Harrelson has a smaller role in the film, and I think most people can figure out what his motivations are before our hero does. We’re supposed to have sympathy for her, but the character became kind of annoying and slowed the pace of the film down. This is the first time I’ve seen Miku Martineau and I can’t say her performance impressed me that much. Their relationship got complicated once Ani learned that she’s the target of Kate. Her character starts out as cold-blooded killer but became sort of a mother figure to the young Ani. She has the physical built that make her a believable action hero and she’s good here. I’ve always liked Mary Elizabeth Winstead and it’s nice to see her as lead in an action film. I had to stop the movie and switch on another movie just to make sure there’s nothing wrong with my TV. It’s so dark that I was having hard time seeing what’s on the screen and I watched this on my 4K television with Dolby Vision. This film has a very dark look to it, I’m not sure what cinematographer Lyle Vincent was going for here but there were scenes where I thought there’s something wrong with my display. In the spirit of the John Wick films, he also included some very intense action sequences, including a brutal fight scene where Kate must take on several Yakuza henchmen at a clubhouse and a nifty shootout in an alley way. Director Cedric Nicolas-Troyan decided to shoot the film in sort of Japanese Anime style. The plot is simple, Kate needs to find antidote to the poison in her body and take revenge on those she thinks is responsible for her predicament. Screenwriter Umair Aleem borrowed a lot of elements from films like John Wick and D.O.A. Escaping the hospital with special shots to keep her alert, Kate embarks on a mission to reach Kijima ( Jun Kunimura), the yakuza boss who wants her dead, inadvertently teaming with Ani in the process. The doctor told her that she’s been poisoned and have 24 hours to live. On the next day, things didn’t go well for Kate, she passed out during a new mission and woke up in a hospital. Trying to regroup, Kate travels back to her home base in Tokyo and meets a stranger ( Michiel Huisman) in a bar, enjoying a night of sex before she’s back to business. Unwilling to kill the child, Kate barely escapes the retaliation from Yakuza henchmen. Varrick also ordered Kate to take out the target’s teenager daughter named Ani ( Miku Martineau). Her target is a mysterious figure in the Yakuza gang. In Osaka, Japan, Kate ( Mary Elizabeth Winstead) is a highly trained assassin who accepts a new mission from her handler/mentor Varrick ( Woody Harrelson). Joining the club is the newest assassin and her name is Kate. In theaters, there were films like Ava and The Protégé. Netflix has produced some well-known ones, including The Old Guard and Gun Powder Milkshake. Female super assassins seem to be a hot genre within the last year or so.
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