The science fiction psychological thriller Possessor was developed and is being directed by Brandon Cronenberg in 2020. The Agency at the centre of the tale employs mind control to carry out nefarious deeds for wealthy clients. The movie has a dark conclusion and offers a novel perspective on consciousness transfer and its applications. The “Uncut” version has quite a bit of blood and guts. In addition to Sean Bean playing a supporting role, the Possessor cast also includes Andrea Riseborough, Christopher Abbott, and Jennifer Jason Leigh in the lead parts. Spoilers ahead for the explanation of the Possessor movie’s ending and narrative.
Inhabitant| What happened? What does this mean?
In the film Possessor, Tasya Vos plays a lady who has entirely transformed into a merciless, cold-blooded killer.
Possessor| Detailed Layout
Let’s quickly review the plot of Possessor before coming to the conclusion.
What does the Agency do, possessor?
The Agency functions by seizing control of individuals and using them to carry out its terrible activities. The Agency chooses a person who has access to the target when a task—killing someone—needs to be completed. After abducting this person, they put a chip in their head. Then, for a brief period of time, a field agent assumes control of this person and utilises them to kill their target.
Tasya Vos: Who is she, exactly?
Tasya is an example of a field agent that excels at imitating people while in control of their bodies and eliminating targets. One of her responsibilities is to kill in the movie’s opening scene. Michael, Tasya’s ex-husband, and their son Ira make up her family. Tasya is a cold-blooded murderer who takes pleasure in her murders and prefers to use a knife than a gun, but she still retains a small amount of humanity in the recesses of her mind as a result of her family.
The fact that Tasya can’t bring herself to fire her host when her job is done gives off the impression that she is a megalomaniac. Field agents must shoot themselves in the head while still inside the host’s body in order to exit. Tasya is unable to force herself to do it; instead, in the opening kill, she chooses to be slain by police in order to reappear in her own body.
Girder, who is he? What is she seeking?
Since using this technology over an extended period of time seems to affect one’s mental health, Girder is a retired assassin searching for a suitable substitute. She hopes that one day Tasya will take Girder’s place since she is unable to continue. Yet Girder discovers that Tasya’s family, which keeps her connected to a regular existence, is the sole weakness in her strategy.
Girder has a chip in Ira’s brain that Tasya is unaware of. Girder seems to have been occasionally taking control of Ira, monitoring Tasya’s private life.
Describe Zoothroo.
The Agency is attempting to take control of Zoothroo. It’s a data mining business founded by John Parse, whose only daughter Ava is engaged to Colin Tate, an impoverished former drug dealer.
Reid, John’s stepson, appears to have asked the Agency for assistance in getting rid of John and Ava so that he might inherit the business. The Agency appears to have an agreement with Zoothroo’s proprietors. They will have access to all the information they require in this way. The business gathers data by peeping into, gathering, and labelling feeds from various home video devices.
Who is Colin working for?
Colin is treated with minimal regard by John, who even gave him a low-level position at his business. John’s only task for the day is to watch home video broadcasts and classify the curtains that appear in them. This process of identifying and labelling certain objects in the video is known as tagging. Another operator would keep an eye on couches, etc.
Possessor clarified that Tasya’s mission was associated with Zoothroo.
After taking Colin hostage, the Agency implants a chip in his brain. Tasya seizes control of Colin and takes over his mind. Tasya spends weeks prior to this observing Colin’s mannerisms. Tasya-Colin initially passes unconscious as her mind seems to be unstable inside of Colin’s skull. Yet she doesn’t inform the Agency since she wants to finish her task.
At a party, Tasya-Colin consumes alcohol, fights with John, calls Ava names, and is ejected from the gathering. This blatant act of rage is a warm-up for “Colin’s motive” nighttime attack.
