IMDb plot summary: Three generations of women fight back against those who could take everything from them.
Directed by Navot Papushado. Starring Karen Gillan, Lena Headey, Carla Gugino, and Michelle Yeoh.
I appreciate what this movie was going for. There are hundreds of these movies out there, and next to none of them have an awesome cast of ladies helming the team. This is a perfectly serviceable but not exciting addition to that list. Aside from the great group of women involved -- and, make no mistake, it is frequently a delight to see them kicking butt left and right -- there's not a lot else special about this movie. The abandoned child subplot is mostly underdeveloped, and the only action scene that stands out choreographywise is the one where Gillan's hands are numb and she has to fight with knives taped to them. That's probably enough to win over fans of the genre to begin with, and I certainly don't regret watching it, but it's not as memorable as I wish it were.
How it entered my Flickchart:
Gunpowder Milkshake > Dark and Stormy Night
Gunpowder Milkshake < Woman in the Dunes
Gunpowder Milkshake < Fantasia 2000
Gunpowder Milkshake < Reality Bites
Gunpowder Milkshake > The Dissident
Gunpowder Milkshake > The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
Gunpowder Milkshake < Total Recall (1990)
Gunpowder Milkshake < The Bishop's Wife
Gunpowder Milkshake < Swimming With Sharks
Gunpowder Milkshake < Critters
Gunpowder Milkshake < Cast Away
Gunpowder Milkshake > Kung Fu Panda
Final spot: #1554 out of 3434, or 55%.
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