I was hooked from the trailer. What really stood out to me was Winstead's physicality in her fight scenes. She really brought it with great energy. She's a good choice for an against type action heroine in the vein, but a ways back, from the OG Sigourney Weaver.
Unfortunately for Winstead, the character beats that she is given are quite hollow with more depth actually afforded to her scene stealing sidekick Miku Martineau who gets to have a lot of fun with her character and in one moment, relive a trauma from earlier in the film succinctly showing the ptsd she carries and suddenly grounds her character.
But what we want to watch Kate for is the action and action it delivers. Some of the camera work is a little too fast in what it's trying to achieve, but hats off to the stunt peeps for making sure they had a very different feel to each sequence, keeping it fresh and exciting which surely is a challenge. The middle two sequences are the standouts, where Kate meets up with a group of goons at the markets and after, a one on one in a yakuza's apartment.
Do yourself a favour and just get yourself a big ol bowl of popcorn and enjoy the next 90-odd minutes. It does exactly what it promises.
Unfortunately for Winstead, the character beats that she is given are quite hollow with more depth actually afforded to her scene stealing sidekick Miku Martineau who gets to have a lot of fun with her character and in one moment, relive a trauma from earlier in the film succinctly showing the ptsd she carries and suddenly grounds her character.
But what we want to watch Kate for is the action and action it delivers. Some of the camera work is a little too fast in what it's trying to achieve, but hats off to the stunt peeps for making sure they had a very different feel to each sequence, keeping it fresh and exciting which surely is a challenge. The middle two sequences are the standouts, where Kate meets up with a group of goons at the markets and after, a one on one in a yakuza's apartment.
Do yourself a favour and just get yourself a big ol bowl of popcorn and enjoy the next 90-odd minutes. It does exactly what it promises.