Review of Barely Lethal (2015) by Lucas B — 25 May 2015

After watching it I was seriously debating talking about it - because I'm not exactly within the target demo. Kyle Newman directed the movie and I have to admit that when I looked him up, I was crossing my fingers that Barely Lethal was his first feature film otherwise I would have lost my mind. The premise behind the film is interesting or at the very least would make for an entertaining movie.

I don't wanna lie the movie is bad. I guess if I was younger or more gullible I would have enjoyed this movie immensely but I'm not. It was just nice to see Jessica Alba in an ass-kicking role again. I had to pretty much turn my brain off to watch the whole movie but two things happens once I was done watching it.

The first I don't know how Hailee Steinfeld ever got nominated for an Oscar. I mean I haven't seen True Grit yet so she maybe deserved the nomination but every movie I've seen her in since she was bad and Barely Lethal is no different. She is lovable though.

The other thing the movie did for me, was to show me that Sophie Turner can act. She proved she has range by stepping away from Sansa, which only now leads me to believe that her portrayal of Sansa in Game of Thrones is a performance and not her being herself on the show. I am now hopeful for Jean Grey in X-Men: Apocalypse.

Barely Lethal is not movie of the year but it's somewhat entertaining, it'll remind you of the terrible movies you liked when you were young. @wornoutspines.