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* Instead of a natural progression of the plot, the entire film seemed to be deliberately dropping one plot twist after another.
** There is really no need for Aiden to lie to Elly about her books being "predictive" of future events and instead he should've just straight-up revealed she was an agent who had lost her memories. The film itself tries to justify this by having Aiden claim that it would be best to break it down slowly to prevent her from being too overwhelmed. Like as if being dragged from a life of a celebrity novelist into a dangerous, high-stakes adventure isn't already overwhelming for her psyche in the first place... Or that his lie would lead to the rather unnecessary misunderstanding about him trying to kill Elly, leading to the abovementioned criticism that the multiple plot twists are there for the sake of being there.
** The audience is expected to believe that Elly's parents are Division operatives keeping tabs on her ever since her amnesia. Thinking back, this means five years of parent-child relationship was nurtured between the three characters and the post-reveal events seemed to indicate nothing of their relationship meant anything? Either the character writing was flawed here (As critics themselves alleged) or the characters are blatantly sociopathic.
** Throughout the movie, the Division can't decide between capturing or killing Elly Conway. Even before Elly revealed to BigBad Ritter that she intended to betray the Division all along, at some point the Division operators were clearly trying to kill her before they knew of the Masterfile's location, so why all the trouble spent on getting that file in the first place?
** After all the plot twists were revealed, the film's premise from the beginning now looked rather absurd. The Division is spending unnecessary resources just to get Rachel Kylle to reveal the location of the Masterfile that would expose the villains. Five years of faking a completely new backstory for the amnesiac agent who they actually treat as one of their own, despite the fact that these same resources could be used to rehabilitate her back to her real self, almost certainly at a cheaper cost.
** Finally, the RuleOfCool means the audience can usually ignore this, but regardless, being stuck in a non-athletic, non-physical life for five years would mean any agent regardless of their competence would be out of practice and realistically they can't ease back into their former role as quickly as Elly did. The movie acts as if the person's former physical reflexes and abilities would instantly return when their memories were restored.

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* Instead of a natural progression of the plot, the entire film seemed to be deliberately dropping one plot twist after another.
** There is really no need for Aiden to lie to Elly about her books being "predictive" of future events and instead he should've just straight-up revealed she was an agent who had lost her memories. The film itself tries to justify this by having Aiden claim that it would be best to break it down slowly to prevent her from being too overwhelmed. Like as if being dragged from a life of a celebrity novelist into a dangerous, high-stakes adventure isn't already overwhelming for her psyche in the first place... Or that his lie would lead to the rather unnecessary misunderstanding about him trying to kill Elly, leading to the abovementioned criticism that the multiple plot twists are there for the sake of being there.
** The audience is expected to believe that Elly's parents are Division operatives keeping tabs on her ever since her amnesia. Thinking back, this means five years of parent-child relationship was nurtured between the three characters and the post-reveal events seemed to indicate nothing of their relationship meant anything? Either the character writing was flawed here (As critics themselves alleged) or the characters are blatantly sociopathic.
** Throughout the movie, the Division can't decide between capturing or killing Elly Conway. Even before Elly revealed to BigBad Ritter that she intended to betray the Division all along, at some point the Division operators were clearly trying to kill her before they knew of the Masterfile's location, so why all the trouble spent on getting that file in the first place?
** After all the plot twists were revealed, the film's premise from the beginning now looked rather absurd. The Division is spending unnecessary resources just to get Rachel Kylle to reveal the location of the Masterfile that would expose the villains. Five years of faking a completely new backstory for the amnesiac agent who they actually treat as one of their own, despite the fact that these same resources could be used to rehabilitate her back to her real self, almost certainly at a cheaper cost.
** Finally, the RuleOfCool means the audience can usually ignore this, but regardless, being stuck in a non-athletic, non-physical life for five years would mean any agent regardless of their competence would be out of practice and realistically they can't ease back into their former role as quickly as Elly did. The movie acts as if the person's former physical reflexes and abilities would instantly return when their memories were restored.
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* Argylle has a distinct crop-top haircut and it's noted that such noticeable sillhouettes would be a liability for a real spy. However, we learn that [[spoiler:Elly's books are actually her buried memories bleeding through and see that Ritter has a very similar haircut. It's possible that some details got muddled thanks to her amnesia]].
* How did Elly became a relatively successful novelist from an utter blank of an amnesiac in merely 5 years? Ignoring the various FridgeLogic after all the plot twist reveals, this can be justified: [[spoiler:Elly's mother who is actually Dr. Vogler of The Division would guide her on her writing skills, and while unmentioned in the film, the resources of The Division would mean they can secretly bankroll Elly's writing career with something as simple as marketing - Getting other people to pay attention to her books, and thus encouraging her to write novel after novel regardless of her actual writing prowess]].

