Review of Atomic Blonde (2017) by Lambo442 — 25 Aug 2017

I thought this looked bad in the trailer but the reality is much worse. You'd think the Director of John Wick would deliver something exciting but instead it's just formulaic nonsense, full of archetypal characters with no depth, nothing at all is taken seriously (I know it's fun, but come on?) so it doesn't have the same grittiness as John Wick, which still managed to be humorous.

Brutal violence against innocent civilians is glamorised with pumping music, all in an attempt to make the bad guys seem as merciless as possible - I wonder why - to make us want bad things to happen to them.

The dialogue is a joke too, with Theron uttering obscenities like (co!ksucker) in a dodgy English accent. I mean, what's wrong with sucking co!ks, even if You're a man? This is 2017 and a homophobic lead, great.

The actors also have to drop the F bomb at least twice in every sentence too as the writers are too dumb to create full sentences and it cuts down the amount of dialogue you need in general. Plus we're only here to watch this stunning blonde woman commit acts of violence and look sexy doing it.

Oh and she kisses a girl. Very progressive. Not aimed at horny men at all. I had to leave the cinema half an hour in. Please somebody utilize Charlize Theron more productively than this because she has lots of talent.

Don't turn her into some shallow fantasy for teenagers and horny, sexually frustrated men.