
Since they frequently discuss this matter, when leaders in the movie debate what to do regarding the Entity, it’s clear that the Entity can’t be simply eliminated. The Entity has become deeply embedded within our systems, intertwining itself with the digital infrastructure to such an extent that it appears almost impossible to remove. The Entity might be disseminating false information, fostering mistrust, and corrupting data so extensively that no electronic records can be trusted, but what other choice do we have — abstain from using technology? When world powers, including Esai Morales, express their desire to control the Entity, it seems somewhat like an older politician describing a popular app as if it were a mass mind-control tool and then eagerly anticipating its acquisition by the U.S. government. Ethan is advised on multiple occasions that his plan to annihilate the Entity will simultaneously obliterate cyberspace. And yet, he proceeds to employ a virus called the Poison Pill on the Entity, manages to trap it within his glowing screen, and destroys the central module containing its programming so that no one can recreate it later.