Hanna……Hmmm…..
Saw Hanna last night on DVD. Not bad, definitely a thriller movie with few pauses in the ongoing chase/pursuit throughout. The movie itself was fairly different than what I expected (I expected a long-winded revenge movie – it’s definitely not that) but I guess my main beef is that the plot was somewhat predictable and they don’t really develop the characters enough. In some ways, the main character is a much-younger, female Jason Bourne but without the ability to steal cars, hack computers and thwart law enforcement at will – Hanna is a bit more vulnerable.
I liked the main two adult leads – Cate Blanchett is always good, here fairly different with red hair and an American accent (almost perfect but still slipped a couple times – talk to Colin Ferrell about faking an american accent, he’s got it down pretty much perfect). Eric Bana was also good as Hanna’s father – he totally reminds me of someone else in an older movie but I just can’t place it – doh! I also liked the Chemical Brothers soundtrack, although I didn’t completely recognize their influence until the credits. It must be an increasingly common thing now with techno bands getting soundtrack gigs – e.g. this one and Daft Punk getting the work in Tron:Legacy (with an excellent job there-done). The on-location stuff in Berlin was also cool – I recognized the ‘wind tunnel’ test facility from Aeon Flux during an early part of this movie too – cool stuff.
anyway, don’t expect an Oscar nod but definitely entertaining. Note that kerewin liked it on a level beyond me, so I may be completely out to lunch on this review :).
candybowl
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