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- Let us begin.

- Why a Newton's cradle?

- It focuses the mind.

- So who is he?

- John Doe.

- Who he is doesn't matter.

- Well, it matters to me.

- He's ex Special Forces.

No family, no connections.

A soldier's soldier.

- Just a man trying to do his country proud.

- So explain this to me, doctor.

- Well, the concept of the microchip is quite simple.

Expands the processing power of the brain.

Microchips have been doubling in such power every 18 months

for the last several decades.

The human brain on the other hand,

has remained virtually stagnant

for the last several thousand years.

But with every technological leap forward,

humanity has leaped forward exponentially.

Think of how far we could go

if we used one to help the other.

- I've heard your pitch before,

but what makes this version of the chip better?

- We can make suggestions now.

- Interesting, you can make him do things?

- We can plant ideas.

We didn't tell him to eat that apple,

but we put the thought of the apple in his head

and his brain took over from there.

- I don't know, a fox?

- Not as interesting.

- Just wait,

turn it on.

- So you mean the chip wasn't on before?

- Well, technically, the chip is always on,

sort of like a smartphone unless you remove the battery.

But now we're- - Fully engaged.

- It's a wolf.

- The chip helps him analyze the surroundings

and come up with a solution to whatever problem he may face.

- Lion,

crocodile,

snake,

tiger.

- Impressive.

- What would you like him to do next?

- I've seen enough.

Turn him off.

Shut it all down.

- What?

- Security breach!

- Turn off the chip!

- I'm trying!

- Abort the subject!

- He can't get out of that room.

The door locks from the outside.

- Kill him now.

- Do it.

- It's not working.

- Hit the kill switch, abort.

- It's not working!

- Hit it, abort!

- I'll take that.

♪ Anywhere the spirit goes ♪

♪ And nobody knows ♪

♪ I'm gonna feel it deep inside ♪

♪ I got a way of holding on ♪

♪ When I'm feeling lost ♪

♪ Go and listen to my guide ♪

♪ Confusion and losing ♪

♪ Is never really in my way ♪

♪ Try your hardest to believe ♪

♪ That you'll receive ♪

♪ And then you see the twist of fate ♪

♪ I know I got your head spinning spinning ♪

♪ But you're gonna be just fine just fine ♪

♪ In a different dimension mension ♪

♪ But we're winning on the upside upside ♪

♪ Gotta know the way you're living living ♪

♪ But the air is flowing just fine just fine ♪

♪ In a different dimension mension ♪

♪ But we're winning on the upside upside ♪

- You didn't even draw your weapon.

- That's why I'm still alive unlike him.

So what just happened, doctor?

- A minor setback.

- The new and improved chip malfunctioned.

- Chip didn't malfunction, the subject malfunctioned.

- Now I understand what went wrong.

You people think a person can malfunction.

- Do you know how many soldiers are in this facility?

They'll get him.

- Yep, they're doing a bang up job already.

- This didn't happen with any of the female subjects.

- Oh, you really think this is a gender problem, Alex?

You're even dumber than you look.

- We're still in control of all of them aren't we?

- For now. - Enough!

John Doe was supposed to follow orders.

The chip leaves you no other option.

- Then perhaps he still is.

- Who is?

- His own.

- Where'd he go?

- Somewhere without cameras.

- The basement.

- Wherever he is,

he somehow just access the mainframe.

- Send in the team. - On it.

- You said he was a grunt, not a hacker.

- He was a grunt.

- Now he can be whatever he wants to be, thanks to the chip.

- Precisely.

Wonderful.

- He's trying to get a message out.

- Cut off all communications.

Done.

- Where's my team?

- Approaching now.

- Room is clear.

Subject is not present.

- Facility is locked down.

He's not going anywhere.

- Are you sure about that?

- Can we still track the subject?

- Not at the moment, sir.

- But where's he gonna go, Senator?

He has no one, that's why we picked him.

- Then he can't be too hard to find can he?

- Just understand doctor,

the finance is not unlimited.

- And neither is our patience.

- You have an uncontrolled,

dangerous military asset offsite.

What's your contingency for this?

