Derek Kolstad, creator of John Wick and Netflix's upcoming Splinter Cell: Deathwatch, has some interesting observations on series protagonist Sam Fisher.
“One of the things that I like about Sam Fisher, John Wick, and Hutch Mansell [from Nobody] is that, yes, they’re pretty badass at what they do but, more importantly, they’re not the best. They get beat up," Kolstad tells Den of Geek, later indicating that we might be getting a more hands-on, Conviction-style Fisher than the agent from the original trilogy of titles, who often stuck to the shadows. There, Fisher dealt with infiltrations with nothing but a handful of gadgets and his iconic night vision goggles at his disposal.
"You look at the games, and he’s incredibly adept and comfortable at tech, but sometimes a bullet or a blade or the ripping out of some cord is your best line of defense," Kolstad said.
“I always loved the world of Splinter Cell. I’m a huge fan of army-of-one [stories] if you do it right. And yet, even though he’s had hard decisions to make, it’s just refreshing that Sam Fisher’s a hero," Kolstad said. "He has moments of empathy and having to do this thing when both decisions are wrong, but one is a little less wrong at the cost of his soul and his own personal life, but for the benefit of the rest of us.”
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