Checking in with a review of Ava, a relatively new movie (September 20) about a female assassin which just went up on Netflix last week.
First of all, it has some real star power: Jessica Chastain as the assassin, John Malkovich, Common, and Colin Farrell in her supporting cast. Now, they've been any number of atrocious movies with big stars over the years. But Ava isn't among them. It's a pretty good movie, lifted by the likes of just hearing Malkovich talk.
And the fight scenes are good. I don't know, are there assassins of either gender in real life who can take on and out 20 people coming at you? Probably not. But Ava was convincing.
And so was the worn narrative of your own organization turning against you, because you some sort of weak spot (in Ava's case, talking to the mark about why he or she thought Ava was about to kill them). This narrative was convincing as soon as it got to the point where you couldn't tell who was going to survive or not, and when. This included the effective question mark at the very end.
So, if you're up for a somewhat offbeat assassin movie, with characters who manage to be believable because of acting more than the script, give Ava a shot. And make sure no one like her gets too close to you in real life.
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