Haywire - 2012


A black ops super soldier seeks payback after she is betrayed and set up during a mission.

As you may have gathered from the plot description above, there's not much more you need to know about this movie. It stars a hot chick who beats up dudes and shoots guns. She sets out for revenge after a failed attempt on her life.


My main gripe? The soundtrack.
The music totally took me away from the film. Imagine if they decided to use the footage from the Bourne Identity with the musical cues from the Ocean's 11 series. Well, that's pretty much what happened here. It made it seem like they didn't know which direction to take the film. Was she a former contractor out for bloody revenge or was she planning an elaborate jewel heist? Maybe both.


Maann, I wish she'd wrap dem legs 'round me...

Also, I'm definitely not a fan of having to wait until the end of a film to find out exactly what happened to set things in motion, but again, as long as people are getting kicked, shit don't matter. She fired only one shot throughout the film, but made that count. The movie was essentially a showcase of her hand to hand skills. Clearly talented, Carano is a badass in this film and a force to be reckoned with. A hot chick who beats people up for a living doesn't have much use for dialogue. As long as she was kicking someone, it really doesn't matter what was said before. But the lady has charisma and hopefully she'll go far in this business. We are sorely lacking female action stars.


A broad daylight beach beatdown aka one of the funniest scenes in the film.

Out of Ten? 6
The movie was bad, but unintentionally hilarious.

Violence? Yes
Explosions? No
Nudity? No.

1 comment:

  1. I've been trying to check this movie out for a minute. Gotta love a good action flick, but the fact that it's a hot chick doing it makes it all the more better. Did a little research to see who this girl was and come to find out she was one of the gladiators on the American Gladiators remake that they tried a few years ago (thoroughly entertaining btw).

    sn: still lmmfao @ "a former contractor out for bloody revenge or was she planning an elaborate jewel heist"

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