I mean I guess I could see the possible connection/homage to Bond “missions”, but I still think it’s very unfortunate wording.
Yeah this. Even though it may have a deeper meaning, etc. it's just a bad call. It will cause unnecessary controversy and a lot of people might get really pissed off at what it could stand for.
Someone should have killed that tagline and made them rework it. Badly done.
C'mon, this is not Nolan's Black Panther or something... this tagline has nothing to do with Washington's character race or something, why people see racism in everything?
How can we say a tagline is stupid when we don't even know what this movie is really about?
Because when a newish to the scene black actor grabs the lead in a $250 million Nolan movie that's a huge statement, and an unusual move in Hollywood, even in 2019. And when you then tag the movie with a "new kind of protagonist" there will be people who are offended by that. And they will be vocal about it.
Doesn't matter what the movie is about. The tagline will be offensive to some. And why would you want a potentially-offensive tagline for your movie? There have to be a hundred ways you can get across what you're trying to say. Use a different one.