The Man (Urge)

"I know all. I see all. Yet, I didn't expect to find you. The anomalies of my creations are always so fascinating. Jason, you will stand beside me and help me cleanse this world and return it to perfection. You will take Urge to the city and then you will take it to the world! [..] You cannot stop that that has no beginning and no end. Mankind can be such a disappointment. Please trust me, they have nothing to give you. I...I can give you immortality. You wanna see the future of your beloved humanity? Walk with me and you never will look back at this decrepit world..."

- The Man reveals his divine identity to Jason

The Man is the villain in the 2016 thriller film Urge. Although he is at first displayed as an unscrupulously business owner who sells the titular drug Urge in his nightclub, he is ultimately revealed to be God himself, who has decided to eradicate his most flawed creation - humanity.

The Man is portrayed by Pierce Brosnan who also portrayed the Watchmaker.

History
A group of friends enters the Man's nightclub, Volcano, where one of them, Jason, is approached by one of the entertainers called the "Red Bastard". Jason follows the Red Bastard in the intention to buy party drugs from him or his employer. Jason is led to a back room of the club where the Man is entertaining some guests. Upon Jason's arrival the Man crypticly announces that they have been expecting Jason, only to burst out in laughter immediately afterwards.

After the others have left, the Man introduces Jason to his drug, a new creation called Urge. The Man explains that Urge is something different from normal party drugs - claiming that it is like a key to unlock what is hidden, it basically tones down a person's sense of morality and strips them of their inhibitions. As the Man continues to speak, Jason cuts him short, explaining his distaste for people who are talking too much. The Man then reveals that he knows private information of Jason's life. The Man then takes his leave, telling Jason that the Red Bastard will lead him out and will be the one to sell him the Urge. The Red Bastard provides Jason with the drug and also warns him that every person may only take the drug once in their lifetime.

After taking a liking to the Urge drug, Jason and his friends start taking it again, however, this time their inhibitions are not only numbed but deactivated completely. This leads to the night taking a dark turn, leading to various severe injuries and even multiple deaths. Furthermore, it is revealed that not only Jason and his friends are taking Urge, the Man has basically provided the entire island with the drug.

Meanwhile, Jason heads to a diner as he cannot be affected by Urge. While he sits down in a booth, the Man joins him. Jason claims that the Man is responsible for the chaos on the island caused by the Urge addiction the Man is creating but the Man replies that he cannot be held accountable for other people taking drugs. He also reminds Jason that he tells every person who takes the drug that they are only allowed to use the drug once in their life. At that moment, Jason is distracted by a girl at the counter and when he looks back into his booth, the Man has vanished without a trace. Upon leaving the diner, Jason witnesses a man jumping in front of a driving truck. Jason rushes him to a hospital where he realizes the true extent of the drug, dozens of people are brought in because of wounds caused under Urge influence. The Urge eventually results in the entire island running amok while each person fulfils their deepest desires.

Eventually, Jason and his last living friend excape the island via boat. Exhausted, both fall asleep immediately after boarding the ship. When Jason wakes up again, he finds the ship taken over by the Man and his cronies. Jason disarms one of the men and heads upstairs where he confronts the man at gunpoint. He then demands to know why the Man plans to kill every person on the island, only for the Man to reply that he did not even lift a finger. Outraged, Jason demands to know wheter the Man intends to play God and to smite the weak, only for the man to reveal that he is God and that Jason will be the one to do the smiting. He claims that Jason will bring Urge to the mainland to eradicate humanity, a flawed creation, for good but Jason refuses. Furious, the Man shows Jason an apocalyptic vision of the future. Once Jason snaps out of the vision, the Man has once again disappeared without a trace.

Although it is not shown what happens to Jason after the Man's disappearance, a chaos similar to that created on the island breaks out on the mainland, with people mindlessly slaughtering and hurting each other, implying that the Man's scheme was successful.