Tasya-Colin makes a late-night return and brutally assaults John. She loves using sharp objects and takes her time killing. As Ava interrupts, Tasya-Colin viciously shoots and kills her as well. John survives, but he is completely crippled (yes, people, Sean Bean’s character does not pass away).
Tasya-Colin is unable to kill herself now that the time has come. The control starts to shift to Colin’s consciousness. Now keep in mind that Colin, not Tasya, is the one with the mind and the memories. Although Colin’s consciousness is being forced inward, it is awake, and he is aware of what has been happening. The chip in Colin’s mind merely prevents his consciousness from doing action, so he can only watch what Tasya is doing. After Colin regains composure, he gets the chip out of his head and flees. Although Tasya is now driven further into Colin’s subconscious, her consciousness is still present in his head.
Reeta’s identity is unknown.
Colin’s acquaintance Reeta appears to be an ex-girlfriend. He is perplexed when Colin takes possession of his body and seeks sanctuary at Reeta’s house. Tasya is able to leap forward, seize hold of Colin, and kill Reeta in the shower, which is unfortunate for her.
Eddie, Colin’s pal, who is he?
Eddie is a member of the Agency. He works as tech support rather than a field agent. Eddie and others turn up to “repair” hosts when field agents lose control of them. The Agency assigns Eddie to follow Colin after the bloody incident that occurs when Colin removes the device from Tasya’s body. As Eddie arrives at Reeta’s house, he shoots Colin with a tranquillizer to regain Tasya’s influence over him.
Possessor| What does the scenario with the mask mean?
An important concept in Possessor is that Colin’s mind is imprisoned and is observing everything Tasya is doing while using him, despite Tasya’s consciousness having seized control of his body. Tasya is shown to be struggling to maintain control of Colin. Colin’s consciousness triumphs over Tasya’s just as Eddie believes he has regained control. The incident where Colin slams Tasya’s face against the bed illustrates this.
Colin continues by donning Tasya’s mask. This metaphor demonstrates how Tasya’s family is revealed to Colin by Tasya’s consciousness accessing her memories. Now in charge, Colin murders Eddie.
In an effort to remove Tasya from Michael’s mind, Colin locates Michael’s home using Tasya’s memories and travels there.
Death in the family of Tasya
As Colin arrives at Tasya’s residence, he holds Michael at gunpoint and demands that his predicament be resolved. For the sake of her family’s love, he hopes Tasya will emerge from his delusional state and set things straight for him. Michael suddenly knocks Colin’s gun out of his hands. As a result of Tasya’s self-preservation instincts, she seizes control of Colin and kills Michael through hacking. There is a second dimension to this as well; Tasya feels constrained by her family. ‘Retaliation’ seems like a great justification for killing her husband. Even without using a meat cleaver to disarm Michael, she may have thought of other approaches.
Girder, who is in charge of Ira, sees this as an excellent opportunity and advances to knife Tasya-Colin in the throat, killing her instantly. In response, Tasya-Colin turns around and shoots Ira. Keep in mind that Tasya is unaware that Ira is being held captive at this moment. She is only acting out of her innately murderous nature. Tasya is cutting her ties to her everyday life by doing this.
What the Possessor Ending Means
The Possessor movie’s climax shows that Girder was in charge of Ira and had convinced Tasya to kill her family. Now that Tasya is unconnected to the outside world, she can take Girder’s place as an icy assassin.
Possessor’s Ending| What does the butterfly represent?
Tasya performs an activity at the start of the film to make sure her consciousness is back in her own head and there are no memory gaps. She is given several items for this and asked to respond. She explains as she takes a butterfly out of a frame, “I killed and mounted it one summer when I was a teenager, and then I felt horrible about it. Even now, I feel bad about it.
Tasya picks up the same butterfly towards the end when she returns to her own body after killing her family. I killed and mounted it one summer when I was a little girl, she continues before stopping. “Good,” says Girder. This demonstrates how Tasya no longer feels bad about killing the butterfly, her ex-husband, or her child.
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