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* Argylle has a distinct crop-top haircut and it's noted that such noticeable sillhouettes would be a liability for a real spy. However, we learn that [[spoiler:Elly's Elly's books are actually her buried memories bleeding through and see that Ritter has a very similar haircut. It's possible that some details got muddled thanks to her amnesia]].
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* How did Elly became a relatively successful novelist from an utter blank of an amnesiac in merely 5 years? Ignoring the various FridgeLogic after all the plot twist reveals, this can be justified: [[spoiler:Elly's Elly's mother who is actually Dr. Vogler of The Division would guide her on her writing skills, and while unmentioned in the film, the resources of The Division would mean they can secretly bankroll Elly's writing career with something as simple as marketing - Getting other people to pay attention to her books, and thus encouraging her to write novel after novel regardless of her actual writing prowess]].
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** There is really no need for Aiden to lie to Elly about [[spoiler:her books being "predictive" of future events and instead he should've just straight-up revealed she was an agent who had lost her memories. The film itself tries to justify this by having Aiden claim that it would be best to break it down slowly to prevent her from being too overwhelmed]]. Like as if being dragged from a life of a celebrity novelist into a dangerous, high-stakes adventure isn't already overwhelming for her psyche in the first place... Or that his lie would lead to the [[spoiler:rather unnecessary misunderstanding about him trying to kill Elly]], leading to the abovementioned criticism that the multiple plot twists are there for the sake of being there.
** The audience is expected to believe that [[spoiler:Elly's parents are Division operatives keeping tabs on her ever since her amnesia. Thinking back, this means five years of parent-child relationship was nurtured between the three characters and the post-reveal events seemed to indicate nothing of their relationship meant anything?]] Either the character writing was flawed here (As critics themselves alleged) or the characters are blatantly sociopathic.
** Throughout the movie, the Division can't decide between capturing or killing Elly Conway. Even before Elly [[spoiler:revealed to BigBad Ritter that she intended to betray the Division all along, at some point the Division operators were clearly trying to kill her before they knew of the Masterfile's location, so why all the trouble spent on getting that file in the first place?]]
** After all the plot twists were revealed, the film's premise from the beginning now looked rather absurd. The Division is spending unnecessary resources just to get [[spoiler:Rachel Kylle to reveal the location of the Masterfile that would expose the villains. Five years of faking a completely new backstory for the amnesiac agent who they actually treat as one of their own, despite the fact that these same resources could be used to rehabilitate her back to her real self, almost certainly at a cheaper cost]].
** Finally, the RuleOfCool means the audience can usually ignore this, but regardless, being [[spoiler:stuck in a non-athletic, non-physical life for five years would mean any agent regardless of their competence would be out of practice and realistically they can't ease back into their former role as quickly as Elly did. The movie acts as if the person's former physical reflexes and abilities would instantly return when their memories were restored]].

