Haywire (2012)

[not fun nor exciting]

Haywire (2012)
IMDB-6
Rotten tomatoes-80
RJG Rating-50

An ex-soldier who was working for a private company is hunted by her own employees.

Starring- Gina Carano,Ewan McGregor,Channing Tatum
Director- Steven Soderbergh

Haywire is one of the few action movies which has a strong female lead.Gina Carano, a MMA fighter in real life, is the perfect match for the main role.All the fight scenes are realistic and a bit gruesome too.The first half is told as a flashback and is divided into different locations.

Gina as i mentioned earlier is a perfect match for the lead role.But shes not much of an actress.Her role is completely consists either of fighting or running.The supporting cast is led by a star studded male cast.Their roles are quite fleeting but they do their best.

Story is simple, but told in such a way that it unnecessarily gets complicated it.Told in a non-linear style was a good attempt ,but it fails.

Direction by Steven was disappointing.He tried out some styles in presentation, but at the end it just falls flat.The pacing of the movie is unsteady.The music used was completely out of place.Even though at first it seems ok to use an 80's type theme for some action scenes (especially for flashbacks) ,but using them for all the action scenes, completely drained the intensity of the fights.

Overall Haywire is an ok movie.A time pass.

Acting- 3/5
Story- 3/5
Direction- 2.5/5
Action- 4.5/5