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The most ridiculously-looking agents/assassins in a movie


1. The stout middle-aged assassin with the punk haircut:

Of course I am not an assassin and have not met any in my life. But I suppose if I were one, I would want to blend into the rest of the people, right? Now this guy did not only have that queer haircut but also a huge gold earring. Even if his earring did not touch off the metal detector, his looks alone would have caused immigration officers at any international airport to raise their eyebrows. You might as well just stamp the words "Bad Guy" on his forehead. He was also so incompetent that I felt sorry for him: obviously he had chosen the wrong profession. When he went to the office of that bald doctor (or medical researcher) and found the office door locked, he tapped playfully on the glass, which caused Mira Sorvino to peek out and identify him as the bad guy. Finally he met his doom when he bent over the edge of the platform to look for his enemies when a train was coming!! I suspect that he might have some kind of death wish, in which case he died happy.

2. Rachel (Mira Sorvino):

I think Mira was quite attractive when she was younger, but in this movie she certainly looked her age - in other words, about forty and somewhat too old to be a secret agent. At the very beginning, she already knew that she was about to be "erased". However, that did not prevent her from wearing high-heels while escaping from her enemies! At first, I thought she was going to use her shoe as a deadly weapon, like what Jennifer Jason Leigh did in Single White Female, but that did not happen.

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I agree with your comments completely. It appears that most of these made for tv thrillers are extremely simplistic in the development of antagonists. The assassins were certainly not very perceptive or creative. The first two agents that Rachel kills were laughable in their ineptness. Also, the bad agent had a tie-wrap around Rachel's neck, yet she still can steal a gun, shoot two guys and drive a car without passing out. Trust me, 15 seconds of blood deprivation renders you UNCONSCIOUS without fail. She then gets out of the car and cuts a big tie-wrap with a piece of broken windshield. Remember, windshield breaks in little pieces with rounded edges, not suitable for cutting anything.

Then the guy in the apartment takes forever to draw his weapon and pays the price. Why not have it already drawn? Stupid.

Then the big guy can't hit the broadside of a barn and puts his gun right where Rachel can grab it. She weighs about 100 lbs, yet she pulls him completely onto the tracks. This guy looked like he could pick her up with one arm and throw her into the next century. Please!

These are the kinds of weak writing plot devices that turn me off to an otherwise good thriller.

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