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** There is really no need for Aiden to lie to Elly about [[spoiler:her her books being "predictive" of future events and instead he should've just straight-up revealed she was an agent who had lost her memories. The film itself tries to justify this by having Aiden claim that it would be best to break it down slowly to prevent her from being too overwhelmed]].overwhelmed. Like as if being dragged from a life of a celebrity novelist into a dangerous, high-stakes adventure isn't already overwhelming for her psyche in the first place... Or that his lie would lead to the [[spoiler:rather rather unnecessary misunderstanding about him trying to kill Elly]], Elly, leading to the abovementioned criticism that the multiple plot twists are there for the sake of being there.
** The audience is expected to believe that [[spoiler:Elly's Elly's parents are Division operatives keeping tabs on her ever since her amnesia. Thinking back, this means five years of parent-child relationship was nurtured between the three characters and the post-reveal events seemed to indicate nothing of their relationship meant anything?]] anything? Either the character writing was flawed here (As critics themselves alleged) or the characters are blatantly sociopathic.
** Throughout the movie, the Division can't decide between capturing or killing Elly Conway. Even before Elly [[spoiler:revealed revealed to BigBad Ritter that she intended to betray the Division all along, at some point the Division operators were clearly trying to kill her before they knew of the Masterfile's location, so why all the trouble spent on getting that file in the first place?]]
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** After all the plot twists were revealed, the film's premise from the beginning now looked rather absurd. The Division is spending unnecessary resources just to get [[spoiler:Rachel Rachel Kylle to reveal the location of the Masterfile that would expose the villains. Five years of faking a completely new backstory for the amnesiac agent who they actually treat as one of their own, despite the fact that these same resources could be used to rehabilitate her back to her real self, almost certainly at a cheaper cost]].
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** Finally, the RuleOfCool means the audience can usually ignore this, but regardless, being [[spoiler:stuck stuck in a non-athletic, non-physical life for five years would mean any agent regardless of their competence would be out of practice and realistically they can't ease back into their former role as quickly as Elly did. The movie acts as if the person's former physical reflexes and abilities would instantly return when their memories were restored]].restored.
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* How did Elly became a relatively successful novelist from an utter blank of an amnesiac in merely 5 years? Ignoring the various FridgeLogic after all the plot twist reveals, this can be justified: [[spoiler:Elly's mother who is actually Dr. Vogler of The Division would guide her on her writing skills, and while unmentioned in the film, the resources of The Division would mean they can secretly bankroll Elly's writing career with something as simple as marketing - Getting other people to pay attention to her books, and thus encouraging her to write novel after novel regardless of her actual writing prowess]].

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** The audience is expected to believe that [[spoiler:Elly's parents are Division operatives keeping tabs on her ever since her amnesia. Thinking back, this means five years of parent-child relationship was nurtured between the three characters and the post-reveal events seemed to indicate nothing of their relationship meant anything?]] Either the writing was flawed here (As critics themselves alleged) or the characters are blatantly sociopathic.
** After all the plot twists were revealed, the premise from the beginning now looked rather absurd. The Division is spending unnecessary resources just to get [[spoiler:Rachel Kylle to reveal the location of the Masterfile that would expose the villains. Five years of faking a completely new backstory for the amnesiac agent who they actually treat as one of their own, despite the fact that these same resources could be used to rehabilitate her back to her real self, almost certainly with a cheaper cost]].

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** The audience is expected to believe that [[spoiler:Elly's parents are Division operatives keeping tabs on her ever since her amnesia. Thinking back, this means five years of parent-child relationship was nurtured between the three characters and the post-reveal events seemed to indicate nothing of their relationship meant anything?]] Either the character writing was flawed here (As critics themselves alleged) or the characters are blatantly sociopathic.
** Throughout the movie, the Division can't decide between capturing or killing Elly Conway. Even before Elly [[spoiler:revealed to BigBad Ritter that she intended to betray the Division all along, at some point the Division operators were clearly trying to kill her before they knew of the Masterfile's location, so why all the trouble spent on getting that file in the first place?]]
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After all the plot twists were revealed, the film's premise from the beginning now looked rather absurd. The Division is spending unnecessary resources just to get [[spoiler:Rachel Kylle to reveal the location of the Masterfile that would expose the villains. Five years of faking a completely new backstory for the amnesiac agent who they actually treat as one of their own, despite the fact that these same resources could be used to rehabilitate her back to her real self, almost certainly with at a cheaper cost]].cost]].
** Finally, the RuleOfCool means the audience can usually ignore this, but regardless, being [[spoiler:stuck in a non-athletic, non-physical life for five years would mean any agent regardless of their competence would be out of practice and realistically they can't ease back into their former role as quickly as Elly did. The movie acts as if the person's former physical reflexes and abilities would instantly return when their memories were restored]].

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** The audience is expected to believe that [[spoiler:Elly's parents are Division operatives keeping tabs on her ever since her amnesia. Thinking back, this means five years of parent-child relationship was nurtured between the three characters and the post-reveal events seemed to indicate nothing of their relationship meant anything?]] Either the writing was flawed here (As critics themselves alleged) or the characters are plain sociopaths.

