Hanna

Movie: Hanna

Genre: thriller

Synopsis: Sixteen-year-old Hanna (Saoirse Ronan) has been raised by her father, Erik (Eric Bana), in an arctic forest to be the perfect assassin. The ultimate target of Hanna’s training is a government agent, Marissa (Cate Blanchett), from Erik’s past.  The movie follows Hanna on her quest to kill Marissa while Marissa is doing her best to kill both Hanna and Erik.

My two cents: This was a great movie.  Hanna’s survival and fighting skills reminded me of Jason Bourne – but with a teenaged girl.  The plot was interesting, the acting was good and the action was great.  I have been a fan of Cate Blanchette since The Aviator and of Saoirse Ronan since Atonement – neither of these two let me down in this movie.  I look forward to a sequel.

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Source Code

Movie: Source Code

Genre: thriller

Synopsis: The government has a secret program that enables them to effectively send an agent back in time for a period of eight minutes.  During this eight minutes, the agent inhabits someone else’s body.  Colter Stevens (Jake Gyllenhaal) is such an agent.  His handler is played by Vera Farmiga.  Colter’s assignment is to go back in time to learn the identity of a terrorist who bombed a train.  He is sent back repeatedly to relive the same eight minutes – each time making a little more progress.  Naturally, there is more to this secret program than meets the eye – and Colter has been kept in the dark about certain aspects of the program.

My two cents: The premise, although interesting, was just a little too hard for me to swallow.

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