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Atomic Blonde



Atomic Blonde - in which all of my hopes and wet dreams for a female led, stunt heavy, action-packed, compelling movie were slowly bled out over the course of 2 hours. Okay, so, there is a muddled plot about spies, and MI6 sends Charlize Theron into 1989 Berlin, Germany, to retrieve a stolen noc list, bring home her former lover's body, and maybe identify a double agent, if there's time. James McAvoy is her contact in Berlin, and he's always going from West to East Berlin in some underground tunnels. He does not seem real trustworthy. Also, Charlize is made by the KGB the moment she steps off the plane in Berlin, and she doesn't really do anything about it, besides lose the tail. Which I'm sure they picked right back up a few minutes later. There's always some dumb 80's song playing that has nothing to do with what is going on in the scene. So, truthfully, the plot doesn't really get a lot done, she just tries to get information, but she can't trust anyone, so she can't rely on any information they provide her.
   And then there is this pretty, French, brunette agent, who cries when Charlize points a gun to her head and says that being a spy is hard. Like, harder than she thought it would be. It's hard to tell if Charlize falls for it, or if she just sleeps with her because she's hot. Doesn't seem to matter. The French woman is also a double agent, maybe? Its hard to tell, it seems like some reshoots (?) at the end of the movie paint Charlize as a triple agent, working for the USA. The whole thing is told through her debriefing a day after she gets back to London. There is also a guy in Berlin who memorized the noc list before delivering it to the murdered man, and they kinda want him, but I don't know why they don't just kill him before the Soviets get to him. He dies anyway, so the whole time spent tracking him down and trying to save him is a waste. That's when the coolest fight scene happens, but its like, the one scene they don't play music for. There are a bunch of things that don't add up, and also some other things that are boring. Her makeup was on fleek for real, though. Major disappointment.

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