Haywire

    Haywire
    2011

    Synopsis

    A black ops soldier seeks payback after she is betrayed and left for dead.

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    Cast

    • Gina CaranoMallory Kane
    • Michael FassbenderPaul
    • Ewan McGregorKenneth
    • Bill PaxtonJohn Kane
    • Channing TatumAaron
    • Antonio BanderasRodrigo
    • Michael DouglasAlex Coblenz
    • Michael AngaranoScott
    • Mathieu KassovitzStuder
    • Eddie J. FernandezBarroso

    Recommendations

    • 83

      IndieWire

      Pummeling forward from its first diner-set fight scene to a sweeping final showdown on the beach, Haywire is a literal blast.
    • 80

      Variety

      Paring down narrative and character concerns in favor of a breathtaking application of pure thriller technique, Soderbergh's latest picture is a lean, efficient exercise tossed off with his customary sangfroid and wickedly dry sense of humor.
    • 80

      Empire

      A fresh, muscular payback movie shot through with Soderbergh's mischievous indie-spirit. Whether Gina Carano is the new Angelina or the new Cynthia Rothrock, only time will tell...
    • 80

      Village Voice

      Where faux-empowering "The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo" confines sexual power play to the old rape-revenge matrix, Haywire is a real war-of-the-sexes tournament, briskly paced with a tickling sense of black humor.
    • 75

      ReelViews

      This is one of the director's mainstream efforts, although his penchant for the offbeat and oddly artistic has not been completely reined in. But there's plenty of unsparing, bone-crunching violence to dismiss the idea that Soderbergh is making an art film in disguise.
    • 70

      The Hollywood Reporter

      The script makes no attempt to assert its plausibility or realism; it is, instead, refreshingly frank about what it is, a simple, workable framework for the melees and mayhem.
    • 70

      Boxoffice Magazine

      Streamlined, beautifully shot and casually thrilling, Haywire's superior action fun should hopefully draw audiences eager for R-rated, no-frills fare.
    • 50

      Slant Magazine

      If anything, Haywire is most closely linked to last year's "Contagion," a kindred effort in style, theme, and value-marring detachment.

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