Haywire
Just got back from watching it. I enjoyed it overall. Some good, well choreographed and brutal-looking fight scenes as well.
Obviously the comparisons with Bourne will be there and this wasn't necessarily better than Bourne but all in all I'm glad I saw it.
Obviously the comparisons with Bourne will be there and this wasn't necessarily better than Bourne but all in all I'm glad I saw it.
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The plot was OK, but the characters needed more history/background and a subplot wouldn't have gone a miss.
Descent Saturday night action flick.
Too much retro soundtrack and not enough dialogue.
I actually thought the acting from the main female lead was terrible and really let the movie down.
Columbiana had a much more convincing female lead.
I would have been upset if I had paid to see this.
Fantastic David Holmes score and beautiful locations, too.
Bravo? The channel that closed down a year ago?
It's not a major contribution to cinema but it's not that bad!
thought haywire was awful. the lead has never acted before and it shows, terrible blank expression all the way through the film
he also films is so it's NOT an action film if you know what i mean? long drawn out chases that sap your energy watching them etc
Isn't that the point, to see it from her point-of-view? For example the chase on foot in Dublin, where we walk with her, seeing all the potential bad guys and all the potential escape routes. It's more like stylised video game footage than a straight-ahead chase sequence and as such I agree it's not for everyone but it worked for me.
Regards
Mark
Plot predictable..and...Action laughable.{that Deer}....1/10...worst film I've seen, in many a Year.
Flavour of the Month, Fassbender.....Was he auditioning for Bond.....And what was that accent.
Worth seeing for the soundtrack alone. It won't win any awards for originality and probably comes too soon after Angelina Jolie's 'Salt', which trod similar ground.
Gina Carano, I thought, was excellent - very edgy, nervous, throughout and a total powerhouse when it came to the physical aspects of the films. Long, tracking shots (the chase sequence), sometimes only accompanied by the pulsing soundtrack, other times total silence. The standout fight sequence between her and Fassbender was bone-crunchingly good, with Fassbender doing a pre-audition role for the next 007 it seemed. Rest of the heavyweight cast were fine, but could probably have been filled with lesser known actors. Soderberg seems to have a way with all-star casts.
Should DC / Warners ever get off their ar$e and make a Wonder Woman movie (unlikely, I know), Carano is my new hot contender for the role; sexy, well built and dead gorgeous too boot.
And yes - I too wished to be in Fassbender's place when she had his head in a thigh-hold...:D
7/10 - recommended.
Regards
Mark
Is this a big budget film by a major studio or is it similar to those that the WWE put out. I know they play act in the WWE but giving them all movies is going a bit far.
Budget estimated at $25 million according to imdb. Made by independent production company Relativity Media
It's more in the indie/arthouse vein than mainstream Hollywood blockbuster and therefore won't please those who expected a conventional action movie.
Um, no? Having read your comment before viewing, I occasionally looked for this, and didn't see it. Her face varied and was expressive.
I do think she never seemed really phazed by what was going on, or scared. She seemed to treat each situation as a puzzle to be solved, or a physical challenge to overcome. I see that more as a facet of the character than a weakness in the actress. It meant the movie lacked a degree of emotional involvement.
loved it, didnt realise she had never acted before until i read up on it afterwards, ended up seeing it only because the film i wanted to see wasnt on
so i went in not knowing what to expect, and was very pleasantly suprised.
but loved the whole dublin sequences as i have been in the hotel and knew most of the sights,going to dublin regularly
7/10
The female lead was uninteresting. Obviously cast for her ability to kick ass but lacking the acting skills that might make me feel for her.
The only part that peaked my interest was the sequence in Dublin where she was getting chased as I thought it was well filmed. I guess the opening sequence had you wanting to find out more too but it turned out I actually didn't.
And it looked good but the film was boring as hell.
Started off well, quite intriguing.
Quickly went downhill with the dullest flattest ending ever.
Great fight sequences, especially the Fassbender one, cannot save this from being a let-down.