meeza Review of Atomic Blonde

Atomic Blonde (2017)

Great to look at! And the film was pretty good too! Yea baby, Chaaarlize!

[8/10 · 25 August 2017]

I liked it better when the action spy thriller "Atomic Blonde" was called "Juana Wick". OK, that was a wicked pun! And I am kidding, because Director David Leitch's "Atomic Blonde" was very much fun, especially if you are an aficionado of late 80's New Wave electronic music; which present company is included. The movie stars the "still stunning" Charlize Theron as Lorraine Broughton, an undercover MI6 agent who is sent to Berlin during the Cold War to investigate the murder of a fellow agent and recover a missing list of double agents. The movie is filled with intoxicating music from New Wave giants Depeche Mode, New Order, Reflexx, David Bowie, After the Fire, Peter Schilling, and more. But hello! Why wasn't there no Berlin music in a movie set in Berlin! Anyways, Agent Broughton is brought to Berlin to pair up with an insider David Percival to help with her mission. Leitch does not bring an apex of gravitas to the picture and Kurt Johnstad's screenplay does muddle at times, but Leitch does encompass the film with a very stylish look and again sensational music which glued me in. Theron has never looked better and does deliver the "fem badass" goods as Lorraine. James McAvoy was solid as the sketchy Percival, and John Goodman continues to prove that he is a good man to see act with his work as a CIA Supervisor. So it's time for you to get "behind the wheel" get over your "blue Monday or whatever day" blues and get atomized to experience this "Atomic Blonde". **** Good