a5c7b9f00b An undercover MI6 agent is sent to Berlin during the Cold War to investigate the murder of a fellow agent and recover a missing list of double agents. The crown jewel of Her Majesty's Secret Intelligence Service, Agent Lorraine Broughton (Theron) is equal parts spycraft, sensuality and savagery, willing to deploy any of her skills to stay alive on her impossible mission. Sent alone into Berlin to deliver a priceless dossier out of the destabilized city, she partners with embedded station chief David Percival (James McAvoy) to navigate her way through the deadliest game of spies. Apart from the moment when we see a poster of Stalker (last point in that we still have some little hopes), and the good fight at the end when finally we do not have to heard that crappy and cheesy 80's music (but it is too late); nothing else exist in this empty movie. Maybe one or two good moments of that music, would have worked well; but all the time? The lesbian scenes are also, insipid and unnecessary. But the worst is that in the end, the two final twists of the plot fail, because we never really believe anything Charlize Theron does or says. Besides, at this moment we are just expecting that the film ending in a not so obvious way, and soon. But this does not happen. In short, that movie is only like a beautifully wrapped gift, without nothing inside, innocuous, and with several rather tedious moments. Not to mention the historical inaccuracies (or political agendas). Only another, typical Hollywood film. Atomic Blonde is a great "modern classic" cold war spy thriller mixed with lots of action. There's a lot of effort done in getting the scenes and surroundings to feel like it was 1989 again. And to top it off all of the film music are the great old electronic and industrial classics which brings back nostalgic memories. I loved this movie. Charlize Theron is the hero we need right now: As devilishly self-serving and smooth as Bond, as physically dynamic and stoic as Wick, Lorraine is confidently equipped to join the legacy of great movie action heroes and she doesn’t need your permission to do it.
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