Synopsis
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Anna (Maggie Q) was rescued and trained in the household enterprise as a toddler by Moody (Samuel L. Jackson), a legendary murderer, her mentor and father determine. Twenty years later, Anna has turn out to be one of the skilled hit men on the planet.
When Moody is brutally murdered, Anna swears revenge and, to take action, groups up with Rembrandt (Michael Keaton), an enigmatic assassin.
As the two develop nearer, the confrontation becomes more and more dangerous.
Criticism
Good action scenes however lacking in idiosyncrasy
A woman is saved from a rustic of demise (this is how ‘The Protégé’ describes Vietnam) and taken to a different world of dying. The movie of Martin Campbell shows us a young girl in her thirties (Maggie Q) who has been educated for many of her life to kill, to be an assassin. In ‘Hunters’ plan, her mentor (Samuel L Jackson) is a rich man who eliminates scum around the globe and welcomes or protects her, even though for this he has turned her into somebody with out scruples, capable of entering the darkest world to gather a reward.
The argument is similar to the one we mentioned in 2021 after they were released ‘Gunpowder Milkshake’ Y ‘kate’. Again we can say that we add a model new film with an motion heroine. ‘La protege’ is another grain of sand within the struggle to match the picture of actresses as protagonists of shooting and combating movies. But although I liked the two titles that I have mentioned as comparable, in the case of ‘La protege’ I can not say the identical. Far from saying that it is a dangerous film if I even have to admit that it has been very irregular by method of its rhythm and lack of charisma.
To say that a film does not have charisma when the at all times flat intervenes Robert Patrick it’s not unusual. But having to make use of that expression when they appear in the solid Michael Keaton and Samuel L. Jackson already penalizes more within the final rating. The nice lack of this movie, apart from the truth that it would have been higher to step on the accelerator slightly, is that it doesn’t create its personal universe. We enter a world of mafias or secret organizations however the idiosyncrasy is conspicuous by its absence.
Although she doesn’t have enough hook, Maggie Q, recognized for being one of the stars of ‘Divergent’ or for having performed ‘Nikita’ in the 2010 series, strikes nicely in motion scenes or wielding a weapon. On screen the image of her pierces the celluloid and appears luxurious, however it’s when she beats the copper with her fists that she stands out probably the most on this film, making even Michael Keaton sweat greater than I suspect she’s going to sweat in ‘The Flash’.
Martin Campbell is well known for his motion movies, although he’s hated for ‘Green Lantern’ (I don’t) he has made what for lots of is among the greatest 007 movies of latest years, ‘Casino Royale’, though is under his ‘Goldeneye’ or classics like ‘Vertical Limit’ and the Zorro de Banderas motion pictures. This time we are talking a couple of minor movie in his filmography. The engine of the movie is Maggie Q and plainly it’s a movie designed to boost her career, however actually the 2 engines that try to launch this rocket are Jackson and Keaton and their work is flat, with out leaving their standards.
It’s exhausting to digest the script error related to L. Jackson or the fact that, as in a foul martial arts film, everybody here knows tips on how to battle. The turns are quite what we anticipated from the start. The effort to attempt to build the character of the protagonist is minimal and that implies that we neither empathize nor there’s a actual battle that offers interest to the moments during which the bullets do not fly.
film sheet
Premiere in Spain: March 18, 2022. Original title: The Protégé. Duration: 109 min. Country: USA Address: Martin Campbell. Script: Richard Wenck. Music: Photek. Photography: David Tattersall. Main solid: Maggie Q, Michael Keaton, Samuel L. Jackson, Robert Patrick, Ori Pfeffer, Ray Fearon, Madalina Anea, Florin Piersic Jr., Caroline Loncq, Velizar Binev, Ekaterina Baker. Production: Arthur Sarkissian Productions, Campbell Grobman Films, Seven Stars Entertainment, Millennium Media, Signature Pictures. Distribution: Vertex Cinema. Gender: action, suspense Official Web: http://millennium-media.net/mf-films/the-asset/
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