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CATCH HANNA IF YOU CAN
HANNA (PG-13) After a couple of well-
received period pieces (Pride & Prejudice and
Atonement) and a sluggish inspirational film
(The Soloist), director Joe Wright seems like
the last guy to successfully bring a super-
stylish action thriller about a young female
assassin trained by her father to kill anyone
who stands in the way of completing her mis
sion to kill a shady CIA agent. Wright has
also found quite a muse in nearly-17-year-old
star Saoirse Ronan, who already has an Oscar
nomination from her searing turn in Wright's
Atonement.
In a winter wonderland, Hanna (Ronan)
lives with her father, former CIA operative
Erik Heller (Eric Bana). Trained all her life to
be the perfect assassin, Hanna is sent into
the civilized wilds to kill Marissa Wiegler
(Cate Blanchett), Erik's former CIA handler.
But Marissa is wise to Erik's plan, making
every single character both hunter and prey,
which sets up one long chase punctuated by
a couple of pauses for Hanna, Marissa, Erik,
Marissa's humorously dressed paid thugs (led
by the creepy Tom Hollander) and the audi
ence to catch their breath. Wright's fabulously
varied locations—capped off by an abandoned
Grimm's-themed park in Berlin—for his action
set pieces are then choreographed to
the beats of the Chemical Brothers. It's
part action movie, part rave (so bring a
pacifier).
I am fascinated by the lack of contro
versy over the film's portrayal of violent
acts committed by this teenage girl. In the
time leading up to Kick-Ass, you couldn't
avoid the TV talking heads lamenting the
downfall of society. Sorry, Honna, your
media profile isn't big (or sexy?) enough
to justify 15 minutes of Fox News' valuable
airtime. Then again, the movie is set in
Europe, so it's more proof of their societal
degradation, not ours. That's a relief!
Unlike several of its hip action peers
that want to be videogames, Hanna is the
badass action movie that videogames want to
be. Hanna uses its extreme locations, exotic
foreignness, incongruous protagonist and
block-rocking beats to hypnotize. You can't
look away until one of the cats catches one of
the mice. Don't let Hanna get away.
Drew Wheeler
Saoirse Ronan
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