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A sequel to the feature film, ''Code 8 Part II'', is set for release on Creator/{{Netflix}} on February 28, 2024.

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A sequel to the feature film, ''Code 8 Part II'', is set for release was released on Creator/{{Netflix}} on February 28, 2024.
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* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler: Marcus is defeated, Nia saves her father, the narcotic Psyke has been close to eradicated in Lincoln City, and Connor learns to become a better person. However, Maddy, Freddie, and Connor’s mother have died, prejudice towards power-enabled individuals continued to plague the city, and Garrett is still conducting illegal business]].

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* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler: Marcus is defeated, Nia saves her father, the narcotic Psyke has been close to eradicated in Lincoln City, and Connor learns to become a better person. However, Maddy, Maddie, Freddie, and Connor’s mother have died, prejudice towards power-enabled individuals continued to plague the city, and Garrett is still conducting illegal business]].
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* ClusterFBomb: Garrett drops a major one after [[spoiler: he and his crew discover the vault has been cleared of almost all of its cash]].

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* ClusterFBomb: Garrett drops a major one string of expletives after [[spoiler: he and his crew discover the vault has been cleared of almost all of its cash]].
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* CharacterDeath: Freddie dies in the altercation with the cop.
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* FantasticDrug: Psyke, which is harvested from the spinal fluid of power-enabled individuals.

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* FantasticDrug: Psyke, Psyke is an illicit substance which is harvested from the spinal fluid of power-enabled individuals.
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* SuperMobBoss: Downplayed with Marcus, a telepathic mobster who deals in Psyke, a drug made from the spinal fluid of other powered individuals.
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* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: Most powered individuals live in poverty, work second-class or outright illegal jobs, are discriminated both verbally and [[PoliceBrutality physically by law enforcement]], and have to be registered as citizens, facing worse punishment if they are not. Sounds ''[[{{Anvilicious}} very similar]]'' to RealLife racism, doesn't it?

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* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: Most powered individuals live in poverty, work second-class or outright illegal jobs, are discriminated both verbally and [[PoliceBrutality physically by law enforcement]], and have to be registered as citizens, facing worse punishment if they are not. Sounds ''[[{{Anvilicious}} '' very similar]]'' similar'' to RealLife racism, doesn't it?
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* ManOfWealthAndTaste: Marcus is a wealthy and well dressed mobster whose façade of cordiality belies a sleazy drug trafficker who takes advantage of the disenfranchised and betrays his own men.
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In the feature film, a young man with superhuman powers, Connor Reed, is recruited by a crime boss, Marcus Sutcliffe, to work on heists.

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In the feature film, film (starring Creator/RobbieAmell and Creator/StephenAmell), a young man with superhuman powers, Connor Reed, is recruited by a crime boss, Marcus Sutcliffe, to work on heists.
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* ArmedBlag: The final heist involves an armed robbery of the truck carrying Psyke for destruction.
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* BigBad: Marcus Sutcliffe.

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* BigBad: Marcus Sutcliffe.Sutcliffe is the leader of the largest Psyke manufacturing organization in the city, and the primary antagonist.
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* SuperMobBoss: Downplayed with Marcus, a telepathic mobster who deals in Psyke, a drug made from the spinal fluid of other powered individuals.
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* AdaptationExpansion: The feature film adds deeper worldbuilding, as it delves into the historical development of Lincoln City as well as its superhuman criminal underworld.

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* AdaptationExpansion: The feature film adds deeper worldbuilding, as it delves into the historical development of Lincoln City as well as its superhuman criminal underworld. There are also far more important characters than in the short.
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* {{Slimeball}}: Marcus is self centred, morally bankrupt, and sleazy, always trying to make things turn out in his favour. He tries to weasel his way out of a debt with the Trust, and betrays Garrett and Connor the first opportunity once he gets his Psyke supply back. He also talks down to Garrett habitually.

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* {{Slimeball}}: Marcus is self centred, morally bankrupt, and sleazy, always trying to make things turn out in his favour. He tries to weasel his way out of a debt with the Trust, and [[spoiler: betrays Garrett and Connor the first opportunity once he gets his Psyke supply back.back]]. He also talks down to Garrett habitually.
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* AdaptationExpansion: The feature film adds deeper worldbuilding, as it delves into the historical development of Lincoln City as well as its superhuman criminal underworld.


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* TheSpeechless: Freddie is completely mute, communicating through sign language.
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* BadBoss: Marcus [[spoiler: ends up sending in additional forces during the final heist to rid of Garrett’s crew, resulting in the deaths of everyone on the crew except for Garrett himself and Connor]].
* BigBad: Marcus Sutcliffe.
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* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: This belief was held on a ''[[FantasticRacism societal level]]'' by humans towards the power-enabled citizens of Lincoln City, as progressively advancing technology proved to be more effective at handling jobs and tasks than their powers were. This was what made way for the ensuing prejudice and violence.
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* TechnoDystopia: The world itself isn't a [[AfterTheEnd post-apocalyptic]] [[CrapsackWorld hellhole]] or anything. The worst thing about it is the discrimination against superpowered individuals as a result of over a century's worth of technological revolutions, including drones and mechanized police officers.
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* ProgressiveEraMontage: The TitleSequence includes news footage ranging from the early 1900's to the modern-day setting, showcasing the power-enabled individuals' aid in the construction of Lincoln City to their eventual [[FantasticRacism discrimination]] at the hands of crime lords and the militarized police force, showcasing society's downfall into a dystopian CrapsackWorld.
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* NoHonorAmongThieves: [[spoiler: Marcus tries to have Connor and Garrett killed, and successfully had Freddie and Maddie killed so that he could have his other men take the Psyke to him]].

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* NoHonorAmongThieves: [[spoiler: Marcus [[BadBoss tries to have Connor and Garrett killed, killed]], and successfully had Freddie and Maddie killed so that he could have his other men take the Psyke to him]].
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* NoHonorAmongThieves: Marcus tries to have Connor and Garrett killed, and successfully had Freddie and Maddie killed so that he could have his other men take the Psyke to him.

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* NoHonorAmongThieves: [[spoiler: Marcus tries to have Connor and Garrett killed, and successfully had Freddie and Maddie killed so that he could have his other men take the Psyke to him.him]].
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* CruelAndUnusualDeath:
** Marcus's henchman Rhino is killed when Garrett telekinetically shoots a metal rod [[EyeScream straight into his eye]] and Connor blasts it with his electricity to fry his brain.
** [[spoiler: Marcus himself is killed by Garrett by being telekinetically strangled to death with his own necklace]].
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* ClusterFBomb: Garrett drops a major one after [[spoiler: he and his crew discover the vault has been cleared of almost all of its cash]].

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