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Anna (2019)
Directed by Luc Besson
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Overview
Beneath Anna Poliatova’s striking beauty lies a secret that will unleash her indelible strength and skill to become one of the world’s most feared government assassins.
Rated R | Length 119 minutes
Actors
Sasha Luss | Helen Mirren | Luke Evans | Cillian Murphy | Lera Abova | Alexander Petrov | Никита Павленко | Anna Krippa | Aleksey Maslodudov | Eric Godon | Ivan Franěk | Jean-Baptiste Puech | Adrian Can | Alison Wheeler | Andrew Howard | Jan Oliver Schroeder | Louise Parker | Sasha Beliaeva | Greta Varlese | Lauren de Graaf | Mikhail Safronov | Maria Luss | Sergey Bachurskiy | Ernest Gromov | Sergey Zharkov | Julia Munrow | Jess Liaudin | Christopher Craig | Yuriy Zavalnyouk | David Coburn | James Joint | Tonio Descanvelle | Réginal Kudiwu | Manuel Sinor | Gérard Graillot | Laurent Ferraro | Zac Andianas | Aya Yabuuchi | Mabô Kouyaté | Eric Lampaert | Fany Le Gac | Pauline Hoarau | Noam Frost | Jordan Dwayne | Peter Lamarque | Grace Hancock | Cansu Tosun | Niccolò Senni | Scott Thurn | Terrence Amadi | Jean-Marc Montalto | Alexandre Majetniak | Toni Hristov | Leonid Glushchenko | Anthony Weber | Elise Lissague | Wendy Grenier | Viatcheslav Ardachev | Paul Lefèvre | Alain Figlarz | Igor Savochkin | Kamila Hovorková | Nastya Sten | Colin Bates | François Girard | Dmitry Grinevich | Maxence Huet | Travis Kerschen | Emmanuel Menard | William Sciortino | Christophe Tek | Rupert Wynne-James | Eduard Flerov | Victoria Cyr
Viewing History (seen 1 time)
| Date Viewed | Device | Format | Source | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 07/01/2019 | Movie Screen | Digital | Theater | 6.5 stars |
| (Average) 6.5 stars |
Viewing Notes
Leaving theaters today! I suppose when you run out of ideas you just remake one of your older films. In this remake of La Femme Nikita, the main Russian KGB agents are portrayed by Brits (Luke Evans & Helen Mirren) and the main CIA agent is an Irishman (Cillian Murphy). A little weird to hear everyone speaking a different accent in English… and why would Russians speak English to each in private?
Anyways, Luc Besson keeps making these misogynistic, exploitative films disguised as “girl power” messages and this is one is mostly okay. Not nearly as ambitious as LUCY (or Valerian for that matter) but then again he’s retelling an old story we’ve seen remade several times since (most recently RED SPARROW). ANNA is better than middle of the pack but since we’ve seen it before we already know not all is as it seems. I’d watch again.
Hope Sasha Luss gets a better gig in the future that was less leering and male gaze-y. Just let her be a badass.
UPDATE: After mulling this over some more I think Besson actually uses the same story beats from La Femme Nikita that setup the entire film (how Anna is “discovered” to sending her on her first mission with a handicap). Haven’t seen La Femme Nikita in years so now I want to revisit that.
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