I have seen it said of Atomic Blonde that it is hollow piece wrapped in an attractive shell. I would respond by saying that "attractive" hardly does the shell justice, it's absolutely fucking gorgeous. Otherwise though that sounds about right.

No, in all seriousness, the plot itself is more than fine. Even the absolute worst aspects from any individual part of Atomic Blonde, no matter how much you pick them apart, more than pass the litmus test for minimum acceptable standard. It truly is a case of style over substance, and that is something that I can understand the complaint for. But i... lire la suite.

This is a good solid cold war spy story with plenty of action. I have to say that I liked this movie a lot.

I expected a fairly shallow over the top action flick with a sexy but not very bright kick-ass chick as the main protagonist. To my surprise I got something quite a bit more than that. Sure the movie is quite “Hollywoodish”, it is supposed to be a action movie after all, but it is surprisingly well done and Charlize Theron is great as the sexy, not at all stupid and very much kick-ass chick.

As a bit of a twist the story is told in the form of a debriefing at the MI6 headquarter. Th... lire la suite.

IN MY DREAMS I AM LORIANNE BROUGHTON, IN REALITY I AM MONA LISA VITO. OH WELL A GIRL CAN DREAM. CHARLIZE THERION IS ICEY COLD PERFECTION.

IN MY DREAMS I AM LORIANNE BROUGHTON, IN REALITY I AM MONA LISA VITO. OH WELL A GIRL CAN DREAM. CHARLIZE THERION IS ICEY COLD PERFECTION.

It SHOULD have been good. It is a spy movie with a basic spy movie plot. It promises double crosses and intrigue.

But it never really delivers on the suspense and tension that are the principle trope of good spy movies...and it never really delivers on the empty mindless popcorn stuffing atmosphere that are the basic tropes of action movies.

So in the end you're left with a movie that isn't tense and suspenseful enough to be "3 Days of the Condor" or "The Americans" and a movie that isn't as mindless action packed fun as James Bond.

All the elements were there, but they never seemed to... lire la suite.

The movie wasn't that good. It does have a lot of action though. Some pretty sweet fight scenes too.

'Atomic Blonde' entertains!

A very stylish action-packed 115 minutes. Loved watching Charlize Theron in the lead role, a great performance from her. The whole cast are very good, though James McAvoy and Sofia Boutella stood out most to me. Some of the dialogue could've been better, while the story does get a bit overly entwined.

Still, there is no doubt that I had fun with this 2017 flick; which was David Leitch's official directorial debut. I've seen all five movies of his now and I've enjoyed all of them, albeit to varying degrees. 'Bullet Train' is definitely my favou... lire la suite.