Review of Anna (2019) by Roger Moore for Movie Nation — 21 Jun 2019

There are a lot of irritants and clumsy touches to Besson’s latest, infuriatingly inferior version of “La Femme Nikita” that ruin it.

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This review of Anna (2019) was written by Roger Moore and published by Movie Nation on 21 Jun 2019.

Anna has generally received positive reviews.

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