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Jul 26, 2017 · Powered by JustWatch. Without Charlize Theron, the spy adventure "Atomic Blonde" would only be clever. She makes it insightful. The actress gives emotional depth to the highly mannered behavior of the film’s heroine, British spy Lorraine Broughton, as she tries retrieve a coveted list of undercover operatives and catch a British double agent ...
Jul 28, 2017 · 79% Tomatometer 366 Reviews. Fresh audience score. 64% Audience Score 25,000+ Ratings. Sensual and savage, Lorraine Broughton is the most elite spy in MI6, an agent who's willing to use all of...
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Jul 27, 2017 · 1h 55m. By Manohla Dargis. July 27, 2017. “Atomic Blonde” is going to make an excellent highlight reel. It already is one, in a manner of speaking, given that its strengths are lavishly...
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Top Critics. All Audience. Verified Audience. Akhil Arora AkhilArora.com. The fight on the staircase, a single take that lasts several minutes, is a particular highlight. It draws humour from the...
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By Alex Welch
Updated: Jul 18, 2017 2:59 pm
Posted: Jul 17, 2017 7:59 pm
In any other film, Atomic Blonde’s rock ‘n roll attitude and flippant disinterest in the actual facts surrounding its historical backdrop might have been seriously damaging. But Atomic Blonde has Charlize Theron as MI6 agent Lorraine Broughton, who kicks more ass than any other character this year, including even Keanu Reeves’ John Wick. That might be considered an overstatement if it weren’t for the fact that Atomic Blonde is directed by original John Wick co-director, David Leitch, who brings to life here the same keen visual eye for stylish, propulsive fight scenes and creating graphic novel-like visuals as he did in that 2014 film.
From its opening seconds, Atomic Blonde lets you know what kind of a movie it is. Set in East Berlin in 1989 with only a few more days to go until the Berlin Wall is torn down, the film opens with raw footage of President Ronald Reagan making his famous speech in front of the wall. But then the footage is cut short, with a couple lines of text explaining the historical significance of the time, before all of the words are quickly covered in neon-green spray paint, proclaiming, “This is not that story.”
Indeed, that is the attitude at the beating heart of Atomic Blonde, which uses the destruction of the Berlin Wall as little more than window dressing. The film is less interested in the political and societal turmoil that was festering at that time, and more in the muddled and convoluted spy games that may have been taking place behind-the-scenes, in shady dealings and interactions between undercover agents in the territory. And it's even more interested than all of that in just how many enemies Lorraine has to take down to accomplish her mission.
Atomic Blonde is an action spy thriller, that leans more heavily into being a John Wick film than it does a John le Carré-esque espionage tale, and the battle between those two tones can be occasionally distracting throughout. But Atomic Blonde has attitude aplenty and the fervent style of its execution is so staggering and exciting to watch that i...
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Mar 13, 2017 · 'Atomic Blonde' Review. Home. Film. Reviews. Mar 13, 2017 12:36am PT. Review: ‘Atomic Blonde’. Charlize Theron cuts a bloody swath through 1989 Berlin in this technically-dazzling yet...
Jul 28, 2017 · Atomic Blonde. Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 50 Critic Reviews. 63. User Score Generally Favorable Based on 472 User Ratings. 6.7. My Score. Hover and click to give a rating. Add My Review. Where to Watch. Amazon ($3.99) All Watch Options. View All. Charlize Theron. Lorraine Broughton. James McAvoy. David Percival. John Goodman.
