What Actually Occurred to Chuck?

Warning: Again in Motion spoilers forward!

Married CIA operatives Matt (Jamie Foxx) and Emily (Cameron Diaz) might have saved the day in Again in Motion, however their mission seems to be removed from over.

Within the Seth Gordon-directed film, which premiered on Netflix on Jan. 17, Foxx and Diaz’s characters are pulled out of hiding when a terrorist they stole a harmful gadget from discovers their whereabouts and kidnaps their two kids, Alice (McKenna Roberts) and Leo (Rylan Jackson). Enlisting the assistance of Emily’s mom and former spy Ginny (Glenn Shut) and her ex-boyfriend/fellow agent Baron (Andrew Scott), the couple leap again into motion to rescue their household and safe the possibly devastating gadget earlier than it falls into the improper fingers.

All issues thought-about, Again in Motion ends on a victorious notice — besides the person accountable for abducting their youngsters might not likely be lifeless, and Emily’s mysterious father is outwardly the one one who can monitor him down. This begs the query, is there a sequel within the works?

“There’s definitely an concept about who the dad could possibly be and what the entire story could possibly be about,” Gordon advised Leisure Weekly in January 2025. “[Netflix] will not even acknowledge the concept of a sequel but! So for those who put in a superb phrase, perhaps there’s an opportunity.”

Right here’s the whole lot to know concerning the Again in Motion ending and what it means for a possible sequel. 

How does Again in Motion finish?

The most important twist within the movie comes when Emily and Matt notice that it wasn’t their former goal who compromised them however their former CIA handler, Chuck (Kyle Chandler). After revealing his true intentions for revenge, he abducts the children and flees to London with the ICS Key, a tool that may management any digital system.

The spy couple tracks him right down to a gala, the place he is planning to promote the important thing to the best bidder. There, Chuck demonstrates the important thing’s energy by hacking into the Thames Barrier to open the floodgates. When he realizes they’ve discovered him, he makes an attempt to flee on a ship with Leo and Alice by means of the opened Thames Barrier.

However Emily and Matt catch as much as them simply in time to save lots of their youngsters and go away Chuck on the boat because it crashes into the closing barrier — presumably killing him. 

Is Chuck actually lifeless?

Whereas the fiery explosion is sufficient to make Emily and Matt imagine that Chuck is lifeless, her ex-boyfriend and fellow agent Baron (Scott) believes in any other case. Within the film’s last scenes, he informs the couple that Chuck’s physique was by no means discovered, and he might not be lifeless in spite of everything.

In a January 2025 interview with RadioTimes.com, Gordon stated casting Chandler, who’s finest recognized for enjoying good guys like Coach Taylor in Friday Evening Lights, was a deliberate selection.

“You do not typically see him in comedies, however you positively do not typically see him because the villain,” the director stated. “So I believed [he was] excellent for that shock.”

Who’s Emily’s dad?

Chuck’s doable escape isn’t the one bomb Baron drops on the couple. He not solely wants their assist to trace him down but in addition the assistance of considered one of Emily’s relations: her father, whose identification stays to be seen.

“Like you have not introduced up dad, however clearly Ginny (Shut) was an attention-grabbing character again within the ’70s,” Gordon advised RadioTimes.com. “So who was she seeing, you already know? That … was the form of intuition beneath it. And we toyed with whether or not or to not go away that in as a tease. And I am actually glad we did. I feel it will get folks to lean in.”

The director stated he has “some concepts” about who may play the a part of Emily’s dad, however nothing has been confirmed.

Will there be a Again in Motion sequel?

Netflix has not confirmed a sequel to Again in Motion. Nonetheless, Gordon revealed a few of his plans for Matt and Emily’s youngsters if a follow-up movie occurred.

“Leo, who relies on my son … he is now 9 or 10 inches taller than he was,” the director advised Leisure Weekly. “His voice has dropped, so it would not be selecting up the following day. I feel we’d honor the reality of the timeline of their lives and present one other occasion, form of later in highschool, for each of them.”