Hanna (Joe Wright, 2011)

A standard action movie pot-pourri of a pubescent girl trained as lethal assassin, knowing little about her past, being hunted by the secret service that created her, is thankfully elevated no end by superior photography, punchy editing and some truly uncommon backdrops for the relentless chase that takes up most of the film. Saoirse Ronan is for once good casting too, her blankness fitting the role of a human experiment, who has grown up in a bubble and is nigh-autistically unable to get to grips with the modern world, far better than it did her irksome emoting ghost character in The Lovely Bones. Then there's also Cate Blanchett as the utterly evil villain on her trail, and you will know without being told that her performance will be several cuts above the usual hammy cackling. All in all, it doesn't do badly at all for what is basically just a melange of Léon, Kick-Ass and The Bourne Identity.

6/10