I rarely have a bad time watching a movie, usually the worst case scenario is me being bored. This one rubbed me the wrong way.
One of the first scenes is 15 years in the past, where young Karen Gillan and her mother are sitting in a diner, cheesy music playing on the background, sharing a milkshake, both having a straw in their mouth while staring deep into each other's eyes, yet not drinking. This indicates that it's not the milkshake they enjoy, but the ritual itself and company of one another. Or perhaps it's in the actresses contracts that they don't have to consume any sugary products, I don't know. At least someone came along and took a sip between shots. I don't know why this bothered me so much.
As for the movie itself, I don't have much to say. I found it meaningless. It's decently shot, but the action is mediocre, Karen Gillan's deadpan performance was fine, but the rest of the cast was pretty bad. I don't blame the actresses though, I blame the script.
I think it tried to be a metaphor for a male dominated world in which women have to fight for change. They pointed out twice that The Firm consists only of men. "There is a group of men called The Firm. They've been running things for a long, long time. They make all the rules and change them when it fits their needs. They think they are untouchable and can get away with anything, but they wont". The thing is, the main character is an assassin working for The Firm and she ends up killing the son of the leader of another organisation. Then she takes another job, she disobeys orders knowing very well the consequences and on top of that she also messes up. She loses the protection of The Firm and now the other organisation is out to get her. They are the main antagonists, not The Firm. So what was the point? Whatever they were going for doesn't work on any level.
Let's just say the Librarians wouldn't recommend her Tolstoy, would they now.
One of the first scenes is 15 years in the past, where young Karen Gillan and her mother are sitting in a diner, cheesy music playing on the background, sharing a milkshake, both having a straw in their mouth while staring deep into each other's eyes, yet not drinking. This indicates that it's not the milkshake they enjoy, but the ritual itself and company of one another. Or perhaps it's in the actresses contracts that they don't have to consume any sugary products, I don't know. At least someone came along and took a sip between shots. I don't know why this bothered me so much.
As for the movie itself, I don't have much to say. I found it meaningless. It's decently shot, but the action is mediocre, Karen Gillan's deadpan performance was fine, but the rest of the cast was pretty bad. I don't blame the actresses though, I blame the script.
I think it tried to be a metaphor for a male dominated world in which women have to fight for change. They pointed out twice that The Firm consists only of men. "There is a group of men called The Firm. They've been running things for a long, long time. They make all the rules and change them when it fits their needs. They think they are untouchable and can get away with anything, but they wont". The thing is, the main character is an assassin working for The Firm and she ends up killing the son of the leader of another organisation. Then she takes another job, she disobeys orders knowing very well the consequences and on top of that she also messes up. She loses the protection of The Firm and now the other organisation is out to get her. They are the main antagonists, not The Firm. So what was the point? Whatever they were going for doesn't work on any level.
Let's just say the Librarians wouldn't recommend her Tolstoy, would they now.