- And you are who again?

- I didn't say.

- She's with the agency.

- Well then Ms. Agent,

why don't you go sit in the corner over there?

The smart people are talking now.

- Let me know when they start and I'll be happy to.

- Enough!

We're gonna activate the original subjects.

- Well then, don't forget my favorite girl.

- I wouldn't dream of it, Senator.

- I guess we're going to test your gender hypothesis.

- I thought meeting in dark, scary alleys

in foreign countries was my thing not yours?

- Dark, scary alleys are the only place I'm safe right now.

- Why come to me?

- Because Ylan said I could trust you.

- No, he didn't.

- No, he didn't,

but he did say that you would understand

what needed to be done.

- Why am I in London?

- I don't have a lot of time, okay?

One of the chip program financiers just tried to sell me

as a sex slave.

- Well, my flight had a lot of turbulence,

but I think you win.

What have you got for me?

- I have the access code and everything that comes with it.

- Oh my goodness, an expense account, why not use it?

Get some food, maybe a drink.

And then go to sleep.

- May I join you?

- No, thank you.

I'm waiting for someone.

- And he's late.

- Yeah, she is.

Have a nice night.

- If I give you my Lamborghini,

can I tell you a story until she gets here?

- You have a Lamborghini?

- Yes,

and now you have one.

Thank you.

I'm John.

- Jane.

- Two more of whatever she's having.

- Fine, I'll bite.

What's your story, John?

- I'm part of a secret spy program that implants microchips

in people's heads to make them super smart.

- Wow, has that line ever worked for you?

- I'll know in about an hour.

- Super smart and super cocky, winning combination.

- Well, so far so good.

- All right then, Mr. Super Spy,

what am I thinking right now?

- How do I get rid of this devilishly handsome stranger?

- You're half right.

- Which half?

- Not the one you were hoping for.

- The chip is a prototype.

It's a work in progress.

- Maybe they should have perfected it

before they implanted it in your head.

- They tried, there was a version of the chip before mine.

- Did it cause the owner to crash and burn with the ladies

as badly as yours?

- Don't know, she never told me her preferences.

- Mm, touche.

So who was this poor guinea pig?

- Han Wynn, a Vietnamese operative

was the original subject.

I guess they didn't wanna test it on one of their own

until they were sure it worked.

- We are ready.

- Han was former Senator Benson's personal recruit,

like all the ladies were.

I think someone over there owed him a favor.

- Cat.

- Wait.

- Switch off the safety protocol, fully engaged Jim.

- Yes, doctor.

- A shark.

- Benson wasted no time putting Han to work.

It was supposed to be a simple file retrieval job,

but the mark came home,

and the chip took over and put her into survival mode.

Once the threat was eliminated, the chip disengaged

and Han realized what she had become.

- I take it Han didn't like having a super spy chip

in her head?

- No she didn't.

- But you do?

- I do now,

especially if it allows me to spend time with you.

Okay, that was a better line.

Cheesy, but better.

- I told you I was super smart.

- I wouldn't take it that far.

So is your plan to convince me to go back to your place

before my friend gets here?

- Nope, your plan is to convince me

to go back to your place before your friend gets here.

Really?

Well, your story would've to get a hell of a lot better

for that to happen.

- Oh, it does.

Thank you.

- Aren't you breaking some super spy code or something

by telling me all this?

- Most definitely.

- Won't you get into trouble?

- Already did.

And so did Han.

Her chip didn't come with all the bells

and whistles mine does.

No tracking or safety protocols either.

She wanted out, but that's not how this works.

- Benson killed her?

- Technically, yes, but really the doctor did

at the moment he put that chip in agent Han's head.

- The doctor?

- Dr. Cain, the one who invented the chip,

the one responsible for the whole program.

- Nature knows no pause on progress and development

and attaches her curse on all inaction.

- Oh, that Dr. Cain.

The secret super spy doctor.

The one who apparently likes quoting George Bernard Shaw.

- That's the one.

- But I've never heard of Senator Benson.

- Former senator, and why would you have?

Unless you lived in his state

or cared about appropriation bills.

- That makes sense.

