6 Underground
WARNING : Spoilers for6 Underground .
Netflix’s6 Undergroundbears similarities to many squad - orientate action film , and actually tips its hat toOcean ’s Elevenduring the final credits succession . The reference to Steven Soderbergh ’s 2001 heist film mark the main storyline , and also hints at theNetflixmovie getting a subsequence .
In6 Underground , directorMichael Bayfeatures an underground hit squad known as“ghosts ” : multitude who have been declared legally dead by the government , and are lead by former CIA private detective One ( Ryan Reynolds).6 Underground’sopening half 60 minutes sets up One ’s backstory , and explains how he became a billionaire by developing innovative attracter applied science . After the squad ’s first military mission in Florence , which ends with the destruction of a squad member , the crew seeks out a seventh operative , Blaine ( Corey Hawkins ) . Throughout the film , One ’s assembled squad aims to de - enthrone the leader of Turgistan , Rovach Alimov ( Lior Raz ) , and replace him with the dictator ’s more reasonable chum , Murat ( Payton Maadi ) . Alongside Reynolds and Hawkins , the main cast is comprised of Mélanie Laurent , Manuel Garcia - Rulfo , Ben Hardy , andAdria Arjona.6 Undergroundwas write byDeadpoolscribes Paul Wernick and Rhett Reese .
Related : Netflix ’s 6 Underground Cast & Character Backstory Guide
6 Underground’scredits sequence teases succeeding episode by referencingOcean ’s Eleven . After the film ’s coming , the mysterious One strolls down a track tarmac with his team after the focal foreign mission . “ Bulletproof ” by The Score plays over the moment , and the music dips out for a brief one - liner from the gregarious Three ( Garcia - Rulfo):“Next time , can we just knock off a f**king casino ? ” The collective members smirk at the reference to another squad - up movie with a number in the title : Ocean ’s Eleven , in which infamous thief Danny Ocean ( George Clooney ) assembles a squad to hook aLas Vegascasino . Soderbergh ’s film inspired two sequel -Ocean ’s TwelveandOcean ’s Thirteen- along with a 2018 all - female spinoff , Ocean ’s 8 .
Three’sOcean ’s Elevenjoke connects to the team ’s first encounter with Seven . As One explains what they do , and why , at their California“Haunted House,”there ’s a“hit board”on that paries that include not one but several targets . The 6 Underground squad exists to do all the dirty work that the CIA could n’t necessarily handle , for one ground or another . The crew ’s central office has a proper obsession wall and loads of technology , as they ’ve carefully plan to bring down a total of 10 human beings , with the Florence mission already make out ( Target # 4 ) . One ’s squad begin their first Book of Job with Seven by focusing on Target # 1 - Rovach Alimov . With that charge now completed , there are theoretically eight more pic pull up stakes in Bay’s6 Undergroundfranchise .
6 Undergroundincludes various dada culture reference as One ’s squad breaks from the principal action . TheOcean ’s Elevenjoke is n’t necessarily a total knee - slapper , but it does pay tribute to the magisterial custom of movies about assembling a ragtag crew with certain skills to do some dirty work .
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