The enterprising Anna more than holds her own, with close-up brawls packing much-needed heat in a film that otherwise lacks zest and self-awareness. Combat scenes, left largely to fisticuffs, do offer solid thrills and bear some resemblance to Campbell’s exemplary work in Casino Royale. Genre: Horror, Mystery & thriller Original Language: English Director: Nicholas McCarthy Producer: Tripp Vinson, Tara Farney Writer: Jeff Buhler Release Date (Theaters): wide Release. Of course, in a film where straightforwardness and familiarity are key to its charm, there ought to be some spicy action. Anna’s interactions with Keaton’s character, ‘Rembrandt,’ pursued in both combat and flirtation, are particularly odd, feeling less Mr. She is played so straight-faced that it denies the film any long-lasting sense of levity. Jackson, Michael Keaton, Patrick Malahide, David Rintoul, Ray Fearon, and Ori Pfeffer, the film was released on August 20, 2021, by Lionsgate. Maggie Q is effective as the skilful Anna, though it is to the detriment of the film that she is never allowed to embrace the bombast of an action star. Movie Review: In The Protege, Maggie Q plays an assassin seeking to avenge the men who killed her mentor, played by Samuel L. The Protege is an American action crime thriller movie directed by Martin Campbell, written by Richard Wenk, and scored by Rupert Parkes. ![]() Director Martin Campbell and writer Richard Wenk craft their titular. Jackson and Michael Keaton, each possessing their own gravitational pull, appear on-screen. The Protégé is a movie about a woman made by men often the case for this subgenre, as with the recent Gunpowder Milkshake. There is a sense of seriousness that counteracts the film’s infrequent lightheartedness, which becomes apparent when inherently charming actors like Samuel L. Screenwriter Richard Wenk leans into familiar actioner cat-and-mouse territory to the point that the film lacks distinguishable flare. Jackson) and trained in the family business, Anna (Maggie Q) is the world’s most skilled contract killer. ![]() With the past now back to haunt them, the murder-adept pair must reckon with their unsevered loose ends, bringing them into contact with big baddies (Michael Keaton) and past acquaintances (Robert Patrick). The Protg offers flashbacks throughout to a turning point in Anna’s childhood in Vietnam, starting with the moment Moody discovered her, hiding in a cabinet, having dispatched a room full of. Rescued as a child by the legendary assassin Moody (Samuel L. Their relationship is wrapped in a loving-yet-unwonted undertone, with the childish-in-demeanour Moody having taken the orphaned Anna under his wing while on a mission in Vietnam thirty years earlier. Take for instance the film’s lead, Anna (Maggie Q) a self-assured bookshop owner who, when she isn’t attending to her rare collection of classic literature (Poe, anyone?), assists her “adoptive” Father Moody (Samuel L. In the world of assassins, the art of deceit means not only getting the job done but a performative means of survival. A stacked cast and straightforward story make The Protégé an easy-to-digest romp, though the assassin caper doesn’t live up to the Bond-esque heights of its director, Martin Campbell.įrom the outset, The Protégé sets itself up for big suspense.
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