BTW, there was a female agent in this, she just happens to be poisoned with the yellow pill the same minute she was introduced. But even she was totally miscast, she looked like a shy secretary, not like multi million super weapon.
I'm guessing that's because she most likely would have been employed in an espionage or intelligence-gathering role, rather than "wet work" and black bag operations like Aaron Cross.
Remember the Army General talking to Eric in the cafe about a highly successful operative in Iran who set back their nuclear program? My guess is Outcome was no longer a purely assassination-driven program but focused on a wide variety of special operations and needed agents with diverse skill sets who could do much more than simply kill and kill well. Sabotage, kidnapping, surveillance for instance; these tasks could be handled by female agents and they might even be better in such roles because they'd be less expected.
Females do have their purpose in the intelligence/military community and even open up new possibilities in the world of spying given the fact that they use elements of trickery and roleplay that are not available to men; but certainly not in elite special forces units.
They're nothing but a liability for programs like Outcome and offer no incentive to recruit when there are hundreds of potential and easily recruitable able male candidates out there.
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puschit-1
12 years ago
I wasn't about to say she is a superkiller like Bourne. The movie made it clear that these active Outcome agents that are about to be killed are long-term spies.
However, spies are still professionals and highly skilled agents, they still need nerves of steel. But she looked so intimidated, shy, nervous, insecure. And she wasn't playing a role there because she was talking to another Outcome member (and probably superior).
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PunishU
12 years ago
There are plenty of good female action roles but you guys are right in that some of them only work as a work of fiction, not a plausible action role. Overall, most of the female action roles have been limited to the small screen and too many Hollywood movies feel the need to incorporate CGI-enhanced fight sequences or fakes like Kate Beckinsale and Milla Jovovich into the arena.
This franchise is fine with it's approach to having just agents of both genders unable to go up against the Treadstone experiments. A female Treadstone role would kill all credibility due to the current economy still being mainly against women in the military.
Gina Carano is a decent actress and a great fighter but she doesn't need to be in this ballpark especially now that she has a role in the braindead Fast and Furious saga.
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Suntory_Times
11 years ago
To be fair to the Underworld and Resident Evil films, I think it works there as it isn't aiming for realism in any way shape or form. The Bourne films are and thus whilst I can see good reason for it, the highest physical performers would be male and the films have focused on the best of the best. I wouldn't be against a more cerebral agent though who could certainly be female.
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PunishU
12 years ago
There are plenty of good female action roles but you guys are right in that some of them only work as a work of fiction, not a plausible action role. Overall, most of the female action roles have been limited to the small screen and too many Hollywood movies feel the need to incorporate CGI-enhanced fight sequences or fakes like Kate Beckinsale and Milla Jovovich into the arena.
This franchise is fine with it's approach to having just agents of both genders unable to go up against the Treadstone experiments. A female Treadstone role would kill all credibility due to the current economy still being mainly against women in the military.
Gina Carano is a decent actress and a great fighter but she doesn't need to be in this ballpark especially now that she has a role in the braindead Fast and Furious saga.
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jaded_jester79
12 years ago
"she looked so intimidated, shy, nervous, insecure"
That was probably the point (her cover). Nobody would expect her to have the balls to be a spy.
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puschit-1
12 years ago
She was talking to a doc that was part of the Outcome project, so there was no need to play a role.
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