Ava

    Ava
    2020

    Synopsis

    A black ops assassin is forced to fight for her own survival after a job goes dangerously wrong.

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    Cast

    • Jessica ChastainAva
    • John MalkovichDuke
    • CommonMichael
    • Colin FarrellSimon
    • Geena DavisBobbi
    • Jess WeixlerJudy
    • Ioan GruffuddPeter
    • Diana SilversCamille
    • Joan ChenToni
    • Efka KvaraciejusAlain

    Recommendations

    • 63

      RogerEbert.com

      If the action and espionage elements were executed at the same level as the dramatic and comedic exchanges and the observations about the types of people drawn to this life, Ava might've been a cult classic.
    • 50

      Variety

      There’s a stranger, spikier, more unnerving film to be pulled from the sleek genre carapace of Ava, a film less interested in what makes a contract killer tick than in the superhuman Swiss-watch regularity of her ticking in the first place.
    • 50

      TheWrap

      A movie with more potential directions than its globe-trotting-assassin heroine has wigs, “Ava” offers moments that suggest it might have succeeded as an action thriller, a dysfunctional family drama, or a character study. Since it commits fully to none of these, the results are the sort of bland bang-bang-pow that keep Nicolas Cage and Bruce Willis afloat in between movies that critics actually like, or even see.
    • 50

      The A.V. Club

      Ava is a napping-on-the-couch movie through and through, with recognizable names and a sexy premise but no distinct personality.
    • 50

      Chicago Sun-Times

      As the plot grows increasingly convoluted and borderline laughable, Chastain is steady as she goes, playing a character who’s worthy of a film franchise in a movie nowhere near deserving a sequel. Odds are we’ll never see Ava again, and that’s a shame because, with a better script and more inspired direction, she could have been a contender.
    • 40

      The Hollywood Reporter

      Chastain is utterly convincing in another tough-as-nails role. If audiences stick with the movie, it's largely thanks to her movie-star charisma, which almost compensates for the increasingly ridiculous plot. Malkovich and Farrell seem to understand they are A-list talent in B-movie roles, and relish the opportunity.
    • 38

      Movie Nation

      Here’s a tip. Try not to bore us so much next time.
    • 25

      Slant Magazine

      Ava isn’t only banal, but also, in its half-hearted stabs at novel ideas, seemingly content with its banality.