Warning! This post contains spoilers for Canary Black.
BeforeCanary Blacksets up a sequel in its ending moments, it portrays how its main character, Avery Graves, gets to the bottom of a conspiracy and saves the world from an imminent threat. In its opening moments,Canary Blackintroduces personal stakes for Avery Graves (played byaction staple Kate Beckinsale) by showing how she must comply with a terrorist group’s demands to save her abducted husband. However, the more she learns about what the group is asking her to do, the more she realizes that the world’s future rests in her hands.
As Avery struggles to find the truth behind her husband’s abduction with her senior Jarvis Hedlund’s help, she is forced to put everything on the line, including her job. After setting up several red herrings and plot twists, thePrime Video action moviefinally reveals what “Canary Black” truly means and how it connects to Graves' husband’s disappearance. Before the film’s credits start rolling, it also carefully paves the way for a potential sequel.
What The MC6 Is & Why It Recruits Avery Graves In Canary Black’s Ending
MC6 Is A New Secret Agency Formed After Breznov’s Global Attack
TowardsCanary Black’s ending, Avery Graves saves the day by ensuring the titular virus does not get transmitted to several major cities of the world. However, moments later, the CIA arrests her, blaming her for putting the world in danger. Fortunately, for her, just when DCIA Nathan Evans tries to confront her for her actions, a woman, Elizabeth Mills, steps in and offers her to join her agency, MC6. Although Mills does not reveal much about MC6, she tells Avery that the agency was formed after all the recent chaos in the world.
Canary Black Cast & Character Guide
Canary Black’s thrilling action and compelling drama are primarily driven by its well-written characters, portrayed by its talented cast members.
Mills' statements seem to suggest that MC6 is a secret agency —perhaps, something similar to the Impossible Missions Force (IMF) from theMission: Impossiblemovies. After witnessing how Avery Graves single-handedly overpowered a powerful group of terrorists and saved the world from a disastrous event, Elizabeth Mills was likely impressed by her resilience and resourcefulness. Therefore, after recognizing her potential, Mills realized she could be a valuable asset to the MC6 team and reached out to her to ask her if she would want to join the secret agency.
The David Brooks Twist In Canary Black’s Ending Explained
Canary Black’s Ending Arc Confirms David Broke Avery’s Trust
An early scene fromCanary Blackhighlights how much Avery appreciates her husband, David. Owing to this, when David gets abducted, Avery does not think twice before going against the law and stealing the “Canary Black” program from the CIA to save her husband. During her pursuit to find her husband before it is too late, she puts everything on the line and even risks betraying her country. However, little does she realize that she is setting herself up for disappointment.
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InCanary Black’s ending arc, Avery finally catches up with Konrad Breznov and his terrorist team. Breznov reunites her with her husband but asks one of his team members to end the couple for good before they can leave. To Avery’s surprise, her husband, David, fights back against the bad guys with skills she did not know he possessed. This makes her suspicious about her husband’s motives and potential involvement in the overarching conspiracy.
Canary Blackwas primarily filmed in Croatia’s capital Zagreb.
When Avery questions him, David tells his wife the truth by revealing thathe is the assassin Kali, who she had been investigating for a while. He also discloses that he told Breznov about Canary Black because he was going to be murdered by the Russian gang for taking a $20 million debt. Although David tries to justify his actions by claiming that he did all of it for her and even promises Avery his feelings for her have always been genuine, Avery struggles to trust him after learning the truth about who he is and how he landed her in so much trouble.
The Canary Black Doomsday Virus Explained
The Doomsday Virus Could Gradually Destroy The World Or Trigger World War III
When Jarvis Hedlund (played by theRomeactor Ray Stevenson) asks DCIA Nathan Evans what Canary Black is, Evans lies that it is a top-secret master list of blackmail material for all government employees. He even tells Hedlund that the list contains his name, prompting him to stop Avery from giving the program to Konrad Breznov. Almost throughout the movie’s runtime, Avery, too, believes it to be the kompromat on everyone in the government. However, in the movie’s final arc, she finally learns the truth about what Canary Black is and why it was created by the CIA.
…Canary Black is a doomsday weapon that the CIA developed to control or disable another nation’s critical infrastructure in case it poses a significant threat to the US.
Avery Graves learns that Canary Black is more likea virus that can be used to corrupt and encrypt all internet traffic in a specific region. It locks down all devices connected to it, leading to a complete system crash in the targeted location. Put simply, Canary Black is a doomsday weapon that the CIA developed to control or disable another nation’s critical infrastructure in case it poses a significant threat to the US. As Evans reveals, only the CIA knew about the weapon, and even the President of the United States was clueless about its development.
He Hated That The United States Was A Superpower
After leveraging the dangerous virus and demonstrating the scale of the destruction it can cause in the world, Breznov threatens all nations to transfer 1% of their GDP to him. This allows him to stack up a massive sum of money in a matter of seconds. However, there seems to be more to his destructive plan than meets the eye. When Avery confronts him and asks him why he is trying to destroy the world, he says,
“The reign of the global superpower is over.”
The statement suggests that, according to his twisted ideology, the world has been ruled by a few powerful nations for too long. Using the virus,he wishes to dismantle the system and hold the United States responsiblefor creating the weapon of mass digital destruction in the first place. To his dismay, Avery ultimately manages to overpower him and his team and stops the Canary Black virus from being released before it is too late.
How Canary Black’s Ending Sets Up A Sequel
The Movie Sets Up A Mission: Impossible-Esque Franchise
AlthoughCanary Blackdoes not reveal whether Avery Graves will accept Elizabeth’s offer and join the MC6, it seems likely that she will take up the opportunity. After all, after the movie’s events,she has nowhere else to go. Her tenure with the CIA is over not only because she stole the virus from them but also because the only person she trusted in the agency, Jarvis Hedlund, is dead. This story development inCanary Black’s ending sets up a sequel, highlighting how Avery Graves will have a full-fledged team in a potential follow-up as she sets out to confront even bigger threats.
Canary Black
Avery Graves, a CIA operative, must betray her country to save her husband, relying on underworld contacts and her elite skills to prevent a global crisis.
