She’ll not only need to find out why she’s been murdered, but she’ll also need to avenge her own death. Guess what her connection is to that prior execution?īefore we get to Ani, Kate engages in rumpy-pumpy with a guy who fatally poisons her with something that will kill her in 24 hours. Fast-forward to Kate’s “last mission,” where she’ll eventually team up with a rambunctious teenager named Ani (Miku Patricia Martineau). Despite the rules against shooting people with children present, Kate takes a shot that takes out her target in front of his kid. When the film opens, she’s in Osaka, Japan on an assignment that predictably goes awry.

Harrison’s Varrick is the handler for Winstead’s titular character, the one person Kate trusts. If you look closely into his eyes, you can see the ATM where he deposited the check from this movie. And I don’t mean that just figuratively-80% of his performance is literally on the phone. Here, the male mentor is phoned in by Woody Harrelson. The assassin is always a lone wolf, deserted by family before being adopted by a male authority figure who trains and mentors her before ultimately becoming some form of adversary she must deal with against her will. She’s clearly having fun here, but she deserves better than the warmed-over plot details every single female assassin movie must contain. I find her compulsively watchable, which is why I found this dreck so aggravating. There’s something off-kilter and unique about her, something you can’t quite put your finger on, yet you feel its presence. Winstead is not only a very credible agent of violence, she also provides interesting approaches to her scenes. After her superb and memorable turn in “Birds of Prey,” Mary Elizabeth Winstead is handed the reins of her own action movie.

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