I think I have seen something like this. Can’t recall the name, but it was more like taken, with some agency funding some rando to collect their family.
A million batman origin stories. Parents brutally murdered by whoever. But instead of a family fortune you are approached by a friendly CIA agent who offers to fund your career of vengeance.
Submitted 1 week ago by rainrain@sh.itjust.works to showerthoughts@lemmy.world
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CameronDev@programming.dev 1 week ago
rainrain@sh.itjust.works 1 week ago
I figure this is the origin story for a lot of terrorists.
CameronDev@programming.dev 1 week ago
If its the CIA funding them, their called “Freedom Fighters” :D
b3an@lemmy.world 1 week ago
I just saw this movie.
Tap for spoiler
He blackmails his superiors to get training… he isn’t offered to get revenge on his wife’s killers. They laugh at him…
CameronDev@programming.dev 1 week ago
I think thats in the trailer, so no spoiler. Its not exactly OPs premise, but its close, its still a normie being helped by a larger organisation. Did you like it?
Korne127@lemmy.world 5 days ago
Reminds me a bit of Kingsman
surewhynotlem@lemmy.world 1 week ago
I’m pretty sure that’s just the middle east. But the CIA did the killing too.
NigelFrobisher@aussie.zone 1 week ago
That’s a villain origin story.
JasonDJ@lemmy.zip 1 week ago
Did you describe Saddam Hussein?
Although his father died before he was born, his mother tried to abort him and kill herself but failed, she didn’t want him and he was raised by his uncle.
restingboredface@sh.itjust.works 1 week ago
This is sort of the way ::: spoiler spoiler The Wrath of Becky ends. After exacting her revenge for the second time, she gets approached by a CIA person who basically offers her a job as a field agent/professional killer and she ends up getting support ro take out one final bad guy with a flipping tank. It’s a satisfying ending for the movie and for Becky. :::
If you haven’t seen those movies, they’re worth checking out. They’re like 2 hours of revenge/justice porn, very violent and gory but entertaining.
Zahille7@lemmy.world 1 week ago
That’s kinda like Absolute Batman. Alfred is an MI6 agent investigating Batman and the other gangs, and after a while they start working together because Alfred believes in the Mission.
Batman actually blasts Alfred at point-blank with a “non-lethal” shotgun in their very first meeting. I say “non-lethal” because the shotgun shoots mini batarang-shaped shrapnel. And Alfred just has a bunch of tiny batarangs sticking out of his face after the shot.
Goddamn I need to read the Absolute DC comics.