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 '''''Bloodshot''''' is a 2020 American [[wikipedia:superhero film|superhero film]] based on the [[wikipedia:Valiant Comics|Valiant Comics]] character [[wikipedia:Bloodshot (comics)|of the same name]]. It is intended to be the first installment in a series of films set within a [[wikipedia:Valiant Comics|Valiant Comics]] [[wikipedia:Shared universe|shared cinematic universe]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.businessinsider.com/valiant-entertainment-is-jumping-from-comics-to-movies-and-tv-2019-9 |title=How Valiant Entertainment is jumping from comics to movies and TV |first=Travis |last=Clark |date=September 18, 2019 |website=Business Insider}}</ref> Directed by David S. F. Wilson (in his feature directorial debut) from a screenplay by [[wikipedia:Jeff Wadlow|Jeff Wadlow]] and [[wikipedia:Eric Heisserer|Eric Heisserer]] and a story by Wadlow,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://findawriter.wgaeast.org/project/1156287/bloodshot/ |title=Bloodshot |website=WGA Directory}}</ref> the film stars [[wikipedia:Vin Diesel|Vin Diesel]], [[wikipedia:Eiza González|Eiza González]], [[wikipedia:Sam Heughan|Sam Heughan]], [[wikipedia:Toby Kebbell|Toby Kebbell]], and [[wikipedia:Guy Pearce|Guy Pearce]]. It follows a soldier who was killed in action, only to be brought back to life with superpowers by an organization that wants to use him as a weapon.
+==Plot==
+After leading a successful rescue operation of hostages in [[wikipedia:Mombasa|Mombasa]], U.S. soldier, Ray Garrison, and his wife, Gina, travel for a holiday at an Italian beachside town in the [[wikipedia:Amalfi Coast|Amalfi Coast]]. They are kidnapped by a group of mercenaries led by Martin Axe, who demands to know how the US military learned about the hostages and their location. When Ray explains that he cannot answer, as he isn't privy to that sort information, Axe executes Gina in front of him. Ray vows revenge, and Axe kills Ray as well.
+An amnesiac Ray awakens in the labs of Rising Spirit Technologies (RST), a company in [[wikipedia:Kuala Lumpur|Kuala Lumpur]] specializing in cybernetic enhancements for disabled US military personnel. CEO and lead scientist, Dr. Emil Harting, tells Ray he is the first successful human subject of the "Bloodshot" program, resurrecting and healing him through the injection of experimental [[wikipedia:nanorobotics|nanite technology]] now replacing his entire bloodstream. This technology increases his strength and heals his injuries, but the nanites need to be regularly replaced and recharged or he will eventually succumb to damage and die again. When the nanites work at extreme power, they create a red glowing circle of light on Ray's chest.
+Ray is introduced to Dr. Harting's other patients, including former [[wikipedia:United States Navy|US Navy]] diver "KT" (with whom Ray strikes up a friendship), former U.S. Army Ranger Marcus Tibbs, and ex-Navy SEAL Jimmy Dalton (who overtly—maybe even jealously—dislikes Garrison). After experiencing flashbacks of Gina and Axe, he leaves to avenge Gina's death. Using the nanites and RST servers to hack into databases, Ray tracks down Axe to [[wikipedia:Budapest|Budapest]] and kills him along with his bodyguards. Back at RST, Ray is put to sleep as his nanites are rebooted. As he has done many times before, Harting then replaces Ray's memories with a new scenario of how Gina died, this time with Axe's associate, Nick Baris, as the culprit. KT objects to Harting repeatedly manipulating Ray's memories so he will go after different targets without question or remorse, but she is ignored and reminded that RST can kill her by deactivating her enhancements.
+Ray awakens, once again amnesiac, and is re-introduced to RST, then experiences flashbacks of Baris kidnapping and killing him and Gina. Driven by revenge, he tracks Baris to [[wikipedia:East Sussex|East Sussex]] and kills him, despite the man pleading that RST is lying. Wilfred Wigans, a programmer forced to work for Baris, activates an [[wikipedia:electromagnetic pulse|EMP bomb]] that incapacitates Ray and severs his link with RST. Ray awakens in Wigans's office and experiences multiple contradicting memories of who killed Gina. Wigans helps him realize RST has been manipulating him so he would kill the company's enemies and rivals. Ray tracks down Gina, not only learning she is actually still alive but that their relationship ended five years ago, and since then, she has started a new family in [[wikipedia:London|London]].