He doesn't sound like a very nice guy either.

- He's not.

- But at least he chose you to be the first American

to get a super chip implanted in his head.

- Not even close.

I wasn't even the most American.

That honor went to American Indian, Ylan Romero.

After the Han disaster,

the doctor was allowed to choose the next subject.

- A woman from Washington is here.

Ylan was a former special forces soldier like me.

Also like me, he had no family, no connections,

and no one to miss him,

except for his old friend,

the tribal police chief.

- We'll watch you on TV when you get your medal.

- It won't be televised.

Secret heroes just disappear.

- Welcome to the program.

- But Ylan ended up going rogue too.

He rescued someone who needed rescuing

and exposed the whole program to scrutiny.

- The disappearing secret hero.

- Marena sure thought so.

- But who's Marena?

- An assistant to one of the chip program's financiers,

who stumbled across something she wasn't supposed see.

Her boss, Yuri Ketrov had a lot of businesses,

not all of them legal.

Maybe Marina knew about some of them,

maybe she didn't,

but she definitely didn't know

what she was gonna find out that day.

- What is this?

She knew how dangerous Ketrov could be,

but she had made her decision.

There was no going back.

- What you're doing is wrong, and you know it.

- Give her to Terezin.

He always liked her.

And that's when Ylan found her.

I'll be back tonight,

and I'll take you to my house

for a test run.

- Romero. - Shh, shh.

- But unlike the original chip,

the one implanted in Ylan did have tracking

and safety protocols,

so they were able to reign him in

before things got too outta control.

- You do have a lot of details in your story,

I'll give you that.

- All good stories do.

- Of course, and this is where you come in?

- No, not yet.

I was still another upgrade away.

- Oh, do tell.

- After Ylan's shaky start,

they went right back to Benson and his female subjects.

- Easy on the eyes, I assume?

- Of course, but this time,

they chose a civilian Bindi Lamar,

supposedly saw her in a cafe.

The thought was that if they could train someone

from the ground up, they would've total control,

a true sleeper agent.

- Fox,

wolf,

spider,

cheetah,

hawk.

- And then there was light.

And they wasted no time

in testing out the new recruit.

Mr. Titit, one of the program's other financiers

needed some files still on the old fashioned way

from a rival company,

and he needed them immediately, whatever the cost.

So they sent the unassuming Bindi

to do what they trained her to do.

And if her natural skills weren't enough,

they were confident that the chip would fill in the gaps.

And they were right.

- Here we go.

- Oh, hell, score one for the ladies.

And she didn't go rogue?

- No, no, she didn't go rogue.

After Han, none of the ladies did.

- Oh, there were more?

- Senator Benson called them his crows

because they could be anywhere,

always watching, always waiting.

- This guy sounds like the ultimate creepy uncle.

I hope your story ends with some super spy taking him out.

- I agree, that would be a good ending.

- But unless you're secretly

the woman I'm meeting here tonight in disguise,

I assume that your program started recruiting men again.

- They did, as you can guess,

the doctor wasn't satisfied

with creepy uncle Benson's loyal,

but limited city of crows.

He wanted to push the technology forward

and finally make a super spy.

And that's where I came in.

I was a finely tuned weapon,

and that was before the chip.

I had but two loves,

serving my country,

and the bottle.

Sometimes, that second one got in the way of the first.

That's how the doctor recruited me for the program,

with the help

of the doctor's very convincing assistant, Vivian.

- You'll be better than before,

smarter and more skillful in every way.

You'll have the calculating power

of the most advanced microchip ever invented,

assisting you in any and all decisions you may face.

There won't be anything you can't do.

- I'm honored and lucky to be chosen.

- There is no good luck, only good planning.

It wasn't that hard of a sell.

Being a super spy, who wouldn't want that?

- Oh, so that's why you think I'm gonna take you back

to my place because Vivian picked you up

and took you back to hers.

- Actually it was my place, Vivian and I went back to.

- Oh, well then, we're good then.

- My thinking exactly.

- Either way, you could have fooled me about being a drunk.

You haven't even touched your drink.

- Score another one for the chip.

