BlackWidow2021 brainwashed assassins but turns against the program]], with [[Series/Hawkeye2021 Jeremy Renner]] connected to one of them.
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* HilariousInHindsight: This wouldn't be the first last time that Creator/RachelWeisz plays a government scientist who was involved in creating [[Film/BlackWidow2021 brainwashed assassins but turns against the program]], with [[Series/Hawkeye2021 Jeremy Renner]] connected to one of them.
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* TooBleakStoppedCaring: The movie is the most cynical of the ''Bourne'' series, undoing the victory of the heroes at the end of the previous trilogy as the bad guys go into damage control mode and manage to prevent the details from their nefarious activities being released to the public after all, while simultaneously dragging Pamela's name through the mud so nobody will take her seriously. The conspiracy is shown to go far deeper than expected with a whole other branch of villains that the good guys didn't know about existed, which murders as many of it's own assassins (who are all controlled with drugs) and scientists as it can to cover their tracks, and the story is merely about two of their not especially sympathetic ex-operatives trying to evade and survive rather than fight back, and the film ends with them getting away but the conspiracy once again getting away with things.
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* HilariousInHindsight: This wouldn't be the first time that Creator/RachelWeisz plays a government scientist who was involved in creating [[Film/BlackWidow2021 brainwashed assassins but turns against the program]], with a connection to [[Series/Hawkeye2021 Jeremy Renner]].
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* HilariousInHindsight: This wouldn't be the first time that Creator/RachelWeisz plays a government scientist who was involved in creating [[Film/BlackWidow2021 brainwashed assassins but turns against the program]], with a connection to with [[Series/Hawkeye2021 Jeremy Renner]].Renner]] connected to one of them.
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* HilariousInHindsight: This wouldn't be the first time that Creator/RachelWeisz plays a government scientist who was involved in creating [[Film/BlackWidow2021 brainwashed assassins but turns against the program]], with a connection to [[Series/Hawkeye2021 Jeremy Renner]].
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** Based on Marta's comments to Cross that there were five other active Outcome agents while only five were targeted, Some theorize that Outcome-2 might have survived or been left alive for some reason.
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** Based on Marta's comments to Cross that there were five other active Outcome agents while only five were targeted, targeted (counting Cross), Some theorize that Outcome-2 might have survived or been left alive for some reason.
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* MexicansLoveSpeedyGonzales: Despite that the latter half of the movie showed the bad side of Manila (slum areas, heavy traffic etc.), a lot of Filipinos like it because this is one of the few Hollywood movies to feature the Philippines.
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* MexicansLoveSpeedyGonzales: Despite that the latter half of the movie showed the bad side of Manila (slum areas, heavy traffic etc.), a lot of Filipinos like it because this is one of the few Hollywood movies to feature [[CaliforniaDoubling the Philippines.Philippines AS the Philippines]].
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* HesJustHiding:
** Not everyone is convinced that Outcome-3 died in the cabin explosion.
** Based on Marta's comments to Cross that there were five other active Outcome agents while only five were targeted, Some theorize that Outcome-2 might have survived or been left alive for some reason.
** Not everyone is convinced that Outcome-3 died in the cabin explosion.
** Based on Marta's comments to Cross that there were five other active Outcome agents while only five were targeted, Some theorize that Outcome-2 might have survived or been left alive for some reason.
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* AlternateCharacterInterpretation: Are the Handlers of Outcome Agents 1 and 3 helping assassinate them or being used to murder their charges with chems they didn't know were poisoned?
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* AlternateCharacterInterpretation: Are the Handlers of Outcome Agents 1 and 3 4 helping assassinate them or being used to murder their charges with chems they didn't know were poisoned?
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* OneSceneWonder: Outcome Agents 1, 3 and 6, All RedShirt, HeroOfAnotherStory characters who have a certain impression of strength and competence.
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* OneSceneWonder: Outcome Agents 1, 3 4 and 6, All RedShirt, HeroOfAnotherStory characters who have a certain impression of strength and competence.
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* AlternateCharacterInterpretation: Are the Handlers of Outcome Agents 1 and 3 helping assassinate them or being used to murder their charges with chems they didn't know were poisoned?
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* OneSceneWonder: Outcome Agents 1, 3 and 6, All RedShirt, HeroOfAnotherStory characters who have a certain impression of strength and competence.
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* NightmareFuel: In and out of universe. After Marta witnesses her colleague shoot everyone in her workroom, the CIA sent a team of therapists to see if she's got PTSD. One of them holds her, while another forces her gun on her hand and presses it down to her head so it would look like she killed herself. The worst part? They almost get away with it.
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* DesignatedHero: Aaron Cross is a semi-innocent man trying to survive, but demonstrates himself to be a fair bit more ruthless than Bourne is in trying to do that. In particular, he seemingly kills a couple of security guards at the Manila factory, damages a lot of their equipment for a distraction, and knocks out the plant manager for no other reason than to steal his watch.
