History Film / PainkillerJane

Jane Elizabeth Browning, a female US Special Forces soldier, is sent to Chechnya with the Painkiller Unit to shut down a drug lab. At the site, they find it's creating a biochemical weapon instead, to which they're exposed. While attempting to retreat, they're attacked by armed men in Hazmat suits, who kill them all -- except for Jane, naturally, who then wakes up in a military facility, finding that her multiple gunshot wounds are healed after only a few days. The military are of course fascinated by this, Jane's superior officer Colonel Ian Watts keeping her there for testing. A psychiatrist, Dr. Graham Knight, also attempts to assess Jane, though she rebuffs this. It becomes clear that the military has no intention of letting Jane go, and after she's transferred to Alaska for even more tests, Jane escapes instead in the company of a thief, Nick Pierce. Taking shelter with him and his two companions, Jane determines to reveal what happened and why to give her such extraordinary abilities.

* GasMaskMooks: A group of men in Hazmat suits gun down Jane and her team in the opener. The gas masks are justified since they were exposed to a biochemical weapon.

* TheVoiceless: It's never said Squeak cannot speak, but he doesn't utter a word in the film.

* FakingTheDead: [[spoiler:At the end, Jane's death is faked by Watts, giving her a completely new identity, with even a gravestone he visits to show her supposed resting place.]]

A 2005 TV movie by the Creator/SciFiChannel, very loosely based on the comic book of the same name.

Jane Elizabeth Browning, a female US Special Forces soldier, is sent to Chechnya with the Painkiller Unit to shut down a drug lab. At the site, they find it's creating a biochemical weapon instead, to which they're exposed. While attempting to retreat, they're attacked by armed men in Hazmat suits, who kill them all. Except for Jane, naturally, who then wakes up in a military facility, finding that her multiple gunshot wounds are healed after only a few days. The military are of course fascinated by this, Jane's superior officer Colonel Ian Watts keeping her there for testing. A psychiatrist, Dr. Graham Knight, also attempts to assess Jane, though she rebuffs this. It becomes clear that the military has no intention of letting Jane go, and after she's transferred to Alaska for even more tests, Jane escapes instead in the company of a thief, Nick Pierce. Taking shelter with him and his two companions, Jane determines to reveal what happened and why to give her such extraordinary abilities.

* BitchInSheepsClothing: [[spoiler:Graham/Insley, who initially comes off as a nice, sympathetic psychiatrist]], turns out to be Erfan all along, who gave Jane her enhanced abilities via a genetic modification, which killed her team when they were exposed.
* EvilutionaryBiologist: Erfan enhances humans by genetic modification, saying they'll achieve a higher stage of evolution in doing so.

* GoalOrientedEvolution: Erfan claims Jane is the "next stage of human evolution", while including others he enhanced like her, plus himself.

* SequelHook: [[spoiler:The film ends with the reveal Erfan is alive, selling his substance to East Asian men, and it's implied he's enhanced himself, with a clear indication for future story lines. This never happened however, as the series was completely different.]]

* SuperStrength: Among the enhancements she receives Jane gains great strength, allowing her to break out of handcuffs with ease.
* TakingTheBullet: Jane leaps in front of Watts when gunmen attack them near the end, getting hit by one bullet meant for him. While he is hit, it's {{just a flesh wound}}, while this spars him from worse.

* TooDumbToLive: Though he's aware of Jane's enhanced strength, since he caused her to have it, Erfan just cuffs her when she's captured. Naturally, she easily breaks free and ends up jumping from a helicopter on top of him. [[spoiler:He survives though, being implied as having been enhanced too.]]
* TheVoiceless: It's never said Squeak cannot speak, but he doesn't utter a word in the film.

* TheyWouldCutYouUp: Jane clearly fears, if not dissection, she'll be held by the military indefinitely with endless tests when they transfer her to Alaska. Instead, she escapes and goes on the run.

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A 2005 TV movie by the Creator/SciFiChannel, very loosely based on the comic book of the same name. Jane Elizabeth Browning, a female US Special Forces soldier, is sent to Chechnya with the Painkiller Unit to shut down a drug lab. At the site, they find it's creating a biochemical weapon instead, to which they're exposed. While attempting to retreat, they're attacked by armed men in Hazmat suits, who kill them all. Except for Jane, naturally, who then wakes up in a military facility, finding that her multiple gunshot wounds are healed after only a few days. The military are of course fascinated by this, Jane's superior officer Colonel Ian Watts keeping her there for testing. A psychiatrist, Dr. Graham Knight, also attempts to assess Jane, though she rebuffs this. It becomes clear that the military has no intention of letting Jane go, and after she's transferred to Alaska for even more tests, Jane escapes instead in the company of a thief, Nick Pierce. Taking shelter with him and his two companions, Jane determines to reveal what happened and why to give her such extraordinary abilities.

!Examples:

* TooDumbToLive: Though he's aware of Jane's enhanced strength, since he caused her to have it, Erfan just cuffs her when she's captured. Naturally, she easily breaks free and ends up jumping from a helicopter on top of him. [[spoiler:He survives though, being enhanced too.]]

* SuperSenses: Jane's eyesight becomes much keener, even telescopic, due to her enhancement. She's shown being able to see things in great detail a long distance off. Along with, her hearing is similarly improved.

* ImportantHaircut: About midway through the film, Jane cuts her hair short and dyes it bright red, embracing her new abilities while goes against the military who she served to find out how they occurred.

* GeneticEngineeringIsTheNewNuke: Jane's enhanced abilities turn out to be a result of genetic modification, which Irfan also gave other people (including, the ending implies, himself).

* PromotionToParent: Due to their parent's deaths, Jane's older sister Carla raised her.

* EvolutionaryLevels: Erfan claims Jane is the "next stage of human evolution", while including others he enhanced like her, plus himself.

* BackdoorPilot: This film was meant to kickstart a series. While one [[Series/PainkillerJane did occur]], it has a very different plot.

* DyeHard

* ImportantHaircut

* SherlockScan: Jane does these many times in the film after gaining [[HyperAwareness enhanced attention to detail]] and [[SuperSenses superior eyesight]] along with her HealingFactor, picking up things which would escape others.