497e39180f The first female US President Sally Sheridan is shot dead by a sniper during her Veterans Day speech. Her assassin narrowly escapes the scene with his life, national security hot on his heels - or so it seems. Three months later, an elderly couple discover the body of a wounded man in a tree, wearing a parachute. The young man (Dorff) cannot remember the slightest thing about his own identity. The only clue is a tattoo on his neck, &quot;XIII&quot;. Meanwhile, in the Whitehouse, government intelligence is still conducting the search for the President&#39;s killer. With the elections just weeks away, a confirmed suspect could swing the vote for the administration. Hours after XIII&#39;s location is picked up by covert intelligence, elite special ops forces are swarming the couple&#39;s house in Cape Fear. Running on adrenaline and instinct, XIII tactically takes out the soldiers one by one. On the run, clinging to one desperate clue after another, XIII begins to piece back his life, fragments of his memory returning. Finally captured, he learns that he has been given a stolen identity and placed undercover to flush out a group of conspirators threatening to overthrow the government. Ensconced within the highest echelons of power the conspirators run their own security agency alongside the Government&#39;s. Both are out to find him. The only way for XIII to get his own life back is to play bait. A dangerous game, especially when you don&#39;t know who you really are. I saw the first part of &#39;XIII&#39; this week on french TV, and I can&#39;t wait for the second part to be broadcast. Of course some will think of Jason Bourne, but the plot isn&#39;t the same and the original comic book was released in 1984 ! there are some differences between the movie and the book, but it is not easy to resume 19 books in a two-part movie. Without spoiling the story, I can say I didn&#39;t expect the end of the first part before seeing it. Stephen Dorff is good in the main character, but it is more pleasant to watch Val Kilmerthe villain who is, in my opinion, an excellent actor who&#39;s not enough seen in theaters. Definitely Jason Bourne + Shooter. Maybe they should&#39;ve called it &quot;The Bourne Conspiracy&quot;? They even use the same music FFS! <br/><br/>So apart from ripping off two excellent movies to make this hotch-potch, they didn&#39;t even get a decent dialogue coach. <br/><br/>After 1 hour 15 minutes, Jessalyn Gilsig starts explaining exactly what&#39;s been happening, what happened to the guy and how he&#39;s got to where he is, but she whispers it and mumbles it! <br/><br/>Why don&#39;t director&#39;s get these useless actors/actresses to do the scene again so we can hear what the hell she is supposed to be saying?<br/><br/>Overall, well worth watching, but it could&#39;ve been so much better.
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