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Haywire
Haywire

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Gina Carano, Michael Douglas
Jan 20, 2012
R, 1 hr. 33 min.

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Movie Info

Cast: Gina Carano, Michael Douglas, Michael Fassbender, Ewan McGregor, Bill Paxton, Channing Tatum, Michael Angarano, Antonio Banderas, Mathieu Kassovitz
Director: Steven Soderbergh
Rated: R
Running Time: 1 hr. 33 min.
Genre: Drama, Action & Adventure, Mystery & Suspense
Theater Release: Jan 20, 2012
DVD Release: May 01, 2012
Synopsis: This dynamic action-thriller directed by Steven Soderbergh boasts a talented cast that includes Channing Tatum, Ewan McGregor, Michael Fassbender, Antonio Banderas, Bill Paxton, Michael Douglas, Michael Angarano; and introduces MMA superstar Gina Carano as Mallory Kane, in a demanding lead role that has her performing her own high-adrenaline stunts. Mallory Kane is a highly trained operative who works for a government security contractor in the dirtiest, most dangerous corners of the world. After successfully freeing a Chinese journalist held hostage, she is double crossed and left for dead by someone close to her in her own agency. Suddenly the target of skilled assassins who know her every move, Mallory must find the truth in order to stay alive. -- (C) Relativity Media

Critic Reviews

  • Roger Moore, McClatchy-Tribune News Service
    Gina Carano has a face that can hold a Hollywood close-up and a fist that can hold your nose until it comes clean off.
  • David Denby, New Yorker
    Carano is strong, fast, relentless. She's not much of an actress yet, but Soderbergh hides her weaknesses well...
  • J. R. Jones, Chicago Reader
    There's a good deal of pleasure to be had in the clockwork precision of her hand-to-hand combat, which Soderbergh often shoots in profile to showcase her wall-climbing backflips.
  • Eric D. Snider, Film.com
    Carano is nothing special as an actress - but darned if it matters when she's supported by a killer screenplay, a sharp cast, and Steven Soderbergh's unmistakably sly, mordant direction.
  • Stephen Whitty, Newark Star-Ledger
    If "Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol" was a fancy top-shelf cocktail, this is Polish vodka, neat.
  • Dana Stevens, Slate
    Though Carano isn't without a certain glowering charisma, her flat line readings and apparent discomfort with dialogue-heavy exchanges make her seem like a refugee from a different, schlockier movie...
  • Liam Lacey, Globe and Mail
    Hand it to a wily indie veteran like Soderbergh to find a fresh twist to an old genre: The fighting isn't faked, but the acting is.
  • Adam Graham, Detroit News
    "Haywire" isn't a by-the-numbers action vehicle, it's a crafty thriller that works to undo beat-em-up clichés. In short, it's a livewire.
  • Ann Hornaday, Washington Post
    "Haywire" stays true to its low-rent B-movie principles, right down to the fast, strong and quietly competent heroine at its center.
  • Kyle Smith, New York Post
    'Haywire" is a wannabe, or rather a wanna-B, and that B is for "Bourne."
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