- Then again, the doctor couldn't have his prized super spy

being a drunk now could he?

- No he couldn't.

But being sober has a way

of making you see things more clearly.

- Abort!

- It's not working.

- So when I was escaping the doctor and his facility,

but before I made it down to the basement mainframe,

I stumbled across something.

Old test subjects.

I didn't know if they were dead, or discarded failures,

or just previous attempts lying there waiting for orders.

And I didn't care.

I just needed to get to the basement.

Oh, hell.

- Wow, I guess your upgraded chip

really is the best version.

- I'd like to think so.

So how am I doing so far?

- Well, considering we're still in this bar,

not back at my place, I'd say not so good.

- As I said, the chip's still a work in progress.

- I shouldn't be so hard on you.

I'm just a lowly office drone

who spends her days sending pointless emails.

Yes, this is Jane.

Answering phones.

Lemme write that down.

Pushing papers, filing,

and now attending a boring outta town business conference.

I would much rather be home wearing sweats,

sipping a glass of wine

and getting ready for bed.

- But instead, you're in the hotel bar waiting for a woman

who may or may not have stood you up.

- True, but at least your completely 100% real story

is entertaining me.

- And you have a brand new Lamborghini.

- And I have a brand new Lamborghini,

please continue.

After the fight, I finally made it to the basement,

plugged in the damaged tablet I swiped

from the doctor and Vivian,

and sent out a message

to activate all the other chip owners.

- He's trying to get a message out.

Actually to use the doctor's term,

I sent them all a suggestion.

- And what did you suggest for them to do?

- The only thing I could,

do as trained and strike back those responsible

for the chip program.

Bindi was back at the cafe,

unknowingly waiting for the moment

when they would permanently deactivate her.

I made sure she at least had one last hurrah.

Mr. Titit used her first,

so I thought he should see her last.

The next suggestion went to Ylan.

Even though he was back in the program,

Ylan knew that after rescuing Marina,

his days were numbered.

I'm sure he didn't need much of a push

to go after the target I sent him, Yuri Ketrov.

- Hello.

Victor!

- Oh, this story got exciting.

There's just one problem with it.

- Only one?

- Well, let's start with one.

So all the upgraded chips have tracking and safety protocols

and you say you have the most upgraded chip there is.

How are you even here?

Why aren't there soldiers or spies kicking down the doors

and shooting up the place?

- You want me to skip straight to the reveal?

- Well, you said it would only take an hour

for you to explain why you think I'm gonna take you back

to my place, time's ticking.

- And I have even less time if your girlfriend shows up.

- Not a girlfriend,

just someone from the business conference.

Last minute meeting, I suppose.

- Good to know.

Well, to answer your question,

my chip was temporarily blocked.

That's why they can't track me

or enact any protocols right now.

Oh, so out of all the recruits,

only yours was blocked?

Sounds convenient. - It wasn't.

Soon after my chip was implanted,

I met an agent, a real one,

or rather, she met me.

- Can I buy you a drink?

- I apparently no longer drink.

- Thanks to the chip I presume.

- Who are you?

- Seems like that thing inside your head does a lot more

than the doctor said,

none of it good for you or the country.

- If you knew the chip was bad back then,

why didn't you just have it removed?

- The agent told me why,

something the doctor and Vivian forgot to mention to me

or the others.

- If the chip is ever removed or damaged,

the effects on your brain would be catastrophic.

- Why are you telling me this?

- We have common interests.

I'm not even supposed to know about your existence

until tomorrow when the doctor provides me

with a demonstration of your talents.

- Then how do you?

- Former employee of your new bosses

suddenly grew a conscience.

She also provided me with an access code.

- They can track me?

- They can do a whole lot more to you than that.

- What, I'm already dead?

- Not yet, when they fully activate your chip tomorrow,

their access to you will miraculously be blocked.

That is until their techs figure out

that we change the access codes.

- Then what do I do?

- What you do best, you serve your country

and eliminate the threat.

- Abort!

It's not working!

- And the first thing I did with that code

before I sent out the suggestions

was buy myself some more time.

And I'm sure Alex has been working around the clock

ever since, trying to crack the problem.

