Wednesday, January 25, 2012

Haywire (2012)

Did someone say American Gladiators?
Steven Soderbergh's "Haywire" is the kind of action film I love to see. It's fast, simple, and violent. Gina Carano plays a free agent assassin, and is cast perfectly in her screen debut. Though I couldn't see her playing many other roles, I could almost see her as a the female Jason Statham. Playing the same strong, silent character that beats the crap out of everybody, and everything, that stands in her way. Soderbergh's strong directing, fantastic all-star casting (seriously, who hasn't this guy worked with?), and a script that gives you just enough to establish character relations, and connect the scenes together, make this a hard-hitting, take-no-prisoners action thriller that is going to be hard to beat.

Grade: A-


Starring: Gina Carano, Ewan McGregor, Michael Fassbender
Director: Steven Soderbergh
Writer(s): Lem Dobbs
RT: 93 min
Rating: R for some violence

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