Review of Haywire (2011) by Nascent — 24 Dec 2014

I was very interested to see this movie. A film with a real heroine, a.

Woman that can take care of herself, beat up the bad guys/gals and not.

Just exist as a model actress (though Gina is very beautiful) while all.

The stunt women do the real work.

However, what I got with this movie was horrible acting with wooden.

Performances, cheesy lounge music over everything, and exceptionally.

Dull dialog. The main draw of a women mma fighter, "the third best 145.

Lb (66 kg) fighter in the world", was that we'd get a real actress that.

Handles all the dialog, the acting and some great fighting, as she.

Actually knows how to fight properly (muay thai no less). However the.

Fight scenes were over-directed, over-edited, and too short. Very few.

Moments even felt like they were Gina, as the heavy editing could've.

Allowed for a stunt double anyway. Gina seems to lack the charisma to.

Hold a lead role as pretty much any of the supporting super-cast gave.

More energy and life to the film than she was able to.

To see how a movie can look with a real fighter/actor look no further.

Than JCVD. The film with John Claude Van Damme playing a version of.

Himself with realistic action scenes and tense drama. The opening 5.

Minutes of that film alone better demonstrates what can be done with an actor.

Than knows how to fight than any moment in this film can possibly wish.

To achieve.