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** The audience is expected to believe that [[spoiler:Elly's parents are Division operatives keeping tabs on her ever since her amnesia. Thinking back, this means five years of parent-child relationship was nurtured between the three characters and the post-reveal events seemed to indicate nothing of their relationship meant anything?]] Either the writing was flawed here (As critics themselves alleged) or the characters are plain sociopaths.blatantly sociopathic.
** After all the plot twists were revealed, the premise from the beginning now looked rather absurd. The Division is spending unnecessary resources just to get [[spoiler:Rachel Kylle to reveal the location of the Masterfile that would expose the villains. Five years of faking a completely new backstory for the amnesiac agent who they actually treat as one of their own, despite the fact that these same resources could be used to rehabilitate her back to her real self, almost certainly with a cheaper cost]].

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** There is really no need for Aiden to lie to Elly about [[spoiler:her books being "predictive" of future events and instead he should've just straight-up revealed she was an agent who had lost her memories. The film itself tries to justify this by having Aiden claim that it would be best to break it down slowly to prevent her from being too overwhelmed]]. Like as if being dragged from a life of a celebrity novelist into a dangerous, high-stakes adventure isn't already overwhelming for her psyche in the first place... Or that his lie would lead to the [[spoiler:misunderstanding about him trying to kill Elly]], leading to the abovementioned criticism that the multiple plot twists are there for the sake of being there.

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** There is really no need for Aiden to lie to Elly about [[spoiler:her books being "predictive" of future events and instead he should've just straight-up revealed she was an agent who had lost her memories. The film itself tries to justify this by having Aiden claim that it would be best to break it down slowly to prevent her from being too overwhelmed]]. Like as if being dragged from a life of a celebrity novelist into a dangerous, high-stakes adventure isn't already overwhelming for her psyche in the first place... Or that his lie would lead to the [[spoiler:misunderstanding [[spoiler:rather unnecessary misunderstanding about him trying to kill Elly]], leading to the abovementioned criticism that the multiple plot twists are there for the sake of being there.there.
** The audience is expected to believe that [[spoiler:Elly's parents are Division operatives keeping tabs on her ever since her amnesia. Thinking back, this means five years of parent-child relationship was nurtured between the three characters and the post-reveal events seemed to indicate nothing of their relationship meant anything?]] Either the writing was flawed here (As critics themselves alleged) or the characters are plain sociopaths.
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* Argylle has a distinct crop-top haircut and it's noted that such noticeable sillhouettes would be a liability for a real spy. However, we learn that [[spoiler:Elly's books are actually her buried memories bleeding through and see that Ritter has a very similar haircut. It's possible that some details got muddled thanks to her amnesia]].

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* Argylle has a distinct crop-top haircut and it's noted that such noticeable sillhouettes would be a liability for a real spy. However, we learn that [[spoiler:Elly's books are actually her buried memories bleeding through and see that Ritter has a very similar haircut. It's possible that some details got muddled thanks to her amnesia]].amnesia]].

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* Instead of a natural progression of the plot, the entire film seemed to be deliberately dropping one plot twist after another.
** There is really no need for Aiden to lie to Elly about [[spoiler:her books being "predictive" of future events and instead he should've just straight-up revealed she was an agent who had lost her memories. The film itself tries to justify this by having Aiden claim that it would be best to break it down slowly to prevent her from being too overwhelmed]]. Like as if being dragged from a life of a celebrity novelist into a dangerous, high-stakes adventure isn't already overwhelming for her psyche in the first place... Or that his lie would lead to the [[spoiler:misunderstanding about him trying to kill Elly]], leading to the abovementioned criticism that the multiple plot twists are there for the sake of being there.
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* Argylle has a distinct crop-top haircut and it's noted that such noticeable sillhouette would be a liability for a real spy. However, we learn that [[spoiler:Elly's books are actually her buried memories bleeding through and see that Ritter has a very similar haircut. It's possible that some details got muddled thanks to her amnesia]].

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* Argylle has a distinct crop-top haircut and it's noted that such noticeable sillhouette sillhouettes would be a liability for a real spy. However, we learn that [[spoiler:Elly's books are actually her buried memories bleeding through and see that Ritter has a very similar haircut. It's possible that some details got muddled thanks to her amnesia]].
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* Argylle has a distinct crop-top haircut and it's noted that such noticeable sillhouette would be a liability for a real spy. However, we learn that [[spoiler:Elly's books are actually her buried memories bleeding through and see that Ritter has a very similar haircut. It's possible that some details got muddled thanks to her amnesia]].

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