Atomic Blonde is a cold war set action film, starring Charlie Theron as a spy sent to Berlin to investigate a fellow agent's death.
I like Charlize Theron: she's a good actress and convincing in action movies. I also like director David Lietch, because John Wick is awesome. I also like Atomic Blonde. It's very enjoyable and knows exactly what it is. That is until the last five minutes where there are about three twists.
The rest of the story is a very conventional spy thriller plot. There's a double agent who's trying to leak a file of agent codenames. Every spy franchise has done this plot. But what sets this film apart is the stunts and action. Many fight scenes are shot and edited to look like one take, and it looks like Theron did a lot of her own stunts. As with Wick, Lietch shoots the scenes steadily and does not add in many cuts to try and hide stunt doubles.
Although, how do you make a film set in 1980s Berlin, with a lot of music, but not have any Hasselhoff songs? After GotGv2 and Baywatch, I thought 2017 was going to be the year of the Hoffessance. Or, maybe I'm just perpetuating a stereotype?
In short: Great action, mediocre plot.
No comments:
Post a Comment