#Code 8

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SUNG KANG as ALEX PARK CODE 8 (2019) dir. Jeff Chan

[neco117]

[billornot]

[gebo4482]

Code 8: Part II by Lee Fitzgerald

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So here's the thing about Code 8 Part 2

I could look at Garrett's two henchmen, Shane and Maev, and say these two feel like replacement Freddie and Maddy. Same general character description (minus the fact that Freddie couldn't speak). Same powers, just switched. Same basic role to Garrett. And they die in almost the exact same way-- in a shoot out on a street, pinned down behind some cars, after Garrett's "partner" abruptly turns on him, one of the two dies immediately to kick off the shoot out, the other lasts slightly longer. And on the one hand, part of me wants to say that's lazy writing. They just basically reused the same side characters and recreated the same plot point.

But on the other hand, I can look at that and read it as intentional. Freddie and Maddy were Garrett's crew, his guys. And he cared about them (the most tender moment we see from Garrett in either film, is when he's holding Freddie as he dies). So after their deaths, as he's building his empire, he surrounds himself with people who remind him of them (whom, we are shown, he also cares about). And while these people are people that Garrett genuinely wants to help and protect, the dichotomy of Garrett is that he also is selfish and wants power and money and falls back on violence and corrupt dealings to get those things. So the two shootouts (one killing Freddie and Maddy, one killing Shane and Maev) represent the cycle of violence. Garrett thinks he can have it both ways; be both a "man of the people" standing up and providing something for people with powers, and make deals to serve his own power and status. But when he makes those corrupt deals, he might make it out alive but the people he wanted to protect do not (except for Connor). And the pattern repeats again at the movie's climax, and was perhaps preceded by whatever happened to his brothers. So Garrett's crew helps to demonstrate the cycle that Garrett is stuck in-- in part because of the system, but equally because of his own guilt-- but which Connor and Pav are fighting to break.

[lustagel]

just watched code 8 part II and loved it! aaaaa the first movie was good so i didn’t expect this one to be too but they ate down.

[thecrownisagift]

OMG I FEEL LIKE I WILLED THIS INTO EXISTENCE

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also my uncle pointed out the 2 mains had the same last name so I look that up only to find out theyre cousins that crowdfunded the first movie after a successful short film in their own??

[ratleyland]

This Sci-Fi Thriller about enhanced individuals being treated like second rate citizens is a bit of a slow burn... but the story was good enough to keep me interested until the final moments.

[bluezorya]

Sooo, since we have so little content on Ess Hödlmoser here, I gonna try to add to it a little, because they are just an amazing perfomer. (more screen gonna come in the coming weeks)

[waheebthabit]

Code 8: Part II

This movie had a simple premise and decent cgi. The relationship between the irl cousins was pretty good. I do wish it had more fight scenes and we saw Connor's electric powers more.

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[billornot]

[gebo4482]

Code 8: Part II

Dir: Jeff Chan Star: Robbie Amell / Stephen Amell / Jean Yoon

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#happybirthday @sungkang #sungkang #actor #hanlue #fastandfurious #tokyodrift #fastfive #fastandfurious6 #furious7 #f9 #fastx #obiwankenobi #starwars #Snakehead #betterlucktomorrow #power #forbiddenwarrior #hawaiifive0 #code8 #livefreeordiehard #wecanbeheroes #rayathelastdragon

[reveseke]

I didn't even remember Code 8 pt 2 had come out recently, I was scourging for it a few years ago bc i wanted to know if there was any continuation to it. And holy shit?? The ending??? Izjdjvhdjfb

Glad Pav got to live her life and recovered though. :'] also loving how Connor stepped up properly to help her and was quite protective of her after he realized what was to happen.