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The Marksman: A Veteran's Child is a 2026 American science fiction action film directed by Joseph Kosinski and produced by Neill Blomkamp, Jerry Bruckheimer, and Gore Verbinski from a screenplay by Blomkamp and James Cameron. A co-production between Legendary Pictures, The Stone Quarry, and RatPac-Dune Entertainment, it is the second installment in the Marksman trilogy and the direct sequel to The Marksman. The film stars Sasha Calle returning in the title role and replacing the previous one played by Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, alongside Gina Rodriguez, Terry Crews, Josh Brolin, Sylvester Stallone, Abdul-Mateen, Tom Hiddleston, Taika Waititi, Hiroyuki Sanada, Laurence Fishburne, Russell Crowe, and Michael Douglas. In the film, Amara O'Connor must honor her late father's legacy when she is transported to a different future than the one she came from. Aided by her mother Emilia, uncle Danny, godfather Ethan Breck and cousin Michael Wilson, she works to prevent this future from happening in the present time, and must find a poisonous gas bomb and bring it back to the present to wipe out the alien race that is set to provoke humanity into war. The Marksman: A Veteran's Child was released in theaters on December 18th, 2026; it grossed $814 million worldwide against a break-even point of $140 million and received acclaim for its action sequences and Calle's performance. It has been called one of the most stunning science fiction films. A sequel is currently in production.
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  • misterwolf Plot: One year after preventing the previous future war, Amara O'Connor is approached by a wounded massager from another future. Before dying, he explains that Amara is the world's only hope and must join the Resistance. His warning goes global, and the American country decides to believe him, using his equipment to build time-traveling technology.

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  • misterwolf Wanting to honor the legacy of her late father Mason as an army ranger, Amara joins the military and volunteers to go to this new future. Joined by her mother Emilia, uncle and father figure Danny, godfather Ethan Breck and cousin Michael Wilson, Amara is given Mason's old black AVM sniper rifle by Roger McConnell, who wishes her godspeed and a fortune of luck before she is sent to the future with her family and the rest of the soldiers.

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  • misterwolf In the future, Amara and her squad arrive in a war-torn Alaska, tasked with finding any documents that contain the answers to prevent this war from happening. They encounter the leader of the alien army, Prometheus, who kills most of the squad members save for Amara, Emilia, Danny, Ethan, and Michael. Prometheus is then forced to retreat when the surviving squad members are saved by a pick-up chopper and taken to the Resistance base with the documents they had found earlier.

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  • misterwolf An older McConnell, who leads the Resistance again, explains that Prometheus was found by the Russian military many years ago, and had escaped a secret base within Russia and formed new alien armies with his unearthly powers. From the documents, he states that a small but extremely powerful bomb located in Mount Everest; he reveals that he chose Amara as humanity's last hope because she is the only soldier from the previous future with the knowledge of that bomb who is still alive, as she has been there prior to becoming a soldier herself and because her companions who were her comrades in the previous military had died. Amara agrees to find this bomb, but understands that it was destroyed in the future, and must go back to the present in order to find the bomb.

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  • misterwolf Colin Breck, Ethan's older brother, sacrifices himself to kill Prometheus while McConnell leads Amara and the others down a tunnel, where they battle numerous rat-like monsters sent by the aliens, as well as giant spider-like creatures. One of them fatally injures McConnell, while Ichiro Takahashi is also killed. Finally arriving at a safe place, Amara manages to send her family and herself back to the present, where they reunite with Amara's younger, fourteen-year-old self. Amara and Emilia contemplate giving up, as they both somberly express that maybe the documents were wrong; fourteen-year-old Amara reveals that she was researching Mount Everest, and had found a strange green light in some photos. She then comforts both of them and encourages them to to finish their mission.

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  • misterwolf Amara and Emilia are rejoined by Danny, Ethan, and Michael, along with Rourke Williams and the younger versions of Colin and McConnell. Secretary Ron Mortalli reluctantly gives them permission to enter both Asia and then Russia; arriving first at Mount Everest, Amara finds the bomb required to prevent the future from happening, and she then departs with the others to Russia, where the base Prometheus is said to be in is now long-abandoned. Although successful in blowing the base up and wiping out every alien eggs in the process to prevent Prometheus from rising them, he escapes, with Amara following close behind. After a long fight which Amara loses, she notices a green glow in the alien's lungs, and realizes that this is his weakness and the key to rendering him unable to use his powers. Fighting him again, she is overpowered once more, but this time, intentionally; she then shoots both of his lungs, sapping him of his powers, before shoving a grenade down his throat and then shooting it through him, allowing it to explode and kill him, finally ending what she set out to do and thus preventing the war from happening.

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  • misterwolf In the aftermath, Amara tells her younger self about the hallucinations of Mason, having received them earlier during her mission. Before the end credits roll, she vows to continue her father's legacy.

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  • misterwolf End Credits (with Honor for All): IN MEMORY OF BRIAN BARCZYK | Directed by Joseph Kosinski | Produced by Neill Blomkamp | Produced by Jerry Bruckheimer | Produced by Gore Verbinski | Executive Producer: Steven Spielberg | Executive Producer: Colin Trevorrow | Executive Producer: Christopher Nolan | Executive Producer: Michael Bay | Edited by Kirk M. Morri | Costumes Designed by Michael Wilkinson | Written by Neill Blomkamp and James Cameron | Choreography by Rob Marshall | Cinematography by Zack Snyder | Visual Effects by John Knoll | Music by Hans Zimmer | Casting by Sarah Hailey Finn, CSA and John Papsidera, CSA | Sasha Calle | Gina Rodriguez | Terry Crews | Josh Brolin | Sylvester Stallone | Yahya Abdul-Mateen II | Tom Hiddleston | Taika Waititi | Hiroyuki Sanada | with Laurence Fishburne | with Russell Crowe | and Michael Douglas | THE MARKSMAN: A VETERAN'S CHILD

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  • misterwolf Cast: Sasha Calle as Amara O'Connor | Gina Rodriguez as Emilia O'Connor | Terry Crews as Danny O'Connor | Josh Brolin as Ethan Breck | Sylvester Stallone as Ron Mortalli | Yahya Abdul-Mateen II as Mason O'Connor | Tom Hiddleston as Prometheus | Taika Waititi as Rourke Williams | Hiroyuki Sanada as Ichiro Takahashi | Laurence Fishburne as Michael Wilson | Russell Crowe as Colin Breck | Michael Douglas as Roger McConnell | Elle Paris Legaspi as young Amara | Sebastian Stan as young Roger

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