I like this film. It's very different.
I guess at it's heart it is a film about revenge.
The film is about 16 year old Hanna, (played brilliantly by Saoirse Ronan). She has been brought up in total isolation by her father Erik (Eric Bana) in a forest and taught survival and hunting skills. He has been training her to become an assassin.
When given the chance to explore the outside world she leaps at it gladly. This sets into motion events that are unpleasant for all concerned.
In other hands, this could have been a Bourneesque Spy thriller. But the director Joe Wright has approached the film like a dreamlike fairytale, in fact it is like a Grimm Brothers fairytale.
One of the many highlights of the film is a four and a half minute steadycam shot, that is simply awesome to behold.
I say fairytale like, but don't get me wrong, the action is top notch! The fight choreography is done by Jeff Imada of the Bourne trilogy. Plus some scenes really push the PG-13 rating.
Saoirse Ronan owns this film! I will be keeping an eye out for her in the future.
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