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Originally Posted by Demdike@Cult Labs  Atomic Blonde (2017)
An undercover MI6 agent is sent to Berlin during the Cold War to investigate the murder of a fellow agent and recover a missing list of double agents.
Despite sporting some terrific fight sequences and Charlize Theron looking super stylish, i found the story to be completely uninvolving at best and derivative at worst, it's Cold War Berlin setting just that a setting and not really part of the plot, meaning it failed to grab me and a sense of detachment soon kicked in.
The film had a rather cool 80's synth soundtrack featuring the likes of Depeche Mode and David Bowie but it's a case of style over substance more than anything else in an attempt to be cool but it just felt sterile and self aware.
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Originally Posted by Justin101 100% agree, I rented this the other night and it's one of my biggest film disappointments of the year, I was so excited for it after the trailer but just under an hour in I was actually bored, at least it was just a rental though I thought and not £15 spent... |
I was also hugely disappointed with this as the trailer (plus the talent behind and in front of the camera) led me to expect a cleverly plotted and action packed movie, not one which seems like a pale imitation of the Bourne films. The fight scenes were superbly choreographed and executed, but that's just about all I can praise.
It looked like something I would love and buy as soon as it was released, but I haven't had the inclination to watch it since it was at the cinema, nor add it to my collection, something which says a lot.