- Anything? - Soon.

- What do we do when we find him?

- You use this.

It'll damage the chip.

And fry his brain.

- Super spies versus regular spies, interesting.

- Something like that.

- So who takes out creepy uncle Benson?

You? - No.

- He's a former senator, a little tougher to get to.

- I thought you said there would be a good ending

to your story.

- I did, but I'm just one man.

I need a little help with the happy ending.

I bet you do.

- But fortunately, you already helped.

- And how is that?

- Senator Benson's up in your hotel room.

- Excuse me?

- That's why you're here.

- I am here for a business conference.

- One that's conveniently near this hotel.

- There's my favorite girl.

- Okay, that's not funny.

I've never even heard of Senator Benson.

- Oh, he's hard to forget.

- You lost a shoe.

- I'm about to lose a whole lot more.

- Yes, you are.

- Really, oh so now I'm an assassin too?

- I think you prefer the term super spy.

- Oh, right, right.

Did I just forget that too?

- As Agent Wilds put it,

the chip does a lot more

than the doctor told us it could do,

none of it good for you or the country.

- What?

- They have a literal kill switch built in,

a memory block doesn't seem too crazy.

- Wait, wait, wait,

now you're saying I'm one of the doctor's subjects?

I have a chip in my head?

- Pretty much, Jane Doe.

- I think I will be able to meet you after all.

Oh my goodness, an expense account, why not use it?

Get some food, maybe a drink,

and then go to sleep.

- You're one of Benson's crows, Jane.

Well, you were one of them, and now he's gone.

- Okay, story time is over.

This has been very entertaining

and probably one of the most surreal nights of my life.

- You were the only one of us

who could have done what you did, thank you.

- Well, it was a pleasure meeting you, John.

Thank you for the Lamborghini,

assuming there really is one connected to these keys.

- There is, it's yours.

You deserve it.

- Right, well, it's getting late

and I have to go find the woman

I was supposed to meet here tonight.

- The one from your business conference?

- Yeah. - She's not coming.

- Oh, that's right.

You know this because you're super smart.

- No, I know that

because Sarah Wilds was never gonna come here.

- I never told you who I was meeting.

How do you know her name?

- Because she's the agent I met at the bar that night.

- Of course, of course, of course she is.

All right, I'm leaving.

Actually, I'm gonna go to the ladies room first

and then I'm gonna go back

to my hotel room alone, thank you.

Drinking some wine and going to bed.

- Does this mean you're not taking me back to your place?

- Goodbye John.

- Ladies room?

Thanks.

Just a story.

You're okay, you're okay.

A literal crazy person just tried to pick me up.

- Mm, there's a lot of those around.

- Right.

- In case he comes back.

- He can give me a Lamborghini, but he can't pay the bill.

- Would you like me to charge this to your room?

- No, thank you, I'll pay cash.

- Whenever you're ready.

- You came back.

Maybe I have a shot with you yet.

- Not a chance.

- You know, this all ends when you take me back

to your place.

- Still super cocky I see, even creepy uncle Benson

had better pick up skills than you do.

- Ouch.

You know, the doctor would never let us go, Jane,

not until the next upgrade,

and he's done with us permanently.

- Where's the tablet John?

- I gave it to Agent Wilds.

- You see Ketrov's body out there?

Suggestions you sent worked.

- So did your access code.

It's pretty damaged.

- The agency can fix it.

The agency can fix anything.

- Not everything, I bought myself some more time.

- I'm glad, use it wisely.

- I plan to.

I need a car.

- Which one do you like?

- Which one do you think?

- Have fun Mr. Doe.

- And that brings me back to you

in this beautiful hotel bar.

- Your Lamborghini is stolen.

- No, your Lamborghini is stolen.

- What is she gonna do with the tablet?

She already did it.

You and I are the only ones left.

- Why didn't she just kill me when she had the chance?

Right, you needed me to take out Benson first.

- Don't worry, she's not touching you.

- Oh, I'm not worried.

Now, what's to stop Agent Wilds from aborting you?

- She can't, I changed my access code

when I hacked the system.

