Directed by Roel Reine, Classified is the story of an undercover agent who, through some unprecedented events, realized that he was not working for his nation but as a private player. The revelation made Evan Shaw realize that the truth was not what he had perceived it to be. Evan felt betrayed, as he had been made to believe that whatever he was doing was for the welfare of his nation. So, let’s find out what happened in the film and if Evan Shaw was able to find out the truth about the matter.
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How did Evan meet Casey?
Evan believed that he worked for the CIA, and his handler, Kevin Angler, ordered him to kill people who were a threat to the nation. Evan had no clue that he was, in fact, working for a private party that had nothing to do with the CIA or the nation. Kevin was on a mission when he noticed that he was being followed. He didn’t do anything at that moment, though he made the woman following him realize that he saw her. He gave some cash to the bartender and asked him to send a drink for her. That same lady came after him during his mission in Italy. This time, she came into his room and attacked him as soon as he went inside. She told him that she knew that he worked for the US tourism division, a branch of the CIA that didn’t exist. She said that she was from MI6 and that she had been tracking his movements for a very long time. She also told him that she knew about Monica Walker, who was from her unit itself. That was the moment Evan decided to hear out what Kacey had to say. Monica and Evan were quite close to each other, and they had decided to get married to each other. But then things didn’t turn out the way Evan would have wanted, and his partner ended up losing her life.
Kacey believed that the division he worked for did not exist in real life and that he had been deceived. It was a shocking revelation for Evan, and he couldn’t believe whatever Kacey told him without proper evidence. While finding evidence in Malta, Evan got a call from his employer, who first asked him to return to Rome and finish the job that he was given, and secondly he informed her that the girl with whom he was roaming was not from MI6. Evan had to confront Kacey eventually, as he wanted to know what could be the motive behind Kacey’s action. It didn’t take Evan long to figure out that the MI6 safe house that Kacey took him to was not actually a government property. It was all a sham, and Evan demanded answers. That’s when Kacey revealed to him that Monica Walker was her mother, and that made Evan her father. Evan took a few moments to gulp down the information. He wasn’t aware of Kacey’s existence. He felt very strange at that moment in Classified, as being a father was definitely not something that was part of his future plan. He could see himself as a father, but he knew that now he had a responsibility at hand and needed to find the mastermind of the entire circus that he had earlier believed to be orchestrated by the CIA.
Was Kevin Angler dead or alive?
Evan told Kacey that he hadn’t been able to stay with Monica for long as he was a good little soldier. He’d wanted to do something for his nation, and he believed that Angler gave him the opportunity to do so. Kacey saw that Evan decoded the “Classified” ads in the newspaper, and she asked him what it was meant for. Evan revealed to her that it was like a registry for everybody he had killed up until then. Kacey figured out that before the division closed, Evan had killed all sorts of bad guys like terrorists and mafia. But once the division shut down (or as she believed that it did), Evan got orders to kill CEOs, scientists, and all sorts of other people in important positions or working white-collar jobs. Now, a CEO of a company can be equally involved in illegitimate activities, but certainly, there was a shift in the kind of people Evan got ordered to kill. Also, Kacey speculated that Evan was made to kill Sean Davis of the sovereign military order of Malta because he was after Angler’s life. Kacey told Evan that it could be possible that he was not doing any service to the nation and probably just killing an innocent person who was after his boss’ life. Earlier in Classified, we saw that Evan had found a tape in which he had heard Sean and Angler talking. He learned from it that Sean had threatened to expose Angler.
After Kacey told Evan that she believed that Angler had passed away, the latter went and read every obituary that was printed on different papers. All the newspapers printed the same information with the same picture. However, there was one newspaper that had not only a different picture but also a different note written below it. Evan believed that it was some sort of code. Kacey and Evan figured out that there was one company that benefited from each and every killing the latter had done. It seemed like the Griffin Group, a Malta-based hedge fund, was running the show. Kacey and Evan went to their headquarters, where they met Antonio Griffin. Kacey was right. It was all a sham, and has never worked for the CIA. Antonio gave Evan the location of Angler, under the condition that henceforth they would work together and rule the world.
During Classified’s ending, Evan found out that Angler was not dead. Evan was livid, and he wanted to take out all his anger on the man. His entire life had been a lie, and he wanted somebody to be answerable to him.
Was Evan able to stop Griffin?
Evan had a concealed GPS on him, and the moment he reached Angler’s place, the latter knew that Griffin’s men would come to hunt them. Angler accepted the fact that he was a greedy man who had done certain objectionable things in the past. Angler knew that Evan would be angry, and he prepared to give him the reasoning behind each and every action he took. But before they could talk and come to terms, Griffin’s men arrived. Angler was killed in the shootout, but somehow, Evan and Kacey were able to escape from there.
In Classified’s ending, Evan decided that he was going to stay with Kacey and look after her. He couldn’t be there for Monica, but now he wanted to be there for his daughter. Before starting fresh, Evan just wanted to finish what he had started. He broke into Griffin’s mansion and, finding the opportunity, shot him dead. Griffin’s group had been responsible for taking the lives of many innocent people, and Evan knew that as long as Antonio was at the helm of things, more people would end up losing their lives. If there is a Classified part 2, I won’t be surprised if Kacey and Evan decide to go on a mission together. But as of now, Evan wanted to keep Kacey safe, and he had all the motivation in life to retire from his line of work and lead a normal life, something that he had always wanted.
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