Atomic Blonde Reviews

To be honest, I wasn't really sure what to expect from this flick but since I have a weak spot for Charlize Theron, I was still quite eager to check it out. Well, first of all, even though the title was pretty cool, I thought it was actually rather misleading. Indeed, with such a title and with the fact that it was directed by the same guy behind 'John Wick', I was expecting a B feature with a lot of violent scenes. However, it turned to be something actually fairly sophisticated, at least, much more than 'John Wick'. Basically, it was indeed a badass action flick but also a Cold War spy thriller and this mix turned to be seriously entertaining. Still, to be honest, even though the plot was sometimes rather murky (which is typical of the genre), it was basically a very typical  and rather generic spy story. Same thing about the characters, even though Charlize Theron and James McAvoy did deliver some solid performances, their respective characters turned out to be fun but they were never really fascinating. In spite all this, the whole thing looked fine, the action scenes were top-notch and I loved how they played around the fact that it was taking place at the time that the Berlin Wall was going to fall. To conclude, it turned out to be a very well made and fairly original action flick and it is definitely worth a look, especially if you like the genre.