6 Underground
The6 Undergroundtimeline is non - linear , presumably to keep viewers guessing about the mysterious lead character reference , One , depict by Ryan Reynolds . Michael Bay’sNetflixblockbuster jump out back and off between different periods of sentence , and while the unconventional plot structure may be confuse at times , all of the film ’s events come in a four - year span .
In6 Underground , a secret vigilance man hit team wants to make the world a better spot . Led by the aforementioned One , the " 6 Underground " group plan to rid of evil people who physically and emotionally terrorise civilians.6 Undergroundprimarily focuses on the team ’s 2d mission to take down a dictator in the fabricated country Turgistan ( in real life , Turgistan was a province in Afghanistan over 1000 years ago ) . Alongside One , the team consists of a CIA undercover agent ( Mélanie Laurentas Two ) , a gun for hire ( Manuel Garcia - Rulfo as Three ) , an athletic stealer ( Ben Hardy as Four ) , a doctor ( Adria Arjonaas Five ) , and Seven , a new recruit / war veteran ( Corey Hawkins ) who replace Six ( Dave Franco ) , a driver , after he ’s killed during the first mission in Florence .
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6 Undergroundprimarily take place between 2015 and the present day . Because of the messy first hour , though , it ’s easy to confuse the various events depicted in section label as“1,”“2,”and“3,”etc . The chronological order of event in6 Undergroundbegin with the issue that inspires One to hunt down the master scoundrel , Rovach Alimov ( Lior Raz ) , the authoritarian leader of Turgistan .
6 Underground Timeline Explained
In 2015,“four years ago,“Rovach Alimov bombed civilian while One is present . One later confronts Alimov at a Parisian theatre , in brief before a one - night stand with an Italian charwoman named Arianna ( Elena Rusconi ) . If the present day is 2019 in6 Underground , One faked his plane clangoring death“three years ago”in 2016 , hoping to“to ghost the living for what they ’ve done . ”One keeps a photo of Arianna in his cockpit in 2016 , unaware that she has ( or will ) give birth to a son .
In 2017 , Camille ( later known as Two ) helps the CIA seizure Alimov ’s sidekick Murat ( Peyman Maadi ) at a CIA Black Site in Western Uzbekistan . The U.S. then delivers Murat to Rovach as part of a passel . In the nowadays , One briefly explains his CIA backstory at the California " Haunted House . " The conditional relation is that One recruited Two through his news contact , whom are disillusioned with the CIA ’s strategies . If the present Clarence Shepard Day Jr. is set in 2020 in6 Underground , it ’s possible that One fudge his deathafterthe CIA gave Murat to Rovach .
If One fudge his death in 2016 , however , the first mission in Florence takes place in 2019 . The crew successfully ( and miraculously ) allow for Italy with their target ’s eyeball , allowing them to track Rovach ’s generals in Las Vegas . The6 Undergroundtimeline then becomes more perplexing due to brief flashback sequences involving other eccentric . When Seven arrives at the Haunted House to join One ’s team , One ’s opening narration indicates that four months have passed since the first commission in Florence .
The remaining consequence of6 Undergroundare mostly a chronological narrative ; however,6 Underground’sbookend sequences tease the past and the futurity . betimes on in the film , One talk over growing up as an orphan , which set up the last revelation that he ’s a father . One systematically reminds his squad in6 Undergroundnot to use their names , nor to get personal kinship with each other . They do , of course , and One come to the realization that they are , in fact , the menage he never had . At the end of the film , One sets up a fund for his illegitimate minor , suggesting One ’s bequest will continue on through his son . The end possiblysets up a continuation . Hopefully , if6 Underground 2is made for Netflix , it will abide consistent with specific escort , rather than featuring numbered sections with addle timeline .
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