** I didn't get that feeling at all. The 3 guards in the research lab in Manila weren't killed, just disabled (knocked unconscious). There didn't appear to be any killing blows (e.g. no neck snap or other obvious fatal finish), merely just very efficient removal of them as a threat. Moreover the plant manager was taken out just as he was trying to coordinate efforts to secure all the exits and block the heroes from being able to leave. Taking the watch seemed an afterthought.
** I didn't get that feeling at all. The 3 guards in the research lab in Manila weren't killed, just disabled (knocked unconscious). There didn't appear to be any killing blows (e.g. no neck snap or other obvious fatal finish), merely just very efficient removal of them as a threat. Moreover the plant manager was taken out just as he was trying to coordinate efforts to secure all the exits and block the heroes from being able to leave. Taking the watch seemed an afterthought.
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* DesignatedHero: Arguably, Aaron Cross Cross. He is a semi-innocent man trying to survive, but demonstrates himself to be a fair bit more ruthless than Bourne is in trying to do that. In particular, he seemingly kills a couple of brually beats three security guards to submission at the Manila factory, damages a lot of their equipment for a distraction, and knocks out the plant manager for no other reason than to steal preventing his watch.
** I didn't get that feeling at all. The 3 guards in the research lab in Manila weren't killed, just disabled (knocked unconscious). There didn't appear to be any killing blows (e.g. no neck snap or other obvious fatal finish), merely just very efficient removal of them as a threat. Moreover the plant manager was taken out just as he was trying to coordinate efforts to secure all the exits and block the heroes from being able to leave. Taking theescape but steals his watch seemed as an afterthought.
** I didn't get that feeling at all. The 3 guards in the research lab in Manila weren't killed, just disabled (knocked unconscious). There didn't appear to be any killing blows (e.g. no neck snap or other obvious fatal finish), merely just very efficient removal of them as a threat. Moreover the plant manager was taken out just as he was trying to coordinate efforts to secure all the exits and block the heroes from being able to leave. Taking the
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** I didn't get that feeling at all. The 3 guards in the research lab in Manila weren't killed, just disabled (knocked unconscious). There didn't appear to be any killing blows (e.g. no neck snap or other obvious fatal finish), merely just very efficient removal of them as a threat. Moreover the plant manager was taken out just as he was trying to coordinate efforts to secure all the exits and block the heroes from being able to leave. Taking the watch seemed an afterthought.
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* MexicansLoveSpeedyGonzales: Despite that the latter half of the movie showed the bad side of Manila (slum areas, heavy traffic etc.), a lot of Filipinos like it because this is one of the few Hollywood movies to featured the Philippines at all.
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* MexicansLoveSpeedyGonzales: Despite that the latter half of the movie showed the bad side of Manila (slum areas, heavy traffic etc.), a lot of Filipinos like it because this is one of the few Hollywood movies to featured feature the Philippines at all.Philippines.
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* MexicansLoveSpeedyGonzales: Despite that the latter half of the movie showed the bad side of Manila (slum areas, heavy traffic etc.), a lot of Filipinos like it because this is one of the few Hollywood movies that featured the Philippines.
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* MexicansLoveSpeedyGonzales: Despite that the latter half of the movie showed the bad side of Manila (slum areas, heavy traffic etc.), a lot of Filipinos like it because this is one of the few Hollywood movies that to featured the Philippines.Philippines at all.
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* NightmareFuel: In and out of universe. After Marta witnesses her colleague shoot everyone in her workroom, the CIA sent a team of therapists to see if she's got PTSD. One of them holds her, while another forces her gun on her hand and presses it down to her head so it would look like she shoots herself. The worst part? They almost get away with it.
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* NightmareFuel: In and out of universe. After Marta witnesses her colleague shoot everyone in her workroom, the CIA sent a team of therapists to see if she's got PTSD. One of them holds her, while another forces her gun on her hand and presses it down to her head so it would look like she shoots killed herself. The worst part? They almost get away with it.
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* NightmareFuel: In and out of universe. After Marta witnesses her colleague shoot everyone in her workroom, the CIA sent a team of therapists to see if she's got PTSD. [[spoiler: One of them holds her, while another forces her gun on her hand and presses it down to her head so it would look like she shoots herself. The worst part? They almost get away with it.]]
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* NightmareFuel: In and out of universe. After Marta witnesses her colleague shoot everyone in her workroom, the CIA sent a team of therapists to see if she's got PTSD. [[spoiler: One of them holds her, while another forces her gun on her hand and presses it down to her head so it would look like she shoots herself. The worst part? They almost get away with it.]]
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* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodCharacter: Several critics felt that Aaron Cross's dependence on constant medication to maintain his high intelligence and fear of losing it were one of his most interesting characteristics, and that it was disingenuous when [[spoiler:the enhancement is made permanent.]]
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* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodCharacter: Several critics felt that Aaron Cross's dependence on constant medication to maintain his high intelligence and fear of losing it were one of his most interesting characteristics, and that it was disingenuous the film did itself a disservice when [[spoiler:the enhancement is made permanent.]]
