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Jane (Helena Mattson) is having a drink at a hotel bar, waiting for her
date to arrive, when she's chatted up by a cocky stranger, John (Byron
Mann), who offers her his Lamborghini if only she listens to his story.
Jane isn't really interested in the stranger as such, but since John seems
at least moderately amusing and she could do with some diversion, she
agrees to the deal. And so it goes that John tells her he's a spy who had
a chip inplanted into his brain by Dr. Cain (Robert Patrick) that was
supposed to make him a super assassin, but he's only the latest model in a
series of chipped super assassins, many of whom have later been deeply
traumatized by their deeds. Thing is, John got tipped off by a gouvernment
agent (Shani Rigsbee) as to what would happen to him and ultimately went
rogue during a demonstration and actually re-activated his predecessors to
avenge themselves on the super assassin project's backers. While Jane as
to admit John knows how to spin a yarn, she naturally doesn't believe any
of it - and then he tells her she's actually part of the program and has
just killed the very senator (Paul Savage) who has greenlit it all. This
is where it gets too weird for Jane, and she tries to steal away. Thing
is, sometimes the wildest tales are true, and one might be a part of them
whether one knows and likes it or not ... Now the premise of
this film might be a bit far-fetched, and some technical gobbledegook
might go over the audience's head a bit - but the film's just so
well-structured and well-told that none of this matters at all, as what
the film might lack in believability it more than makes up in narrative
flow and in fact poignant dialogue. And that the whole thing's rather
beautifully filmed and features quite a few well-staged action sequences
of course doesn't hurt, while a competent ensemble really help making this
a very enjoyable genre piece.
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