Directed by: David Leitch
Written by: Kurt Johnstad
Starring: Charlize Theron, James McAvoy, & John Goodman
In 1989, the Cold War is finally ending, but Lorraine Broughton (Theron) has a mission to find out who is the double agent a.k.a. Satchel in MI6, as well as discover a list with every name of the secret agents.
To be frank, the movie was confusing for about 3/4ths of it. As an audience member, you knew that she was on hunt for this list as well as Satchel, but the connections to the "bad guys," didn't make sense all that well. In other words, it was a little difficult to keep up until the end, where you have an "ah ha" moment and just figured everything out. But in my opinion, that's way too long.
In addition, most of the film was a flash back, which seemed unnecessary. I think it would have been better and less confusing if they had kept the storyline linear. Plus, there's a moment in the film where you don't know if it is the past or present. They should have at least gave some indication as to what it was.
Furthermore, Theron's fighting was iffy. What I mean is that it seemed so robotic. Like punch here, kick here, yadda yadda yadda. There wasn't enough spontaneity until the end where the fighting seemed to have improved. Not sure what that was about.
Along with the fighting was a lack of music. Most of the scenes were quiet where you just hear the action grunts and breaking glass, etc. I wonder if there was action music, like shown in the trailer, if the fighting would have been better and more fast paced rather than slow boring movements.
But despite all these negatives, the actors performed well and the cinematography was great. Beautiful cool tones filled the screen and the ending gave you a shocker. The first part of the ending was predictable, but then it took twist that you just don't see coming. (Or at least I didn't.)
4 popcorns.
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