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* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: Several critics felt that Aaron Cross's dependence on constant medication to maintain his high intelligence and fear of losing it were one of his most interesting characteristics, and that it was disingenuous when [[spoiler:the enhancement is made permanent.]]
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* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodCharacter: Several critics felt that Aaron Cross's dependence on constant medication to maintain his high intelligence and fear of losing it were one of his most interesting characteristics, and that it was disingenuous when [[spoiler:the enhancement is made permanent.]]
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* ActorAllusion: Aaron is an [[ComicBook/{{Hawkeye}} agent and master assassin]] who [[Film/{{Thor}} who fends off minimum-wage guards in a factory]]. He also [[Film/TheAvengers2012 shoots a distant flying target as it explodes behind him]].
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* MexicansLoveSpeedyGonzales: Despite that the latter half of the movie showed the bad side of Manila (slum areas, heavy traffic etc.), a lot of Filipinos like it because this is one of the few Hollywood movies that featured the Philippines.
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* DesignatedHero: Aaron Cross is really just an innocent man trying to survive, but demonstrates himself to be a fair bit more ruthless than Bourne is in trying to do that. In particular, he seemingly kills a couple of security guards at the Manila factory, damages a lot of their equipment for a distraction, and knocks out the plant manager for no other reason than to steal his watch.
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* DesignatedHero: Aaron Cross is really just an innocent a semi-innocent man trying to survive, but demonstrates himself to be a fair bit more ruthless than Bourne is in trying to do that. In particular, he seemingly kills a couple of security guards at the Manila factory, damages a lot of their equipment for a distraction, and knocks out the plant manager for no other reason than to steal his watch.
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* ActorAllusion: Aaron is an [[ComicBook/Hawkeye agent and master assassin]] who [[Film/TheAvengers2012 shoots a distant flying target as it explodes behind him]].
** Related to the above character, Aaron is a [[Film/Thor professional killer who fends off minimum-wage guards in a factory]] with the Filipino art of Escrima, no less.
** Related to the above character, Aaron is a [[Film/Thor professional killer who fends off minimum-wage guards in a factory]] with the Filipino art of Escrima, no less.
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* ActorAllusion: Aaron is an [[ComicBook/Hawkeye [[ComicBook/{{Hawkeye}} agent and master assassin]] who [[Film/{{Thor}} who fends off minimum-wage guards in a factory]]. He also [[Film/TheAvengers2012 shoots a distant flying target as it explodes behind him]].
** Related to the above character, Aaron is a [[Film/Thor professional killer who fends off minimum-wage guards in a factory]] with the Filipino art of Escrima, no less.him]].
** Related to the above character, Aaron is a [[Film/Thor professional killer who fends off minimum-wage guards in a factory]] with the Filipino art of Escrima, no less.
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* ActorAllusion: Aaron is an [[ComicBook/Hawkeye agent and master assassin]] who [[Film/TheAvengers2012 shoots a distant flying target as it explodes behind him]].
** Related to the above character, Aaron is a [[Film/Thor professional killer who fends off minimum-wage guards in a factory]] with the Filipino art of Escrima, no less.
** Related to the above character, Aaron is a [[Film/Thor professional killer who fends off minimum-wage guards in a factory]] with the Filipino art of Escrima, no less.
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* DesignatedHero: Aaron Cross is really just an innocent man trying to survive, but demonstrates himself to be a fair bit more ruthless than Bourne is in trying to do that. In particular, he seemingly kills a couple of security guards at the Manila factory, damages a lot of their equipment for a distraction, and knocks out the plant manager for no other reason than to steal his watch.
* JustHereForGodzilla: Many Filipinos, especially Manileños, turned out to watch it mostly because the last half takes place in Metro Manila.
* NightmareFuel: In and out of universe. After Marta witnesses her colleague shoot everyone in her workroom, the CIA sent a team of therapists to see if she's got PTSD. [[spoiler: One of them holds her, while another forces her gun on her hand and presses it down to her head so it would look like she shoots herself. The worst part? They almost get away with it.]]
* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: Several critics felt that Aaron Cross's dependence on constant medication to maintain his high intelligence and fear of losing it were one of his most interesting characteristics, and that it was disingenuous when [[spoiler:the enhancement is made permanent.]]
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* JustHereForGodzilla: Many Filipinos, especially Manileños, turned out to watch it mostly because the last half takes place in Metro Manila.
* NightmareFuel: In and out of universe. After Marta witnesses her colleague shoot everyone in her workroom, the CIA sent a team of therapists to see if she's got PTSD. [[spoiler: One of them holds her, while another forces her gun on her hand and presses it down to her head so it would look like she shoots herself. The worst part? They almost get away with it.]]
* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: Several critics felt that Aaron Cross's dependence on constant medication to maintain his high intelligence and fear of losing it were one of his most interesting characteristics, and that it was disingenuous when [[spoiler:the enhancement is made permanent.]]
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