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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.

== Underlying themes ==

=== Free will ===

In an interview with [https://www.denofgeek.com Den of Geek], directory [[wikipedia:David Wilson|David Wilson]] mentioned [[wikipedia:Free will in theology|free will]] as being one of the main underlying themes of the movie:

{{Quote|text=Transhumanism, which is basically the boundary between who we are biologically and technology, is just evaporating. What happens to us? What happens to us when the technological advances exceed our biological ones? When you can buy a stronger arm or a chip in your head that makes you more intelligent, what happens when those things require insane amounts of effort and dedication to become faster or stronger? Or the biological birthright of being intelligent, what happens when you just pay for that? What does that do to us as a species in terms of a class system?

That was just very loosely explored, but the concept of free will and being able to choose who we are is very much front and center in the film. I feel like as we allow technology into our lives more and more, we are increasingly susceptible to that and I think it’s important to maintain a sense of agency in our lives and not just, for whatever reason, believe what screens tell us. I think we’re seeing that even in the political climate, so how do we maintain sort of a factual awareness in the face of all that happening? I don’t want to make a TED Talk, but I felt like this was a nice way to personify that dilemma.|author=[[wikipedia:David Wilson|David Wilson]]|source=[https://www.denofgeek.com/movies/how-bloodshot-may-connect-to-a-valiant-cinematic-universe/ Den of Geek]}}

On the theme of free will, the [[cathopedia:Catechism of the Catholic Church|Catechism of the Catholic Church]] states:

{{Quote|text=1730 God created man a rational being, conferring on him the dignity of a person who can initiate and control his own actions. "God willed that man should be 'left in the hand of his own counsel,' so that he might of his own accord seek his Creator and freely attain his full and blessed perfection by cleaving to him."

''Man is rational and therefore like God; he is created with free will and is master over his acts.'' - '''Saint Irenaeus''', ''Adv. haeres. 4,4,3:PG 7/1,983''

1731 Freedom is the power, rooted in reason and will, to act or not to act, to do this or that, and so to perform deliberate actions on one's own responsibility. By free will one shapes one's own life. Human freedom is a force for growth and maturity in truth and goodness; it attains its perfection when directed toward God, our beatitude.|author=Catechism of the Catholic Church|source=Part III, Section I, Chapter I, Article 3 (nn. 1730-1731)}}

=== Resurrection ===

==Plot==