+Harting sends KT after Wigans, but after KT asks Wigans for help in freeing herself from RST control and taking down the corporation, she returns to RST and tells Harting she failed to capture the programmer. Meanwhile, Ray is recaptured by Dalton and Tibbs and brought back to the laboratory. KT and Wigans sabotage the reprogramming process and destroy the RST computers. Ray awakens and Dalton and Tibbs try to subdue him. After a lengthy battle, he kills them as the RST building crumbles. Harting confronts Ray with a grenade launcher, confident that the soldier will surrender now that his nanites have been exhausted. To his surprise, Ray is willing to die to achieve victory and activates a grenade that the nanites deconstructed, fatally wounding them both. Ray later awakes with his full memories, revived by Wigans who has updated his technology so his nanites are self-sufficient. The two men and KT then leave in search of a new life.
 == Underlying themes ==
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 === Resurrection ===
+One of the themes a film like “Bloodshot” deals with is the theme of resurrection, though not in any kind of supernatural sense. The resurrection dealt with, rather than a gift of new life, is an awakening into slavery. Ray's life is in the hands of Dr. Emil Harting, who not only controls Ray but also wishes to use Ray in order to have control over the life and death of those who could jeopardize his supremacy over these technological advances. A few vague references in the film to the [[wikipedia:Resurrection of Jesus|Resurrection of Jesus]] are not really justifiable in light of these considerations.
-==Plot==
-After leading a successful rescue operation of hostages in [[wikipedia:Mombasa|Mombasa]], U.S. soldier, Ray Garrison, and his wife, Gina, travel for a holiday at an Italian beachside town in the [[wikipedia:Amalfi Coast|Amalfi Coast]]. They are kidnapped by a group of mercenaries led by Martin Axe, who demands to know how the US military learned about the hostages and their location. When Ray explains that he cannot answer, as he isn't privy to that sort information, Axe executes Gina in front of him. Ray vows revenge, and Axe kills Ray as well.
-An amnesiac Ray awakens in the labs of Rising Spirit Technologies (RST), a company in [[wikipedia:Kuala Lumpur|Kuala Lumpur]] specializing in cybernetic enhancements for disabled US military personnel. CEO and lead scientist, Dr. Emil Harting, tells Ray he is the first successful human subject of the "Bloodshot" program, resurrecting and healing him through the injection of experimental [[wikipedia:nanorobotics|nanite technology]] now replacing his entire bloodstream. This technology increases his strength and heals his injuries, but the nanites need to be regularly replaced and recharged or he will eventually succumb to damage and die again. When the nanites work at extreme power, they create a red glowing circle of light on Ray's chest.
-Ray is introduced to Dr. Harting's other patients, including former [[wikipedia:United States Navy|US Navy]] diver "KT" (with whom Ray strikes up a friendship), former U.S. Army Ranger Marcus Tibbs, and ex-Navy SEAL Jimmy Dalton (who overtly—maybe even jealously—dislikes Garrison). After experiencing flashbacks of Gina and Axe, he leaves to avenge Gina's death. Using the nanites and RST servers to hack into databases, Ray tracks down Axe to [[wikipedia:Budapest|Budapest]] and kills him along with his bodyguards. Back at RST, Ray is put to sleep as his nanites are rebooted. As he has done many times before, Harting then replaces Ray's memories with a new scenario of how Gina died, this time with Axe's associate, Nick Baris, as the culprit. KT objects to Harting repeatedly manipulating Ray's memories so he will go after different targets without question or remorse, but she is ignored and reminded that RST can kill her by deactivating her enhancements.
-Ray awakens, once again amnesiac, and is re-introduced to RST, then experiences flashbacks of Baris kidnapping and killing him and Gina. Driven by revenge, he tracks Baris to [[wikipedia:East Sussex|East Sussex]] and kills him, despite the man pleading that RST is lying. Wilfred Wigans, a programmer forced to work for Baris, activates an [[wikipedia:electromagnetic pulse|EMP bomb]] that incapacitates Ray and severs his link with RST. Ray awakens in Wigans's office and experiences multiple contradicting memories of who killed Gina. Wigans helps him realize RST has been manipulating him so he would kill the company's enemies and rivals. Ray tracks down Gina, not only learning she is actually still alive but that their relationship ended five years ago, and since then, she has started a new family in [[wikipedia:London|London]].
-Harting sends KT after Wigans, but after KT asks Wigans for help in freeing herself from RST control and taking down the corporation, she returns to RST and tells Harting she failed to capture the programmer. Meanwhile, Ray is recaptured by Dalton and Tibbs and brought back to the laboratory. KT and Wigans sabotage the reprogramming process and destroy the RST computers. Ray awakens and Dalton and Tibbs try to subdue him. After a lengthy battle, he kills them as the RST building crumbles. Harting confronts Ray with a grenade launcher, confident that the soldier will surrender now that his nanites have been exhausted. To his surprise, Ray is willing to die to achieve victory and activates a grenade that the nanites deconstructed, fatally wounding them both. Ray later awakes with his full memories, revived by Wigans who has updated his technology so his nanites are self-sufficient. The two men and KT then leave in search of a new life.