Review of Haywire (2011) by Joe J — 31 Jul 2012

Mallory (Gina Carano) works for a freelance covert company that hires her out to perform jobs that the government can't authorize. On a mission to Dublin, Mallory finds out she's been double-crossed, and goes after her handler ( Ewan McGregor) and those responsible for the double-cross.

You can tell this movie was directed by Steven Soderbergh because of the music throughout the film - very reminiscent of his "Oceans" movies. Unfortunately, this music goes through a lot of the movie - sometimes ten minutes or more at a time without any dialogue.

The action in the film is striking, especially the hotel scene, but it tries to mask a surprisingly simplistic storyline. With stellar actors like McGregor, Channing Tatum, Michael Douglas, Michael Angarano, Bill Paxton and Antonio Banderas, you would expect better dialogue or plot. But there's no real twists or turns here - just a cut-and-dry action flick. But still, the action is worth seeing!