Last week Universal released a second trailer for the Cold Ware Berlin-set Atomic Blonde, and it's even more action-packed than the first one. Based on Antony Johnston's graphic novel The Coldest City and directed by John Wick co-helmer David Leitch, Atomic Blonde is clearly the spy movie to beat this year! Charlize Theron (Fate of the Furious) stars, alongside Sofia Boutella (Kingsman: The Secret Service), James McAvoy (State of Play), John Goodman (Argo), and Toby Jones (Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy).
I thought it was an O K paint-by-numbers spy-fi movie. If Eon/MGM/UA/whoever had made it, they could have cast Daniel Craig or Pierce Brosnan instead of Charlize Theron, left everything else the same, and done it as a Bond movie.
ReplyDeleteI'm still kind of vague about the McGuffin. With the Cold War about to end, wouldn't "the list" be obsolete? Maybe I'm just dense.
I like to see tough chicks kick @$$, and Charlize was cool in the fight scenes. Although I think Gal Gadot or Cynthia Rothrock could probably mop the floor with her.