Haywire

HAYWIRE (2012) - Jan. 28, 2012
A great spy thriller / action movie from Steven Soderbergh, about an agent who gets double-crossed by her superiors and who sets out to get revenge.  Soderbergh puts his distinctive sense of style to great use here, and combined with David Holmes' perfect retro score makes this a very, very fun film to watch.  Soderbergh also proves to be a fantastic action director, allowing the brutal action to unfold in mesmerizing long takes, and completely exploding the contemporary notion that action scenes need to be cut into oblivion to be exciting.  The film is also stuffed to the gills with great actors, and ex-MMA fighter Gina Carano admirably holds her own -- she's not the best actress ever, but she definitely has a certain amount of screen presence.  Good times.  ****