First time travel movies broadly divided into two categories:
parallel universe (timeline variable) as: Back to the Future, Terminator, The Butterfly Effect
fatalism (timeline immutable) such as: Time Machine, Harry Potter, Twelve Monkeys
Because this movie is based on time travel based on predestination, the premise is that history cannot be changed, and any action to go back to the past and try to change the future will only be futile, or it is the cause of the event.
Typical in this film The time paradox is shown in many clips. For example, Raily sprayed paint on the window, causing Cole in the future to see old photos in the newspaper, and went back to the past to cause Raily to spray paint. This is a causal paradox.
Why did the female scientist not stop the incident in the end Happened?
Because she must maintain the timeline. If it is prevented, the paradox of causality will appear again:
if she stops the assistant, the virus may not spread globally, only in the United States, so that there is no need to create a time machine in the future Going back in time. And this led to a virus outbreak.
Did Cole's mission succeed?
His mission was not to change history. He himself repeatedly emphasized that history cannot be changed. His mission is to find pure virus samples.
Go back to future research to develop an antidote. The plot strongly suggests that Cole's death is scheduled because he refuses to go back to the future.
Arranging Jose to give Cole a gun is anticipating that he will stop the assistant in vain and cause him to be shot by the security guard. Kill. In the
end, there was indeed a female scientist on the plane, and it was from the future. (It is not the old Raily, it is in the official commentary.) The insurance that the female scientist said is to ensure that the mission is completed.
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