Rating of
2/4
"Atomic Blonde" by Yojimbo
Yojimbo - wrote on 04/13/19
An MI6 operative is dispatched to Berlin to recover a list of their agents that has been obtained by a rogue KGB hit man hoping to sell it to the highest bidder.
This 007-lite plot is one of the many anachronisms that plague this spy-orientated action movie that is based upon a graphic novel. The upshot of this is watching an admittedly appealing Charlize Theron modelling an incessant series of 1980s inspired outfits while brutally dispatching stereotypical bad guys to retro pop music. And that's it. There is little attempt at depth or sophistication and the plotting is so episodic and shallow it doesn't even match the standard set by the average comic strip-inspired movie. It's very similar in feel and quality to one of James McAvoy's previous projects Wanted as it lacks the knowing wit of Kingsman: The Secret Service, which in combination with gratuitous nudity and some pretty ugly violence makes it feel quite crass in comparison to Matthew Vaughn's film.
If it's sassy assassins you want I'd suggest trying Steven Soderbergh's Haywire instead, because it's superior in every department to this rather disappointingly vulgar cold war affair.
