Why do Assassins always lose their memory.
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chubbykipper — 19 years ago(February 05, 2007 12:56 AM)
I think they were listing movies featuring assassins who hadn't lost their memory, just to illustrate that not all assassin movies are about amnesia.
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ellis_deetrip — 17 years ago(May 07, 2008 09:45 PM)
In some cases, like this movie, it adds character depth like what could have been if they had not become assissins in other cases it can use flashbacks to develop the characters with out the need for a formally structured story line..
My favorite is GhostDog, even though he had no memory loss I like how the flashbacks showed the point of views of both him and Louie (who's life was at stake / where the gun was pointed), and how he lived by the Hagakure (read pg. 172 in the one with the black cover)
and the final scene was great, along with Leon's in The Professional
Kind of like "Today I bring death, tomorrow I recieve it"
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kay_cee_d — 17 years ago(November 23, 2008 07:39 AM)
I think its because their jobs are so dangerous that they're more prone to having enough extensive damage that would cause them to lose their memory.
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CBikle — 17 years ago(January 10, 2009 02:03 PM)
Hah, I was just thinking the same thing.
the Long Kiss God Night may be the first of this genre, but other films like the Bourne series and Conspiracy Theory were better.
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BertramWilberforceWooster — 12 years ago(December 24, 2013 10:58 PM)
the Long Kiss God Night may be the first of this genre
You were saying?
http://www.imdb.com/board/10094791/?ref_=nv_sr_2
That came out in 1988. The novel it is based on came out in 1980.
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pammigal — 17 years ago(January 12, 2009 04:52 PM)
The whole niche is that they're "programmed" assasins; programmed to kill and also programmed to forget. The logic behind this is that if the assasin is ever put in a vulnerable position, they won't be able to incriminate any of the major players. Once the completed mission is over, they have to contact their base, for mental maintenance checks.
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Concise_Statement — 12 years ago(September 28, 2013 02:48 PM)
If I made my money killing a whole bunch of people for the government, I'd probably want to forget it too. I'm curious as to whether PTSD and amnesia are totally unrelated conditions, or if there's some linkage there in neuroscience since soldiers seem to suffer from the former all the time.
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