![]() ![]() We don’t exactly have a lack of women in action roles, but I can’t think of a single one who scratches that specific Sigourney Weaver itch. Sure, she and the movie both owe a debt to their cinematic antecedents, but the difference is that Kate just made me want to watch the real deal (which isn’t hard - I ponder Crank: High Voltage at least once per day as is) while Winstead made me want to see HER given a shot at being the real deal. 1, and Mary Elizabeth Winstead turns it into an excuse to play the spiritual successor to Ellen Ripley and Sarah Connor. She performs some kind of alchemy that makes Kate’s whole schtick seem somehow smarter than it is because while the movie is busily retreading tired ground, she’s out here traipsing on wired ground.īasically: Kate is watered-down Crank by way of Kill Bill Vol. She does exactly what the movie itself is doing - referencing a lot of different source material - only BETTER. ![]() No, the movie is still what it is, but what she accomplishes is potentially harder. Saying she’s the best part of the movie isn’t saying much at all, and saying that she elevates the movie implies that she lifts it up. This brings me to the second reason: Mary Elizabeth Winstead DRAWS THE DAMN EYE. And that’s fine! That’s something I could say about a lot of movies - including some of the very same movies Kate is pulling from! The point is that when you’re dealing with a Xerox of a Xerox, anything that survives the transfer in sharp focus will naturally draw the eye. The premise is tried and true, in that it’s true that it’s been tried a bunch. I considered turning this review into a Top Ten list of other movies that either inspired, are directly referenced, or just mysteriously happen to cover the exact same ground as Kate. The reason is two-fold: First, Kate itself is a movie you’ve almost certainly seen before, and I mean that literally. Well, you could argue the action itself is pretty OK, and I’ll get to that, but I still think it wouldn’t work half so well without Winstead anchoring the proceedings. There is precisely one thing that makes Netflix’s latest action flick work, and that’s Mary Elizabeth Winstead. ![]()
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