- Oh, but the doctor's still gonna want that tablet back.

- Oh, he can take it up with the agency,

send them a memo, request it back.

- All the program's financiers are dead.

You think you've won now?

- No, there will always be some rich guy

who wants more power over other people.

But the chip program begins and ends with Dr. Cain.

He's the final target.

- Are you at least gonna pay your bill first?

- I don't have any money.

- Of course you don't.

- Let the agency keep the tablet, John,

I already cracked your codes and made new ones.

Done.

- Go get him.

- How do you think we found you?

- Because I wanted you all here.

- Not all of us.

- Oh-uh.

- Did you really think you were about to get lucky with me?

- There's no good luck,

only good planning.

- You sound like Dr. Cain.

- Well, I do have his chip in my head.

- Not for long.

- Okay.

- I'm sorry it came to this.

- Oh, hello, Vivian.

Came to pick me up at another bar?

- You are the perfect subject.

- I don't drink anymore.

It won't be so easy this time.

- You'll always be easy, John.

- We were dead the moment that doctor put that chip

in our head.

- But we don't wanna kill you,

just damage your chip.

- Doctor's orders, he wants to study it.

- You said it yourself John,

your chip is a work in progress.

Doctor will never let you go,

not until the next upgrade.

- And the next, and the next.

- He's all yours.

- Good night, John.

- Good luck, Jane.

- Let us begin again.

- Brain activity, minimal.

The damage done to the cerebral cortex is catastrophic.

He's not going anywhere ever.

- So much the better.

- The repairs to his chip were successful.

- Good.

- Well, he said in the end,

I would take him back to my place.

Guess he was right.

- He even got into your bed.

- If I may ask doctor, if he is pretty much brain dead,

why keep him alive at all?

- Because the chip in his head doesn't know that.

It'll keep operating in his body as if all is well.

And that data,

I can use to create the ultimate upgrade version.

- But John had me

and the others kill all the programs financiers.

- There's always more money to be found.

- And more subjects.

- I'm curious though,

what were John Doe's last words?

- He wished me good luck.

- There's no such thing as good luck,

there's only good planning.

- Exactly.

- What are you doing?

- You see, doctor,

John sent me a suggestion.

- I know, he wants to assassinate Senator Benson.

- No, mine was to kill the chip program.

And that program begins

and ends with you.

♪ And I know I got your head spinning spinning ♪

♪ But you're gonna be just fine just fine ♪

♪ In a different dimension mension ♪

♪ But we're winning on the upside upside ♪

♪ Gotta know the way you're living living ♪

♪ But the air is flowing just fine just fine ♪

♪ In a different dimension mension ♪

♪ But we're winning on the upside upside ♪

♪ Destiny and our games and only one saying ♪

♪ Whatever you won the race ♪

♪ All together in the zone ♪

♪ Where is home ♪

♪ Is where you choose to lay your feet ♪

♪ The mission's condition ♪

♪ Is really just to state a case ♪

♪ Looking back and holding on ♪

♪ To what is gone ♪

♪ You see it never left your place ♪

♪ I know I got your head spinning spinning ♪

♪ But you're gonna be just fine just fine ♪

♪ In a different dimension mension ♪

♪ But we're winning on the upside upside ♪

♪ Gotta know the way you're living living ♪

♪ But the air is flowing just fine just fine ♪

♪ In a different dimension mension ♪

♪ But we're winning on the upside upside ♪

♪ Break it down upside upside ♪

♪ In this tangled web we weave ♪

♪ Pulling strings and make believe ♪

♪ When what it is could never fly ♪

♪ And you've chosen all the truth that lives inside ♪

♪ I know I got your head spinning spinning ♪

♪ But you're gonna be just fine just fine ♪

♪ In a different dimension mension ♪

♪ But we're winning on the upside upside ♪

♪ Gotta know the way you're living living ♪

♪ But the air is flowing just fine just fine ♪

♪ In a different dimension mension ♪

♪ But we're winning on the upside upside ♪

♪ Break it down upside upside ♪

♪ Break it down upside upside ♪

♪ Break it down upside upside ♪