| “ | We need someone who can move like them and fight like them. We need someone who can walk into a tornado storm and to walk out of this like it was just a little wind. | „ |
| ~ Jane Marke to her men about Xander. |
| “ | Right now, every single XXX agent is the state's enemy. The XXX Program has been shut down. | „ |
| ~ Jane Marke revealing her true colors. |
Jane Marke is the main antagonist of the 2017 action-spy thriller film xXx: Return of Xander Cage. She is a corrupt CIA agent who is behind a conspiracy of destroying satellites around the world through the Pandora's Box.
She was portrayed by Toni Collette, who also portrayed Missi Jenkins in Tammy.
Personality[]
Marke is believed to be a charming, calm and helpful woman when she first appears. But as her true colors are revealed, she is revealed to be a cunning, violent, dark, cold, manipulative, cruel, egotistical and utterly ruthless woman with a very great desire to use the Pandora's Box for herself to secure her own desire for power. She even enjoys attempting to kill Xander and his team as well as causing mass destruction worldwide through the Pandora's Box.
Biography[]
Meeting Cage[]
She first appears asking her colleagues about a device known as Pandora's Box causing the satellites to plummet towards the Earth. Soon after, the CIA headquarters is attacked by a group of rogue XXX agents led by Xiang, who is believed to be the main antagonist. They steal the Pandora's Box and flee.
The Mission and Covering Herself[]
Later, Marke recruits Xander Cage, a former XXX agent thought to be dead, and tells him that his former employer Augustus Gibbons died in a terrorist attack while having a lunch with the footballer Neymar Jr. When she brings in her right-hand man Paul Donovan and his team, Xander promptly rejects them and recruits his own members. As Xander's team arrives at the Philippines where Xiang and his men are having a party, there, Xiang explains his motivation to Xander and states that he wants to use the Pandora's Box for the good of the world. Soon after, a group of Russian soldiers disrupt Xiang's party, and Xander chases after Xiang, after which Xander regains Pandora's Box, but it is quickly destroyed by Serena, a friend of Xiang's, who joins Xander's team as she believes that the weapon must be destroyed and not be used.
Manipulating the Team and Anderson's Reveal[]
The Pandora's Box that was destroyed was also a prototype, and soon after a satellite crashes into a Russian stadium, killing hundreds of innocents. In the investigation, the team deduces that CIA Director Anderson is in on the conspiracy, having helped Xiang storm the CIA headquarters and not flinched when the CIA Council was being attacked. Xander and his team then storm the building where Anderson is hiding in and the team kills him.
The Big Reveal[]
| “ | They say it's the last great adventure, Cage. Make sure and send a postcard. | „ |
| ~ Jane revealing her betrayal to Xander. |
But after retrieving Pandora's Box, Marke is revealed to be the mastermind behind the conspiracy, then shoots Xander three times, presumably killing him - but not before revealing before Cage and Xiang that the XXX Program was shut down, and now all agents of the program are declared officially state enemies, as she has spoken with the US President, who had meant to give Xander a job. She intends to make up that the terrorists misued Pandora's Box and killed Cage and his team in the blast and she can use Pandora's Box to spy on her enemies. Cage, who faked his death using a bulletproof vest that he wore earlier, teams up with Xiang.
The Final Fight and Death[]
She then sends in an extraction team to eliminate Xander's. Both Xander and Xiang's teams join forces and fight back, with the help of Darius Stone, and in the process, Clearidge causes interference to try and throw the satellite off, Xander tosses Donovan to his death. Marke meanwhile shoots Xiang, who manages to open the plane cargo door and opens a parachute that was tied to Marke's foot. The parachute drags Marke outside the plane, and she falls to her death.
Trivia[]
- Much like Cipher in The Fast and the Furious series, she is the first main antagonist in the xXx series to be female, as both Yorgi Azar Zimin and George Deckert are male.
- She is also the first main antagonist to be killed by means other than an explosion.
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