Hanna

[Drunk Monk]

Very enjoyable. Very Euro. I like Euro. Saoirse Ronan and Cate Blanchett are great actresses. Saoirse would have made an outstanding Alice, much better than Wasikowska. Cate, well, she's just at the top of her game with as the villain, and pulls it off with that refined style we've come to expect from her. Solid filmmaking - including one remarkable swirling-environment extended shot from a crowded airport to a subway ending in a fight that recalls Wright's beach landing scene in Atonement. I think he worked some cuts when some poles crossed the frame, but it was seamless. Some decent fights, surprisingly believable considering that Saoirse is a skinny teenage girl. Shades of Run Lola Run (to the Chemical Brothers no less) which I now think I need to see again (I mean RLR not CB). Even some Grimm and Euro stag myth thrown in for good measure. Yes, I liked this. It totally makes up for Sucker Punch. Could it be the start of a franchise? I hope so.

Stay tuned. More to come. 8)